The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-31
viii Refuse to Return to Their
Cases Tuesday.
FHE EIGHT HOUR DAY.
Both Sides Prepared for a Long
Hard Struggle.
A Strike of 5000 Housesmiths
Also Will Be Inaugurated.

New York, Dec. 3O-Between 5 and
thousand union printers, members of
Typographical Union No. C'Big Six'D
will refuse to return to their cases and
machines on Tuesday and the biggest
fight for supremacy in the history of
New York will be on between a labor
union and an association of employers.
The TypOthetae of New York within
whose ranks are numbered nearly all
of the big printing establishment have
thrown down the gage of battle in re-
fusing. to recognize the eight hour week
day Insisted on by the International
Typographical union and the printers
have not been slow to accept the def.
Acting under orders from the union
the printers win decline to return to
work Tuesday and the employers will be
compelled to operate their places with
nonunion men. This they say they will
be able to do but the union is willing
To stand pat" claiming there are not
enough competent nonunionists to op-
crate one-fifth of the places in the city,.
Big Six has an immense strike fund
ana viii be well able to take care of all
Of its men financially.
TypOthetae's Statement.
The Typothetae issued the following
statement this evening:
Typographical Union No. 6. and the
IypoThetae OF the city of New York
nave 7gyeed 70 disagree and for several
months the IgpOtAeeae have been lay
ing plans to run their esta bliShra5nta
as open shops. The union claims that
very large number Of plants have
agreed to their demands; but it should
be pointed out that the propriet6rs OF
the offices that have accepted the nm
ions new scale have done so with the
understanding that if the Typothetae
wins they are to go back to the old
conditions.
The Typographical Union No has
a high reputation for keeping its word
and the union itself is made of intelli-
gent men. The Typothetae do not ap-
prehend any violence or interference
with their business. All that the MEM
bers of the Typothetae desire is that
the new men whom they bring in shall
be left alone. There are thousands of
nOnun1on printers 'n this country eager
for the chance to work for the high
wages offered in New York, where the
highest scale is paid. Incidentally
enough men have been engaged to do
the work after the first of January to
/ operate fully all of our plants.
There will be no trouble so long
as the union does not attempt to inter-
fere with the new men and while the
+ TypOthetae has no such difficulty, it
has made the most careful and thor
Ough plans to guard against lawless-
ness or any interference with the
rights of the master printers. Law
yers have been retained and stand
/ ready to prosecute all cases under the
numerous orders of the court that
+ protect all employers.
Arrangements have been made to
+ photograph pickets and should there
! used by the lawyers as ample and di-
/ rect evidence against the men con-
I cerned in any illegal practice. The
/ new men viii also be strictly protected
by guards. to prevent any possible
/ temptat ton on the part of irrespo BILE
! strikers to NEEDLE with the new en-
/ ployes.
There will be no lock out on our
part at any time.
Printers Are Not Scared.
When a copy of the manifesto of the
Z employers was shown to the leading
! members of Blk Six" tonight they
read it through carefully but declined
/ to comment on it. They did say, how
ever, that if the employers thought by
/ threatening their members with i'm
i prisonment they would force them to
i return to wrok they were decidedly IL
! the wrong.
From another source it was learned
/ that the union viii picket the plants
/ where the strike or lock out, as the
! printers prefer to call it. is in prog
! ess. regardless of the threat to photo
4 graph all pickets. It is argued that a
/ photograph is under present cOndi-
tions, hardly legal evidence, and it is
/ also argued that even if it was there Is
absolutely no way a picket can be
held responsible for Injuries inflicted
on anyone. The members of the unior
have been instructed that violence in
no form will be tolerated. as the uniOr
is certain that it will win its strike By
peaceful methods in a very short time
big Six has all the money it want;
! and is tonight receiving assurances OF
support from all parts of the country
It has the backing of the American
i Federation of Labor and will pay
/ strike benefits from the start to al
i persons affected.
Another strike that will begin OF
Tuesday will be that Of the House
smiths and Bridgemen's union, wheI
i 5000 of their members will quit wOrl
| to enforce a demand for an advance
from $3.50 to IS per day. This STRIKE
will tie up building operation
| throughout the city and viii inter
fere with the construction of 'severa
sxyserapers now nearing completion