The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-12
FIRST BREAK" IN
PRINTERS Strike 4 TX. !.
Messrs. ]. w. Fcrgtisson & Sons
Sign Up}lWith the
Strikers.
ARE PROMPTLY RON I ] I. Y f EXPELLED :: !
Local Typothetac Declare tile
Outlook for Success Was #
Never Brighter.
ARE PROMPTLY EXPELLED

Never Brighter.
The first break In the printers Strike
came yesterday. when Messrs. j. w. Fer
gusson & Sons, employing printers, signed
the agreement with the union printers,
granting the cighthour day after jan
unry 1st.
Mr.. Everett Waddey. speaking for the
local Typothetae, said last night that they
were not at ali discouraged at the move
made by tho FERGUSON firm.
They are small employers" he said,
land the loss to Our ranks Is not con-
siderable. At a meeting held this after
noon We expelled tho firm from mem
bershie In the a'ypothetae. gF.
we are Iii better shape than at any
time during the strike, and have every
reason ID, expect victory In the end"
The Printers Side.
Mr. NJ. r. Pace, president Of the print
ers' union, issued the following state
ment last night concerning the matter:
To Our Friends. tho Public:
1t is with very great pleasure we announce
that the staunch; and honorable printing house
sdered the stand they utook on the lllh OF
Stpen,ber. and have signed an agreement WIN
our organization that they Will work TIER i,oI
We believe that this course on the part OF
the oldest and best known printing establish
n.ent in our city VIII CONVINCE the citizens
that Typographical Union No. 90 has ma no
hard or unreasonable request OF tho employing
Printers. Mcssrs. FERGUSON and Sons stato
j,, t1n 1praa It
was first made to them they were OF the
opinion that they could not then n. Sign sold
have agreed to, sign, said agreement" And we
believe any other 1rm in the nity who will look
upon the subject III the same manner as ms
firm has done5will come TO the same conclu sion ION,
They, doubtless, realized the fact that they
could not afford as true Virginia. gentlemen to
let their old men (also Virginia genten,on)
filled their office with the scourings OF the
country---men devoid Of principle having no no
Of making few dollars to be squandored III
drink and riotous living; and when their lusts
and passions have been INDUCED. to the disgust
oven Of their employers. then to return to the
taunts whence they came
Time to Make Statement.
1t has not been o,r purpose To- parade our
with our grievances. But we believe nov. the
time has come when our silence should DO
broken.
Some Of the employing printers have been
very vgilant in stating our case for US. Lot
any business man take up his pencil rs ne
self. We do not ask him 70 take our words,
hut simply to examine the facts we present.
on osh Sna
cussed by the two national organizations for
six co. years, and the first Of January next
hs e i sRond y %
convention at N'aEAra Falls on the 4th Of lat
they d hhsy not hs
ing as the keynote OF their war, cry: Conc
let's have an open drink at an open p; bar. served
arranging for months to get their shops clear
Of work. 80 that when the LIST OF January came
they would have them (us9 whipped Cd hands a,ss
game, and then they appealed to the public
that we had given them but six hours
notice.: whereas, they had been nearer SIX
Not Cause Bankruptcy.
In the next place. thoy said they could not
grant the eight hour work day lhout bank
ruptlng their buslness. Let me AXE this up
seal Scale 20 Of ' Prices Of Riehmond Typographical
Union No. 90 calls for SIG per week for hang
men, and for machine operators SIS per week
Is this exorbtant when we consider the nlsn
price OF living and tho wage other crafts are
receiving In our s no ther bp
Wo trow not. But lot US go a little further ana
see what the outcome is, and how they iigure
SD per s Week tor forty eight hours they would
pay ,s at tho rate OF b cents per nour. lhey
IS pe fe
tors--ss per week Tor Slipper hour for the extra
wo submit to & discriminating public Us to
which Of these two proportions rs the more
likely to BANKRUPT business houss So Ano oaKe
your , bone and flesh 81 your flesh" ana tho he
anywhere l,,"i LIT me give an illustration: Tho
writer of this was for seven years. up to the
nth Of last month In the employ Of h s Sq bn9
comparatively a small establishment conslst"
Ink Of three job presses three OLD and dlIap-
tyne machine and AFFAIR supply OF type, IN
rented house. This firm now owns ~ soui!ulnS,
has two Mcrgenthaer linotype nachime's 'nr ns
own their homes. Docs this look like bank.
runtcy? The reason Is attributable. to the tact
ccusidered tho welfare of their employers. The
same thing Is true OF many, OF not an OF Inc
other offices. 5 ~ ,h,,o
tb IN tour eui1e men arc true blue Vrglnians Our
interests arc Identical with those OF tho busl-
n sa ssb sDy ASK @ on
slider us. We know your printing Is being 40.
and 4 oshs asyr nnd
Sons we stand ready to return to our places.
and viii do everything In our power to make
W io' ' VIZ ~ NJ r. PACE,
Pres, II. T. U. No. 90
AS to Augusta.
A special telegram was received at the
Headquarters yesterday from Augusta
Ga, to tho effect that the proprletors
of the printing establishments In that
CITY had signed tho elght-hour agreement
effective January lst.
The printers will hold meeting TINS
II. MT. uc(<
morning at 1890 o'clock rms session
viii perhaps be the most Interesting
which has heen held since the strike has
been on.
Mrs. Whitehead Seriously III.