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

Of the Tines Union and the employees of the COM
posing room, the entire force of printers that pa
per refused to work last Monday night
The paper appeared next morning in abbreviated
form on account of lack of help to get out the usual
size edition.
Conferences between the management Of the pa
per and the executive committee of the Typographical
Union were held Tuesday, but satisfactory adj just
ment of the grievances could not be made and the
trouble continues, the paper appearing each morning,
however, in limited form.
According to statements made by members of
the union trouble with the foreman of the Office has
been brewing for time, finally coming to head
last Sunday morning, when three men were dis
charged, and, it is alleged were mjusty deprived of
their situations, the claim being made that they were
not discharged for incompetence neglect but solely
because they had protested against certain actions
of the foreman.
At Il meeting of the union held on Monday after.
noon, charges of conduct unbccoming II union man
were preferred against the foreman and after for
NAL trial he was adjudged guilty and expelled from
the union.
A committee from the union then informed the
management of the Times Union of the action taken
requested the discharge of the foreman, and stating
that if he be retained no member of the union could
work in the Office
This the management refused to do, with the re-
suit that no union printers worked that night nor
since.
Several non-,nion printers were secured and the
paper issued, but up to Thursday night full force
had not been acquired.
The announcement that the Times. Mon would
be made an open shop" in which preference would
In .rtt To-
mton AZ far ~ the union is concerned rs under the
laws of that organization its members are forbidden
to work in an office of that character.
The ranks of the union printers remain unbroken
and it is evident that if no concessions are made a
long and bitter struggle will result
Both sides are well equipped financially for such
night The Times'Union, which is rcputed to be
owned ny three large railway companies, has unlim
lted capltai 10 aid it, The local union is backed bv
the international Typographical Union, which has
iund OF more than $4,000 flowing into its treasury
each week.
Beginning from the momcn, they were out of en-.
ployment the former printers of the Times IInon
were put on the benefit roll, which isures them
ample provision for maintenance
MIR. Wardlaw of Atlanta, organizer of the Inter-
national Typographical Union, arrived in the city
wednesday,, coming mere to settle the difficulty if
possible. With committee from the local union.
composed of r. L. Harper and f. II. Davis Mr. Ward.
law conferred with Mr., Wilson Thursday afternoon,
but no agreement could be reached
Mr. Wilson declined to recede from his position,
lie stated, though that if he had been seen earlier
the trouble might have been settled Now it was
TOO iate' and full force of employees would arrive
in the city Thursday night Friday morning last,
and be put to work.
Mr.. Charles Leidy one of the oldest employees of
the Times'Union, and cX.president of jacksonville
Typographical Union and authorized by the union to
present its side of the case made the following state.
ment to THE sun!
Until quite recently conditions in the Office of
the Times Union were always amcabe as far as the
ccmpositors concerned There was always frc.
ton between the foreman and the business Office and
several hghclass have resigned on that account
This, however, in no way affected the men, and in