Kansas City daily journal., 1896-12-09
ANOTHER STRIKE PROBABLE.
The Union Printers and Members of
the Typothetae Are Still Hav-
ing Trouble.

The trouble which has been brewing be-
tween the Typothetae and the TypOgraph-
ical Union for the past two months Will
probably break out afresh this morning,
and another strike be the result. Monday
morning printer employed at the Gerard
Woody Printing Company's establishment
failed to put in an appearance and by noon
mis- place was declared vacant Yesterday
morning the firm was in need of extra help
and the first printer who applied for work
was employed. This man, whose name is
Coe is a non-union printer and was EN-
pioyed by the firm before it became
union office, two years agS The man was
no sooner put to work than the executive
committee of the union was notified and
1t Immediately repaired to the scene of the
trouble. The attempts of the committee
and the men employed in the office to get
him to fill out an application for member
snip in the union were futile. The COM
mittee asked Mr. Gerard if he would sign
contract stating that the firm would not
employ any more nOn-union men if the
union would agree not to strike and allow
the man already employed to remain. This
Mr.. Gearard refused to do. saying that he
was now running an "ODen" office and
would employ whom he pleased, regardless
of their affiliation with the union. The
committee then stated that a strike would
be the Inevitable result of his action. TO
which Mr.. Gerard replied that the firm. as
a member of the Typothetae. would stand
by the declaration of that BODY and run
an open office
He said that the man could ioin the
union if he wanted to and that the firm
would not discharge him for doing So and
gave as evidence of his assertion the fact
that the non-union man whom he EMPLOYED
the day following the opening of all the
printing offices in the city was still en-
ployed by the firm. although he Joined the
union the same day that he was employed
Mr.. Gerard said last evening that he was
surprised at noon yesterday when the men
did not strike
When asked last night why a strike had
not been ordered when the strike at the
office of Berkowitz & Co. three weeks ago
had been ordered on the same ground a
member of the executive committee of the
union said that Coe. the non-union printer,
had offered to go to Topeka Kas., if the
union would furnish him his transportation
and that the union would get his ticket this
morning and thus settle the trouble. This
assertion Coe denied last night Chairman
o. p. Weakley. of the executive board,
stated that if the man left town no trouble
would result but that if he did not the
union would be compelled to act according
10 its principles.
1t was learned last night that Dave L.
Guyette president of Typographical Union
No. so. would return this morning from In
dianapolis. where he has been TO explain
the fight between the local union and the
Typothetae 10 the president of the Inter-
national Typographical Union and ask for
more aid from that body. 1t is generally
thought among the members of the
Typothetae that no strike was declared
yesterday in the office of the Gerard
Woody company on account of the absence
OF the president of the union on this
mission.