San Francisco Call, Volume 69, Number 92, 2 March 1891 — PRINTER* MOVEMENT. [CHAPTER]

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PRINTER* MOVEMENT.

A Radical Change in ' the Working System of . P. ■.•■. '•■ .'.' Newspapers. . : - ■ ' •■.•..-•.•. Seatti.k,' March I.— Seattle Typograplcal Union;' No. 202, this afternoon decided to abolish piece work oh all of the daily papers and established the eight-hour working-day system, with 'the. minimum scale of S4ad«y. Hereafter work will begin on morning : papers nt 7:30 o'clock in the evening, the com- ; positor not being required, to visit the office ' ■ during the day. XII 3 advantage to.the. men' is that - .-iifi'ieii' •■ larger number will ■be em- : ployed, while the system ..substitutes; will ■be revised, ■•;IJfriae'r ". the new- nic thod ' copy ■ will not befiirnisheclprittteTS before 9 o'clock, in.>iWi)dVf at 7:SiV as. now, and tho editorial forceof; the paper; will also have ■ their ' working hours changed, greatly .to,: their advantage; :■■•■•'•:■• ■'•■' V-. • :: " '■■'■ "... '■'■■: The new system was adopted after a con- : ference between the • proprietors; and ■ the ; men, and at the union meeting this afternoon the Vote was . almost uur.niuious. Seattle Is the =4>coiid city in the United States to take. this action, -tile New York World being the oiiginatoF of the movement. The scale heretofore has been 50 cents per thousand ems, with a long-list of extra-price matter, and this scale has been so difficult of interpretation that there has been constant trouble.:-. The union has a membership of about 220. : : ■ ...' '■ '■