Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-17
WHITELAw REID AND "BIG SIX"
A Statement Regarding the Adjustment of
Their Differences.

A Statement Regarding the Adjustment OF
Their Differences.
The New York Tribune today publishes a
statement regarding the adjustment of the
troubles between that paper and Typographical
Union No. 6. 1t says:
at is not true that this settlement was made
or hastened because of MIR. Reds candidacy for
the vice presidency. In fact it is known that
Mr.. Reid was not a candidate and did not ex-
pect the nomination. The negotiations began
nearly two years ago, while he. was minister to
France. Mr.. Charles J. Dumar was then presi-
dent of the union. Mr. Dumar anxious to
secure the Tribune once more a union Office
selected as his medium of communication with
Mr.. Reid Mr.. John E. Mulholand, who had
for years been connected with the Tribune, but
who then had public Office as supervising in
spectOr of the contract labor bureau al the port
of New York and who, in this office had been
brought into contact with the representatives
Of organized labor throughout the country
Mr. Reid \ absence III Europe and the conse-
quent difficulty of carrying on a satisfactory
correspondence and Mr.. Nulhollands illness
combined to delay a settlement. The latter
consequently went To Paris last September to
see Mr.. Reid in person. He was cordially re-
ceived and the two discussed the matter thor
oughly. On October 10 Mr.. Reid submitted the
following statement of his case:
The Tribune does not employ compositors
at all, but linotype operators. Your organiza-
ton Is one Of compositors. The trade is abso-
lutely a different one and knowledge of COM
position is not necessary to become proficient
in it. With the simple exception of the weekly
rate of wages, which is now and long has been
in the Tribune as high or higher than the union
scale, there Is not clause i'll your regulations
in the least applicable to the Tribune. / am
paying the highest wages going, and will gladly
cooperate with you in maintaining or even in
chi flot
Of keeping up wages, am in perfect sym
PATTY. l will gladly enter into the contract
you propose to attain, and have suggested no
modification that will interfere with it."
Mr.. Mulholland brought back MIR. Reds
proposition and the executive committee of the
union considered it. Finally it was decided to
draft new proposition. Press Of official bust
ness on Mr.. Reid part delayed matters until
he resigned his Office and returned in April
Mr.. John A. kenney had become president of
No. 8. and on behalf of the executive committee
he suggested the settlement of the question
adopted by the Indianapolis Journal and other
papers as foreman in the Tribune
office a member OF the union in good standing
Mr.. Reid assented and union man was en-
p1oyed rs foreman. The Tribune continues:
This honorable settlement is as satisfactory
to the union as to Mr.. Reid. fact which was
demonstrated BY the appearance of commit
tee representing the union, and appointed for
that purpose at regular meeting OF the union
at the recent republican national convention
The action thus taken entirely voluntary
and without any solicitation whatever on Mr.
Reds part"
At last evenings session of the International
Typographical Union in Philadelphia the fol-
lowing telegram was read;
INV York. June l6.-To John d. Burke:
Please read to the convention or show around:
The settlement with the Tribune is COM
pleted and the Office is unlonized. 1t il en-
tirely local matter, with which the Interna-
tional Union cannot legally interfere. The
action of the committee at Minneapolis was,
in the judgment of myself and other old mem
beers OF the union. piece of superb tactics
The committee are above suspicion and acted
within their rights and powers. This settle
ment will make it almost impossible hereafter
for a leading party newspaper to run non-
union force. Let No. 6 alone.
-. r. DoNNELL."
A motion to lay the telegram upon the table
was lost.
Mr.. Burke Of New York moved to refer the
entire consideration Of the question to Typo
graphical Union No. 6, New York city. The
confusion was SO great that no vote was taken
on Mr. Burke's motion. Finally, by vote Of
lbs TO 20, the question was deferred until the
president Of the New York typographical Union
should arrive.