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

Mr.. Cowles, according to the print
ers, achieved his end, and a statement
from them on the subject says:
JONES 4 NOVICE.
"Mr. Jones was a novice, and pro-
ceeded irregularly from the start.
His intentions may have been the
most exalted. Hell is paved with
good intentions. His verdict was a
reduction Of SO cents a dey in wages
under the scale in force for the past
year and a frightening of the hours
OF labor, neither of which should
have been considered for one mo-
ment, as under proper procedure he
could do but one Of two things
raise the wages or leave them where
they were. 1t would take a volume
to describe the arbitration proceed
ings and the tactics employed by Mr..
Jones in arbitrating with Mr..
Cowles." (Mr. Jones ignored the de-
mands Of the printers that the arbi-
tration board confine it's deliberations
to the original question at issue, the
wage scale. President James M.
Lynch Of the International Typo
graphical union has sustained the
local printers in this contention and
has ruled that the arbitration meet
ing was irregular.)
LYNCH's RULING.
President Lynch Of the Information
al Typographical union and Freder-
ick A Driscc1l ooynv ioo;opar of tho
American Newspaper Publishers as
ISOLATION, came to Spokane to in
vestigate the matter, and on June
Is, 1903, President Lynch issued a
resume Of the case, holding that the
local arbitration board acted irregu-
larly. In his report Mr.. Lynch says
that Rev. Jones ana ldr. Young Of
the local arbitration board, and Mr.
Cowles, owner of the paper, held
meetings without the presence Of Mr.
Cartano. the third member Of the
board, secretly discussed the condi-
tions, and uniawfully arrived at a
decision in the matter; and that the
Spokesman-Review violated the con-
ditions by publishing without author
lily the conditions of the alleged agree
ment.
In resume of the alleged 10
grievances of Mr.. Cowles the print
ers point out that If the grievances
were allowed they would literally
destroy the most salient features Of
the bylaws of the International Ty-
biographical union--would make the
entire composing room non-union
and would make Mr.. Cowles absolute
dictator. permitting him to employ
as many "scab" or hobo printers as
he might please. and to load up his
Office with apprentices.
An unusual thing about the strike
vote is that it was unanimous. The
vote was taken with white and black
balls. the white for a strike and the
black against it.. There were no
black balls.
The stereotpying plant of the Re-
view Publishing company is at pres
ent non-nuion, and the printers state
1t would cause no surprise If the bal
ance Of the mechanical department
was made to conform
Up to noon no peace negotiations
are in progress, and the outlook is
that the Press is the only newspaper
in the city.
that they will stay by the printers
and one of the non-union stereotyp-
ers also states that he wall stand
with them.
The Review Publishing company is
the only printing firm in the city that
refused to sign the printers new
scale, all others having signed vol
unfairly when the scale was pre-
scented.
The following statement appears
tackled outside the Review office:
"All printers In our composing
room struck last night. They struck
in open and fragrant violation of
signed contract not to strike or walk
out. They have repudiated their
signed contract binding them to SUB
NIT all differences to arbitration
THE SPOKESMAN-REv
The Review pressmen announce
PRESS NOT AFFECTED.
The Press is not affected by the
strike, having signed the new scale
when it was first presented last De-
cember