The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-15
NO PAPERS ISSUED FOR FOUR
DAYS.
Strike of Seventy-five Stereotypers
Leaves 100000 People Without In
formation About the War.

CHICAGO, July 2.-Seventy-f
men succeeded today in shutting out
100000 newspaper readers in Chica-
and vicinity from getting the news.
For the first time in nearly sixty
years-the age of the city-Chicago
was today forced to go without any
English local papers. The stereotyp-
ers' strike went into effect last night
at II o'clock, and its effect was felt
long before the sun was up this NOR
ming.
Not even war bulletin was post
ed anywhere in the city. People dar
ed sunstroke running around to find
out the news from Santiago. Not a
drop of news leaked over the wires.
The city was completely isolated, as
though it were backwoods settle
ment.
Phil Armour Immediately wired to
his New York manager to telegraph
him a full story of the Santiago bat
tie. He also asked for complete re-
port of the financial news from that
center. Other brokers followed the
same course.
The German population knew just
what was going on in the outside
world. Chicago had one morning and
one evening German paper, but to-
morrow they will not issue, their men
having struck tonight
A small number of copies of the
Milwaukee Sentinel arrived at 10
o'clock. They were sold first at
cents, then at TO- then at Is, and the
last ones at 25 cents. At II o'clock
the Cincinnati. st. Louis and New
York papers put in an appearance.
The publishers were responsible for
the small number of out of town pa
pers sent today Several of the Gin
cinnati. st. Louis and Milwaukee pa
pers wired Chicago publishers last
night as to the advisabilty of sending
extra supplies of their papers
The publishers hold that they can
better afford to have the strike now
than later when business is more re-
munerative. The revenues of the adj
vertisements are much lighter just at
this time of the year than at any 9th
er. This is especially so with a hol-
iday coming on Monday.
The stereotypers say they will now
start some sort of paper next week,
if the trouble is not settled, but the
publishers do not express any fear in
this direction. 1t is to prevent just
such move as this that they have
shut off all bulletins and tied up the
| Associated Press dispatches so that
outsiders cannot get them.
1t is said tonight that 100000 copies
| of the Milwaukee Sentinel will be in
here early on special train, and that
st. Louis and Cincinnati papers will
also send up large editions. New Yorl,
is preparing to flood the town with
Saturday and Sunday papers.
CHICAGO, July 5.-After being
dead to the world for four days Chi
cago will come to life again tomorrow
morning.
The steretotypers received a Dewey
blow from the compositors tonight
and tomorrow Chicago will have her
usual number of papers They will
be four page affairs, but the entire
space will be given up to news.
President Prescott of the lnterna-
tional Typographical Union came tC
the conclusion that not only was the
strike Illegal from a union standpoint
but that the demands of the stereo
typers were unreasonable. At $50
o'clock he went into session with the
local typographical union, reported
the result of his Investigations anC
asked that the body take action.
debate followed, lasting three hours
and the vote taken at the end result
ed in $50 to 100 against the strike. ant
the compositors were instructed tc
90 back to work.