New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-06
CHICAGO PAPERS TO RESUME.
FORCE OF NoN-UNIoN sTEREoTYPERs
SECTRED

FORCE OF NON-UNION sTEREOTYPERs
SECURED.
Chicago July 5.-For the first time since last
Friday morning The Tribune" The Record"
The Chronicle The Times Herald" and The
Inter Ocean" will be issued to-morrow morning
sufficient number OF outside non union stereo-
typers has been imported to make this possible
The papers. however, will DC published only IN
four-page size, but this Will be Increased az
rapidly as possible The afternoon papers will
also be published tomorrow in reduced size.
The stereotypers employed on the Chicago news
papers through the union, made demand In June
that their wages be not less than 81 for a days or
nights work OF seven consecutive hours. with over
time at 70 cents hour or fraction thereof When
a new contract this basis was demanded. the
publishers OF all the daily newspapers OF the city
printed in English agreed 20 refuse the demands ana
TO decline 10 agree 10 a compromise. In event OF
strike they agreed to pool their resources 30 that
no newspaper should be issued from any or the
Offices until all could be Issued on the same Gay
and II II necessary 70 reduce the size 10 Keep
all the same number OF pages They also agreed
that they would refuse the demands OF any laoor
organization for increase Of wages. direct or In
direct above the scale OF wages In force. or Tor
the reduction OF the number OF hours constituting
a days work below eight. or sor the changing OF
present conditions OF employment in the respective
Offices when such changes IN wages or conditions
ton or organizations without preliminary confer
ence with and full recognition Of the puoishers
equal rights parties 70 Joint agreement.
The publishers offered a contract on the old
terms but the stcreotypers declined IT on Friday
night OF last week. and renewed their demands
When they were told that these would not DC &C,
coded 10 they struck. ana the newspapers dlshsSed
their other employees and closed their oincrs hey
made no attempt 10 issue their papers until to-dhy
In A statement in regard 20 their acton. the puo,
fishers say. 1t should De said that the oroad ana
comprehersiye lines Of agreement represented IN
the publishers unoers ,anting were conc.uged nov
with reference solely 20 the demand Of IN" stereo-
tyrers' union but because = evident that there
WIS systematic and Widespread plan ~ attack IN
contemplation the part of traf"s-uni"hS keeTt'-
" as represented In the Newspaper business. ! ne
pressrer's Union q week ago adopted changes IN
In wages The Maers' Union was reported 70 ne
ready to demand an increase ron y 10 - per cay
as soon as the conditions we're ripe; reIreseh'ta-
tive Of the Engineers Progressive Assoclalpi,
served formal notice a. every ONCE OF q ce'nanu
involving contract relations with the engineers
and their compulsory membership In the Organize
tion All without any earlier Information or eA-
nle ma tior 70 the publishers. In snort the stereo-
tvners' unions dernan ds while sufficiently excessive
In themselves 10 fully Justify the policy OF resIst,
ance edopted BY the publishers. were recogii%eI
10 ne ONLY the entering wedge % other ahp 'N-'
more serious demands. both by their own orsahiz'-
iona and others