The San Francisco call., 1898-04-04
JOB PRINTERS
 ARE OUT
 ON STRIKE Fully Three Hundred Men Have Quit the
 Case" The Result of a Move ment for a Shorter WOrk-Day. Many Efforts Have Been Made to Arbitrate, but All Have
 Failed.
WILL BE NO VIOLENCE.
Strike Committee Has Been Instructed to Maintain the Strictest Order
 Everywhere.

The strike of the local book and job printers for a shorter workday may now be said to be fairly on, although the ac- tual number of men and offices involved will not be known until later on in the day. The International Union decided to submit the matter of a shorter workday to a referendum vote of its entire mem bership.
 The result was that the nine-hour reso- lution was adopted, but each subordinate union was given the privilege of selecting the time to enforce the schedule in it's own city, provided it should not pass a limit set by the international committed. New York chose January l. 1898, and like other Eastern cities had little trouble in enforcing the new scale. San Francisco union selected April 1. and for some weeks past the committees from the union and the Typothetae, or association of en- ployers, have been discussing the situa- tion, looking toward peaceable settle ment
 Many of the offices, including those of the Star. Hinton, Filmer Rollins, entine & Co.,, Phillips & Smythe, Com mercial News Monahan. Theatrical Pub fishing Company, Sterritt, Bannock Bros, Cubery, and all the weekly publications or the city have signified their willing ness to accept the new scale.
 The establishments of Althof & Bahls, Prg1f PT}nttrS x Sonn.b SG; BosqHi Engraving and pany, Brown & Biey Company, Buswell Company, H. s. Crocker Company, Cali fornla Electrotype Company, Dempster Bros, Dickman-Jones Company. Frank Eastman & Co, Freygang-Leary Com pany, Julius Gabriel. L. E. Hackett, Hicks-Judd Company, E. C. Hughes, E. A. Janssen X Co, Levison Printing Com O., J. B. Mcintyre, E. C. Mccullough & Co, Myself Rollins Company, Phillips Bros, Pariser x Sons, John W. Roberts, schmidt Label and !, Lithographing Com ley Co.,, E. D. Taylor Company. P. J. Thomas, Upton Bros, Valleau & Peter son, Joseph Winterburn Company have not as yet sgnified their willingness to allow the men the same wages for nine hours work as they formerly did for ten and Saturday night the employees of such of these establishments as were not al- ready non-union offices quietly laid down their sticks and rules, washed the ink off their fingers, and without a word from either side went home, to stay away until they are sent for.
 An adjourned meeting of the union was held yesterday afternoon, and the reports of the fathers of the chapels'' showed that the men had all stood firm. A strike committee was appointed to watch the offices and note down the names of all who enter or leave, but in accordance with the old-established policy of the l. T. U. no violence will be permitted under any circumstances, no matter what the provocation.
 The actual number of men involved is not yet known, but 1t will crowd the three hundred mark closely. Non-union print CTS are. and have for some time been. very scarce in this city. and 1t is part of the tactics of the printers to pay non- union man handsomely to leave the city, rather than resort to violent measures
 The proprietors themselves have abso- Iutely no fear of violence, and in many of the offices striking men who had belong ings inside were allowed to enter and carry them away without being molested or even watched.
 The majority of the proprietors regard the action of their men a very regret table step, as they have the best of feel sng toward the union and its members, but claim that the profit margins are al ready so small that they cannot pay the advance and meet their business obliga- tons Many of the offices which are men tioned as holding out against the union have always been non-union offices, and hs President Hawkes. said. in speaking of this: There are some very good men on the list, but they are in very bad con- pany.'
 It is needless to state that both sides hre confident of winning out within a few days, but owing to the number of people Involved, the struggle will perhaps be long one in some of the offices. Two of the largest offices do work of a nature that requires a man thoroughly accustomed to that peculiar branch of the trade and a hew man, be he ever so competent, would make but a poor showing in attempting 10 do 1t. It is expected that these offices will be among the first to yield. Many of the other offices are small concerns em- ploying but one or two men, and these will be enabled to hold out an almost in definite length of time, as much of their work Is of such nature that it can be done by men with little experience.
 Signs have been posted in many of the offices to the effect that they are ''open shops'; open alike to union or non-union men, but as a union man is not permitted to work in these, this is considered as a lockout.
 The union men will all assemble at headquarters this morning. where any of their employers who desire their services under the new scale can obtain them. None of the strikers will be permitted to toiter around in the vicinity of the boy .. rotted shops, as the strictest order Is to be maintained.