The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-10
THE EDITOR STRUCK.
HE JOINED FORCES WITH THE PRINT.
Frs WHEN THEY QUIT.


Old Dallas Times,
1nere are ways and ways Of settling
labor strikes. The unions have used
the sympathetic strike" plan, at times
securing a settlement by calling out
tne forces of allied trades With the
posses the lockout frequently has
zone the business. But there are meth.
obs OF erasing differences between en-
ployers and employees which even Chi
cago has overlooked. Strikes have
peen settled by the bosses joining the
ranks fof the strikers. voluntarily as
Stunning the posts of walking delegates.
directing the movements of the stril;
ing army and debating the time when
difficulties We're declared off.
Proof of the power of this method
was furnished during the days N the
old Dallas Times That Texas city
was but struggling town then. with n
population that was getting close I'D to
the 1000 mark. The editorial helm of
The Times had just been seized by
William Steritt. better known in Wash.
mgton's and Texas newspaper world
today as plain "Bilr' Steritt the title
'coloner frequeptly being prefxed in
recognition of his birthplace. Ken.
lucky.
Inc Times under the Steritt regime
employed five men and one woman in
It's manufacture. The latter was the
Wlte OF the foreman of the printing
room and worked at the cases" while
the printers deviP' performed double
DUTY by acting as the motive power of
the hand press. The foreman during
his younger days had had an argument
with mule. and the sears oNhat bat
tie which decorated his face had aided
IN securing his reputation of being "a
pad man in miXup." Shortly after
the new hand press had begun the
molding of editorials and the sharing
OF subscription donations ranging from
garden truck to overworkcd farm stock
uneasiness lodged in The Times Office
Rumors of labor troubles and of union
organization were heard.
We've concluded to quit" said the
foreman as he stalked into the editors
sanctum one morning hacked up by the
entire mechanical force. I'VE don't
get union pay, and we've organized a
chapel. If you don't show UP more
money, your paper don't get out. that's
ALL"
Going TO strike, are you?" queried
Steritt, who had not found promises Of
direct road to wealth and Wall street
through The Times. "Unionizcd. are
you? Well, sir, I'm glad to hear it. Pve
been thinking for some days of going
on a strike myself. The circulation of
this concern isn't extremely feverish
and none of the subscribers will ever
i. miss MS, and if they do it will be to our
! benefit. The few blocks of white paper
4 out there viii keep, and | guess the
hand press won't object to a day off
Yes, sir, Wen strike right here and
now. Wen just walk around the cor
ner and celebrate the inauguration Of
this walkout' with drink"
The foreman's wife here transferred
her share of arbitration power on the
masculine contingent and departed
The quintet expressed some surprise
at the turn of affairs, but followed Ster-
lit to the corner saloon, where three
rounds of drinks were put away under
his direction.
"You See" began the foreman, we're
ready to go right back to work now IL
you'll pay
"No, Stree" broke in the editor
"Why, we've just struck, and couldn't
call things off now. Hold on, l tell
you, and Wen win out"
The Times office was closed up, the
windows nailed down and the Office cat
turned loose to forage. On the fourth
day the foreman approached Steritt
and sounded him as to the ACCESSIBILITY
of declaring the strike at an end.
Cant do it" was the answer. why,
I'm having the best time Of my life.
Hang out, and we'll win, tell you. II
could find another union around here,
we would have one of those sympa-
thetic affairs Mop; the strikes not off,
and | hereby issue another pronuncia-
mento to that end Besides that the
people are beginning to find out they
need paper. Pm in this strike for
subscribers"
Then they liquored several til s, and
the foreman left.
On the ninth day the striking army
of five conferred with the self appoint
81 l. 1nlnnnfn Thnxr pnnfandn6
that they were ready to resume their
end of the work of shaping public opin-
lon at the old schedule Of weekly pay.
Steritt was obdurate and advised fur
Their hostilties for several days On
the fourteenth day he was called on to
accept a most sweeping captulation.
The next day the hand press began Its
grind. the foreman, who had not lived
up to his reputation as bad man."
took his wife and his followers back to
the cases." and Steritt continued the
work of gathering Items" and build
ing editorials At the close of the days
work the force was summoned to the
Office.
next time" advised the editor, you
don't want to stop when you've organ
lied chapel You want to go ahead
and organize and build a whole cathe-
sdral. That's all."-Chicago Tribune.
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