The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-09-15
PRINTERS STRIKE
FOR EIGHT HOURS
EIGHT FIRMS AFFECTED IN IN.
DIANAPoLIs HEADQUARTERS.
indianapolis the Storm Center, With
Chicago a Close Second, and
Other Cities Trailing.

Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 12.-The
strike of the book and job printers OF
the city which has been impending
for q week or more was formally de.
clared Monday evening when the 10
cal Typothetae refused to sign the
eight.hour contract for 1906, submit.
ted to its members by the local Typo
graphical union.
Eight firms, employing about one
hundred men are anected.
Today began the fight between the
union and the employers for an advan-
tage. The Typothetse will try to Sc
cure men to take the places of the
strikers, and they say that such men
can be secured within few days.
Signing the eight-hour scale with
nine hours pay, the Typothetae de
clared, in the conference with the
committee from the union was an i'm
possibility, If the business was to be
run at a profit. The decision of the
employers was communicated to al
the shops, and the men were called
out at six O'Clock Monday evening.
w. d. Pratt, who was a delegate to
the National Typotbetae convention,
signed the scale because he was com.
PEELED to finish some contracts that
were urgent. He resigned from the
Typothetae, though his sympathles are
with that body.
The Central Labor union, Monday
night, indorsed the strike of the print
ers.
The local Typographical union will
try to keep the printers that are to
be imported from working. The mem
bers of the union expect the Typothe
tae to get hold of printers and bring
them here. The union, Tuesday, es-
tablished pickets at all the shops af-
fected by the strike.
At the William b. Burford Co., the
largest employer of union printers,
there was not single printer at
work Tuesday. There, it was said,
however, that they would suffer little
inconvenience, as they had men COM
ing to take the places of the strik-
ers and that the plant would be run
ming full force in two or three days.
At the other shops each had two or
! three men at work getting out such
work as was absolutely necessary.
TEXAS PRINTS GO OUT.
Dallas, Texas, Sept. 12.-Practic.
ally all the book and job printing
houses in Dallas, have strikes de.
clared against them this afternoon by
the union printers because the pro-
prietors refused to sign the eight-aour
day contract to become effective jan
uary /, 1906. -
| Three of the largest printing
houses in the United States, the Dor,
sey Printing Co, the M. p. Exline Co,
and the ]. F. Worley Co. were in.
of smaller offices are also involved
The union men are acting under in
structions from International Presi
dent Lynch. Strikes are expected to
! be declared in Houston, Waco and
other cities tomorrow. Fort Worth
is not involved as that city already
has the 8-hour day.
| ONE HUNDRED OUT Al RICH
MOND.
Richmond, Va, Sept. 12-The strike
of the 100 union printers which went
into effect last night in the principal
book and job Offices is on in earnest
but no incident or development OF
especial interest has marked the day
The union today held a busines.
meeting 1t was general in its nature
The employing printers have issued
signed statement criticizing the &C
tion of the union. Both sides are
confident. The strike promises to
last some days at least and to involve
pressmen and bookbinders.
The union printers of Lynchhurg al
so went on strike today.