The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-03-09
SAID THAT THEY HAD
NOTHING TO ARb|TRAT {"
One Kind Word BY the U. T. A.
Would Have Prevented the
Printers Strike.
Master Printer Urges Employers
to Join the New Organization.
Recognizes Union.

Prominent among those who have in
terested themselves in the formation of
the Printers League of America, the
new association OF employers which
gives promise Of superseding the un-
ion busting United Tpothetae, is Henry
w. Cherouny, one Of the most widely
known master printers in the United
States. Mr. Cherouny was formerly
member Of the United Typothetae OF
America. but left it when it started on
it's union crushing career at the Buff
falo convention in 1905 by sending a
note refusing a conference to the rep
resentativeS Of the International Typo
graphical Union. The union represen-
tatives were DESTROYS of bringing about
conference, being Of the>belief that
some agreement might be reached
which would prevent the then impend-
ing conflict between the union and the
employers. The Typothetae HippaHttly
| informed the union representatives that
| they had nothing to arbitrate.' By
this act Of the employers negotiations
were broken off.
Mr.. Cherouny, in an effort to inter-
est master printers in the new league,
which is.composed solely Of employers
of union labor, has recently published
booklet in which he has compared
the. spirit of American and European
| trades unionism In the Introduction
to this work, under the title Of who
Pays for That Nothing to Aribitrate'
at Buffalo," Mr. Cherouny condemns
the folly Of the United Typothetae in
becoming involved in a struggle with
| IN int rx,hn Ind
act" would have prevented the con-
f1ict. He says:
IA number Of employers, all in the
same boat, have formed the Printers
League. It is to be "a more perfect
union than the one (Tpothetae) which
represented them so far. Its purpose is
to establish Justice in the workshop;
insure domestic tranquility in their
community; provide for the common
defence against unfair dealings; pro-
mote the genueral welfare of all the
members Of the craft, and secure the
blessings of liberty In the business
sphere Of life against compulsion Of
any kind.
knowing that many colleagues are
just now down on all organization Of
their craft, have written the following
pages In order to show, by example,
what we might do If we choose to
be as kind one to another as the
| Europeans are.
Il ask you to join the League, be-
cause, as things are, it is matter Of
dollars and cents for each member Of
the CRAZE to have a representative body
which is moved by the right spirit. So
far the Typothetae has expended enor-
nous sums of money to preserve us
against loss through the action of the
union. For thousands of dollars they
have acquired a handful Of hour
men and left the majority of printers
to shift for themselves. Indeed, high
price for our whistle, and, of course,
all must e-union printers feel sore
about it. Especially as we all know
what every union man knew-namely,
that by receiving the union conciliatory
delegation at Buffalo with one kind
word and act, we could have had the
eight and one-half hour day on five
years contract Now, the fact Is, that
you and I, and all Of us, have to pay
thousands Of dollars for the disdainful
behavior Of few young men toward
your and my workingmen's representa-
tives.
1.-THE lesson which 1 have derived
from the whole occurrence is this, that
I must leave my cherished solitude,
join the League, and help finding men
with open hearts and clear eyes, who
may in future save US from losses Of
this kind. If you, in fit Of pessimism,
feel inclined to say, This may do in
Europe, but in America men and con-
ditions are different then let me an
swer with the old American adage,
If at once you don't succeed, try, try
again. Pray, let US try and see, for
the sake of ourselves and our country,
If the Golden Rule applied to the in
tercourse between employers and en-
ployes' unions is valid in America or
not"
Had the master printers who have
opposed the eight-hour day and COM
batted the unions devoted one-thou-'
sandth part Of the time and money
which have been wasted in this futile
fight In an effort to bring about har-
monious and equitable relations with
the unions we would still have been
enjoying industrial peace and have
been making progress which would
have been mutually advantageous. 1t
Is not to be expected that the employ
ers and the unions can lie down in the
same manager without the hair of one
or the other becoming ruffled occasion
ally. But there is no reason why dis
putes cannot be adjusted without g.
wanton waste Of energy and money.
Mr.. Cherouny's kindly advice should
be needed by the employers who so Bit
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