The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-07
POSITION OUTLINED
BY Typographical Union Concerning
knights and Ladies' of Honor.

The executive committee Of Typograph-
ical Union, No. 1, desires to correct al
legged false impression created by a state
ment in one of the evening papers on Mon
day regarding the position of the union
toward the knights and Ladies of Honor
on account of the printing of their official
organ, the Chronicle, in nonunion office.
This publication was recently taken from
a union Office and the work turned over to
an avowed enemy of organized labor. The
action of the union last Sunday is embod-
led In the following letter, which the
chairman of the executive committee was
instructed to prepare, and which was for
warded under seal of the union by the
secretary to Col. l.. b. Lockard. the SUI
preme protector of the Knights and Ladies
of Honor:
Indianapolis Typographical Union, No.
1, at it's regular meeting, Sunday, March
4. 1900. after hearing the report of the ex-
ecutive committee and the correspondence
which has passed between it's chairman
and yourself in reference TO the Chronicle,
the official organ of the X. and l.. of H.,
directs me to inform you that unless the
printing OF the paper is returned to some
union Office a vigorous fight will be inau-
gurated against the publication and those
responsible for placing it in its present at
titude of hostility to organized labor.
I'm this connection the union disavows
any purpose to antagonize or injure in any
way the order of the Knights and Ladies
OF Honor, but Is confident that when all
the facts and circumstances surrounding
the awarding of the present alleged con-
tract is known to the membership a senti-
ment will be created that will attain the
end in view-the printing of the Chronicle
in q union ONCE.
The committee also takes exceptions to
statements made by Supreme Treasurer
George A Byrd in last evenings papers.
1t admits that If the case were as repre-
scented by the officers of the order-that is.
If they had acted without entire knowledge
of the consequences of the letting Of the
contract TO the firm now doing the work-it
would willingly accept the proposition
made and let the matter drop. The COM
mttee has information at hand which con-
vinces Ii that the individual who now holds
the contract received IL as reward for
services rendered the officers who had its
disposal. The following resolutions. offered
at the Detroit session OF the Supreme
Lodge. Tuesday. Oct. 10, 1899, was referred
to the propagating committee, of which
Colonel Lockard was chairman, and was
there buried:
whereas. Our order is composed largely
of the laboring class. and is pre-eminently
the order OF the middle class. be Ii
Resolved, That the Chronicle. the off,
cial organ of the order, be printed in a
Union printing Office and carry the union
label"
With these facts at hand. Ii is contended
| by the committee that little importance is
| TO be attached to the protestations of
| friendship on the part OF the supreme off,
GERS for organized labor Colonel Lockard
must certainly have been aware of senti-
ment IN the order TO patronize union labor
the committee claims .,f sy-ao