Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-15
FIGHT AGAINST PRINTERS
Number of Independent Concerns In
Chicago Join with Typothetae In
Opposing EiEht-HOur Move.

CHICAGO, Sept 1A-Concerted action be-
tween the members OF the Chicago Typo
thetae and number OF big independent
employers OF printers was decided on to-
day in an effort to oppose the demands of
the union job printers OF Chicago. The
Typographical union today filed demands
on independent job and book publishing
houses for an elght-hour day and union
conditions after January /. After the union
had ordered out 100 men in eight of these
houses for refusal to grant the request
Of the union, the Chicago Typothetae.
whose members are already involved in a
strike, invited the indepe ndent master
printers to meet the members OF the Typo
thetae in an effort to devise means OF fight
ing the union demands. Nearly 100 inde-
pendents attended the meeting motion
was unanimously adopted to have a COM
mttee Of twelve appointed to arrange for
the formation OF an Organization of inde-
pendent master printers 70 resist the eight
hour day plan. Pledges we're made by most
Of the Independents present that they
would temporarily affiliate themselves with
the Chicago Typothetae in the struggle
against the union. During the day more
than fifty small independent establishments
upon which the union made demands ac-
ceded to the proposals presented by the
union.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. Sept i4-Forty-
five printer, who have been employed az
various book and Job printing establish
ments In this city, are out on strike today
on account of the refusal by the master
printers of the unions demand for an eight.
hour working day and increase of the
piecework price from s71z cents per thou
sands ems to 40 cents Five firms are
a fa ha4
made to secure nonunion men to take the
places of the strikers
ST. LOUIS. Sept 1.-THE threatened
strike for an eisht-hour day in Job print
Ing Offices by members OF the St Louis
branch Of the International typographical
union was begun here today Printers in
eight printing offices were called out by
President Joseph Jackson of local Typo
graphical union No. s. President jackson
said that about 175 printers stopped work.
He also stated that out OF the 40 printing
firms in ST. Louis sixty signed the eight
hour scale today. The oficers of the union
would say nothing more concerning the
situation
c. NJ Skinner, chairman Of the execu-
tive board of the St. Louis branch Of the
International Typothetae. said today that
the members Of the typothetse whose men
have walked out have not as yet attempted
to replace the strikers. Mr.. Skinner said /:
We will wait a day or two and see how
things are then. AS vet there has been
no meeting Of the executive committee, OF
which 1 am chairman. So far not all of
our members have been affected. There
are between twenty-five and thirty mem
bers Of the typothtae in St Louis
TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. H-The union Job
printers of this city were called out TODAY
on a strike for an eight-hour day. Two OF
the FIVE offices, those of two weekly news
papers. which are members Of the National
Typothetae, surrendered at once 10 the de-
mands OF the union. The other ofices went
into conference with thesunion printers