St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-14

government printing Office at Wash
lngton under civil service rules affects
some LOO situations, and has received
the Endorsement of Washington typo
graphical union, Notwithstanding that
1t VIII not now be necessary to pos
sess union card to hold a situation.
Inc union welcomes the new system as
etlI Improvement upon the political
pun practice previously in vogue.
president of the international tvpo-
graphical union from that of
conducting routine Office work to
lnose OF diplomatic nature has been
I 70 "a durlnsS the past three years. w.
d. Prescott, the present distingnisbed
occupant of the position of president
IS IS forever ION the co. adjusting diff,
Ierehces and lending his aid. advice
AND ana counsel to Slbordinate unions
ne ne introduction of machines, together
abo,,+ the recent dull times, brought
@ ,I condition in the printing trade
;Mn i the members of the topographic
acaI union knew but little of previously.
anu anu, II required a guiding hand of nm,
go 5oiifty to steer the trade craft
Ooer the many rocks besetting it's
pain. That the policy of Prasidane
a1,e oscott and his fellow officers of the
executive board has been one Of ex1
DS 7o ability and foresight is host
Shin - ny reference to the members
Whlch shows a steady iro,.noi.,
throughout the past two wears Will
Dut lew strikes have been inaugnrat ~
AM; anu they have been, generally sneak,
nISH- ouI1CceSSlul, the incoming of Rand.
nIcNal!y q Co, of Chicago beino tb1
latest important victory. DURING The
past week President Prescott has 49,
at Denver in the capacity of arbitra to,.
InieLWeen the local union and the nTh-
two n -: ~ the past two months. but
q
International headquarters in TnjioTt
@poliS by President Prescott.
Gil The 1es lates talk in the building trades,
tiaSITS is Ine formation of an interna
tlonal building trades counciI Iii iid7
iitteaaQuarters probably in CHICAGO Al
Ltation OF the plan has already c0neii-
tr raIly advanced, several building
pofSed 1t. A call will proba biv sbortirr
9e issued to the various central hodiagS
III III Ihe United States and Canada ont.
V tel1tt me R1an and arranging for con-
good that could be ACCOMPLISHED Nv ' nG
organization of this kind. as if Uo,1id
iInaugurate an exchange of cards and
Gi r5r. united line of action in fight
Frank j. Boyle, of the st. Paul press
men union and second vice president
I ~ nhe ho international Typographical
TRIP, during which he attended the con-
Ventlon of the Printing Pressmen's IN
terhauonal union at PHILADELPHIA. A
plan was submitted to the pressmen
by the International Typographical
union Looking. towards an amaigama-
tion. The plan was rejected by the
pressmen, but before adjournment rem
reS;entatiyes of the International
unions OF printers, pressmen and bind
erS drew up an agreement which is to
pc submitted to the referendum OF all
the organizations interested, which. if
lndorsed, will do away with much Of
the friction which has recently existed
between some of the crafts BY the
terms of the agreement all pressnen's
and feeders unions are to be chartered
by the International Printing Press
mem union: binders and bindery
girls unions by the Brotherhood OF
Bookbinders, and al! printers, stereol
typers' and other unions by the Inter-
national Typographical union. 1t is
further agreed that whenever the
printers want to lnaugurate a strike
they can call out the bookbinders and
pressmen providing the local unions
give their consent. But the expenses
of the strike must be borne by the
union inagurating it. The same rule
applies to all three unions.