The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-04
AFTER STUDENTS
AS IYPESETTERS
SOME EMPLOYERS SEEK THE UNI
vERsITY FOR HELP.
The Citizens Alliance Comes Into the
Contest with a Circular Characterize
ing Ante Strike Conditions as I'm
bearable and Asking Business Men to
Stand by the Employers.

University students have been i'm
portuned by local printing concerns to
enter the lists as strikebreakers, and it
IS probable that several students who
have had experience in printing offices
will take advantage Of the opportunity
to. increase their incomes and enlist
with the employing printers.
Several Of the university professors
were interviewed over the telephone to-
day by employers who asked them to
let students with a knowledge of print
ing know that positions were open to
them which would not interfere with
their university work. The members
Of the faculty who were asked to, aid
in the strike breaking refused to take
any part in the affair.
Many Of the students now in the uni
versity enlisted as strikebreakers at
the time of the recent four-mill strike
and were severely criticised by mem
bersN Of the unions. No action was
taken by the faculty at that time, altho
the university authorities were asked
to prevent the students from filing the
places of the strikers.
Alliance Issues Statement. r
The Citizens Alliance issued cir
cular letter today that will be. mailed
to business men thruout the city and
the state After outlining the condi-
tions leading up to the strike, taking
special note Of the strict closed shop
regulations and the shortening of the
| working hours, it Endorses the stand
taken by the employers as folloWs:}
Is The Citizens Alliance of Minneapolis, after
a conference with the employers and examining
the contract offered by the union, finds; the con-
ditions as existing in strictly union shops
| (these embrace 80 per cent of the printing out
put in Minneapolis) un-Amercan, unconstitution
| al and unbearable. ...- ..-. p ,..... ?
! We find 1t impossible for any or woman
to obtain a situation in the mechanical depart
ments of these shops If he or she Is not 9
member of the union. ..'t -.
The unions make the rules which govern the
employees, prescribe their duties, limit theil
| field Of labor and in other ways handicap the
business to such degree that it entails serious
loss and inconvenience to the proprietor
| We heartily endorse the stand the employing
| printers have taken for the open shop In THU
struggle to rid themselves Of union dicta tor
ship and tyranny, and we pledge the maste
| printers of Minneapolis hearty cooperation
and support and ask that all business men II
printing concerns that have been forced int
this fight.
i %. B. Kinnard, President.
i .'-'-. George K. Belden, Secretary.
isfied with the situation on the 'thir
day Of the strike. The Typographical
) union officers say they have the situation
well in hand and would be satisfied t
call off their pickets and allow tn
.. strike to settle itself. AS long as ne7
men continue to be brought into tn
city, the pickets will be maintained a
. matter Of protection. Union men II
sist that the new men are incompeten
and that if given sufficient time tn
employers will be glad to get their oil
men back.
The typothetae are equally coniden
l and maintain that they have PRACTICAL
: broken the strike already. They al
+ taking new business and are turning
out on time, they say. Moreover, the
are preparing for the future by takin
!, on apprentices who will be trained
|. become expert men. Twelve new me
q were secured yesterday and two lost, a.
cording to the statement Of the emplo.
: ers today. This makes a total {
: eighty three men at work.
Some Of the union pressmen are ga!
d to be considering sympathetic strik
g but the union officials say this step wi
l. not be necessary. The employers say
b contract stands in the way, but unto
6 lists say it expires next month, and TIL
n it has already been abrogated by tt
IS open-shop policy of the typothetae.
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