The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-02
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
UNION JOB PRINTS
ARE OUT TO A Man.
THE EMPLOYERS HAVE POSTED
OPEN SHOP NOTICES.
Union Men Were Unanimous In Voting
for the Strike and Profess Confidence
Employers Say They Already Have
Sixty-two Nonunionists Under Con-
tract for a Year.

One hundred and twenty-five union
job printers employed in thirty or more
large printing shops Of Minneapolis are
on strike today and will stay out until
the strike is won or lost. They are
striking for an S-hour day with the
same pay that has been received here
tofore for nine hours work, and for,
the complete recognition of the union.
The Minneapolis Typothetae, repre-
sentlng the employers, have posted
business announcing e that ei they S viii en-
plooy compositors without regard to
union or non-union affiliations. Wage
and hours of work to remain as at pres
ent.'' = "a
The. union men met yesterday after
noon in Morgan Post hall and after tho
roly discussing the situation voted to
strike, Only one Of the 1853 members
present failed to vote for the strike.
ported that the work in their shops had
been left in good shape in order that no
complaints might be made on this score
by the employers. In some shops the
men worked all Saturday night that
they might be able to do this. -
!. Nonunionists Coming In.
No deep gloom of encouragement
appeared to cloud the meeting Of the
Typothetae at noon today, and every-
body seemed acutely optimistic. A roll
OF the number of men working today
in the Typothetae shops showed sixty
two men up to- noon, with more coming
later in the day and tomorrow. This
is fully 50 per cent of the full capacity
IN the affected shops. The EMPLOYERS
freely admit that the strikers left their
shop work IN good shape before walk
ing out" f. s. - y - u.
That the. employing printers are in
the. strike for good and are burning
the fact that they are making iron
clad contracts with strikebreakers to
come here and go to work. Outside
men who are known to be good men
receive contracts binding the employ
ers to pay them $18 week-the pres
| ent union scale-for periods of one to
two years. It will be impossible to
turn them off at the end of the strike
! and take back old men.
For three weeks representatives of
| large concerns and the Typothetae have
| been out thru the country and even
into the Dakotas and Iowa, in search
! Of men. .1,'% 80 w = .'-
| The union has established strike
headquarters at As Fourth street S, on
the third floor. Men who are out are
/ expected to report twice each day and
II needed for picket duty or other work
must offer their services. N. G. O'Con-
nor, secretary of the local union, ad-
mltted that a few men were at work,
but not as many as the employers
claim. -
! No Sympathetic Move Due. ..-.
eve are greatly >siurprised,'' said he.
at the small number Of men who are
working as strike breakers. I do not
believe the number will exceed twenty
five, but cannot tell positively until
quitting time tonight. We have our
side, No attempt will be made to in
yolve the. other branches, of the trade.
The men on the, strife aid everything in
EtheirS power to get out the work for
their employers. Some of them worked
night and day to so. This was done
so that the employers could lay nothing
to the door of the members Of the Typo
graphical union. l challenge a member
! Of the typotheta to point to single
has done one thing detrimental to the
! employers in this city. I challenge
them to show where the scale of the
printers, pressmen and binders were
raised one cent since Oct. 81, 1908"
Shops Not Tied Up.
The employers have issued state
ments announcing that they will accept
contract< for work and will be able to
Ecarry them out with reasonable prompt
ness. The firms that have posted open
shop notices and will fight the union
demands are: t.. ~
Brown & Phelps, Byron & Willard, Cootey
Lithograph & Printing Co., Crawford Dickey
Co., Dahl, A. J. & Co., Earl Printing Co., Farm
ham, A. B., Printing and Stationery Co., Frank
lin Printing Co., Gerber Bros, Great Western
Printing Co., Hahn & Harmon Co., Hall. Black
& Co.. Harrison & Smith Co., Haywood Mfg
Co., Kimball & storer Co.. Kohlstedt Printing
Co., Leighton Bros Printing Co., Miller Davis
Printing Co., Minneapolis Typesetting Co., Mitch
ell Printing Co., Murphy Travis Co., Publishers
r Typesetting Co., Reporter Printing Co., Scott
Fred J., Spencer s Co., swinburne & Co., Trib
une Job Printing Co., University Press.