New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-04
TWO YIELD TO PRINTERS
Strike against Iypothete Looks
Like a Long One.

The fight between the Typothet@ and Typosraph-
cal Union No. over the demands FOR the eiSht
hour workday and the closed shop looked Fester-
day though it would be prolonged one Inc
only change in the situation far the strike
itself is concerned was the granting of the de-
mands by The Success Publishing Company and
w P. Powers & Co. No. 30 Ferry-st
1.-THE Success company which member OF
the Typothete. sent in its resignation when II
decided to yield to the union. 1t was also reported
early in the day that the Wynkoop Halenoeck-
Crawford company had yielded. but this was de-
MED later.
So far as could he learned few more rev men
were put to work. No estimate could he gained at
the offices of the Typothets as to the aggregate
number of strike breakers working. Frank n
Doubleday. of Doubleday. Page & Co, chairman of
the publicity committee of the TypOthete exhib-
tied many kilograms from various cities. They
showed that in most places strikes of greater or
less extent had taken place against the local
branches of the United Typothete for the eight
hour and closed shop demands. the returns from
Indianapolis stated that not man had neen lost
by the local Typothete there In Sioux Fails all
the printers were out. In Syracuse no men were
out.
It was announced that the Network Typotheta
had decided in addition to the assessment Of one
half Of per cent of the mechanical payroll OF each
member. to assess each member per cent of the
mechanical payroll month 10 keep up the fight
The following statement given out by the
Typothete in the evening.
The Typotheta believe that the success of this
movement for the open shop means great .benert
for the workingmen themselves. Master printers
come from open shops not from closed shops.
The majority of the members of the Typothets>
are who have worked their way up from the
The new men who are now work ex
tremely satisfactory. and several of the shops are
turning with these more work man than
they did with the who went out on strike
Since the strike declared on Tuesday morn
ing member OF the TTpothet5e has given IN 70
Typographical Union No. s. and whereas II VIII
take days 20 get things in working order TO
make excellent product. several firms require
only few experts to complete their normal equip
ment. and the employing printers have every
reason 70 feel satisfied with the progress already
made. and they are more confident of winning me
strike than they have been
their strike, and in their composing room they are
working than before the strike began
Notwithstanding that every man in the Tnechan-
iCaI department went out their magazine only
day late in city.
President Mccormick of Typograp hical Union
No. s said the Typothetn had only seventy-ive
strike breakers all told at work and that things
looked bright for the strikers.
There was only one assault reported yesterday at
the headquarters of the Typotheta. The non
union man beaten in the employ Of Doubleday,
Page & Co. He was escorted home by a special
guard but after the latter had left him at the
door. and though the printer was safe he was
pursued into the hallway by strikers and there
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