The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-19
HEMORRHAGE HAS
MORE TROUBLES
Pirates and Incompetents Seem
to Be Trying to "Scab"
Paper.
FOREMAN Is DISCHARGED
AND EMPLOYEES WALK OUT
SmOot and the Bunch May
Want to Install Tithe-
Payers.

The "DoIly Dimpled- ucuorrhagc
Kid" play on The Hyphen has brought
it into more grief. Hardly a day passes
that something is not done That goes to
prove what a bunch of pirates and in
competcnts are in charge of that news
paper
When tho "MouthH - moved into the
Herald quarters nearly three months
ago, most of tho non Mormon en-.
ployes of the Herald were turned into
the street without notice and. of course,
without other situations awaiting them.
Men and women who had done much
towards building the Herald into an
important newspaper were supplantcd
and lot of tithe- payers OF sycophants
ot Smoot and the Federal bunch were
installed in their places.
One break after another has been
made, and the cap shcaf was put onto
the Hemorrhage s depravity. when
4 raid was made on the mechanical
department and the foreman and Others
forced out of their positions because
they would not stoop 10 the dirty work
OF tho boy.play management.
Whether this movement was to in
stall more tIthe-payors in the mechani-
cal department and thus curry favor
with tho postleScnator, or that the
movement is a step towards putting
Jhe Hemorrhage on Il "scab' basis
with the Deserel News, is not known.
At any rate, the matter promises many
complications end more trouble for the
incompetentS who are making a play
thing out Of the "Hyphen.
Facts i'll the Case.
The facts leading up TO he trouble
are that ON Wednesday night George
+. Hale; the inexperienced general man
agcr, discharged Sidney Hecker. fore
man Of the composing room This was
done. it is said, because the foreman re-
fused TO discharge competent employees
whom the management dislikcd and
when this was made known the chair
NUN of The Herald Republican chapel
announced to Hale that there would bc
a meeting uf That organization Thurs
day evening.
This meeting was held in accordance
with the announcement and Manager
Hale was ipvited to be present. All the
employees Of the Office who arc mem
bcrs Of the chapel were in attendance
and also several OF the |. !. L.. but
tho latter. OF course, took no part in
'hc proceedings, Hale did appear, but
denied The right Of the chapel TO : sum
mou' him and was about 10 Withdraw.
when Foreman Llccker asked him TO re-
main as q courtesy and be did So Mr..
Nccker then presented his side OF the
ease, stating that he was discharged be
cause he would not ''Grc' competent
worlImeu. Hale then made long state.
mcnt and virtually reversed himself,
concluding by saying that Foreman
IIcckcr was discharged because his work
was 'unSst.sfactorv; that the paper
showed too mJnv errors, and did not
show good workmanship on the part
pr the men working under the fore
man. SO that Hale again got tangled,
his last statement, by inference. being
construed 20 mean that il was the men
uuder IIccilcr and not the foreman who
Wcrc at fault. according 30 Hale.
Foreman Hecker Resigns.
The chapel then passed a motion 10
reiustate Foreman Hecker. and upon the
adoption of the motion Mr.. IIcckcr i'm
mcdiatclv resigned in favor of VI. John
son. who. by tho bye, was foreman of
tb" IntcrmOuDlaiu Republican. George
Hansen. president of tho local branch
Of the Typogra phical union, then inter
Vcucd. with speech. In which he held
that the newspaper management had
The right 10 discharge r foreman Tor
incomretcucv. bat could not dispense
with his services for unfolding union
principles. which was all Mr.. Heckcr
had done.
Foreman Hccilcr then left Inc Office,
and as he did so there was II general
exodus from the composing room, the
following employees accompanying their
foreman. IN sympathy with his action:
Charles /. Nallsndigbam. assistant fore
man: Parlcy Adams. foreman of Che
ad-settng department; y. d. Burcb-
ield admnn and oncrator: j. ?. Hop
kirs, ad-mau; Frank Livingston, oper-
ator. and David Coleman, operator.
For nearly five wears Mr.. Hccicr WAS
foreman Of the Herald aud WAS sur
rounded by those who walked out with
him. All were valued employees Dur
ing the wears ot their association with
the editoria aud business departments
of the Herald there never was any fric-
iiou they were a happy family; but
II has taken. the "kidlcts but three
months TO turn things topsy-turVy.
Whatever tho lIemurrhaCc may say 10
thc contrary. "io u man up q tree =
everything seems 10 indicate that the
management is dcSirous. if not anxious,
10 "rat the paper. And. in conclusion.
IL Is a significant fact that all the en-.
rloyees who walked out arc Of the Gen
tile persuasion.