The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-01-06
PRINTERS ARE STANDING PAT

TnIN IEnO AnE SIANUINU raj
Dawn of the New Year Sees the Union
Printers of the United States and Canada a
Unit in Advocacy of the Eight Hour Day
About Eight Thousand Men Walk. Out
Ten Per Cent Assessment Endorsed by
Overwhelming Majority
The first working day of the new year saw
the beginning of the real struggle for the eight
hour day among the union printers of the
country, and there were about 5000 men who
refused to respond to the whistle on Tuesday
morning. Backed by the National Manufac-
turers Association and the National Associa-
ton of Advertisers-the hgh-sounding narpes
of two organizations having for their object
the crushing of the labor unions-the United
Typothaete in several of the larger cities hav-
ing refused to corcede the eight-hour day, and
a result the union men refused to return to
work. This marks the beginning of the real
struggle for the eight hour working day, and
upon the success Of the union printers depends
the fate of the shorter rkday among other
trades If the printers fail to win the allied
union busters will then proceed to tackle the
other unions at time, for they figure that
if they beat the International Iypograph-
cal Union they can beat any of the trades
unions.
But the printers are out to win They will
win. By referendum vote taken last week the
printers by ma jority exceeding $4,000 in a
total vote of less than 10000, endorsed the 10
per cent week assessment to finance the eight
hour struggle. Already 31S unions have eight
hour contracts. Less than one-fifth of the
membership can be affected by the strike, and
the four-hfths remaining at work have demon
strated their willingness to support their strik
ing brethren indefinitely.
The who maDaUiDo the fOht for the
United Typothaete resorting to falsehood
to bolster up their waning cause. Samples
proving this assertion coming to notice
every day. Here is sample:
The United Typothaete Bulletins Nos As,
so. 81 and SO contained the following:
Annapolis, Md.-Every shop in this city is
now an open shop. By agreement with the
local union its members are working under
open shop rules at usual rates and without re-
gard to hours Relations between employer
and empoye pleasant
The very assertion that the local union
agreed to 'open shop conditions stamps the
bulletin a lie. There wouldn't be any local
union in Annapolis inside of twenty-four hours
after such an agreement. But the facts OF the
whole matter plainly set forth in the fol-
lowing letter from President Thomas X. Nc
Nier. president of Annapolis Union No. ia
Annapolis, Md, December 49, 19O5.-Mr.
President Our union No. Ill., never was in
better condition. We paying all assess
nlcntS ana are WllllllS 10 pay HlOlC IL DSNSSodlN
We had an agreement for nine hours until an
uary L. 1906. After that time everything has
been settled upon eight hours. Give yourself
no uneasiness on our account. Not one word
OF truth i'll Typothaete report"
The Almighty has been good to the printers
thus far during the winter You fellows will
be eating snowballs Thanksgiving and
Christmas this year. said Typothaete MEM
Der in Minneapolis to striking printer. AS
usual the Typothaete man was OFT his base.
On Thanksgiving day ~ striking printers sat
down to as many turkey dinners, and the tur-
keys were generously provided by the men who
who were already working the eight hour day.
On Christmas 70 turkeys graced the tables of
many striking printers, and they came from
the same And the boys who are at
work haven't as yet begun to finance the strike.
If the printers were opposed only by employ
ing printers the strike would have been won
ere it began But Post and Parry and the
sociated monaires who greedy for more
gain at the expense of labor figure that they can
afford to spend couple of millions disorgan-
ling the unions for it will enable them to
ducc wages and lengthen hours to their irl-
mense profit every year. And this class of
men are financing the United Typothaete. 1t
remains to be seen whether intelligent employ
ing printers will long play catSpaWS tor the
Post and Parry monkeys.
The Injunction mills are grinding rapidly
these days. An injunction may be expected in
every strike center, but the printers are not
worrying. They are lighting this battle with
their brains and with their money They are
obcying the laws of the land and propose to
continue that course.
The ,Wageworker ventures this prediction:
There more men strike today than there
will be thirty days from now. And the men
who return to work will return under
agreement for the eight-hour day. The Post
and Parry crowd is up against the proposition
of their lives, and their millions will not win
them victory.
HERE'S TO BROTHER STELZLE