The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-07-27
THE EDITOR STRUCK.
HE JOINED FORCES WITH THE PRINT
ERS WHEN THEY QUIT.
The Winning Manner In Which RiII
Steritt Handled Demand For In
creased Pay by the Force on the
Old Dallas Times.


There are ways and ways Of settling
labor strikes. The unions have used
the sympathetic strike" plan. at times
securing settlement by calling out
the forces of allied trades. With the
bosses the lockout frequently has
I done the business. But there are meth.
/ DDS of craSing differences between en-
! ployerS and employees which even Chi
cago has overlooked Strikes have
been settled by the bosses joining the
ranks of the strikers. voluntarily as
suming the posts of walking delegates.
directing the movements of the strik.
ing army and debating the time when
| difficulties were declared off.
Proof of the power of this method
! was furnished during the days of the
old Dallas Times. That Texas city
was but struggling town then. with a
population that was getting close up to
the 1000 mark. The editorial helm of
/ The Times had just been seized by
William Steritt, better known in Wash
ington's and Texas newspaper world
today rs plain bill" Stcritt the title
colonel frequently being prcfxcd in
recognition Of his birthplace, Ken
tucky
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now. Wen inst walk oronnd tbo cor.
por and coIab,.oto tho inouo.urotior -
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Tho foromon,s vifo boro +ronsfor,od
her share of arbitration povor or tbo
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