The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-14
THE UNIONS ! ARE AROUSED They Want Scalp of
 Public Printer.
 N> STnLNGS'SN JOB IS SAFE President Says He Will Stand by
 Him. Labor Organizations of the Country VIII Help the Typesetters i'm
 Their War on Gov ernment shop.
BY ALrREp '. sTorrR,

W Ocpl- 4os--NopGSAAAsy- - The Central Labor Union of this city Is after Charles A. Stillings. the Pub lie Printer. in vigorous fashion. They want his scalp officially. and the Mead CTS of the organization assert they will get it sooner or later.
 Mir. StiIlings had hardly gotten used to the routine of his position before he began to have tits with the labor organizations, not only hero but in other parts of the United States.
 Uncle Sam's print shop is big place
 -the most extensive establishment of it's kind In the world. During some months of the year nearly 5000 men, women and boys are employed in the Government printing office. There is hardly any time of the year that the list on the pay roll is less than 5000. and the more skilled people. taking in- to consideration the hours of labor and the method of paying. earn better wages than are given in the large pri- vate establishments. Besides the good money that comes In leaves are grant ed each year with pay and this could not be obtained in outside concerns without the pay being cut off.
 Officers of the labor organizations charge that Mir. Stillings has virtually turned the printing office into an open shop" They assert also that he, at every 0CHCS tue uulOHSs ana IT IL were in his power he would practical ly have nothing but "scabs" working under him. They insist, too. that old men and women in the book bindery and among the clerical force have been reduced in their pay, and that as a rule these unfortunate victims either belong to the Grand Army of the Republic or are the relatives of men who fought in the Union armies .S say. have been promoted, and those not in his good graces have either been reduced or discharged under one pre- text or another.
 President is satisned.
 Several weeks ago a report was put in circulation that the President had fully made up hts mind to remove Mir. stfiiings So confident that this report wAs true nspsgsr of people here Had the man picked out who was to sac- ceed him. But the plans were upset when Secretary Loeb announced at Oyster Bay that Mir Roosevelt had no idea of disturbing Mir. Stillings. On the contrary the President thought he was conducting the establishment on satisfactory lines.
 This has greatly agitated the officers of the Central Labor Union in this town, The organ of the union is pour
 
 He Printer. and comes out in the most fatfooted statement to the effect that 1t will not be many more months be- fore such 8 sentiment is worked up against him all over this country that his removal will have to be ordered
 The claim Is made that men belong ing to the various trades are pretty keen politicians, and that they fully understand how to work up a 2enti- Nhn& aA L. It is said that plans are on foot to have labor unions throughout the United States make this matter a positive is- sue. Of course. typesetters, pressmen, stereotypers and bookbinders are more interested in the fight than any other lines. They are very strong in Wash ington-naturally would be on account of the great force employed in the Government printing office. They also have the sympathy and encouragement of the 400 or 500 plate-printers and their helpers in the Bureau of En- graving and Printing located here, and which Is an entirely different estab- lishment. being under the supervision Of the Treasury Department. with a head in the person of Director SulIi- van, who grew up from his youth in the bureau.
 The Typographical Union is the StAOh6SSN anu III W dHH- tngton. In addition to the Government employees 1t is numerically strong also fin the newspaper and scores of job printing and publishing plants in the city. Nearly all of these private con- cerns are unionized about as thorough ly as they well could be.
 Many Southern Printers.
 The Southern States are fairly rep resented on the rolls of the Government nd al he ElaVNA s.R Engraving and Printing. This is due to the fact that Southern Congressmen are given a pro rata show. and the men who have been recommended from the South are pronounced to be special ly capable for the work exacted of them.
 The Bureau of Engraving and Print ing is very much cramped for building space. The Director Is urging Con- Rress to vote on an appropriation for another large building which he wants used for the main building The inn mense room in which the plate printers get out the paper money. bonds. revs- nue stamps and postage stamps Is so crowded that there Is hardly space enough for the helpers to turn about. This busy room is a wonderful thing to behold. The men and women look more like bees in hive than human beings. Hundreds of visitors are per- mItteQ 10 ENhH0 OLA NAO fAGWAHk pat forms each day to watch the opera tions which eventually result in turning out the money the people carry about in their pocket books
 About the most interesting thing in the Bureau, is to observe the nimble fingered women count and put up in packages the millions of stamps that are printed at the place. Until a few years ago the ordinary postage stamps of the government were printed by pri- vate firms. Now 1t is all done by Uncla sam. However the general public is not admitted to the stamp rooms. Only a few favored ones with special per mits can occasionally get in there. but a glimpse can be obtained by those who happen in the building.
 It requires several impressions over at the Bureau to dispose of the gold and silver certificates and the Treasury and national bank notes. Then the mum bering has to be done on the finest most rapid and most exact machines ever invented. These notes are all printed on large sheets. Then they are aauntsd and verified. passing through