United labor bulletin., 1912-04-18
STRIKING PRESSMEN
SETTLE WITH POST
After Being Out Few Hours, Man
agement Telephones for Them
to Bring in Their Pro-
posed Agreement.

The members of Web Pressmen's
union No. % acquitted themselves Sat
urday evening in way that leaves no
doubt in the minds of every member Of
organized labor that they are made Of
the right stuff Early in the evening
every man in the pressroom of the Dem
yer Post that had card walked out a.
individuals, and notified the manage
ment that they would not return to work
until they received the scale of wages
demanded at the time the men were
locked cut on the Post, News and Re-
publican.
The management soon got busy, and
sought the men at their headquarters in
the Quincy building. There the press
men were found waiting for the man
ayers with an attorney ready to present
an agreement already drawn up. Man
ager Mcdonald raised the point that the
strike was not sanctioned by the Press
mems international union, and further
that the Post demanded protection. This
was answered very briefly that the
pressmen did not have an agreement
with the Post and the men quit work as
individuals, and therefore did not vio-
late any agreement.
There was nothing to be done but
sign up with the union and treat the
boys right or there would be no paper
published Sunday morning. After max
ing an effort to have an eight-page pa
per printed at another office instead of q
sixty-page paper, the management de-
layed until the first shift" of printers
were leaving the office. at 1 O'Clock,
when the management telephoned the
men to return to work, and took the Of
ficials of the organization into the ONCE
and signed the agreement. The agree
ment carries with it the eight-hour day
and the scale of wages paid ON the
Times and Express.
The trouble on the three papers COW
ers months of strife 1t is over year
since the men on the three papers
struck for a raise in wages after the
representatives of the Newspaper Pub
fishers association had delayed arbitra-
ton in every way possible. When the
men walked out they demanded back
pay from the time the agreement ex-
pired, and new agreement was signed
, by the three papers, but later the pub
fishers claimed the agreement was signed
under coercion and duress" and locked
the pressmen out, having had time to
import strikebreakers. From that day
to Saturday night the union has been
quietly organizing in the pressrooms Of
the three papers. and had all IL men
] in the Post -pEessroouz- In tho otynnina-
tions excepting two-one of these being
Foreman Young.
/
plete. Tuesday evening the organization
met and adjusted the differences between
the two non-members and the organiza-
ton. The action taken is not known
1t is believed that the other papers
the News and Republiean-win soon
sign up with the Pressmens union and
again conduct a fair" pressroom. The
members of the organization are in high
spirits. and when Delegate Peepo an
nounced the victory at the Trades As
sembly Sunday he was roundly cheered.
Organized labor should throw its weight
behind this bunch of fighters and insist
on the other papers signing up with the
pressmen without delay. Union men in
Denver should not tolerate an unfair
newspaper. These men have suffered
for many long months for this victory.
and now it should be made complete.