Evening star., 1911-08-20
PRINTERS 0. K. PACT NEW PHASE GIVEN
ndorse Proposed Arbitration Surveyor Hazen Contributes to
Treaty With Publishers School Controversy.
NEW BOARD IS PROVIDED LINES OF BUILDING SITE
Equal With District Official Declares They Were
NonPartisan Chairman. Plainly Marked.
ALL PIECE WORK IS DOOMED AT ISSUE WITH ARCHITECT
Copy
Referendum-Hosts Presented Not Marked-second
Gold Watch REQUEST
Indorse Proposed Arbitration
Treaty With Publishers.
NEW BOARD IS PROVIDED
Representation to Be Equal With q
Non-Partisan Chairman.
ALL PIECE WORK IS DOOMED
Adjustment to Be Considered by
Referendum-Hosts Presented
With Gold Watches.

SAN FRANCISCO. August 1a-The In.
ternational Typographical Union at Its
convention here today indorsed the pro
posed arbitration agreement reported by
he oNecutiye council and to be submitted
TO the American Publishers Association
for signing January I. 1912. The pro
posed agreement. which is for FIVE years
is intended to replace the present agree
meut which will expire in May 1912
\ number of amendments were pro-
posed. hut President Lynch prevailed in
securng the adoption Of tentative
agreement unchanged.
One of the chief points of difference
between the and the old agreement
Is that the former provides for a local
arbitration board of five members in
stead of tho present board of four mem
hers Under the new agreement two
members are 10 be chosen from each side,
a chairman not connected with either in
terest to preside.
Points of New Agreement.
TIE main points of the agreement are
as follows
New agreements will be executed at the
pettien of the local union and the local
publisher
Tho agreement Will recognize interna-
tiOnal law and local law. not affecting
wages, hours and conditions. The actual
contract is To he signed by the local pub
Usher and the president and secretary of
the local union. and TO be guaranteed by
the chairman Of the special standing
committee OF the American Newspaper
Publishers Association and the president
of the International Typographical Union.
Holders of present arbitration contracts
should secure contracts under agreement
and with consent of local union prior to
or on May l. 1912. For continuous arbi-
tration in all other cases, the sixty-day
limit is required.
The report of the arbitration committee
was read.
THE International Union has made
wonderful advance within the last ten
years" said the report. and this has
been due largely TO its tendency TO avoid
strikes \ strike should never be called
until every possible means of agreement
has been exhausted. We believe this new
agreement offers the best means of arbi
tration ever vet devised
\ resolution was passed indorsing the
anti-Chinese laundry movement and
urging the enactment OF Asiatic exclu-
sion legislation.
The latter resolution consisted in part
OF resolution sent to Congress by the
assembly at the last session OF the Cali
fornia legislature.
To Abolish Piecework.
The question of the abolshmeRt of
piecework left iii doubt by the referen-
dun Of May L. ylIl be resubmitted to
the unions by another referendum. This
decision was reached at the convention
today by the adoption of resolution. in
troduced by President Lynch. providing
that the international officers of the
union shall uuderwrite all piece scales
now in existence until the final abolish
ment of piecework by referendum vote.
Tire pieceworx issue was raised on the
initiative OF the Salt Lake union. which
submitted . ruling made by that union
abrlShinG bonus and piecework TO a
referendum vote May L. After the salt
a." union had been sustained and piece
work was abolished by large majority
il was found that the Dallas union had
signed piece contracts with employers
short time previously. binding X for
five Years. and that the st Louis union
was under an amendatory agreement al
lowing piecework until February $ 1912.
other unions which had negotiated piece
scales or had them under consideration
were Austin, New Orleans, Memphis and
NickSburs.
Present Contracts Indorsed.
President Lynchs resolution was Of
fered to the convention especially to ad-
possible for the unions under agreement
to abide by their contracts By the pro-
visions of the resolution all contra cts
nov in existence will be indorsed by the
executive council referendum vote to
be taken May IL. 1917, on the question of
uring the abolition OF piecework, but
not ordering it.
= am opposed to piecework" said
President Lynch, and | hope eventually
10 see il abolished but this union must
above all else insist upon faithfulness TO
contracts. By this resolution we will be-
gin action which will in time result IN
the prohibition OF all piecework and
bonus scales
In addition TO the adoption of a tenta-
tive arbitration contract and the decision
to resubmit the vote aboiishing piecework
to a referendum, some Of the most i'm
portant work OF the convention was the
raising OF the number of union petitions
required 10 initiate legislation from 30 TO
loo, the voting OF per capita of 25 cents
for the defense of John j. and James B.
Mcnamara; the passing of resolutions
ruging drastic Asiatic exclusion laws and
the decision not TO invest the old age
pension funds in bonds, btu 10 keep that
Tor fighting resources.
The laws committee. which has Won
on every endorsement il has made in the
last ten years, passed throuhg the con-
vention with its record unbroken
Before adjournment seventeen gold
watches We're presented by the union to
committees in recognition of their hos
vitality. Charles Smith OF New York,
third vice president OF the National Mail
ers Union. who was just married before
leaving for the convention. was presented
with cut glass punch bowl.