The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-01-11
BROAD AGREEMENT
To PREVENT STRIKES
Newspaper Publishers and Interna
tional Typographical Union
Expected to Accept.

Indianapolis. Ind. Jan. 1O-T'he arbitration
| agreement between the international Typo
graphical Union and the American News
paper Publishers Association. ~ agreed
| upon by special committees from each or
ganzation of the typographical Union. and
which will be submitted to the members of
the Publishers Association at its meeting
next month. and. later. TO referendum
vote OF the members OF the union. has just
been made public
The object OF the agreement and the pur-
pose for which both bodies are working ~
the prevention OF strikes pending the set
tlement of difficulties arising between mem
bers of the allied printing trades and mem
bers OF the Publishers Association.
In the first section, the agreement sets
out that the publishers accepting it shall
be protected by the union from walkouts.
strikes or boycotts or any other form Of
concerted interference with the peaceful
operation OF their business.
Provision for Arbitration.
In the second section, It Is provided that
in event of failure Of a local union and a
publisher to arrive at settlement Of any
labor difficulty that may arise. the DIFF
ference NAV he referred by either party TO
the National Board OF Arbitration, which. II
is set out in another section. shall consist
of the president OF the Typographical
Union and a commissioner from the as
sociation. and In event Of their failure to
agree. the two shall select third arbitra-
tor, who shall act as chairman Of the com
mission.
The finding Of this board shall be final.
Under the agreement, provision is made for
the submission Of evidence on disputed
points. and the manner of its submission Is
either to local arbitrators or to the NatiOral
Board work shall continue in the office Of
the publisher and any change i'm the wage
scale may be made effective from the date
OF the beginning OF the dispute.
RecaIcitrants Lose All support.
In the event Of formation OF local publish
ers' associations. they may enter into agree
ment with any of the subordinate unions
and enjoy all Of the rights aCcruing from
membership i'm the American association.
The agreement is made to cover all of the
departments of offices in which the trades
are employed that come under the juris-
diction Of the International Typographical
Union. In offices where union men are en-
ployed only in certain departments, these
departments may be covered by the agree
ment and subject TO its provisions.
Should either OF the parties asking the
the decision OF the board the facts shall
be made public and all support of the or
ganizatiOn to which the recalcitrant appli-
cant belongs shall be at once withdrawn.
Publishers Expected to- Accept.
The agreement is broad I'm every sense
and carefully covers all conditions likely to
arise between the union and the association.
The agreement i to be entered into only
for a year at a time. and contract which
accompanies the agreement covers prac-
tically the same ground. L Is understotI
that. in the event of the ratification of the
agreement by fifty locals of the Internal
tiona typographical Union, the executive
body will decide that IL has been accepted
and will sign for the union
7 ne Publishers Association meets next
month in New York and there is little
dc1"t that the matter will be agreed upon
without discussion.
4 he committee from the Publishers AsSo-
citation is made up of Alfred COWles Of the
Chicago Tribune. Herman Rdder of the
New York Ze.tung and NJ. J. Ilowenstein OF
the st. Louis Star.