The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-11-21
NoN-UN,oN woRkMeN IMPORTED
Residents of Tacoma, Many Of Them
With Families, Discharged.
Not . Question Of Wages, but the Paper
Hates Trades Unions-The Printers
Making . strong Fight, Backed by
Public sympashy-wilis start . Daily.

typographical union called out all the
union men in the Office except Ben Burch.
the telegraph editor, over whose position
the union has not assumed jurisdiction.
The union printers have declared fight
to q finish. They have headquarters in
the Wheeler block and have accepted the
invitation of the Puget Sound Printing
Company to publish paper from its Office.
They were also given an invi( btion by the
Meas TO get paper out there's
Tomorrow's issue will furnish lengthy
explanation to the public, stating Why
the union printers refused the % per cent.
reduction demanded by the management
of the Ledger. c. C. Stewart. formerly
telegraph editor of the Ledger, prepared
this statement tonight, and will set
forth that the scale of wages, $A50
for eight hours, received by the
union machine typesetters on the
Ledger 10 the same rs is paid elsewhere.
and according to the contract entered into
by the printers and publishers some time
ago; also that the demand was arbitrary;
that there was no alternative. and the re-
duction had to be 20 per cent. or nothing.
The men who are imported from Los
Angeles are said TO be disreputable out
and went to Los Angeles. where they were
schooled IN the office of the Times. man.
aged by Col. Otis, an uncompromising
enemy of labor, especially organized labor.
The union printers claim TO have full
history of each rat" and say that while
the management of the Ledger deems Ii
necessary TO guard them, such precaution
is not necessary, as they would not dirty
their fingers to touch them. The union
men also say there was not any provision
by which they were to be paid bonus, as
elsewhere. when their speed was greater
than 40 600 ems per night.
Managing Editor Snewden of the Ledger
says:
s'There never was any compromise prop
osition. We asked for = 20 per cent. redrc-
tion and the printers union refused it.
The new men are sober and good men and
are members of the Printers Fraternity.
They are employed on q scale which will,
according to the speed made by some Of
the Others tunion men), run their wages
up higher than that paid the men who
have left. The printers union is domi-
neering, while the fraternity seeks 10 work
with the management. While they wish
TO make all the money they can. they do
not seek TO run the offise, and do not fi 4
tk~
| have watched tho papers on which they
worked for two or three months, and find
them decidedly attractive in appearance.
The Los Angeles Times is striking exam
pie. They are baDg-up good workmen.
Yes. We have our place guarded and are
fixed TO take care of ourselves.
Dave Maulsby. who has been foreman of
the Ledger composing rooms for ten and
half years. and has had over $3.50 eco paid
out under his orders without discrep-
ancy of cent. says:
'sThis will be n finish fight between the
union and the Ledger. Everybody seems
with us. II is surprising how many
people have offered us sub
stantial assistance and co-operstion.
Tomorrox's issue of the Printer Fasoa
our position. but We will get out a morning
daily newspaper; yes. newspaper. and
truth teller. too, which will be backed by
a stock conn anv. When the hard
time came on the management of
the Ledger requested me to cut
expenses 800 week in my department
| took extra work upon myself and other
wise arranged reduction by division of
the work of men who were let out. |
thought that would satisfy the manage
ment. On top of that came demand for
a further reduction of 20 per cent. IL was
simply out OF the question. Ii would be
cutting the scale signed and accepted
elsewhere on the Coast. We don't believe
people will support paper importing out
siders to take the place of competent home
laborers who work for the same wages as
in other cities on the Coast. III this city
will not support the same wages as others,
We are mistaken"
Most OF the union men feel that this Is
here rather than reduce expenses, as there
will only be an Insignificant saving by the
i'm mportaiion of non-uaion workmen. They
ridicule the idea of the Ledger putting on
guards with clubs and having police meet
non-uuion men at the depot and escort
them up town.
The eight men brought In from Los An.
geles are kept together, all stopping at the
Judson house, half a block from the Ledger
ofnce
The reporters OF the Ns,r, went 10 the
Taion Priater Office and volunteered TO get
up all the news desired. The clerks at the
county courthouse seat down notes TO the
ledger office, requesting their papers TO be
stopped.
Advertisements came thick and fast to
the Office of the Jaiea PriHfer when il was
known that !, sou 4 get out a paper.
One union printer. ~ho vas appointed 10
receive ads. was told repeatedly that the
people took the Ledger because il was pub
iished here. and took the Posr-ISrELGI-
GEScTR 10 get the news.
4 complete lis; al the men thrown out
of work follows. eleven o. whom are mar
RED or have families dependent upon their
earnings
David +, Manlsby, foreman; Dick Rich
ards. headman. c. F. Critfenden, Herbert
oder, u. W. cooper. r. l. Bates. q. T.
Eammel. operators; sab-operators, 4.
C. Stewart A. Il. Phillips, T.
J. Mensing; al man. A. HsniI.
ton: assistant. r L. Milne: ap-
preuiiccs. IL. Macarthur. c. Mcfarland /:
pFessmeu. Fred ToTler. Charles Dani.l.
Wills Bloom. Jones LangAi,n; machin-
Ist. NJ. ;. Miller; assistant, A. &. berger /;
engineer. L. Maceugatsy.
Much Of the future action Of the printers
s. regards the methods OF the proposed
fefgrr boycott. w.u be decided at meet
ing of the sra1es coancsi Thursday.
steamer Mystery Aground IN stump Bay.
SiCroEFA. New. s0-The oxners 0. the
eoasfiag steamer Mystery. which wen.
ashore IN Stump hsv. Oh tue vest eoass,
hare received cord from Cart. Anderson
that she Is badly strained. though not
shswgne serious sni1ry. it !. expected
Essi Sundays gaze vail nes heip her cou-