The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-01
Printers Strike in Windy City
Compels Publishers to Issue
Tiny Editions.
pR0PRIET0RS COMPLAIN
ABOUT UNIONS COURSE
Employers Make Public Alleged
Telegram From Lynch Saying
WalkOut Unauthorized.

CHICAGO. Feh 2S.-The Chicago
morning papers VIII he publishes toTno.-
row In abbreviated form because Of diff
fcrcnces with the typographical union. In
connection with The matter, the Chicago
Publishers association made the follow
Ing statement for the morning papers OF
March /:
"Cn February 3. 1871. lanes VI. Lynch.
president: j. w. Hayes, vice president.
and Hugo M.lc-. vice president of the
international Typographical union, to-
&c c,her With II. y. Kellogg. ;ahor com
IN SIS ioncr OF the american Newspaper
Publishes ASSOCIATION: Herman ElddsT.
president OF tue American Nnwspa per
Publishers association and George =.
HIT pull sher OF the indianapolis star
board OF arbitration to adjust the scale
OF wages for printers employed In the Of
Nces Of the daily newspapers IN Chicago.
met here and made an award, cstab
fishing q scale Of wages for members OF
the CAicago Typographical union No, is.
employed on The daily newspapers of
Chicago
':The award went Into effect at once
In all the Offices. After IL became c!.
factlvc, question WAS raised by print
crs employed In the Offices OF the Chi
caSo American and the Chicago EXamin-
CT. tho printers claiming that they were
entitled 10 be paid on the basis of l2a
ems per line. whereas the actual type
s.t measured less than l3 ems per line.
and the Chicago American are slightly
narrower than the columns of all the
other Chicago newspapers: Therefore. in
demanding compensation for type set on
basis Of wider columns. the president
Of the union insisted that the printers
should DE paid for work which tncy did
not do.
The management of these two news
hp nIr1, 4
with the printers union. agreed TO sub
nit the disputed question for settlement
tn the Joint standing committee, a body
authorized under the contract between
the typographical union and the news
papers TO settle all differences OF opinion.
The offer OF settlement was made In
president of the Chicago local OF the
American Newspaper Publishers associa :
tion in letter dated February Is. II
was renewed in letter dated Febru-
airy 2S.
In spite OF these requests and also in
spite OF an offer made by the manage
ment OF the Chicago American and the
Chicago Examiner to deposit the small
OF the Chicago Typographical union No.
is TO he held by him until the final
award was made. strike was called at
3 p. IN, today in the offices OF the two
newspapers mentioned. This strike was
ordered in violation OF the most binding
contract and agreement to refer any and
all matters in dispute TO the standing
committee for settlement. In taking
that action, the union violated Its own
bylaws as we'll as It's contract and arbi-
tration,
In consequence of the unwarranted
strike OF the typographical union all of
the Chicago morning papers Will print
only four pages tomorrow
The statement rcci,cs that when the
bonus scale was inaugurated In ac-
cordance with the award the president
of the local union ordered the separa tion
OF the Examiner and American offices
which had hitherto worked as one Of
flcc. and their operation as two cstab-
lishments. While believing this was
matter for arbitration, the publishers
agreed 10 the request under protest. 10
avoid a strike. During the confusion the
foreman resigned. Later, the president
of the union demanded the foreman's re-
insiatement Again the publishers Welded
to avoid strike.
The third demand was that the "l2
ems line OF the American and Examiner
he figured the same basis as the
''l35 ems line of the other Chicago pa
pers. and when the publishers refused to
acccde thereto a. strike was called. The
statement concludes:
The following telegram Was received
tonight bv the Chicago Publishers asso-
citation: strike unauthorized illegal and
without warrant. You are authorized to
publish this dispatch.-J. M Lynch
President international Typographical
Union."