The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-21
.OEF ER. PRINTERS
A NOVEL i !. SCHEME i !. mi
One Employer Said to Have Made
Proposition With Chance
Element.
PRINTERS ANSWER CRITICS q; ]
Issue Statement to the Public
Defining Their Position
in Strike.
PRINTERS ANSWER CRITICS

From an authentic source it was learn
had gone TO the striking printers with q
proposition that, to say the least is no.
vel one, such as any sporting man might
accept, the element Of chance being the
principal vein through It. The PROPOSE
ton is, according to the report which
appears to be perfectly accurate, that the
employing printer will permit the men
who went out from his office at the com
mand Of the Interna tiona Typographical
Union to return to work until the strike
lis settled either one way or the other
II the union men win then the employer
will sign the agreement stipulating the
period that the men In his employ shal'
work on the eight-hour basis III the Iy-
pothetne wins, then 1t must remain
question what the employer will do, lie
will then be IN q position to dictate ana
Will use his discretion.
In a nutshell the proposition is game
OF chance, and whether or not the strik-
ers want to take Il chance shot Is z
matter yet undecided Certainly there
was some activity last night In the ranks
Of, the men who are out on tho strike
Whether 1t resulted from this communi-
cation from the members Of the employer
4 is not known. But there was q papel
amongst the men who gathered In groups
that made them very much conyersn-
tional .one TO the other
Ny III the strike situation there was little
change yesterday. Both sides are CAM.
Ing the strongholds, The employers have
Issued no statement since the letter OF
two days ago, which was printed IN the
Times Disp9tch.f
The printers gave out the appended
statement last night: /;
To the Public.
There has boen good deal In the papers rel.
alive to tho cont royersy now on IN TINS CITY
the epoyns PRINTERS nnS prn
tors have been content to remain silent ana
even to submit to gross 1nisrepresentation iron,
th1se aerns WIN Ills se
broken and tho public and our friends should
be given the true status Of the case: We We, 90
but it was u lack OF information or u purpose
not to let the public know all the facts,
order make the s,ate plain to h from R"Ds
inception. This controversy has been on be,
tween tho two national bodies Crypothetae and
liz 1 Sears Rye years. ago the l.
proposed that tho subject be taken In four a.
annual nstalments appphnE fifteen no bos
this was a proposition. the CARRYING out Of
which would eys IN Yay VOLTA
not grant even this concession; they were
determined we should continue to be '.'hewers Of
golfers might be filled. And this notwth-
standing tho faat that other crafts have for
some years and are now working tho eight
hour day, such as brickmasons stonenasons'
plumbers and gas-flttars. iron workers, timers.
cornlce and galvanized Iron workers. aud C., car,
penters and jolners-the latter having beol,
lSO) days We ask the public especially that
part that has large quantities OF printing done.
manner OF trying to secure the same has been
conducted in any other than an honorable and
About fiVe years ago the Richmond employ
ers agreed to give us nlnerand half hour