The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-01
LATEST CHICAGO
LABOR TROUBLE
Printers on Strike in Nineteen of the
Larger Establishments.
LONG STRUGGLE EXPECTED
STRIKE is FOR EIGHT HOURS
AND THE "cLoSED SHOP"

n HICAGO. Aug. Sl.-An acute stage
Il has been reached in a new labor
war in Chicago. Nineteen of the
larger printing houses of Chicago were
without union compositOrs this even
ing, a result of a series of strikes in
augurated by Typographical Union No.
10 against members of the Chicago
Typothetae, the purpose of the strike
being to compel the Typothetae as an
organization TO accept the demands of
closed shop" and that eight hours con-
stttute days work. Further strikes
are expected IN case other houses UNI
dertake to DO work or concerns at
which strikes have been begun as the
result of the posting Of notices of an
intention 10 inaugurate open shop"
and mine hours" where it is claimed
contrary conditions had been the rule.
Pending such assistance to strike-af-
fected firms the strike leaders pro-
nounced the strike complete and de-
clared the outcome a matter OF endur-
ance, a spread here or to other cities
rot being contemplated for the present
at least.
Five Hundred Idle Printers.
Not counting other employees in the
nineteen printing houses involved,
printers to the number of nearly 500
are idle. The strikers claim that eight
large establishments will remain neu-
trail, not accepting work for houses
where strikes are in progress, and that
III the eight and elsewhere $500 mem
/ bers OF the union viii be at work help
ing TO supply funds for strike benefits.
Among the establishments at which to-
day the latest strikes were inaugurated
were Poole Brothers, NJ. A. DOnohue
and company, and the Methodist Book
concern.
Contrary to assertion of the officials
of the typographical union, Secretary
Hamm of the TypOthetae says emphati-
cally that he does not know of a single
desertion and that the effect Of the
strike here would be overcome in short
order.
Union View.
Following is summary of today's
developments as viewed by the officers
OF Typographical union No. 16.
Firms in the Typothetae that were
allowed TO run today have promised
not to aid the opponents of the eight
hour day in the unions present strug-
gle against the TypOthetae as an or
ganiZation or because they employ only
few printers and can be permitted to
run without interference by the union.
will shield the attitude of eight en-
ployers belonging 10 the Typothetae
who have pledged themselves TO
remain non-combatiVe until Jan. l.
when the proposed eight-hour workday
plan will go into effect In every union
composing room in the country In the
meantime no house employing union
printers will be allowed TO do work for
any of the struck places"
Side of the Employers.
The other side of the situation was
presented by Secretary Of the employ
ing printers association. He said:
Employers in this controversy feel
confident of success. At present we
have lS5 nOn-union printers at work in
the plants that the union thought to
tie up and cripple completely. There
are more men on their way to Chicago
from outside places, and it will not be
long before the strike will cease to af-
feet the Chicago Typothetae members"
At the union headquarters today il
leaked out that union printers from va
rious parts Of the country are taking
advantage Of the offer of Chicago
strike-affected print shops to come TO
this city in the guise of strike-break-
eTs, all travelling expenses paid. After
reaching here the unionists desert in
Stantly.