New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-07
"SUN" STRIKE STILL ON.
BIG SIN VOTES TO USE ALL IT'S hh-
SOURCES IN THE FIGHT.
A STATEMENT FROM THE PAPER GIVING IT'S
SIDE OF THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

SIDE OF THE CONTROVERSY-UNlON
NEW OFFICERS INSTALLED.
The strike of the compositors. stereotypers
ard others on The New-York Sun was still on
last night. with apparently no immediate pros
pect OF settlement. The printers who. It was
said had been hired In Philadelphia to take the
places OF the strikers and who were supposed
to be on their way TO this city by boat, had
apparently become lost and nobody seemed to
know just what had become OF them.
Both sides late in the evening gave out state
ments. and The Suns" position in the contro-
versy is shown in the following editorial. which
would appear, it said in this mornings
edition:
NO FETTERs FORGED TO FIT THE SUN"
A number OF machinists were employed in one
OF the mechanical departments Of The Sun, and
wbicS sner duty to attend to certain machines
purely that OF mechanics and could be performed
A rspresentatlve OF the typographical Union came
TO The sun office and served notice that the
les upon the machines Competitors he said must
taSe their places and the machinlsts must be dis
pointed out the fact that printers could not attend
10 me casting i machines, which only trained me
might be taken into the Typographical Union. That
demand peremptory and Anal There was nothing
for it but compliance and The sun Office AFFORDED
machines each with compositor LOOKING din9e at It
while IT. tic,aally performed It's work.
@ GOULD of f rf be- ef hdTeS of aS w though
rayed any open resentment. We continued TO pay
weekly considerable sums that had not be-n
the practice. but when we were confronted Win
cynical and brutal intimation that We must obey
the orders 81 the Typographical Union in wholly
new and arbitrary direction or have the publica
ton OF The sun. suspended BY force. It became
al once apparent That we could no longer so con-
duct our business and maintain our self-respect
always paid the highest wages that prevailed We
shall We trust always be able 10 do so. What we
being the best paid men in their calling. shall he
honest and self-respectng men, selling their labor
men 1 deserving s- i to be BET free anu ''''S themselves
As TO our old employees the men who have worked
here for years and whom we have known long
are sincerely sorry that they have left US. and
we deplore the decisions that have made them the
victims OF the inscriptions corrupted and malig
nant element that sways and controls the Typo
AS FOR The sun" there must be neither let nor
hindranco in It's path, neither any shadow upon It's
perfect independence.
Mr.. Laffan. the publisher Of The Sun" also
said last night that there were about a score OF
composltors a work. and that probably six or
eight paper would be got out. Any way. they
would get out good a paper as possible. He
also declared that there had never been any
intention Of discharging The Suns employees
and he further said that he had never heard OF
or. which was supposed TO be bringing rat print
from Philadelphia to take the places OF the
men who had left The Sun" office.
The strikers gathered in the neghborhood Of
The Sun" building last night. and maintained
the same quiet and orderly demeanor as nthe
night before Now and then parties Of them
walked over to the Offices OF Typographical
Union No g. in Chambers-st., to see II there
any news.
In the afternoon the union held a meeting in
Teutonia Hall. in Third-ave., between Fifteenth
and Sixteenth SITS. TO install the officers
who were elected several months ago. James P.
Farrell the president, retired from office and
John II. Delaney. the president-elect. presided
at the meeting The gathering one Of the
largest that Big Six has had in years and II
was voted unanimously 10 devote the entire fund
OF some $4,000 in the Golfers Of the union 10
aid the strikers. II was also resolved that the
officers should be authorized 70 assess the mem
bers of the union as much and as long as II was
necessary to help the strike.
The strike benefits are 81 a week FOR single
men and So for married men. or this the In
ternational typographical Union pays the single
men 50 and the married men 81. The balance is
paid by the local union. Ii was also resolved al
yesterdays meeting to maintain firm and IN
bending attitude in the present trouble
President Delaney Of Big Six. when seen last
night, denied that the trouble in The sun"
office arose over dispute about the enforcement
OF machine work Continuing President
Delaney said:
NO question Of the kind arose al ali. A com
mittee Of No g and the Allied Printing Trad
called on Mr.. Paddock, the business man
ager Of The Sun TO avert a lockout 4 the
men if possible. We had with us a copy Of the
circular which had been sent TO the men IN The
sun Office. This circular read as follows
New-York, August :
Dear Sir: It is proposed to reorganize the
composing room more In accordance with the
advancement and progression OF the "art pre-
servative" than has heretofore obtained In this
establishment and TO that end all Of the posi-
tons in the above named department are here
by made vacant.
From and after this date ours viii be an open
Office There Will De no chapel and we will re-
serve 10 ourselves the right 10 employ whOmsO-
ever We desire and 10 max" such regulations for
the government OF our Office III.
Should you desire to rc-enter our employ We
will be pleased TO have you file ar application
Blanks may be- fOund AZ the counting room.
THE Sun PRINTING AND PUBLISHING
CHARLES WILLIAM EDWARDS,
Superintendent Of Printing.
Mr.. Delaney continued
In this copy OF one II the blanks which I
have here the applicant for position Is ex-
pected 10 give his address state whether he is
married or single his experience. state whether
he is a union noE-UniOn man. and give his
references IL he has any. This Charles William
Edwards was an applicant for State Printer
under Governor Cleyelands administration The
printers protested SO strongly against his APP
pointment that his chances were ruined. and he
admitted that II was the opposition Of the print
ers that had done IT, He threatened TO get even
with them II It took lifetime.
We visited Mr.. Paddock 20 ask him IL The
sun had sent out the circular, but NJ said that
~ could not answer US. We then asked him II