United labor bulletin., 1910-12-15
WEB PRESSMEN OFFER -
A FAIR PROPOSITION
Publishers Distort News and Deceive Their Roadora
-Iten1s Injurious To Union Labor Given VICE
PubHofty---Pressn,an 8 Hand In Possession
ofPubHshers, Preserved In Alcohol

articles Monday setting forth that the
strike was illegal and had no standing
with the other printing trades. The
article was taken from the Topographic
cal Journal, but the publishers only used
that part of the article which said that
the joint conference board had declared
that the Pressmen had violated their
contract The balance of the article was
not printed-not even being referred to.
There are 500 Typographical Journals
said:
The article said:
THE JOINT CONFERENCE BOARD
TOLD COMMISSIONER KELLOGG
THAT THEY DID NOT PROPOSE TO
ALLOW THE PUBLISHERS TO USE
THE ACTION OF THE PREssMEN As
AN EXCUSE FOR RUNNING NOM
UNION PREssRooMs.
THE PUBLISHERS WERE GIVEN
TO UNDERSTAND THAT, EVEN
THOUGH A MISTAKE HAD BEEN
MADE, A SETTLEMENT SHOULD BIZ
MADE WITH THEIR PREssMEN AT
ONCE, AND THE JOINT CONFER
ENcE BOARD ASKED MR.. KELLOGG
TO AGAIN TAKE THE MATTER UP
WITH THE DENVER PUBLISHERS
AND ENDEAvoR TO GET SETTLE
MENT WITH THEM.
The writer has had a conference with
Organizer Simons of the International
Pressmen's union and he is very fair in
his demands on the publishers. Mr.. ST.
the papers and establish the conditions
| of he iuoa nf he =
he further agrees to accept 1856 for
journeymen until the matter of wages il
arbitrated, the award handed down to
be effective from the time the men re-
turn to work. He further agrees to take
back the men to membership who left
the organization at the time of the strike
three foremen and a journeyman.
Could any offer be mora fair1 Tha'
Bulletin believes not, and urges all union
men to demand from the publishers that
the strike be settled at once. Union
men have made mistakes before; pub
fishers have made mistakes before; in
dividuals have made mistakes before in
dealing between publishers and unions
and if the publishers were to tell the
union men of Denver that on account of
mistakes being made they intend to con-
duct non-union pressrooms, the union
men would not listen to it for minute.
But that is just what 1t means if set
tlement is not reached now. The press
men are ready with one of the fairest
propositions that could be made. The
Joint Conference board representing all
the international printing trades unions)
say that they do not propose that the
existing conditions shall continue; and
it is time for the central labor unions of
Denver to demand a settlement.
In using the article taken from the
Typographical Journal as they did. the
three papers deceived every reader who
saw their papers. They used that part
of the article that would best promote
the fight against the pressmen, and
omitted that part which would give their
readers a clearer understanding as to
the course to be taken by the interna-
tional unions.
This is not the first time the corpora
ton papers have distorted news items
to give organized labor ~the worst" of 1t.
When Board Member Kreitler was in
Denver and spoke at the Trades Assem-
bly,. the Republican printed the report
that he said he would blow up the Post.
and the item in that shape was sent
broadcast. Mr.. Kreitler never made any
remark of the kind.
In reporting the Colorado State Feder-
alton of Labor convention the Post said
that the delegates gave cat calls and
jeered when Sheriff Schrader had the
floor explaining his position in the coal
miners strike in Mesa county. That
statement was far from the truth.
II the representatives OF the public
press are to be admitted to the meetings
OF labor central bodies and union men
depend on them for a correct report.
then they should demand that labor news
be not distorted and union men who buy
the papers deceived by the false reports
made. 1t is time that the central bodies
considered barring newspaper men from
their meetings.
The pressmen put wagon on the
street last week with notice printed
on it that the strike was stu on and
that arbitration was denied The driver
was arrested. aud was bailed out, bet it
was afterward understood that the ease
was dismissed. The wagon Il On tn
street again this week. but = bolnu
stopped by the police and haraSeod -
much as possible.
The police have prevented newsboys
wearing cards in their caps saying they
do not sell the Post.
Recently strikebreaker had nnger
mashed at the pressroom OF the Repubii-
can Previous to that strikebreaker had
his hand cut on at the prcssroom OF tho
Post. and we are Informed that the Post
has preserved the detached hand In Al
cohol and have placed II In their safe 10
be uaad arnInat the owner az eviednco
should he flle a suit for damages. Ono
Of the presses of tho Post was damaged
to the extent Of several thousand dollars
by the inexperienced stril<ebreakers.
The pressmen haze made fair pro-
posai for a settlement and II Il 10 not ~
cepted the three papers cannot expect