Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-18
Consequently international Typo
graphical Union Reduces
: Strike Assessment.
DEMAND is MADE ON IDAHO.
IL is that Moycr and Haywood he Tried
Immediately ar Released
ON Bonds.

Colorado Springs. colo, Aug 10
with the declaration that The hght for
the eight-hour is practically won, me
afty-second annual convention of the
international Typographical union to-
day voted 10 reduce the strike assess
ment from 10 per cent 90 s per cent of
the wages OF employed printers. 40 his
time IS $50 members are working eight
hours. g.556 are under Il ninc-hour COM
tract and 47Og are On strike. The exc
yense Of the strike TO date has been
approximately ll.COoooo all OF which,
with the exception OF FiGIa9i, has
been contributed by members working
under undisturbod conditions
It was decided today that the sum al
lowed members on the strike roll be
not IN excess Of s. for single men and
so for married men, and that where
men refuse to work because the amount
earned does not equal The striHe beue-
NJ, that they be- cut OF ir0m the bsnt-
nt list entirely % being evident mat
the disposition thus shown is not in
accordance with the true spi1it OF
unionism ana "a desire To- advance the
work OF settlement Charac,er2ing tne
Injunction feature OF the strike as a
wrong method of regulation OF justice,
the Clght-hour committee report says.
The Injunction has become d club
used by idOiatrous capital 90 beat zoe
uddes uniOniEts into submission, 90 de-
pfivo % of all OF rs liberties ana priv
leges guaranteed under the Consuu-
tigiI
Relative to charges that the manage
nent Of the Union Printers hume had
been purchasing supplies from mer-
chants VINO were members of the che
ztns alliance. formed in Colorado aul-
ing the reign OF the Western Federation
of Miners, The home investigating cons
Mite made It's report today eSoneAt-
Ing Supt. Deacon, pras,ng MIN l0l the
sxcellency Of hls work and condemning
the persons WHO n1oe the charges, sdy-
ing that the motives prompting the at
tack were not motives lmduaung from
true uni0nism.
At tonlgats session the l. T. L.. by
practically unanimous vote. Concuued
IN the resolution presented by Delegates
Belz ana koop %. Chicago in regard 20
W. ID. Haywood and Charles Meyer,
the Western Federation OF Miners OFF,
cals imprisoned lu Boise Ida, on a
charge OF numbering former Gov.
Steunenberg o. that state. The resO-
luton says
Whereas. The state administrations
OF Colorado and Idaho. evidently Ia coll
fusion with the aup0werful mineroWn-
ers's organization, have by new pro-
cess OF law unknown 90 the common
American citizen kidnapped 10 the dead
OF night. aud inCarcerated the leading
officers of that stcadfast Organization.
the Western Federation of Miners. I'M
der the charge OF murder. and,
Whereas, They are denied either I'M
mediate trial or release ON bond under
various subterfuges. evidently IN ac-
cord with prearranged plans 10 put
these men Co death and their Organlzd-
lion out OF business; be Il
Resolved That Typographical union
40 Is, al its regular meeting demands
Of the state administration OF the state
OF Idaho. that these men. in Comph-
.cc with their request. be given an
immediate trial Ia the courts. according
To the process Of law or be released on
bonds"
During the session tonight there was
an animated discussion as TO whether
the oight-hour law was being violated
In the government printing office and
a resolution was passed that whenever
positive evidence was gained that th'
law was being violated, 70 should %.
placed n the hands OF President j. NJ
Lynch OF the I. r. t., who should pre-
sent the evidence % the president o
The United States.
Despite the arguments or several del
opates that one union should not b.
singled a. an object Of praise for sup
porting union principles, "a resolution
was adopted which says mat The typo
graphical union In its EFFORTS 20 sccur
the clght-houf day has had 300 bette
friend 90 ala iu the struggle than tina
able. true and peerless champion %
The rights OF the American working
man. through the medium of bis scvera
publications William r.. Hearst OF Ne'
York and that hy this token The !, Z
I. expresses Us sincere thanks for Dol
noble generous and persistent ehoi
20 secure for the members "a uniHrrs.
oight-hour work day
When Delegate r. W. Mccullough ,
Omaha said that William j. Bryan hd
made am earnest plea Tor The cight-hou
day even before tna fight was CON