The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-22
The Star and It's Rats"
Action bu Organized Labor

The dispute between the Arizona Star
and the typographical Union is grad
naIly but steadily reaching out 10 all
branches Of organized labor
The carpenters union was the first
10 take action aTer the Star RATED"
iss ofSsee. At q meeting Friday night
the carpenters agreed TO withhold ell
patronage from the Star and from all
v ho ta;roniaes that paper
Saturday night ihe Brieklayers
rn30n held q meeting and issued
s,, eott proclamation sgainst the Star
for employing 'scabs"
Last nlghi the toilsf makers Union
h.,lA d meeting. and sfser fully con-
sit.y ng the attitude of tho Star
towards the TypogrAp phicAl Union,
al. r,ed The following resolution
+ksfnls@d. That the members 0t
I4caS. Vt III the n, es VI N Il !. 3 d, of
America withhold ali patronage fT1 u
ihe ArisnEa Star. and from any arm
Advertising ins subscribing for or
assisting In Ans manner said Arizona
s.=~ untii a satisfactory agreement is
made with the typographical Union
The following communication from
she president of the typographical
Inson IL seif-explanatory
Tmcmoo. ArlE, Iuly p. 1901.
To the Editor Of the Citizen.
TIE hart dog bowls. and the Morning
sran xsEyoss4 nearly half @@ space to-
dsy 10 abuse Of organized labor and
giorsfAraason of tAe rat strike breakers
,sssang Ak "fraisrni,y" pFsntesS
fs.aes0ml matters should be settled
personally and vii mot take mp your
spaes ID their Discussion. but one az
two points in the Stars rahsd esnana-
tons may rs worthy Of notice.
: That sheet says there In Uo strike ON
that rsaper~no otfEsrences between IL
and its pyinterg There il and has
been no strike The pin headed
management of the paper simply took
advantage of the notice given by the
union OF the adoption OF scase, and
imported scahs from the notorious rat
hole In Los Angeles. the Times Office
Then the unspn was Informed that the
Stag would not sign The scale nor run
q axson uAscs.
prmasssiy that yar, Of the scale reauir-
frg mlnKas 10 ase paid regularly in cur
r.nryYsinssead ss railroad IsasseS. meal
tir kess. @ie., Was what frightened the
Star. ,Dnriag the past eightsen
months that sheet has worked on on is
employees hundreds Of doliras In rail
road passes. charging them In many
cases full. fare rates for same. And IN
most instances. when a mans trans
rortation had been worked out. and ne
NO longer proved a willing customer for
meal tickets ana store orders, his work
vas found to be unsatisfactory. and he
was set adrift, to make room Tor an
other victim.
Wonder II the y. r. management
knows how much money the star mas
realized from the sale OF passe TO lis
The statement that The Citizen en-
ploys the majority of the members OF
the union would be only Creditabie 10
the paper II IL were true. but II Is NOT
The Citizen newspaper and job once
employs five out of our eighteen mem
hers. besides one member OF an allied
trade. the pressmen. and such employ
ment has proved mutually profitable.
There are but four establihments IN
Tucson employing journeymen print
ers-Kimball 4 Francis, herman
Co, The Citizen ana tne
Star. OF these four, all have signed
the scale except the star. and each OF
the other Offices employ from three 10
Ave union members.
But ii would be an endless task 10
try to chase the rat sheet through It's
labarinth OF mendacity. The tacts
stand out for themselves. The Arl-
zona Star and the Los Angeles Times
are bracketed together as employers
and supporters of organized scabbery-
They are both fighting honest labor or
ganizations. and the fight is to the
finish. The friends and supporters OF
these two sheets are not the friends and