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
IL Will not now be necessary to pos
S Tyss union card to hold situation.
ne union welcomes the new system as
an Improvement upon the political
pun practice previously in vogue.
me transition of the duties of the
president of the internationa1 tvno-
graphical union from that of
conducting routine Office worl, to
tnose OF diplomatic nature has been
RAPID durinsS the past three wears w
p. PRESCOTT, the present distinguished
IS forever ION the co. adjusting diff,
aerehces and lending his aid, advice
ana counsel to subordinate unions
me introduction of machines. together
s Tnom the recent dull times, brought
ABOUT a condition in the printing trade
Wnlch the members of the typogranf1-
n acaI union knew but little of previously.
anu II required a guiding hand of nm,
o oyeS ADMIT ABILITY to steer the trade craft
path ne Tbo many my rocks besetting it's
P Ees,, nat the policy of President
aI rescott and his fellow officers of tba
executive board has been one of eyo
o rnpt ability and foresight is hast
sbio ny reference to the memher-
which ebo i0 International union
t MLlcn SHOWS a steady increa Sc
throughout the past two wears Will
put lew strikes have been inaupI1rat tlat1
ana they have been, generally speak,
M oN oIUGceSsLuI' the incoming of Rand,
h1cNally q Co, of Chicago beina tbe
latest important victory DurinS Tho
past week President Prescott has bear
at Denver in the capacity of arhitra Tor
H GebSween the local union and the pub
lShers Of the past two months ~.
TWO or three days have been So "ue
international headquarters in india
dpolls by President Prescott.
me lates talk in the buildine, Trades,
circles is the formation Of an in ,tdues
Slonal building trades conncii Iii'e III NJ
inte ne aiq probably in Chicago. Al
erabIV OF ad dne plan plan has already consid-
trades unions of Chicago baving irS
p l 1t. A call will probably SHORTY
4e issued to the various central bofliaS
i liz me I'm United States and Canada, out
i.i iS me pan and arranging for a CON
Ventlon. There can be no douht Of a.
good that could be accomplished Nv ' n1
i 1lsanlzatlon of this kind, as it would
develop united line of action in fi@ht-
ing unfair firms 80 10
frank J. Boyle, of the st. Paul press
nf 3 union and second vice president
OF the International TypograpbicaI
union; has returned from an Eastern
trip, during which he attended the con
ventlon of the Printing Pressmen's In
ternatlonal union at Philadelphia. A
plan was submitted to the pressnen
by the International Typographical
union union LOCKING, towards an amaIgama-
ton. The plan was rejected by the
pressmen, but before adjournment REP
reSentat1ves of the international
unions of printers, pressmen and bind
ers drew up an agreement which is to
be submitted to the referendum OF all
the organizations interested, which. if
Inc Endorsed, 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
mems union; binders and bindery
girls unions by the Brotherhood OF
Bookbinders, and all printers, stereo1
typers' and other unions by the Inter-
national Typographical union. 1t is
further agreed that whenever the
printers want to inaugurate a strike
they can call out the bookbinders and
pressmen, providing the local unions
give their consent. But the expenses
&C the strike must be borne by the
Union inagurating it. The same rule
applies to all three unions.