The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-17
SESSION OF THE PRINTERS.
The Report of the Committee on Laws
Taken Up.

The Report of the Committee on Laws
Taken Up.
PHILADELPHIA, June 16.--After a day
given up to excursions, the session Of the
International Typographical Union was re-
sumed this morning.
The report Of the committee on laws was
taken up. The first six sections OF the
article on standing orders were passed with
out trouble, among them being the follow
ing:
SECTION 4. The executive council is author
i2ed and instructed to prepare suitable de.
| sign as a union label TO be used on all printed
matter where it is desired by the publisher and
! also TO regulate the uIe OF the same.
SEC. s. The international officers are author
lied 70 pay the assessments Of tho American
Federation OF Labor as they fall due.
Section 6 empowers the international
| officers to appoint a committee to pre-
serve the integrity of the typesetting
clause OF the International copyright law;
and also to ascertain the num-
her of compositors employed, their hours
| Of work, the price of composition and other
data in the publishing houses Of New York,
Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago.
THE FIRST OBJECTION.
The first objection was made when SEQ
ton was read. 1t was;
| The secretary treasurer is authorized to OK
pend not to exceed $500 per annum in circu
Iating the Typographical Journal among non
union printers, country printers and others,
whenever and wherever it will assist organizers
or benefit the craft.
One of the delegates thought this mex
pedient as the paper often gave the standing
of various subordinate unions, those that
were in arrears, those which were struggling
with internal discussion, and other facts
which outsiders should not know. He there
fore moved that the section be dropped.
Other delegates did not agrTs with him,
however, and the section was adopted by
an almost unanimous vote. Then
the delegates went into executive
session. AT the executive session the union
considered allegations that contracts for
the building of the Childs~Drexel home
were awarded to party whose figures were
In excess of those of the lowest bidder.
After considerable debate on the question the
resignation Of August Donath, president Of
the board Of home trustees. was accepted.
At an election for president of the union
which followed, William B. Prescott was
chosen for the second term on the first
ballot.
THE TRIBUNE SETTLEMENT.
A session OF the convention was held this
evening. The following telegram was read:
New YoRK, June l6, 1892.
TO John D. Burke:
Please read to the convention or show
around: The settlement with the Tribnue is
completed and the office unionized. 1t is
entirely local matter, with which the Inter
national Union cannot legally interfere. The
action, of the committee at Minneapolis was, in
the judgment OF myself and other Old
members of the union, piece Of superb tao
tics The committee are above suspicion and
acted within their rights and powers. This
settlement will make it almost impossible here
after for the leading party newspaper TO run a
JR. ODoNNE11
A motion to lay the telegram upon the
table was lost. Finally, by vote of 125 to
20, the question was deferred until the pres
ident of the New York Typographical
Union should arrive. In addition to the
reelection of President Prescott the follow
ing additional officers were elected tonight:
First vice president, James J. Hamilton of
Nashville; third vice president. 2. j. Well
don OF Chicago; secretar v-treasurer, W. 8.
McClevey of Chicago. No one received d
majority for second vice president and the
election was postponed until tomorrow
morning.
BASIS OF THE SETTLEMENT.
NEW YORK. June 16.-The Tribune will
tomorrow publish detailed statement of
the situation between the Typographical
union and that paper. Its substance is that
the Tribune has appointed as foreman Of It's
composing room William Brennan, late
president of Union No. 6. The Tribune
uses linotype machines, and does
not employ compositors. and this fact
entered into the settlement Negotiations
have been pending between the union
and Whitelaw Reid nearly two years.
Mr.. Reid was inclined favorably toward
the proposition of the union, but the diff
Guilty lay in adopting the changed statss OF
the type-setting business in the Tribune Of
fee to union rules. The appointment of
Mr.. Brennan was made upon the suggestion
OF the union, and he was selected from a list
Of names presented by the union. The ap-
pearance Of the union committee at the
Minneapolis convention was entirely volun-
tary upon their part and without solicita-
ton by Mr.. Reid.