The age-herald., 1900-11-24
STRIKE ON AMONG
 THE JOB PRINTERS Quit Work Because Demands
 Are Not Granted QUESTION OF WAGE SCALE Several Large Offices Affected-Thirty- Five Men Are out-Employers Say Places of the Strikers Will Be
 FiIIed-The Situation.
QUESTION OF WAGE SCALE

A strike was inaugurated by the union printers employed in several of the job printing offices of Birmingham yesterday morning, and as a result five of the largest job offices in the city are idle.
 The strike affects the following offices:
 Roberts & Son.
 Leslie Printing Company.
 Dispatch Printing Company.
 American Newspaper Unnio.
 City Paper Company.
 The following offices are not affected:
 Record Printing Company.
 Labor Advocate.
 Hay Printing Company.
 Birmingham Printing Company.
 Thirty-five printers quit work at the five offices named
 The trouble between the printers and their employers arose over the adoption Of a new scale by Typographical Union No 1O4 some time ago. Heretofore the scale in effect called for a minimum wage rate of $16 per week, but the new scale fixes the minimum at SIS. While the minimum has been $16 all along, the different companies have been paying S1650 and in many in- stances SIS per week.
  managers of the job printing houses some time ago they refused to grant the in- crease called for and submitted a griev- ance of their own, which in turn was turned down by the Typographical Union. The rules of the Typographical Union pro- vide that each shop may employ one ap- prentice for each ten Journeymen printers or fraction thereof employed. The mana gers of the job houses asked that they be allowed one apprentice for each five jour neymen printers. The union refused this.
 The strike was to have taken place day or two earlier but was not inaugurated un- til yesterday morning. The managers Of the printing houses held conference yes- terday but after adjourning would make no statement for publication It is stated that they are making an effort to fill the places in their shops with men from other places, and all who were seen by Age Herald reporters last night stated that they expected to have their plants in operation again by early next week.
 The printers have opened headquarters on the second floor of the Metropolitan hotel annex, Morris avenue and Twentieth street Conferences were held in these headquarters yesterday and last night. When a reporter called there last night fifteen or twenty printers were present, also four or five pressmen. District Or ganizer C. J. Deaton stated that the men struck because the printing companies would not sign contracts calling for the in creased wages. He said that thirty-five men were out.
 It is stated that there will be confer ence of the heads of the printing companies today, but it not believed that a joint con ference of employers and employees will be held before next week, if then.
 The managers of the printing houses say they will be able to take care of their pat rons and that they expect to have their plants in full operation early next week.
 The pressmen and other employees at the printing houses have not yet joined in the strike, though it is possible that some of them may do so today
 The daily papers are not affected as their managers and the union have practically agreed upon contracts.