The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-26

or whether they would insist on a con-
tinuance Of the scale OF wages now paid
in its pressroom. The committee, after
leaving the Star office, gave orders to
the men in the pressrooms Of the News
and the Star not to report for work on
Wednesday morning until they had re-
ceived word from the committee as to
what course they would pursue.
Yesterday morning the committee again
called at the Star office and were in
formed that the publisher Of h Star
had decided that he could not grant any
Increase in wages. The committee were
Informed. however. hat the Star was
ready and willing, and in fact requested,
that the new scale be referred, In accord
ance with the arbitration agreement be-
ty the international union and the
Star. which binds the local union on Its
face to n local arbitration committee. Tne
pressmen's committee made no statement
as to whether or not they would abide oy
the contract, which on its face binds Them
and gave no itimation that they in
tended to call out the men, who should
have gone to work in the %pressroom OF
the star at 9 o'clock In the morning.
The committee, In fact, made no state
ment as to what they would do or what
they would not do. The committee then
went to the News office, where the busi-
ness manager made the same statement as
that made by the general OF the
Star. The committe left the News
office also without making any statement
as to their future intentions.
AT II 80 o'clock the committee went to
the News office and there met the busi-
ness manager OF the News and the general
manager of the Star. The committee
announced that the pressmen employed ia
the offices Of the News and the Star
would not return to work, having pre-
viously failed to report for any work
whatever on this day. until their demands
were granted. The committee then LETT
the office Of the News. Dispatches were
sent to Chicago informing Commissioners
Kellogg. of the American Newspaper Pub
llshers' Association, that the sworn pledge
Of the international Pressmen's Union,
which is supposed to be observed by the
local unions which It governs. had been
violated without warning and in total dis
regard OF the fact that the newspaper pub
fishers stood ready to fulfil their part Of
this agreement. Word was also sent to the
officers of the American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association in New York city, with
the result that In the afternoon the presi-
dent, Herman Rider, publisher Of the
Stats Zeitung, came to Newark and
talked with the committee representing the
pressmen. He informed them that thes
hae violated the rules and regulations Of
the international body and told them to
send the members OF their union back to
work at once. In about huff an hour the
men were back at their stations in their
respective pressrooms, with the result thai
the regular last edition Of the News and
the regular last edition and the sporting
edition of the Star were printed and dis
tributed as usual.
The publishers Of the News and the
Star will endeavor in the next few days
to reach an agreement with the pressmen's
union. 1t is not expected, however, that
in the future the pressmen win violate
their obligations and give another example
Of how easy 1t Is to make worthless the
solemn pledge OF a local trades union.