New-York tribune., 1919-10-01
Notices Posted ia ESQ
Offices That Men Not in
Good Standing With In
lerna,ional Can't Work
New Local Unions
Being Organized
Radical Leaders and I'm
mediate Followers Told
They Can't Come Back

More thar 5000 pressmen and press
feeders employed in $50 of the biggest
book and job printing plants in this
city, including plants printing $50 big
magazines, will find the doors of the
rlants closed should they report for
rork this morning. The pressmen and
seders. however, said last night they
- going 20 stay away.
MS situation is the upshot of the
rso,racted controversy between the
rinters' League, affiliated with the
ssociation OF Employing Printers. and
tie international Typographical Union
on one side, and the so-called outlaw
pressmen's and press feeders unions
in New York on the otller. The outlaw
unions are Pressmen's Union, No. 81 !;
Fra Kiln Union, No. %; Job Press Feed
ers' Union. No. /, and Paper Handlers
Union, No. |.
TIE closing of the shops to the mem
oers Of these unions, whose ultimatum
for the ntr duction Of the forty-four-
hour week expires today, was ordered
league in the Hotel Astor, when
specific Instructions to all employers
were issued
Tie outlawed unions met at Maenner-
choE Hall, 203 East Fifty-hfth Street,
iast night and voted in reply to the
lockout" ordered hy the employers not
% 80 to work. The employers, how
eve do not regard their action as q
lockout, sa.ing the closing of the press
rooms simply means that the employ
ers ill not deal with any unions not
ia rood standing with their interna-
tlonal, and nat as soon as the mem
bel Of these unions permit themselves
20 b reorganized into new unions un-
Ger the dir ton OF the internationals
- process already under way-they
VIII enter into negotiations with them.
Notice of LOCKOUT
Notice % the lockout" was posted
in all me shops affiliated with TIE
Printers League Yesterday. The text
OF ne notice .ollows:
"In pursuance OF the policy adopt
ed b. the Printers League section
OF the Association OF Employing
Pr .e.s OF New York City, of which
this firm is a member. on and after
October :, 1919. we viii employ none
but members OF local unions in good
standing with their respective inter
nationals affiliated with the Ameri-
car Federation of Labor We Will
employ no members Of unions here
tofore known ss follows:
pr ssmen's Union, No. II, Ber-
naIi Nolan president.
Franklin Union, No. %, James
Bagley president.
aperhandlers' Union. 10. l.. Vim
ceu. I. Ferris president
lob Feeders Union. 40. /.
Andrew S5oos president.
"a ordes 20 be employed in our
essroom employees must produce
SatssTa tory evidence oi their inter-
na-. 2nai .uuion affiliations aad must
display cards properly undersigned
D. tnsir international officials"
instructions to Employers
Following is the text of the instruc-
tons issued to the employers by the
Printers League on the basis of which
the notice was posted
Il. Post notices not later than
Tue sday afternoon.
"2 Close all pressrooms. begin
nAng Wednesday morning, October
/, irrespective Of any and ali devclop-
mems
80. Refer al members Of nrcss-
room and parer-handling forces who
eApr".s tea:re 70 continue work
=. to- ice Of the new local unions
sFi.!at 18th the International
Pressmen and Assistants' onion,
Room Do3. No. $50 Nassau Street
IT, 10 applicant for work. even
"AeA presenting an international
card ssould DC out to work until you
naVc called Information a. the
lt' League headquarters, Room
o., latiron Building, Gramercy
@5>@, and had his standing conf rmcd.
D. Keep employees in composing
fooFns, foundrics, bndcries and mail
.ng rooms 4. work 80 long as you
nzFe ta2trlng for them 10 do.
= All prcgent conditions Of
Taz e, toGrg and shop practices ap-
pig ant.. negotiatione nov pending
are Completed.
ior Inquiries covering any
POM 'eleDfonc ncadcuar rters and ask
Sor Information"
One Immediate Walkout
TIE iT.trSct4ons were ssvned bv W31|
lam Green, chairman Of the labor com
m.ittse Of The Printers League, an,
>aar-ss Francis, presidcnt Of tn
he posting Of the notice 81 the plan
~ tns Federal Printing Company, 209
zl5 Vcs. Thirty ninth Street. rcsulte,
IN me immediate walkout oY 200 press
men and feeders.
h n wailout aiso occurred at the plan
L .f In 'arey Printing Company, Tent
HFehpf. neaf Ihrty-ninth S,rcct, IA
ntK@a zafspn wnich PRINT "yotrle.
~ fas' and "Thc Century
ma azsn.s
n4 actlpa II the employers yezter
"a ti@aIs me atmosphere IT the con
tTc7erzy II ta non certain that unles
znf '1t'awed unions are able 10 cfser
Continued on pn0e mine