The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1903-07-28

committees from both Mr.. Cowies and
his printer employees met. At this
meeting, as an Offset to the proposed
new scale presented by the union,
Mr.. Cowles submitted a list Of IS
alleged grievances. the essence of the
IS grievances being a request from
{ Mr.. Cowles to keep down the wage
scale, and to employ whom he pleased
whether they be union or non-union
printers, the meaning Of the griey-
ances boiled down being a request
for permission to "rat" the Spokes-
man-Review and Chronicle compos-
Ing rooms. The Cancellation COM
mittee plainly pointed out that they
could under no consideration agree
to many of the IS grievances
After the Cancellation meeting Mr..
Cowles sent another note, requesting
that his 13 grievances be submitted
to board of arbitration. Again the
committee met, and again were UNI
able to reach an agreement. Boiled
down, these alleged grievances Of Mr..
Cowles are as follows:
Foremen may be union or nom
union. as the particular Individual en-
gagged to act in that capacity may
elect.
Proofreaders to be non-union.
Linotype machinists to be nom
union
The right to employ machinist-op-
orators.
The employment OF an unlimited
number of apprentices.
- A dead line of $4,000 ems per day,
solid nonpariel.
=. Eight hours to constitute a days
work, with the privilege of working
nine one day in the week; also priv
rata pay.
Price and one-third for overtime
Foreman to be absolute Judge Of
: competency.
Beginners on machines to receive
$12 per week for six months.
Abolition of /. T. U. law relating
: TO extra work.
The scale to be $3.50 for day work
and - for night work.
PRINTERs' CONTENTION.
This matter of dispute, the arbitra-
tion Of the Cowles grievances, was
next referred to President Lynch of
the International Typographical
union. President Lynch, according to
the printers, sustained them, holding
that the first question for arbitra-
tion was the wage scale proposition
I submitted by the printers; and Mr..
Lynch clearly pointed out that the
Cowles bill of 13 grievances had come
in later, and that If Mr.. Cowles de-
sired arbitration on that matter it
should be submitted to a separate ar
bitration meeting and should not be
introduced at the time when the
earlier differences, the wage scale,
was being considered; that If Mr..
Cowles had grievances he should pre-
pare them and submit them regularly
1 to a board Of arbitration.
LOCAL A18TT1ATxoH.
Other efforts to adjust differences
were held without success, and the
matter ended at q verbal discussion
meeting. when Mr.. Cowles turned the
trick that enabled him to let his
grievances figure in the printers
proposition OF a change In the wage
scale. Mr.. Cowles saying that in as
much as they couldn't agree, each
side could present it's side OF the
dispute to the local arbitration board !;
and in this way Mr.. Cowles got all
Of his Is alleged grievances before
the local arbitration board.
]. F. Young was chosen as the
member Of the arbitration board for
the Spokesman-Review and d. A. Car
tano for the printers, the two to Sc
lect a third member. Mr.. Cartano
proposed that the three Spokane SUI
perior judges select the third mem-
Der, but Mr.. Young refused. Then
It was proposed that Mr.. Cartano
name three Spokane preachers. Mr..
Young to select one Of the three who
should act as the third member Of
the board; and this was done, with
the proviso by Mr.. Young that no
SCRUB" preacher be taken on. Mr..
Young chose as arbiter Rev. w. M.
Jones of the Unitarian church, to
which church Mr.. Cowles is said to
he a contributor