The times., 1899-08-07
LINOTYPE Tenders ROW
The international Typographical
Union to Take 1t Up.
II. vi. Ring. of This City, Made Chair
Machinists Expected to Make +"
Protest to the Printers on the Con-
tention About the Machine Tenders

The approaching annual convention of
the International Typographical Union
promises TO be one of the most important
meetings of that body held for several
years. The action of the convention on
several questions which will be brought
UP before the convention will be of special
interest to the members of the printers
craft in this city, and the result OF the DIS
cussion of these matters will be awaited
with interest.
The convention will be held at Detroit,
Mich, beginning on August IA. and con-
tinuing for week or ten days WASH
ington has already been honored by the
executive committee of the international
Union in the appointment of T. M. Ring,
of Columbia Typographical Union, as
chairman of the committee on laws. The
committee is considered one of the most
important of the many standing bodies OF
the union because all proposed legislation
and changes of laws is submitted TO it, and
for this reason the members are CHOSEN
because of their acknowledged ability.
Mr. Ring has accepted the craftsmanship
offered him and will leave the city to-
morrow for Detroit to confer with the
other members of his committee before
the meeting of the convention. The other
delegates from Columbia Typographical
Union, No 101, to the International Con-
vention are John S. Leech, E. B. Goodrell,
and G. G. Holmes.
Among the questions which 1t is expect
ed will be brought before the convention
for consideration and in the result OF
which the members Of Columbia Union,
No IO1. are directly interested as well as
other branches of organized labor in the
city. are the questions of piece work On
linotype machines, civil service rules as
they affect the employees at the Govern
ment Printing Office, and the old trouble
between the printers and the machinists.
There is some doubt as TO the hrst TWO
subjects being presented in sucn shape u.
the coming convention as to admit nnai
action being taken by the convention. Ane
machinist question. however, will probably
/ be pushed to an early hearing. and it Is
expected that the fight on this matter will
J be long and bitter. The question wifi be
| brought up by special delegates represent
] ing the National Union of Machinists, VINO
| will be given an audience in order that
/ they may state their grievance.
| The differences between the printers and
machinists was a matter of local interest
not more than two weeks ago, when tine
| existing condition of affairs was called to
! the attention of the Central Labor Union
/ by the delegates for the local machinists
/ union The trouble between these two
! unions is OF long standing, and is ltne
result of the action of the international
/ Typographical Union in deciding 'that the
i linotype machine te-ryfers;;-t tiforgit- -Haaehin-
/ lists by trade, should become members OF
1 the printers union in the Jurisdiction
where they are employed. THE -niachinists is
1 appealed from this action OF the lnternt,-
! tional Typographical Union TO the Amerl-
! can Federation of Labor, with which body
both machinists and printers are affiliated
The Federation of Labor approved the
action of the International Typographical
Union and in what has become TO be known
in labor circles as the Birmingham case
decided that linotype machine tenders
properly belong to the printers union.
About two weeks ago the question ol
the right of Columbia Typographical
Union to compel linotype machine tenders
! in the various local offices TO affiliate
| with it was discussed at Centra
| Labor Union. This body, however, tool
the ground that ii had no right under thu
laws of the American Federation of Labor
TO consider the protests of machinist'
against members of this craft Joining th'
! union, thus leaving the matter as. 1t hal
been decided in the Birmingham case Not
withstanding this action the Centra
Labor Union, by decided vote, adopte'
| resolutions criticising the action OF tn
international Typographical Union in de
| Gliding that machinist linotype tender
| properly belonged to the printers union
There is hardly any doubt but that tn
international Union viii reaffirm its actor
in this matter, and that the machinist
will again make an appeal TO the Ameri
can Federation of Labor.