El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-04
TO OUR PATRONS
A Plain Statement OF the Printers
Controversy.

psper is explained by TIE fact that most
OF the HERALD's printers failed to 60
to work this morning, having been
ordered out on strike by the recently
organized local branch of tie typogra-
phical union. The HERALD believes
fully in the Justice of its position, and
It is to be hoped that the
public will generously tolerate today %
deficiency. Tomorrow the HERALD
will probably appear as usual, COM
plete with the days news.
Whils not desiring to burden the
public with the HERALDS private
affairs, q brief statement of the situa-
tion may serve,to inform some people
as to which side of the pending oon-
troversy has the right and which the
wrong. People are naturally inclined
to side with labor in any conflict. The
HERALD itself is strongly and practio-
ally in sympathy with honest workmep
and honest work. 1t also realizes the
necessity of laboring men organizing
to secure their rights.
But there are times when the
demands of organized labor are SO
unreasonable and unjust that they
border upon the anarchical. When
labor utterly ignores the rights OF th g
employer it overreaches itself and in
self defence employers are bound to
protect themselves.
The HERALD has been run as an
honest and decent newspaper. 1t has
asked no favors. Suob profits as have
resulted from the operation of the
business have not gore to benefit the
capital invested. but have in every
case been turned back into the
business with q view to building up
the paper. OF this amouns, labor has
got the largest share.
Ell Pasoaps who have watched local
newspapers for three years past know
that the HERALD has always led the
way In any advance movement. Tia.
Ell Paso now has newspapers that
weuld be credit to any city twice the
size. 10 due largely to the strenuous
efforts and to the money that have
b,en put into the HERALD.
SaThrough all this time the Herald has
been entirely loyal to all of It's en-
ployes. Wages have bsen steadily
raised. Every Saturday night employees
are paid In cash. There have been few
complaints snd these have been djust-
ed satisfactorily. No longer ego thsn
Saturday night last, June second, Fore
man Maple. who quit to day, said to
the manager of the Herald:
II have no complaint whatever to
make regarding my work or my wsges.'
The same evening the assistant fore.
man, Van Loon, said: "Not only have
L no complaint to make regarding my
wages or my treatment, but I wish to
say that In all my experience as q
printer i have never worked for an Of
fee " here was treated better in every
respect than have been here" When
the compositors were asked If they
had any complaint to make, they had
none.
Last week the newly organized typo.
graphical union sent a written demand
to the HERALD that weges in every
department. OF the paper ehould be lar
gely increased and that the HERALD
should turn over to the Union the
management OF its employees.
granted it meant direct loss OF several
hundred dollars every month. The
HERALD sets an Ina msass AN ouut of typ
in a very short time In order to get
the days snews quickly In shape fos the
reader; in this respect it is vastly Diff
ferent from morning paper, which
can get along with smaller force
OF typesetters.
But while labor makes exorbitant
demands, the income of such news
paper as the HERALD is practically
fixed. There is no possibility of raising