The times., 1901-06-22
THE PRESSMEN ADJOURN
The Anti-Military Amendment De.
cisively Defeated.
Closer Relations With Publishers
AdvOcnted-AdOptio of Printing
Label Defeated - Possible Trouble
In Government Printing Offices.

HI government printing Ofices.
After a tiresome session of fully five
hours, the thirteenth annual convention
of the International Printing Pressmen
and Assistants Union adjourned sine die
yesterday afternoon. The convention
which has been an unusually successful
one, was marked in it's closing hour by
the transaction of a considerable amount
of business. The rext convention will be
held in June 1852. in Baltimore.
As a result of heated discussion the an
ti-military resolution, requesting members
of the union not to join any State Ma
tionaI Guard, was voted down signifi-
cant feature in connection with the con-
troversy over the pressmeD's s rights in the
allied printing trades union label was the
rejection of a resolution calling upon
pressmen to work no forms except those
with the union label of the allied print
ing trades. Indications point to the adop-
tion in the near future of an independent
union label in which the l. =. p. and
A. L., the international Brotherhood of
Bookbinders. and other organized
branches Of the printing craft will have
an equal right The matter at present
rests in the hands of the Executive Board.
The rejection of the resolution yesterday
clearly indicated that the pressmen were
not willing to bind themselves to the use
of the present allied printing trades label,
over which The International TypOsraph-
ical Union exercises all the rights of own
ership.
If the desires of a large class of the
pressmen are realized, pressmen's strikes
will soon be a thing of the past. The fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted yesterday
afternoon:
Resolved. That it is the sense of the l. P. p.
and A. L. that arbitration should be adopted
at all times, and before any change in the scale
Of prices are adopted It should be submitted 10
all publishers who are interested; and
Resolved, That the board OF directors be en-
powered to arrange an agreement with the
American Newspaper Publishers Association, pro-
yided that part Of such agreement shall be
opposed to the tripartte agreement. Any agree
ment entered into must be submitted to and
approved by the referendum before becoming ei-
fective.
The resolutions were presented a day
or so ago after an address made to the
pressmen by Frederick Driscon, Special
Commissioner of the American Newspa-
per Publishers Association, who made
strong plea for closer and more cordial
relations between publishers and en-
ployes.
The afternoon session yesterday was the
busiest of any since the opening of the
convention. President Higgins called the
assemblage to order shortly after
O o'clock About the first business was the
election to honorary membership of Mrs.
Buckley, of Chicago, who has attended
number of the conventions Of the Inter
national Union The allied trades union
label resolution. referred to above, was
then submitted. 1t recited the fact that
in a number of localities labels other than
the allied printing trades label We're be
ing used and recommending that all press
men refuse to handle forms without that
label.
Immediately there arose a keen discus
sion j. l. Birmingham, of Cincinnati,
stated that the allied printing trades
label in that city was a disgrace on ac-
count of the injudicious and unjust man
ner ir which it was issued. James II.
Bowman, the ex-President of the union,
who made a careful investigation into
the label question last year, stated that
a resolution to observe none but the
allied printing trades label would bind
the l. Z. z. and A. L. hand and foot to
the / T. T., which controls that label.
He said he never favored a fight between
labor Organizations, but thought it
high time the union was taking some ac-
ton TO secure their proper rights in
label.
When the anti-military resolution was
called from the table Peter Dienhart, Of
Chicago. put in a strong plea for it's
adoption. Ir the form last reported from
the committee the resofcSon requests that
union men do not join military organiza-
tions except in time of war The objec-
ton came not from the fact that members
of the opposition desired to join the Ma
tional Guard so much as the feeling that
the matter should be left to the discretion
of each Individual. 1t was defeated by
comfortable majority. b. F. Thompson,
of Union 81, New York, made a strong
argument against the resolution, as did
w. F. Moran, of Chicago. Mr. Thorp-
son said that he thought the National
Guard was the bulwark of freedom and
that its abolition. which some of the
delegates appeared to favor, would mean
the creation of a large standing army.
like those now such drawback and men,
ace to European countries.
Toward the end of the afternoon session
matter Of general interest TO Washing
ton people was brought up. At a recent
meeting of Press Feeders Union No. AZ.
of this city, resolutions were adopted de-
claring that members of the union would
not work in offices with non-union feeders
after September ]. InaSmuch as the
members of this organization are en-
ployed in the Government department,
where there are many non-unioniStS,
there may be strike precipitated at that
| time. The resolution was presented TO
the convention through the Laws Commit
tee and approved. Thus with the sane
ton of the international organization the
press feeders of No. u believe that they
will receive the support of the preSSmen
of Washington and that the non-union
feeders will be brought into the union
before September !, thus aYertinS trouble
The diSsensOnS between PresSmen 5
Union No 81 of New York. and Assist
ants Union No. %. of that city. have
been thoroughly aired in the convention
/ just closed. and discussion on this purely
| local matter has consumed more time
| than any other business considered by the
! delegates. Yesterday afternoon a motion
| was made to the effect that the union
| fOremen who were members of Union No.
| 81 should hire none but union assistants.
! A sharp debate ensued on the subject
| The assistants of Union No. . alleged
| that certain OF the members of No. 81
| had employed nOn-uniOn assistants Del
| egate Thompson, from No. 81, made a mo-
| ti0n to table the resolution. Every kind
| of vote was taken on this motion, the
| losers appealing from a viva Voce to a
| risinS and then to roll call vote. which
| last resulted in the tabling of the matter,
/ amid the cheers of the delegates from
! New York.
| E,x-President Bowman was the recipient
| of "A handsome diamond ring from the
! delegates as a mark of their appreciation
| of his stanCh efforts i'm the cause of union
| ism. y. +. Thompson made the presenta
J tion speech and Mr.. Bowman responded
| briefly. In the evening at the National
| Hotel the ladies who have been visitors
| at the convention presented Mrs. Bow
man with handsome remembrance. The
| Committee ON Thanks. o. which w. F.
| Moran, of Chicago. is the chairman. pre-
| sented resolutions extending thanks to
| various persons for courtesies extended