New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
BILL" STERITT WON THE STRIKE.
THE EDITOR MOVED IN SYMPATHY WITH HIS
CONFESSIONS.
COMPOSITORs.
From The Chicago Tribune.

From The Chicago Tribune.
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 Ihe
there are methods of erasing differences be
tween employers and emplqyes whc6 eye Strikes
have been settled by the bosses joining the RANKS
walking delegates directing the movements OF me
striking army and debating the time when am.
culties declared of Proof OF the power OF
this method was furnished during the days Of n the
struggling town then. boastng less than one-twen-
tieth of the 4O0o0 names now mars nailed IN lI5
Just been seized by William Stertt. better known
in Washngtons and TeXass aeWSPaPep fre
quently being prefXed in recognition OF MS olrth-
'The Times under the stertt regime employed sd
five men and one woman IN It's man4 f t rintn
room and worked at the eases while the pri M
during his younger days had had an argument win
rated his face had aided in securing his Teputa9-
ton of being "a bad man in mixuP S3 ny
editorials and the sharing of subscription donations
f anghg u5 rF9m lodged in "The Tines office
Rumors of labor troubles and of union organiza-
We've concluded to quit said the foreman as
he saked into the e1Te MEASUREMENT force I'VE
don't get union and We've organlzeo rn ddnit
get out-that's ALL" ,.. ,
Going to strike, are your" quered stert o VINO
and Wall Street through "The Times" Union
lied, are you? Well sir. I'm glad to hear IT, ~, We
myself. The circulation of this concern ,i ISM eX
tremely feverish, and none of the SUBSCRIBERS WIN
ever miss usand if they do it will be to our pen
eft The few blocks of white paper cut there VIII
a day off Yes. sir well strike right here ana
now. Wen just walk around the corner ana GEE
brate the Inauguration of this 'walkout with
The foreman's wife here transferred her share
of arbitration power on the masculine eon rIqe
and departed The quintet expressed some SURPRISE
at the turn of affairs but followed Sterltt TO IIe
corner saloon where three rounds OF drinks were
You See began the foreman we're ready to
go right back to work now if you'll pay
Hold on. tell You, and Wen win out"
The Times office closed up, the windows
forage on the fourth day the foreman ap-
ability of declaring the strike at an end -,
ing the best @S ii time Of my life Hang out and Ven
win | tell you If ! could find another union
thetic affairs Mop the strikes not off and
Besides that the people are beginning to find out
they need paper. I'm in this strike for sub
Then they Hquored several times and the fore
left
on the ninth day the striking army of five con
They contended that they were ready to resume
their end of the work of shaping public opinion at
d ng fu aEd adVsed further hostes for several
days On the fourteenth day he was called on to
accept most sweeping capitulation. The next
day the hand press began its grind the foreman.
who had not lived up to his reputation as a bad
man" took his wife and his followers back to the
eases and steritt continued the work of gather
ing items and building editorials. At the close
of the days work the force summoned to the
Next time" advised the editor, you don't
you want to go ahead and organize and build
whole cathedral That's ALL"