The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

ployees this week, which STATED that
4 son Oct. u the pleasant business rela-
lions existing between us as employer
and employee will be severed by orders
TO you from the local and international
Officers, and in the parting Of the ways
the matter and to assure you that the
severance Of business ties by your
union is a source of sincere regret to us.
ssThe proposed shortening Of the
workday would necessitate advances in
charges for printed work which we
could not possibly obtain from our Gus
toners, and would destroy and democrat
ize the printing industry, as the buyer
not as Yet recovered from the effects
sof the raise in prices which we were
forced to make last year, when your
scale of wages was raised So per woek
and you all know that the business
houses cut down their printing orders
How much printing would be ordered
if we confront them with another in.
crease Of Is to 90 per cents
ANY of. our compositors who may
feel that we, as employers, are entitled
continue in our employ under the same
conditions which at present PREVAIL
We propose to fill all vacancies in our
working forces as quickly as possible,
and suggest to those employees who
value their positions that first come,
first served is the rule; and we will
not forget those who stand by us in our
need. The responsibility for the coming
misfortune 1ias, t. US both is entirely On
Anonymous Stickers. :
:. Already literature is appearing bear.
ing upon the controversy which does
not bear anything to indicate by which
"sticker'' which both sides say they
have no knowledge Of. It is evidently
intended for circulation in the country
districts, but it's intent is not quite
clear. 1t reads as follows:
PRINTERS. s......
elf for any reason you cannot 90 to
larger places and, get more pay (from
$18 to $24 per week of fifty-four hcursy
why not make the proprietors pay you
more to stay here? Now is the time tc
get more money for your work. TRY
IT. IT YGu VII III. bring them to time if you
When this 'tsticker'' was brought tc
the attention Of an officer Of / the
Typothetae, yesterday, afternoon, 81 he
denied that his organization was in any
way officially responsible for il. and
stated that he: thought it was product
Of the union. When told what was said
in regard to this anonymous piece of
literature by the Typothetae official
y. G. O'Connor, secretary Of the local
Typographical union, said that the
union had nothing to do with the is
suance Of it.
NWhy,'' said Mr.. o Conner, stthere
are number of things in connection
with this sticker which will prove
conclusively to. any thinking person
that the union is in no way responsible
for it. In the first place, we are advo.
eating an eight-hour day in this con-
troversy, and secondly, nothing in the
line Of printed matter is issued from
this office unless it bears the union
label. It seems to me that this, is the
Offspring of some open shop enthusiast
of which the Typothetae is at this time
the champion. Nothing Of an anony,
nous character will leave our head.
quarters, and certainly nothing which
does not bear our little label.'
This afternoon there will be a spe
cial meeting of the union to arrange
final details for the struggle. Last Sun
day twenty-eight were Initiated, mostly
country printers, and up to Friday
morning forty applications were or
hand to be acted upon at today Is