Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-20

ing, is, as No. IS justly termed it, a
blunder worse than a crime.
Your committee also finds that the
intel national officers of the Interna-
tiCnal Printing Pressmen and Assist
ants union went over the heads of the
officers of the International Typo
graphical union, carried their cam
paign for a sympathetic strike into the
local unions and personally urged
these unions to participate in the
strikes, thus violating, not only inter
national ethics and courtesy, but also
violating the course that has been fol
lowed heretofore and the method rec
ognized as proper by the five interna-
tiOnal unions of the printing trade.
Your committee cannot too strongly
condemn the methods and tactics used
f. Chicago, and to which it calls at
teItion, and your committee believes
that not only should the international
officers of our organization be COM
mended for the course they pursued,
bot that they should be instructed, in
! the future, to see to il that every re-
newal OF the attempt to embroil us in
needless difficulties, made by any 9th
er international union, is promptly ex.
posed and combated.
1t has been asserted that the sec
tiCn in the contract between Chicago
/ Typographical union No. 16 and the
Chicago local of the American News
paper Publishers association reading:
This contract may be declared null
ana void in the case of strike or lock
ont hereafter of a union now affiliated
it'll the International Typographical
union: provided, that such strike or
lockout occurs after all efforts of ar
bitr2tiOn have failed through the fault
OF the proprietor the determination OF
which latter fact, however, shall be re
tcrred TO the national board of arbi
tration provided for in the arbitration
agreement now existing between the
American Newspaper Publishers asso
Cfa ton and the International Typo
graphical union, if so requested BY
either the publisher or manager of the
ewspaper affected, or by Chicago
Typographical union No. 16"-
would have justified a sympathetic
strike on the part of No. 16 But In the
cpinion of your committee, if this sec
ton means anything at all, it means
that the effort az arbitration, must be
made before the strike occurs and no
after the strike is on, as was the cast
IL Chicago.
Your committee is also of the opin
ion. as expressed by our internationa
president. that in instances where in
Gustrial strife confronts our allies, ant
they are DESTROYS of the assistance o
the international Typographical union
that assistance should be sought be
re a strike is permitted TO occur, /
such opportunity presents itself, ant
. not after the strike has been actual.
nut into effect. For, as our presiden
pCints out, if our influence Is OF an,
value, il is OF the greatest value whel
II can be exertef while industrial
pcace maintains, rather than after in
dustriai warfare is actually in effect.
Your committee has reached its cor
illusions after a long and painstakin
evarnil alton of the history of the Oh
Csgo strikes. from their inception 4
! the D. eeent time and earnestly recon
nends this report TO the convention
for it's approval and adoption.
The report of the committee wa
unanimously adopted by a rising vote
Delegate Stephenson tBoston) a
/ chairman of the committee on subol
dinate unions, thanked the conventio
Tor its action.