The Washington times., 1894-04-15
sUPERIoR'S PRINTERS PAPER.
1t Was Started for a Principle and Has
Succeeded in spite of Everything.

Succeeded in Spite of Everything.
To the Editor of The TINES:
The recent strike of the union printers Of Su-
perior attracted wide public attention, both in
the city and abroad, as well as among the craft
OF course, opinion was divided, but all fair
minded men, who weighed both sides as pre-
sented by the printers in their new paper, the
Superior Daily News, and by the publishers of
the two papers affected. were unit in justify
ing the printers in the action which thev took
They could not do otherwise.
over six months ago the compositors on the
Telegram and Leader We're approached By the
publishers of these papers and appealed TO for
q reduction of the scale Oh account OF the bus-
ness depression. They were met by the men in
a friendly spirit, and it was finally agreed that
the scale should be suspended for period Of
six months, which would bring il to the first of
March, when the old scale should be restored
again
Included in this agreement was the distinct
provision. agreed to by the publishers, that if
they desired TO continue this reduction after the
first of March, and not return to the old scale,
they were 10 give the printers thirty days
notice. The old scale was IS cents per thousand
ems for afternoon papers and 40 cents for morn
ing papers. During this six months the scale
stood 32l@ and 81 = cents, respectively.
The printers lived up TO that agreement faith
fully The publishers gave no thirty days notice,
although they had fully determined not TO
restore II, as is proved by the fact that, long
before the LIST of March, they began correspond
ing with printers abroad, with view to engag-
ing them in case they could not force or caioie
the union printers into continuing the reduced
scale indefinitely.
AS the compositors had not received the notice
agreed upon, they were surprised when the pub
fishers came to them at the expiration OF the
agreemen, and requested continuance under
the reduction After considerable discussion the
printers agreed that they would do 50 until
times got better, provided that the publishers
would sign the old scale for the ensuing year. To
this the publishers would not agree. Mr. Dem
nett, the district organizer. had been called from
st. Paul to aid in ad usting the trouble, and he
proposed 20 reduce the time TO six months To
this the publithers would not consent. and the
men went out,
The above is fair, candid, and truthful state
ment of the facts in the case. But the Telegram
and the Leader published garbled, One-sided,
untruthful accounts of the trouble, misrepre-
sentinG the facts, where they condescended TO
use facts at all By these means they endeav-
ored to enlist the public on their side and TO
place the printers in as bad light as possible.
But they failed signally if the populari and
patronage of our new paper - any criterion
The Daily News is prospering, which is more
than the other daily papers are doing in Su-
perior.
The News is now on a sound, financial basis,
complished in the face OF the uneSampled strln-
geucy of the times and the btterest hostility the
unprincipled publishers VINO opposed us could
bring to bear.
They have practiced all the arts of which they
were capable TO iniure our business and to bring
us into disrepute among the merchants and pro-
fessional men or the city. They have descended
and the vilest of cloaked and open calumnies to
cause our downfall They have failed, signally
failed. To-day this paper is on firm founda-
ton as the other two dailies PRINTER.