The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-14
LECTURES PRINTERS

l LECTURES PRINTERS DRTsCoLL's PLAIN TALK TO UN-
 ION TYPOS.
 Strike at Seattle and Spokane Wash
 ington Evidence of Their Eail- ure to Abide by Their Promises.
 Washington, Aug. la-The Internation- al Typographical Union began it's session to-day with sharp controversy over . motion to distribute q pamphlet prepared by the Newspaper Publishers Association in criticism of the unions conduct of the printers strike at Seattle and Spokane. | Wash. Objection was made to the cir- culation of the pamphlet on the ground that it did not bear the union label. but President Lynch made an earnest ap- peal for its acceptance. and his request was granted by a decided vote. | The convention then. in accordance with q resolution adopted yesterday. iis- tened to an address by Frederick Dris- coll, commissioner of the Publishers As- State of Washington. He disciaimed re- sponsibility for the printing of the pED- fishers circular without . label. and then proceeded to read formal state ment which was Q sharp criticism of the union and of President Lynch. l Mir. Driscoll said that continuous in- | A nl ho6 f0r fv1A than two years under the plan of arbi- tration adopted by the association and the union, and until the occurrence of the two strikes at Spokane and Seattle, which he characterized as 'inexcusable," contending that the reasons put forth justifying those strikes are untenable. He said that 'if arbitration had been ad- hered to, according to the obligations of our agreement. there would have been no strike or disturbance of our friendly relations"
 Continuing. he said:
 'The National Board of Arbitration should have been organized as provided in the contract in each of the two cases referred to that board-if it had found prior Irregularities or even fraud; if publishers of union had asked for con- sideration of subjects not allowed in the contract-has and does possess all nec- essary power to annul and wipe out all previous proceedings and begin anew from the inception Of the issues raised. and give an award which would be ac- cepted by all parties in interest" He said it was not peasant duty to criticise the president and executive council of the union ana added: But as a friend of your organization; as a representative of our association; as a man and a citizen, I am obliged to enter my protest against these gross vio- lations of our arbitration contract" l Referring to the two cases at issue and stating his contentious respecting siem, Mir. Driscoll said the existing agreement should be respected and the publishers at Spokane and Seattle re- stored to the status existing before the strike, and that they should proceed un- der the terms of the existing contract to arbitrate and finally settle the dtfferen- ces. He closed with an appeal to the union to do what he regarded as. its duty.
 Mir. Driscolls speech was received with applause and the chasr announced that 1t would be referred to the committee on arbitration. He added the1s when the committee reports, he would make a statement in which he hoped to be able to show that the merits of the Wash ington controversy are not all on one | side.
 The convention then listened to an ad. dress by Martin B. Higgins. president of the International Pressmen and Assist | ants Union. He said that he had been at one time a member of the Typograph- ical Union. and referring to Mir. Dris- coils address. said he knew when all the facts were brought out. it would be a question as to who had broken the con- tract in connection with the Washington strike.
 An address also was made by Collis F. Lovelace. president of the Boot and Shoe Workers Union. He thanked the union for it's uniform support of It's own or | ganization in its contentious. The con- vention was also addressed by Mr. Campbell. of the Textile Workers of Philadelphia, who asked an expression in support of their demand for a reduc- ton of working hours.
 The committee appointed to make sug- | gestions for a memorial in honor of the late Amos Cummings. made report rec ommending that an appropriate monu- ment of Colorado granite be erected in the grounds of the Printers Home at Colorado Springs, Colo. No action has been taken the report.
 Sections B, z7. 50, s1. 1OS, 109. 16s, general laws, and resolution 3. were stricken out. The proposition of the Memphis union relative to machine-set type measure ment, upon the recommendation of the Committee on Laws, was referred to the incoming Executive Council, which Is to secure data and report at the meeting of 1904.
 Section 19, general laws. was amended by adding that where there shall be a cast upon a arger body than the face, 1t l shall be measured as the face, and where cast upon larger body than the face. 1t be measured as the body, this to apply | to hand-set type only.
 The Executive Council was authorized by a resolution to expend whatever sums may be deemed necessary for the purposes of organization work in Philadelphia.
 Delegate Paries of Philadelphia, in de- scribing conditions in his city. said the non-union printers in Philadelphia out numbered the union by fifty, there being more than 1900 of the former in that | city.
 l A large part of the afternoon session was devoted to the situation in Philadel- phia.
 The Birdsall Case. Washington, Aug. 13-At today's session l Iof Ina Tafa orH