The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-13
PRINTERS VOTE STRONG
TOSTAND BY CONTRACT
Chicago Union Refuses to Join
Prcssmen in a sympathy
Strike.

was won by the Chicago newspaper
publishers to-day and q smashing blow
dealt to the striking pressmen and their
allies when Chicago Typographical Union
No. IS voted by substantial majority
against participating in the conflict.
This means that the pressmen. 81 ereo-
typers, WAGON drivers and newsboys.
who quit their posts some days ago, must
wage the fight alone.
The union voted on the question OF stand
ing by its contract with the publishers
and incidentally referring the matter Of
the struggle between the other unions
and the publishers 70 the officers Of the
organization? with instructions to I've
guided in their actions by the advice OF
members OF the executive committee Of
the International Typographical Union.
The questio was placed in the form OF
resolution and the vote a. follows:
For. 900: against. 855; blanks. Is.
Total, ,7ss, Majority for resolution. %%4.
Despite appeals from radicals who
sought to stampede the meeting into a
general strike gathering and the circu-
lation OF inhammatory literature contain
ing attacks upon some OF the printers
leaders who have opposed sympathetic
strike from the start. the rank and file
Of the organize; lion faced the situation
calmly and gave more applause to those
who spoke against strike action than to
the members who used their oratorica
ability in favoring walkout. The meeting
was held at the First Regiment hrmory
and was the largest in the history Of the
union.
Il am well satisfied with the result.
said James NJ Lynch, president of the
international Typographical Union. after
the ballots had been counted. 1T again
demonstrates that the union printers In
this country are not contract breakers
IL would have taken three-fourths vote
TO carry a straight strike proposition
providing such Q question had been before
the meeting As IL was the members
voted on the question Of abiding by the
contract they have made with the pub.
fishers"
III the members had been asked tc
vote on the bald question of strike OF
No strike the ma jority against walk.
out would have been much larger" said
John c. Harding. secretary Of the union
-rhe result was what expected. Oui
members regard a strike as q war measure
to be used only in an extremity" declared
Walker W. Barrett. president Of the union
Before vote was taken President
Lynch addressed the meeting and re.
peated his previous statements concern.
ing the individuality Of repudiating con.
tracts with the publishers.
when the printers had fight on their
hands for an eight hour day they re-
ceived scant sympathy from the press.
men," said Lynch. AT the same time
we did not charge them with being unfair
although this accusation 10 now being
hurled At VA"
During the eight hour hght OF the print.
ers, the pressmen went so far as to coach
non-union men in the work Of making up
forms,' said President Barrett, who
succeeded President Lynch In addressing
the meeting. "The printers union neve.
has broken its contracts and never will
The Socialist element in the allied print
ing trades was accused by some OF the
speakers Of being chiefly responsible
for continued agitation Of the difference
bet ween the publishers and the pressmeu
stereotypers, wagon drivers and news
boys.
SAN FRANcIsCo, May l2.--The Eram
iner had only four pages in its news Sec
tion this morning. finding it impossible
at short notice to get crew OF pressinen
Tomorrow morning they will issue eight
pages. All San Francisco papers would
have followed Examiners example and
cut their news sections had it not been for
the action OF Crothere OF the Bulletin
who refused to do anything to help the
Examiner in this emergency. When the
three other papers learned of the Bulletin 4
action they naturally refused to cut their
regular editions, as that would have given
much profit to the Bulletin. ~
The Hearst manag gers here say they will
have an ample press room force by Tues
day
ATLANTA. Ga, May IL. The Georgian
W. r. Hearst's afternoon raper, has no
Sunday edition and consequently there
were no Developments to-day In the SYM
pathetic strike of prsssmen,
The journal and the Con stiiuti0n issued
their Sunday editions full size this morn
inc. as they are not affected by tho strike
which NO far is directed solely AT the Heirs,
pager pFPsr ,,,o,o,o =, ). ,n.r.. oar ..;d fri. .,,..
noon that he expected to have preesmen
here in the morning and that he hoped "a
get out the regular editions Oh Monday
While the strike IL not directed NJ the
journal or the Constitution. both vii be
involved II the t'.orglan finds itself un.
able 10 set out an edition, as the three
papers have a contract which stipulates
that none Of them shall print II one 10
neither the printers nor stareotypers have
shown any inclination " take part in ths
trouble. :,