Evening star., 1896-08-20
PRINTERS ARE SATISFIED
No Trouble Among Compositors on the Silver
Knight.
The Reasons Why senator Stewards
Paper f. Published Down
In Alexandria,.

There has been considerable talk here
among the members or organized labor so
| cle,ies relative to the wages paid to the
| compositors and other employees on the
silver Knight, Senat tor Stewards paper
whlch Is published at Alexandria Va The
charge has been made that the employees
| OF the paper are very much dissatisfied with
their wages, which are alleged to be only
about one-half OF the rate paid for similar
work in Washington and elsewhere and
@.hat @ the compositors on the Silver knight
we're taking OF forming a union in order
70 see III they could hot get more pay than
tney are now receiving.
While II is undoubtedly true that the
wages paid on the Silver knigh; are much
%er than obtains for similar WORK in
ashlnston. IL seems to lie equally true
that the emplC yes referred to are entirely
Sa'lshea with what they getting. At
Ieast' thdt ls what they assured a Star re-
porter VINO called today at the Office of the
SILVER knight in Alexandria to make in
| charges.
me reporter conyersed with Messrs Il
Markeli, George +. Hepburn j. H. Adams
D. "A. u INN, Charles +. Wooster and l.. h
ADAMS. cornposifors Oh the paper and eacb
| declared that he was either a member 81
Columbia Typographical Union, No lOl. or
sii ex-meiaper OF the union, and that ne
d nad never worked In ID noh-union office:
.i.at @ d eSular scale Is in operation I'm the
ofiice of the Silver Knight. and that he had
| no complaint cf such scale
What Mr.. Symonds Says.
| Mr.. A J. Symonds, who has charge Of the
| pruning department of the Silver Knight
said that the reason why the paper was
| published in Alexandria was because Sena
| tor Stewart bought the plant OF the Nation
| al Natchman, which was loca ed there and
| That he saw no good reason for moving n
TO W ashinBton. As 10 the charge that The
| paper had a W ashington date line and that
| II appeared 10 he the desire OF the editor 10
create the impression that il was publjshed
! II the national capital. MIR. Symonds said
the TACT was that IL was dated Washington
| ana Alexandria, and that in having that
me the Silver Knight had simply followed
| the course adopted by a number Of papers
| notably some that are printed in Augusta
| Maine, and whose offices and editorial
| rooms IN New York
The Silver Knight" continued Mr.
stmonds, gives employment 10 upward OF
| thirty persons, and every compositor on il
| was thrown out Of employment In Washing
| tor by the Introduction Of type-setting ma
chimes. We could get linotype machine
| for the Office here. If Senator Stewart was
| so dis osed, and We could move Il to Wash
| ington, where the machine could lie operat-
| ed, and IL would do the work Of all the
men We now have in our employ, but We
| do not want 10 do SO, nor will We adopt
| that course.
What the Result Would Be.
but the effect Of such action would he
| to reduce the cost OF getting oct the paper.
with The result, however that a number
of men would again he thrown out Of en-
Ployment. So think that the course
laid out by Senator Stewart is The best 50
far as the employees is concerned
hile il is true that a lower rate OF
wages is paid here than on the Washing
ton papers, the fact should also lie ,aken
in consideration that rears and living OF
all kinds are much lower in Alexandria
than Washington.
Most Of the stateme ats made before the
Columbia Typographical Union ami other
ielor bodies in reference to the matter
above referred TO are untrue ana vii mont
foul cation, aud would he so proven upon
proper Investigation. ! have been a mem
Der OF Columbia Crion for twelve years
and nave served on its business cOmmi..o,,
SO that If desired by any interested per
son my reputation as n loyal friend Of
organized labor can easily be asnerf.tined
There is also no truth IN the runlor
that the employees have not been uaid far
their last weeks work"