The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-02-10

taed arbitrary and unjust rules to the management
of it's business the union is not seeking to run the
business of the paper as applied to the mechanical
department; the union does not dictate policy nor
undertake to interfere in any manner with the con-
duct of a newspaper. The union demands nothing
but Just treatment for it's members.
eve have made no unjust demands of any nature.
We have no dispute with the management, except on
the one question of the discharge of the fOreman-a
who was given a fair trial and was proven to be
unfit to hold membership in the union.
1T is for the retention of this man that the
management of the Times-Union is making the fight.
And in upholdng this man who has been here
for few weeks the Times Union has placed itself
in opposition to men, the jority of whom have, for
many years been faithful to its interests and many
of whom have grown gray in it's service, giving to it
the best years Of their lives. These men are not
itinerant printers, Some of them are propertyown-
ers in this city, and all of them are of good
character, leading SOBER honest and Industrious lives.
No question of wages, hours of work other subject
is embraced in the affair.
"Yet, in spite of these facts the Times Union
falsely tells the public that the union has forced
the management to declare open shop because of
arbitrary demands. Neither did the union make un-
Just demand when it insisted upon discharge of
proven unworthy of association with his fellow
wOrkmen because there were men in the office compe-
tent to hold the foremanship among the number be-
ing one who had held the position and had offered
his resignation three times before it had been nc.
cepted
I'm the matter of injustice and arbitrary treat
ment the boot is the wrong leg 1t is the former
employees who have been harshly treated by the
Times Union and which is seeking to gain an.
proVal OF its act by making false statements to the
pmDllc. Many OF the men are citizens of Jackson
!e, owners of homes and having all their interests
IN this city yet for asserting their manhood thew are
deprived OF their source OF livelihood, and if thew
fail to gain their contention will be obliged to leave
the city in search for employment"
Mr.. George w. Wilson, edtorn.chief of tbo
Times Union, when interviewed by SUN reporter on
the subject of the trouble said that it was not b
intention to fight the typographical Union, and
would employ none but union printers if possible but
that the management would reserve the riobt m b;r
OF discharge any person without dctation from the
union. i' VIC
Holding this belief, the management had declared
Its intention OF running an open shop" paving tho
union scale of wages and making no Discrimination
against union men seeking employment in the Office
Mr.. Wilson said the future policy of tho man'
agement would be governed by the announcement
follows: Fr~-' ""i'h - az
-, "o oW'h DlclaCe the Policy of Business-
The Propretors or the Employees Let il be oeor,-,
understood that the Times-Unon is not hghting tbs
biographical Union-the union is fgRting the
Times-U Union eV'''s 'he
The paper claims and has advocated for monu
years the right of men to organize in their mmtma
interests for the maintenance of their r;mlt utual
ana equltaDly administered, but has as viooSSomiy
denied the right of any organization to inauwrats
unjust Just rules and manipulate them for wrong. N"''
shall ne issue forced upon the Times Union is who
sha run the business of the paper as applied 70 tho
mechanical department. whether the union sSoT W.; o
tate arbitrary and unjust rules as to the method n
the fashion of conducting this business or hot du
and right of doing So privilege
The management, while requiring NOTHING nm
reasonable has decided firmly upon the latter c6r u
ana TINS decision shall be maintained at oil bonauS
&c the end. without amendment or concession N'''uS
Mr. Wilson spoke regretfully of the sevaronoo -.
pssaTta% th Gea,ons with his former employees but
"od that h no oher course had been left open He
IN tne matter and should have conferred with h;r
about the alleged grievances before MAKING Jon nm,