Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-14
VICTORY FOR JOB PRIMERS
ArmtrEt0n Bou-d Decides IN Tsvur Of Fist
Wage q EiEhtssn DuIlE1
FFoEwoRK IS TO BE DISCONTINUED
BsPort ef A~rhitrasors ssys NUthinE IN
Regard 10 Ewpluresr DemRnd
Ter an Hour oE en-
sHrurdHvA

Ths result q the arbitration between
The printer and the employers vas o VIC
tory fur ths former. and q greater victory
than thEy expected. Tor although the new
scale does no1 80 iutp effect untu ssptsm-
her I and The hours VII remain The same.
the prir1ers were rather surprised 10
learn that as The result Of the finding
which was EiEnet hy al uf The members o.
The board. every form OF piBcEwurk iE
abolished and thH scale fur "B-rHiEht mat
Ter" which hnF beer $50 below the scale
fur regular JOB printers. viii be wiped out
II that time End AL primers employed IN
Dob ofhcz win drHw fJB per week as 4
minimum. sBs 81 The character Of the
work on which they are employed.
This result was mt reached uutD after
6 O'Clock last utrht and then unly after
1hs Decision hHh been reached by Rev.
John Williams. the chairman o. the board.
Hrter the other members had discussed the
question for more than an hUur and failed
10 agree. Ths decision was reached IN
its present form through al apparent M
6erHtnndinE. The agreement for ErbitrB-
ton STATED that he hoard should consider
unlT the scale nov in force and the pro-
posed scale. Copies q the proposed scale
vsrn lBid before the Brbi1rHturs. hui fr The
taking Of evidence and In The arguments
winch we're had during ths hearing nothing
was said o. the p~iscevurk scale Of a. cents
per loco ems and little said OF The prop
uEitiun 10 reduce ths hour. 90 that the
EtrEiEht-mEIfer scale and the hour we're
overlooked when the ErbirrEtUrH drew NJ
their report, and the only point decided In
terms was the question 81 toe additional
dollar per week Rsked ny the printers. II
WIS said BHfer the decision had been
reached that the date q tn effectiveness
was DELAYED 10 permit the employers 10
complete present contracts and give them
time IN which TO make estimates FOR work
H the higher scale.
Lawrerr Take Up Time.
Ths tRkinE n Testimony began Al u
O'Clock in the morning and continued. With
IN -fntsrmissiun at mon, until nearly 3
O'Clock. The facts presented al times had
little 10 DO with the points al issue and
for q time the bearing promised 10 con
time over several days, ms the lawyers
ruuressnrinE the cuutendinE parties went
fnto detnils in examination and Cross-sx-
animation. md II the afternoon session.
before testimony WIS introduced on behalf
az the employers. their attorney mace Al
application FOR a continuance This Rp-
piirHtinn was not aenepted pleasantly by
either n NE ErnfIrhLurH IRON ull u EUNh
and the neprHssutE1frB uf the employers on
The hoard sEid that while he would like
10 favor his side under al CtrcumstEr1es
he found that he must disagree with them
or the question % continuance.
Al the morning session G. L Barton and
Gs1rre Southland, ahe former prupristOr Of
n small JOB Office End the latter q journey
man printer. testified. the former AZ 10 The
advance in the price OF printed matter
and the latter Rs 20 the increased cost OF
such matter 10 the rity and county. state
meuts from The officials being presented
IN Euppurf Of has testimuny- II was claimed
hr the printers that the price had acvEncst
from 20 10 35 per cent over last year. AMI
in he teEtinsuny Of the employers fhis Eni
practically admitted, bun It YVES ciHimet
that work had been done nj 4 loss IN Sons
cases before q better system Of boOkEeep
ing had been introduced The employer
10 show thai IN increase Il
xnreF would cause WORK 10 leave The cir
and Il was shown that many 3obberz an
Hurns retail dealers had sent work out o
town. NehraskH City Fremont, Lanooln
Sioux CITY and Council Bluns being IN
principal bsnehciRries oi this action Tn
employers presented the scales IN furce 4
towns az the Mississippi valley, shown
that generally IN this territory the wage
OF printers are lower than NJ Omaha