Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-01
LABOR WILL EDIT IT.
Printers Threaten to Impair the
Value of the City Directory.
WORKINGMEN TO HOLDOUT NAMES
Carnegie's New Direct Steel Process Very
satisfactory.
ARMOR PLATE FOR BATTLE SHIPS

Probably the most unique boycott ever
known is one now contemplated by Inter-
national Typographical Union No. against
the city directory and the Job printing firm
of Stevenson s. Foster. 1t is one of the
complications growing out Of the recent
Job printers strike Stevenson & Foster
have a contract from j. f. Diffen bacher, the
publisher, for printing the directory for
five years. When the contract was made
this was union Office and a special supply
of type was procured for this work. No
other establishment in the city has an out
fit sufficient to do the work, owing to the
immense number of capitals, commas and
periods that are needed. Since the strike
Stevenson & Fosters has been non-union
office Mr. John McGaw, one Of the lead
ers In the printers union, said yesterday:
'We don't propose to allow a complete
directory of the city to be gotten out by
non-union printers. On Sunday the matter
will be decided We will present the scale
to Stevenson & Foster again, and if they do
not sign it we will pass the word out through
the Central Trades Council to all labor Or
CARNATIONS to bovcott the directory"
To Withhold Names From Canvassers.
'We can reach at least 100, 900 men in la
Dor organizations in the two cities, and
through sympathy we will touch great
many more. Our plan is to have the door
closed on every canvasser for the directory,
and if it does come out at all it will be with
at least 100, 900 names left out. This will,
of course lessen the value for the purpose
- =. loI
sarily decrease the value as an advertising
medium, and Diffenbacher will not be able
to conduct business on that basis.
"Another plan that has been suggested is
to give the canvassers fictitious names, and
thus make the book completely worthless,
for person will not be able to tell which
of the names are fictitious and which are
not so the value OF the book as a directory
will be at an end for one year at least. We
think, however, that Stevenson & Foster
will come to time, but if they don't one
of these plans will be pursued, and not only
will the book be worthless, but the can
vassers will soon grow weary of their jobs. !"
Mr.. Stevenson, of Stevenson q Foster,
was seen Yesterday and said: ''They are
going to give me another scale, are they?"
eyes, sir.
Not Anxious About the Contract.
"Well, they might just as we'll save
themselves the trouble, for it won't be
signed. We are done with them, and as for
the directory we don't care a snap whether
we publish it or not. If we don't, no
other firm in this city can, for they could
not provide the facilities in time. What
do these men mean by trying to take the
work out of the city? Mr.. Diffenbacher
had an offer last year from an outside firm
to publish the directory for $50 less than we
offered to do it. He kept it here, however,
because he could get at the proofs more
readily. There Is not enough in the con-
tract for us to make a fight on it, and cer-
tainly not enough to make us sign the scale.
"Beside this 1 don't see how this boycott
is going to affect the directory. 1t costs
Mr.. Ditfenbacher 2 cents name, and if
100, 600 are held out it will just save him
that amount of money. The names of
laboring men are not what make the direc-
tory valuable anyway. If these names are
necessary they can be gotten from last
years directory and from the tax lists.
An attempt was made to see j. F. Diffen-
bacher, but he had gone to his home at
Emsworth