Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-21
Big Publishing House Pestered
by Labor Troubles In
That City
DECIDE TO SEEK NEW LOCATION
Rand, McNalIy & Co. Resort to Courts
for Injunction Against the Press
mems Union-say Labor's Demands
Have Been Unreasonable-Pai Big
Wages.
Wages.


eliminating in the strike of Franklin
union press feeders have driven one
houses out of Chicago. After being
compelled Monday TO resort TO the
the striking press feeders. the officers
of Rand. AIcNally & Vo, decided to
remove their printing plant from the
city.
Recent labor troubles caused the Of
ficers of the company to abandon their
plan to erect a s1,000,000 building here
and brought them to consider the prop
osition of moving from Chicago, but
it was not until the press feeders pu.
in demands for an increase OF from 81
to So n week in wages that the re-
moval plan took a serious aspect. Of
icials of the company said Monday
night that no time would now be lost
in getting the largest part of the es-
Enlistment out of Chicago.
Late Monday afternoon Rand. Nc
NalIy & Co.. thru Attorney A. c. Allen.
filed bill for an injunction against the
striking press feeders. asking the
court to restrain them from interfering
in any way with their business. The
bill is similar to the one filed by seven
other big printing houses and to whom
Judge Holdom granting restraining
order week ago last Saturday. The
hearing for temporary restraining
order came up yesterday morning be-
fore Judge Holdom.
Must Move or Quit.
1--WE have either got 10 move or get
ont OF business said Andrew MeNally
president OF Rand. McNally & Co..
Monday evening, IN speaking OF the
removal of the firms
book manufacturing and heavy work
plants from Chicago.
Two-thirds of the SEQ people en-
ployed by the firm in Chicago are ems
ployed In these branches. and hence
the city will lose an industry that en-
ploys more than 500 people--due, Mr.
McNaliy SAYS, to the arbitrary actions
of labor unions.
Il have been In business in Chicago
since 1865" continued Mr.. McNaliy.
.and never have the unions been 50
excessive in their demands as IN the
last four or five years. Until about hye
years ago they were conservative, put
they are now very aggressive
I'VE are paying higher wages than
are paid in New York or any other city
in the United States. We are paying
from 80 to 80 per cent more than is
paid in Milwaukee or Buffalo. AND.
what is worst for our business, we are
paying from 80 to 40 per cent higher
wages than are paid by competing
firms within a radius OF 500 miles OF
Chicago. They are taking business
away from US
Planned 100000 Building.
The firms grievances are not only
due to the printing trafies' unions. Mr..
says. but due to those en-
gagged in building operations. For sew
eral years the firm has been planning
10 erect a s1.0000oO building on the
property which 1t owns opposite the La
Sale street station. This ground faces
500 feet on Pacific avenue and $50 feet
IN Clark street. and is between. Harr.-
son and Van Buren, streets.
With this building completed, the
firm hoped to enlarge its business
greatly. With floor space of $4,000
square feet and building adapted for
publishing purposes. the plant. it was
expected, would become one of the
largest in the world. But the excessive
price of building material and labor has
It's construction. Mr.. Nc
Nally says.
Two years ago he said, when we
were ready to build, we found that 1t
would COS. us more than we could at
ford. owing to the high prices OF ma
.erial and labor Last spring, when we
thought of building again, we found
that 1t would cost US twice as much as
We had planned to expend."
Mr.. McNally would not say that the
erection OF the building had been def
,itely abandoned, altho there are ru-
nors af1oat to that effect.
4The erection of the building has
oeen postponed" he said. When we
will build ii I can not say. 1t will GER
.ainly not be built until the prices OF
building material and labor have been
.educed."