The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-09-20


steritt Handled n 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 a settlement By calling out
the forces OF allied trades. With the
bosses" the lockout frequently has
done the business. But there are meth
DDS of erasing 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 OF.
Proof Of the power OF this method
was furnished during the days OF the
old Dallas Times. That Texas city
was but a struggling town then, with
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 as plain "Bill" Steritt, the title
colonel" frequently being prehxed In
recognition OF his birthplace. Ken
lucky.
The Times under the Steritt regime
employed five men and one woman In
its manufacture. The latter was the
wife of the foreman of the printing
room and worked at the cases." while
the printers devil" performed double
duty by acting as the motive power Of
the hand press. The foreman during
his younger days nad had an argument
with a mule. and the scars of that bat
tie which decorated his face had aided
In securing bis reputation Of being "a
bad man IN a mixup." Shortly after
the new hand press had begun the
molding Of editorials and the sharing
Of subscription donations ranging from
garden truck to oyerworked farm stock
uneaslness 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 backed up by the
entire mechanical force. we don't
get union pay, and we've organized
chapel II you don't show up more
money. your paper don't get out, that's
all"
Going TO strike, are your queried
Steritt. who had not found promises Of
a direct road to wealth and Wall street
through The Times "Unionized. are
you? Well. sir. I'm glad TO hear 1t I've
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
miss US. and If they do 1t will be TO our
benefit The few blocks Of white paper
out there will keep. and | guess the
hand press won't object to day of.
Yes. sir. well 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-
rounds of drinks were put away under
his direction.
you see," began the foreman. we're
ready to go right back to work now II
you'll pay
mo. Stree" broke In the editor.
why. we've just struck. and couldn't
call things of now. Hold on, | tell
you. and we'll 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 advisability
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 well win, | tell you. II
| could find another union around here,
we would have one of those sympa-
thetic affairs Mop; the strikes not of,
and ! hereby issue another pronuncia-
mento to that end. Besides that the
people are beginning to find out they
need a paper. I'm In this strike for
subscribers"
Then they liquored several times, and
the foreman left
On the ninth day the striking army
of i've conferred with the self appoint
cd walking delegate. They commended
that they were ready to resume their
end of the work OF shaping public opin-
ion at the old schedule of weekly pay.
Steritt was obdurate and advised fur
Their hostillties for several days. On
the fourteenth day he was called on to
accept a most sweeping capitalization.
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 ceases" and Steritt continued the
work Of gathering Items" and build
ing editorials. at the close of the day 6
work the force was summoned to the
office.
Next time" advised the editor 'yor
don't want to stop when you've organ
lied chapel You want to go ahead
and organize and build a whole cathe
dral. That's all."-Chicago Tribune.
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