Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-08-02
THE EDITOR STRUCK.
sE JOINED FORCES WITH THE PRINT
ERS WIEN THEY QUIT.


The Winning Manner In Which dill
sterltt EnndIcd a Demand For In
sreased Pay by the Force ON h
old Dallas Times.
There are ways and ways of settling
Txbor strikes. The unions have used
fhe sympathetic strike" plan, at times
securing a settlement by calling out
tie forces Of allied trades. With the
BOSSES" the lockout frequently has
Eone the business. But there are meth
ods of erasing. differences between en-
gloyers and employees which ever Chi
lego has overlooked. Strikes have
Heen 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
yld Dallas Times. That Texas city
vas but a struggling town then, with a
STIPULATION that was getting close up to
alae 1000 mark. The editorial helm Of
The Times had just been seized by
William Steritt, better known in Wash.
angton's and Texas newspaper world
ssylay as plain "Bilr' Steritt, the title
~cplonel" frequently being prefixed In
seeognltion Of his birthplace. Ken
lucky.
The Times under the Stcritt regime
employed five men and II wonlan In
its. manufacture. The latter was the
wife Of the foreman of the printing
soom and worked at the ceases" while
W. 'printer's devil" performed double
8Uty by acting ns the motive power of
he hand press The foreman during
Ais younger days had Fad an argument
xtTh a mule. and the sears of that bat
1e' which decorated his face had aided
H. securing his t. i,u,ntiuu of being "a
AID man in Il ri!Hnp." Shortly after
'Gs.e- new hand press had begun the
rDiding of editorials and the sharing
af subscription donations ranging from
garden truck to o~vrrwO.kpd farm stock
GMeasinrss 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 stalkrd into the editors
Eanctum one morning backed up by the
Fs,tire 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
Eteritt, who had not found promises Of
y direct road to wealth and Wall street
4hrough The Times. "Unionized. are
gpu? Well. sir. I'm glad to hear it. I've
been thinking for some days Of going
OK a strike myself. The circulation Of
fAis concern isn't extremely feverish,
and none Of the subscribers will eel
Miss us, and If they do it will be to our
Aeneft. The few blocks of white paper
urt there will keep. and | guess the
hand press won't object to a day off.
les, sir, We'll strike right here and
iEHT. Well just walk around the cor
rgY and celebrate the Inauguration of
lAhS WalkOul Win u uTlllk.
The forenian's wife here transferred
fNT share OF arbitration power on the
Eigsculine contingent and departed.
Jle quintet expressed some surprise
st the turn Of affairs. but followed Ster-
1T to the corner saloon. where three
sDgnds Of drinks were put away under
MY direction.
you see" began the foreman, we're
Nady to go right back to work now If
you'll pay
"No, Stree" broke in the editor.
why, we've just struck. and | couldn't
ssAIl things off now. Hold IN, l tell
sou, and Well win out"
The Times Office was closed up, the
shadows nailed down and the office cat
Earned loose to forage. On the fourth
Day the foreman approached Steritt
End sounded him as to the ACCESSIBILITY
sy declaring the strike at an end.
CANT do it, was the answer. "Why,
gNu having the best time of my life.
Wang out, and we'll win, | tell you. If
70 could find another union around here,
Ne would have one of those sympa-
hetic affairs. Mop: the strikes not off,
md | hereby issue another pronuncia-
Esnto to that end. Besides that, the
.prople are beginning to find out they
seed a paper. I'm in this strike for
Subscribers"
Then they liquored several times, and
1--we foreman left.
tn the ninth day the striking army
al ave conferred with the self appoint
ID walking delegate. They contended
tsat they were ready to resume their
sN5 Of the work Of shaping public opin-
sRn vt the old schedule Of weekly pay.
Yssritt was obdurate and advised fur.
Mes hostilities for several days. On
sk% fourteenth day he was called on to
accept a most sweeping equalization.
TIE next day the hand press began Its
xriud, the foreman. who had not lived
up to his reputation as a bad man."
1ok his wife and his followers back to
NE "cases," and Steritt continued the
work Of gathering Items" and build.
&r editorials. At the close Of the davis