Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-23
DISCUSS THE CHARGES
MEMBERS OF TYPoTHETEA SUP
PORT COOPER STATEMENT.
Printers Accuse Prof. Moore With
Having Reprimanded Them for
Failing to Pay Assessment.

The charges which have been preferred
against Prof. Willis L. Moore. chief Of the
weather bureau, by Mr.. Robert 8. Cooper,
compositor employed in the printing
division Of that service, and which after
investigation by the civil service commits
sion are to be forwarded to the President
for his action, as stated In The Star, were
given consideration today by members Of
the Typothetae OF Washington. an associa-
ton of employing printers. Mr.. Byron 8.
Adams. president of that Organization and
Mr.. w. F. Roberts one of its leading mem
bers had something to say this afternoon
regarding the matter.
"a printer employed in the printing de-
partment Of the weather bureau came to
me June 20 last" said Mr.. Roberts to g.
Star reporter. land informed me that he
and four other compostors there had been
severely reprimanded by Prof. Moore for
not paying their 10 per cent assessment to
the Typographical Union. He asked me II
I knew whether Prof. Moore was q printer,
as he added that he understood Mr.. Moore
was acting under instructions OF the print
ers' strike committee in administering the
reprimand because he was a member of the
union.
Say They Were Sent For.
ut is denied that the printers went vol
unfairly to Prof Moore but they were
sent for by him. The men. am informed.
are 8. B. Estes Of Tennessee, VIM. B.
Green of Maryland. H. o. Fink OF North
Carolina, G. E. Won Ostermann Of Indiana
and B. 8. Cooper Of Pennsylvania. They
were reprimanded because, as Mr.. Moore
stated, they were not UNFOLDING the Typo
graphical Union in the strike for an eight
hour day. I was also Informed that Prof
Moore declared to the printers he had sum-
moned:
".What manner Of men are Won not to
uphold me in sentiment I have publicly
expressed? p"
communication to the typographical union.
had said he, as president of the National
Geographic Society. was about to take the
work of the society away from non-union
firm of printers, but having since learned
that the firm had yielded to the demands of
the printers he had decided to allow the
firm to continue doing the work.
Il have figured out" concluded Mr.. Rob-
erts that the printers In the government
printing office who are members of the
union, contribute the handsome sum of
about $4,000 per month to the strike fund
at the rate OF 10 per cent Of their earnings"
Questioned Cooper.
Mr.. Byron 8. Adams said when Mr.. Coop
er was summoned before Prof. Moore the
latter asked him what reason he had, if
any, for not paying the 10 per cent assess
ment which had been levied against him by
the union. To this Mr.. Cooper replied that
he owed 1t to his family. He said he would
like to know where his duty to the union
ended and his duty to his family began.
He also said if he was compelled to pay
the amount his family could not be prop
erly cared for with the remaining amount
of his salary.
Another printer who had been summoned
before Prof. Moore when asked the same
question replied that he had a daughter
suffering from tuberculosis in North Caro-
lima, and if he had to pay the assessment
1t would be necessary for him to bring his
child back to Washington to die, said Mr..
Adams.