The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-02
UNION DECLARES
 AN 8-HOUR DAY Typos Meeting Was Held Yes-
 terday Afternoon WILL NOTIFY MASTERS Notices Will Be Sent to Proprietors of Job Shops and Newspapers
 Today-Latter Not Ef-
 fected Much.
WILL NOTIFY MASTERS

At meeting of the Birmingham Ty- geographical union. No. 104, which lasted nearly four hours yesterday afternoon 1t was unanimously decided to declare for an eight-hour day in all newspaper and job printing offices with the present pay per diem. Action on the recommendation of the executive committee and the eight hour committee, which were appointed shortly after the resolution for an eight hour day was adopted at the interna- tional convention In St. Louis, was unan- imous.
 A rough copy of the notice that will be sent to the master printers of Birming- ham was outlined, and will be placed in circular form today. By the middle of the week 1t Is expected that every owner of a job printing office in the city will be agreement for the coming year, effective January 1. As a matter of form notices will also be sent to the Birmingham news papers, "Ad" men in the local offices work only eight and one-quarter hours at the present time, and the unions action yes terday will have little effect so far as daily papers are concerned. It deals prin. cipally with the job shops, of which there are twelve or fifteen in this city. employ ing fully 100 men.
 Large Attendance.
 When the meeting was called to order at o'clock yesterday afternoon in the building at the corner of Nineteenth street and Fourth avenue, the attendance was one of the largest in the history of the local organization It was prac. tically a full attendance, and very few members left before final adjournment at s;45 o'clock. During that time volume of business was tranacted, but the prin. cipal business was that of outlining g plan by which the new eight-hour clause could be brought before the master print CTS. The eight-hour committee reported favorably on the recommendation of the national union, and when a motion wal made for the adoption of the commit tees report there was not a dissenting voice. The presiding officer, President George Hess, announced that the subjec was open for discussion For the benei of members who had not given the pro posed change much thought the points of the resolution adopted at St. Louis anC later ratified at Toronto were made per fectly clear, and before the meeting closed every member knew his position. Reply Is Expected.
 The secretary. Thomas Knox, was in structed to send a copy of the notices to every master printer In the Birming ham jurisdiction as soon as they leave tn, press. Within sixty days the masters ar, expected to make a reply, and all confer ences between them and the union vii be transacted by committee which they will doubtless name and the executive ant the eighe-hour committees of the union.
 All contracts with the masters in joi offices expire January 1, 1906 and thu union believes there will be no troubl; in renewing them under the new agree ment. The contracts with the newspaper, do not expire until Janury 13 The printer! do not entertain any trouble whatever with the dailies for the reason they hav' already reached an amicable understand ing.