The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-02
Owing to Dispute Between
Publishers and Employees.
A STATEMENT is ISSUED
An Offer to Arbitrate Differ
ences Is Refused.
Open Shop Is Declared in All
the Offices.

Chicago, May 2.-Early editions of
Chicago afternoon newspapers were
not printed today because of a dispute
between the pressmen of Chicago
Newspaper Webb Pressmen's union
No. and the Chicago local of the
American Newspaper Publishers as
sociation. The difference arose on the
expiration of the pressmen's contract
with the Hearst newspapers and the
1allure to agree on terms of renewals
Meetings of the executive commit
tee of the pressmen's union and the
publishers association were held
through the morning and hone was
expressed that the difficulty would be
adjusted in time for the later editions
of the afternoon papers.
A statement covering the conditions
today was issued by the publishers as
sociation as follows:
"On April 80 at IL o'clock midnight
the management of the Chicago T,x-
aminer and American posted in its
press room the announcement that the
contract between those papers and the
Chicago Newspaper Webb Pressmen's
union No. having expired, the man.
agement elected to come under the
provisions of the contract between the
Chicago local of the American News
paper Publishers association of which
the Chicago Examiner and the Chi
cago American are members and the
presSmen'S union and would assume
all the obligations and exercise all the
rights of other members of the Chi
cago local under the contract, adding
that the management would refer to
arbitration as provided in the contarct
any difference that might arise.
Made No Protest.
after the announcement had been
read the men, acting under the order
of the president of the union, resumed
work without protest and thus ac-
knowledged their acceptance of the
contract.
IN,
nounced that it would exercise its
right under the contract to determine
the number of men employed on each
press and ordered each to be manned
with the same number of men as 9TH
er members of the Chicago local en-
ploy on presses of similar sizes and
product The members of the union
refused to work under this order. The
management then offered to permit
the men thus proposed to be laid orr
to report as usual for work daily, but
not to work on the presses and to
submit the question at issue to arbi-
trat1on and in the event of a de-
cision sustaining the position of the
union to pay these men full wages
from the time they were laid off up
to the date of the decision of the ar
bitrators.
The members of the union refused
to work under this offer.
The management then notified the
men that their continued refusal to
"OAA "OOAo COuSllluL6 a Strike and
that in so striking the union would
be breaking the contract between the
publishers association and the union
The members of the union continued
to refuse to work and walked out of
the offices.
Under the circumstances the Chi
cago local of the American Newspa-
per Publishers association now de-
clares the contract between it and
Chicago Newspaper Web Pressmen's
union No. broken by the union and
therefore terminated. The press
rooms of all the members of Chicago
local of the American Newspaper Pnb-
fishers association viii hereafter be
conducted without recognition of the
jurisdiction of the Chicago Newspa-
per Web Pressmen's union No z.
1T is the purpose not to disturb the
working conditions and wages of the
former contract and to this end the
continued cooperation of all em-
ployees without discrimination is in
vited.
BY order of the Chicago local of
the American Newspaper Publishers
association.
VICTOR F. LAWSON, President.
"HENRY N. CARY