The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-14
PRESS FEEDERS TROUBLES
Machines Alleged TO Have Worked
10 Their Unions Detriment.

Indications Tint by September I All
Employed in the Various Branches
of the Government Printing ONCE
Will Possess Membership Cards.
Since the publication In The Times OF
The article concerning the Press Feeders
Union. number of reasons besides those
already set forth have been given I'm eX-
PLANTATION Of the troubles OF that org7ni-
cation. Heretofore it has been understood
that it Was the attitude OF a few women
who obtained positions AT the Government
Printing Office through the Civu Service
law that have stood In the way OF the
establishment Of a complete and strong
union. Now il is said that these women
have simply been used without knowing
it 20 further the ends Of the makers Of
the automatic press feeders who recently
succeeded in getting half dozen or more
Of their machines into the Government
Printing Office and who naturally desire
to supply every press there with such a
device
The press feeders, both union and nom
union, We're, Of course. against the intro
duction OF the automatic feeder into the
Government Printing once. But the I'M
ion was not on a solid enough footing to
take any decisive stand IN opposition to
it, and the non-Union feeders could do
nothing 70 stop Il. and consequently the
automatic contrivance found its way into
the big shop without any serious ObjeC-
ton from any quarter The union feed
ers made feeble effort TO get the press
mems organization to enter protest in
their behalf, but owing TO the fact that
more than one-half Of the hand feeders
employed by the Government were not
connected with the union the Pre- ssmen
took little or no interest in the matter
II IS now intimated that the women who
have gotten into the Office through the
Civil Service law have been stimulated 10
opposition to the union by the promoters
OF the automatic concern. They have
been led 20 believe that in case the de-
vice does take firm footing In the Coz
eminent shop those who oppose II
Will be the first to be displaced by il. and
that effective opposition will naturally
have to come from the union. Hence 10
be out Of the organization when such
struggle eomes-and the friends Of the
automatic machine declare IL VIII come
soon, probably when the new Printing OF
nee building is ready for occupancy-wiI
rebound TO the benefit, for a time at least.
-- va" Ai1AL AlAt GAlJL IN the present
emergency
In this connection IL is said that a reIa
tive Of one OF the principal officials OF
the Government Printing Office is the
most determined opponent OF the union.
ana that she openly declares that no con-
dition that the union women can create
can force her into the organization or on
danger her position. II is also said that
the defiant attitude Of this woman has
hdd Ihe erect to make many others take
Il sIInliar stand, and that in her stubborn
ness Is round the backbone Of the OUDOsf-
Ioh 70 the union She claims that nor
strength lies IN the fact that she got her
pace through the Civil Service law and
mat tht union cannot harm her however
StFohg 10 may become. Her cCufideuca in
ner ablllty 20 Ignore the union without
cdhSer 81 inJurIng herself however. is
dltI lbultd by some to another cause
NCtwlthsta ndlng the position this WON
an and her followers have assumed. there
Is SAID 70 be evidence that the pressmen-s
Inandate. that all feeders must have union
cards by September ]. is having a decided
erect on many Of those who have from
the start fought the organization II was
stated IN the article recently published in
ne Times that seventeen feeders en-
ployed at the Treasury branch Of the
Government Printing Office had made an
pnCdtl0n Tor union cards. II WAS said
yesterday that since that time more than
IItE non union women in the main Office
nave mace similar applications