Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-20
REAL DEADLOCK At BUTTE.
Newspapers and Printers Are "Stand.
ing Pat"

ing Pat"
Butte, Mont, Feb. 1S.-The situa-
ton between the locked out members
of the Typographical union in Butte
and Anaconda and the newspapers of
the two cities is a deadlock, with not
a sign of break thus far.
The printers adhere to their deter
mination not to yield point de-
handed by the publishers. They de-
clare that the publishers statement to
them was an ultimatum and if any
thing in the nature of a compromise
on the matter Of wages is considered
the publishers must come to them.
AS to the changes demanded in the
restriction governing the matter OF
setting advertisements, President
Lanstrum, of the Butte Typographical
union, states that the publishers must
abide by the typographical regulations
in effect if they ever wish to open. AS
to wages, he states for his union that
they will not return to work at the
reduction of so cents a man per day,
demanded by the publishers.
A meeting Of the typographical and
pressmen's union was held late this
evening, and while the pressmen ap-
pear disposed to arrive at a settle
ment the printers apparently feel dis
inclined to recede one whit from the
original stand, which is taken to in
dictate prolonged siege and shutdown
Of the newspapers of Butte and Ana
conda for months. Tuesday all of the
Independent jobbing houses in the city
will suspend as soon as contract work
on hand has been completed.
The publishers met committees from
the allied printing crafts this evening
but nothing was accomplished other
than expressions from the publishers
and the printers that each side stood
pat with no concessions in sight.
The publishers state there will be no
further conferences with the printers
unless asked for by the latter.
Attorneys Are Worried.
The shutdown Of the newspapers has
involved an old legal question that is
occasioning no end of worry among
the lawyers of the city. Under the
Montana statutes legal notices must
be run without cessation, and the in
terruption Of their publication with no
opportunity for the notices being
printed in any county paper adds to
the complications.
Big mercantile establishments are
resorting to all kinds of schemes for
the advertisement Of wares; bands
parade the streets with banners
telling of bargains, the streets are
adorned with gaudily colored stream
ers, imparting an almost gala appear
ance to the city, while hand bills have
been scattered broadcast, in some
cases the posters simply covering the
walks.
Say Papers Were Money Losers.
With Heinze out of the political
field, the odd assertion is made that
the newspapers are making money by
ceasing pubncation, it being stated on
the most reliable authority that the
Butte Miner and other papers cost
their owners about $4,000 annually.
Labor leaders state that the move
on the part Of the newspapers, which
are backed by the big copper inter-
ests of Butte, is scheme by the min
ing companies to impress the miners
who, it is stated, propose asking an in
crease on April 1, with the futility Of
their demands.
The hodcarriers of the city have
formulated new scale demanding
$3.50 day, while carpenters ask 81.
Plumbers recently demanded So, which
scale now prevails. Tomorrow the
iron molders at Anaconda in the
foundry of the Amalgamated Copper
company will strike for increased
wages, affecting 300 men.
Newsboys have been retailing out
side papers at 10 cents a CODY.