The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-10-07
JOB PRINTERS APE INVOLVED in -
2 STRIKE FOR EIGHT HOUR WoRk DAY
Every Printer Stands by the Union in Long Looked
Battle for the Triumph Of the Shorter Workday-
-. Three Good Shops Agree With Printers
Eight Hour Day is Being Secured All Over Country No
Place Has Strike Been LostTypothetae is Totally Un-
able to Cope With Situation in Any City.

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ltuation in Any City.
during the past ten dayss
Joliet, Ill.-All Offices sign eight
hours.
Norwich, Conn-Al offices agreed
to eight-hour day.
Niles, Mich.-Out eight hours, won
eight hours.
Perth Amboy.-aave signed up for
two years, eight hours.
Hazleton, Pa.-Mght-hour agree
ment signed after little trouble.
, Durham, N. C.-Eght-hour agree
ment first Of year, without wage re-
dlction.
Lisbon. Ohio-AN offices in this
city have signed eight-hour agreement
to take effect January 1, 1906.
Burlington, 1a--Have agreements.
Eght-hour day is to 60 into effect.
Winnipeg, Man.-Free Press, Tele-
gram and Tribune signed F1fty.nine
men and eleven apprentices now out.
Eleven offices now out
Toledo, Ohio.-Typothetae broken.
Fifteen Offices signed up. Seven Of
fices, four of them small. still out.
New Haven, Conn.---F1fty-two people
now on strike. Sixteen offices have
signed.
Peoria, nl.-Five offices signed, ten
refused: twenty-fiv men out.
Grand Rapids, Mich.-F1ve Offices
signed fourteen refused; seventy eight
men out.
Syracuse, N. Y:-Thirty-six men out
In seven offices; twenty-three offices
signed, three Of these affiliated with
Typothetae.
Richmond, va.-Ninety-eigh men on
strike. Members firm ana confident
Jersey City, N. J.-Thirty-seven J.
men on strike In American Typefound-
ers Co. and Jersey City Printing Co.
offices. Twenty offices signed con-
tracts. -, =. =.
Newark, N. J.-strike occurred In
twelve offices, involving eighty men.
Signed agreement with one of the
Typothetae offices.
New London, Conn:-Three offices
struck, six men and one apprentice in
volved. 5s $3.50 - ze. KS 4 NJ
f. Detruit,M IL bout one hundred
ana seyentI-fdivsI men on Strike, Strike
no. II ssvsntha slwseel mot stne de-
sarti "a, 1fouasoi 8 1nio as,sk
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Ivnchpurg. on "a an Job
+ offices. <:@%%Et@ - st - : 3Ss 5>.a
Springfield, ohio.-Ten offices sign
ed contracts; two offices out. Crowen
Publishing Company (Woman's Home
Companion and FARM and F1reside)
secured Injunction.
Lowell, Mass. Five offices signed;
four completely tied up. Victory as
sured
Blkhart, Ind. Strike on in five Of
| ficea
Greensboro, N. c. All offices signed
! up except three; only one of latter Of
consequence. Only five men out, and
these will be employed by new paper
October 1.
wilkes Barre, Pa. Twenty-one off,
ces signed. Strike on in one office, in
volving eleven men.
Dallas, Texas. Strike took place
which tied up all the offices. Large
Typothetae office agreed to sign and
later broke agreement. prospects good.
st. Joseph. Mo. Forty-two men out;
prospects good Several offices signed.
Hartford, Conn. Men out. Fifteen
offices, employing thirty-fivs men.
signed contracts:
Schenectady, N. r. Men out General
Electric Company's printing office. All
others signed up.
Contracts with two daily papers and
three job offices employing twenty
nine men. =
Niagara Falls, N. r. Strike in three
| offices. Union firm and determined to
win. Union issuing daily paper. Mag
nificent opportunity for investment.
San Antonio, Texas. Strike on since
August IL. Men determined to win.
to break strike.
Ann Arbor, Mich. Ten men on strike
Agreements have been signed with nine
Sioux Falls. 9. D. Agressmnts signed
| with three offices: twenty-four mon
out. Union issuing APaper.
one Job office signed, The eBacon se-
cured four non-unionists. Pictorial.
largest office, tied up completely.
Thirty-one men on strike.
<Watsrtown, N. Y. Every office in
city struck except one. ,Fifty-one out.
Union making gallant fight. Good OPP
| portunity for a new daily paper; viii
only require small capital.
Indianapolis, Ind. Twenty-stx men
on strike Contracts sigend with three
Of the largest Typothetae offices.
Appleton, Wis. Two offices signed,
two refused
Atlanta, Ga. ssventy-two men came
out six officeA Next day largs Typo
thetae office, employing forty-seven
Of the members on strike, signed eight
hour agreement. = = e. - -
Charlotte, N, G. Five offices out.
Thirty-nine mon involved. Two offices
signed. - - -. e. s- ,....,
Buffalo, NY. Twelve Iypothetae Of
foes, one hundred and fifteen men out.
Twenty-nine offices signed.
Cincinnati, Ohio. ssventy-fivs off,
COS, employing one hundred and seven
ty-five men, have signed eight-hour
agreements. Twsnty-three offices, en-
ploying one hundred and forty-four
men. refused. ana the men are out. The
list Of offices signed includes some OF
the largest in Cincinnati p I
Chioaen Two hundred and nixty