Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-21
PRINTERS STANDPOINT
ADDITIONAL STATEMENT RE-
sPEcT1Ne THE LOCAL STRIKE.

Secretary George G. SieboId of Columbia
Typographical Union. in supplemental
statement regarding the recent. charges of
the typothetae of Washington against the
union and the printers who are on strike
for the eighthour day, says:
Prospecting coercion, attention ts called
to the fact that notwithstanding the men
employed in the typothetae offices before
the strike had voted four times that they
wanted the eight-hour day and would use
all honorable means to procure it, the en-
ployers adopted the plan of interviewing
their men separately in the hope that they
might induce them to sign an agreement
the validity of which is best illustrated by
the fact that some OF the non-union men
who allowed themselves to be misled by it's
glttering promises now find themselves cast
aside by their employer and have sought
assistance from the union.
LAS for the union harassing non-unionists.
many of them have voluntarily come to the
union and told how they were deceived into
coming here on the statements that there
was no trouble and that they would be paid
an advance over the scale, their expenses
refunded and a bonus given for faithful
service Does the typothetae believe that the
public is going to swallow the story that It
is for the purpose of keeping down prices
that the employing printers are resisting
the eight-hour day when they are spend
ing more money to resist 1t than 1T would
cost to grant n? Any thinking man will
very soon tell you where that extra expense
is coming from-which is from the public.
An Instance Cited.
Just how badly the country boy is de-
ceived into believing that SIS in Washing
ton is better than the s12 he is receiving in
his home town is best illustrated by the
experience of one who sold out his house
held out in a letter from the walking dele
gate of the typothetae, only to find that his
SIS went about half as far in Washington
as his S12 did in his home town, where the
cost of living was over 30 per cent less than
at the capital.
1--WE believe that the appeal for the
moral support of the public will be in vain,
and have reason to so believe, as the vol
untary withdrawal of patronage from the
struck houses, which is complained of by
the typothetae as being due to the efforts
Of the union is substantial evidence that
the pubic realizes that the eight-hour day
in other lines OF trade and the seven-and
one-half-hour day in the government de-
partments has been beneficial to the
growth of the city, and that by such pro-
gressive measures work is given to the
maximum number and business Is created
for all classes of trade, the printing indus
try included.
Extra Time" Alleged.
Another item of expense which the GUS
toners of the struck shops are called upon
to bear is the heat. light and power bills
due to working their short forces extra
hours, for. Notwithstanding the claim OF
plenty of men to do the work, they have
been compelled to work double time and in
some cases even on Sunday In order TO
come anywhere near keeping up with the
work which they are able to secure.
the deductions of the few remaining
members of the typothetae who viii refuse
to give the eight-hour day are not borne
out by the experience of the large number
of firms who have signed the agreement
and we are perfectly willing to rest our
case On the justice and consideration of a
discriminating public who have so much
reason to be grateful for the beneficent re-
suits of an eght-hour or less workday in
our beautiful city"