Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-30

De no doubt as to their innocence. To a person not acquainted with the men It would seem little singular that eight men, none of whom had ever been arrested before should commit so heinous a crime.
 The proposed action of Third As sistant Postmaster General Edwin c. Madden to raise the pound rate from cent to four cents per pound on all pub- lications not rated strictly as news papers is being bitterly fought by or ganized labor as all trade Journals would come under this heading In many instances if this was done the magazines would be shipped by ex- press and delivered at the union rooms, so that probably instead of an increase in the revenue to the postal department there would be decrease. I
 Older organizations might take les son from the Teamsters union, who at their meeting on Tuesday night voted to continue the 15 cent assess ment to the strikers so long as the strike may continue and also to pay their share toward defraying the legal expenses incurred for the coming trials before the superior coutr. This body, while comparatively young, is made up of energetic workers and they will not rest until every teamster in the city is in their ranks.
 One day this week party of dozen or more were discussing the reported action of the Bartenders' union in Ter fusing' to pay the assessment for the trolley strikers hereafter. One man announced that he would swear off, rather than patronize them, and DOT ton of them agreed with him. An other thought the better way would be to wait until the vote for license comes up then let everybody turn out and work against it. Later developments, however, would indicate that the Bar tenders do not intend to shirk their responsibilities, so it probably will not be necessary for any to take such dras tic measures as mentioned above.
 Quite large number of the striking trolleymen are now engaged in other occupations about the city. Some, who never before had been accustomed to 1t, are doing the heaviest kind of work; in fact, they take anything they can get rather than loaf, but will throw up these jobs when called upon to don their uniforms and take their old runs again. On several occasions when they have applied for work at factories they have been told there was no work for them now, but to come around after the. strike was settled and per- haps there might be show. The men, however, appear to be of the opinion that when the strike is over there will be no occasion for them to go to the factories for employment
 For the past six years the city of Boston has conducted it's own printing plant. The report for the fiscal year ending January 31, 1908, is just out. and shows that the total receipts were $179,9 9,931.T2, with expenses of $17O,- 6ss.03, leaving profit of $9,243. .69. Al lowing 10 per cent for the depreciation Of the plant, the net profit to the city was $4,616.S3. The superintendent says that the standard followed in charging the different departments for printing is the price charged for sim liar work by private printing firms working under the Typographical union rules. Tn addition to making a profit for the city 1t has been of great bene- fit to the employees, as only eight hours work is required per day, while in the other job offices of the city nine hours is the rule. The pay roll for the year amounted to $91,957.7S.
 Delegates to the Central Labor union were greatly surprised and not a little incensed on reading an account of Monday evenings meeting in one of the local papers Tuesday. The asser- ton that there was dissension in the meeting and that it might cause a rup- ture in the body is said to be without the slightest foundation by those pres ent The true facts of the case they say is that reporter of this paper called at the rooms of the union after the meeting looking for news. HesWas told there was nothing for publication. which plainly was true, as no proceed ings of the meeting have since been published in any paper The reporter apparently was not satisfied, as he stated that if he could get no informa- tionkt there he would publish anything he could pick up on the streets. This he evidently did and added to that the best efforts of aviyid imagination, the result being the unfounded article that appeared in his paper the following day.
 Tn speaking of the organization of capital, Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, re gently said: eff capital organizes to repress labor and to prevent the better ment of conditions. labor will find the way to meet the situation. The req sons actuating the men who are al- legged to be behind this scheme of or ganization have been variously given in the, public prints: There has been so much variance that it is impossible to know what the real object of such an organization is If the object of or ganization of employers or labor is to secure the betterment of conditions, to effect a closer union between employ CTS and employees; if these men propose to be conciliatory and meet labor and labor organizations in that spirit, they will find labor organizations quite will +1.nY sv, ,on{IJ