The Connecticut labor press., 1919-10-25
NEWSPAPERS NOT
 AFFILIATED WITH
 ORGANIZED LABOR
This Believed to Be Large Respon- sible for Failure of New
 Haven's Unusual Strike.
MADE A LONE FIGHT
Reiterated Denial of Any A. F. of L. Connection Encouraged Pub
 fishers in Opposition.

New Haven's unique strike, that of the Newswriters' Equity League com posed of men and women employed on the daily newspapers of the city, bids fair to be a failure and local labor men are inclined to the opinion that the strikers decision to go it alone rather than to affiliate with organized labor is largely responsible. /
 In other cities where strikes of news papermen have been successful their organizations have been affiliated with the labor movement as subordinate union of the International Fypoeraphl- cal Union. The advisab1lity ot such affiliation was discussed at the start by the New Haven newspaper workers but they decided to form an organization independentg of the trade union move ment.
 The I. T. U. has rule that no strike of a subordinate union will be sane tioned unless the subordinate union has been affiliated one year. The New E1a- ven newspaper employees felt that they couldn't wait that long and so went to the mat with the publishers alone. The Il T. U adopted this rule because ot experiences similar to those which have befal1en many other international bodies. Workers eager to go on strike have organized locals and, with the sup port of the internationals and the labor movement generally, have won, Then their interest in organized labor haS ceased as quickly as 1t originated and the charters of their locals have been allowed to lapse. For this reason the n T. U. in common with many other international uutons, have refused to sanction a strike until the subordinate union has fully matured and become a dependable organization.
 The Newswriters' Equity League also made what is considered serious rnls, take by labor men when 1t announced reneatedly in its paper, The Reporter, fhat it not only was not affiliated with tile American Federation of Labor but eiid not intend to be at any future tune. This naturally removed fromtsthe mlnos of, fine employers any fear that they might have tO epnlbat the4AaDor move, ment in opposing the. rte NeWswI ss's !. I I.eagtae and that helped them a aflot.
 Organized labor in New Haven neart, neA.a ;I,, ss-gr1,rafhized with the poorly paid newswriters and extended to theIl moral, and financial support but there was the feeling that the strikers Woulo stand better show of winning II thsy v5zre uot so determined to stand aloo1 from the trade union movement, ana the results would seem to justify this r 5e1,;nion. Organization, they point out, ;s fine first essential of winning tght " innproye wages and conditions and no oroanization oi few days existence can he strong. Neither can any one small organization standing alone hope 10 achieve the success that ie possible to attain as part of the great labor move ment.
 4WYg TT1.. I hat been an enthusiastic exponent ot the strikers cause from the start, conceded the failure of the strike in its issue of last Sunday, heading its story as fol- lows:
 "Great Victory For Few Reporters n Formation of New Publishing Com pany to Publish Daily Paper.
 9But Rank and File of Strikers Are Left Out in the Cold Although They Turned Down Offer to Arbitrate With Publishers of the Union-Scabs StIlI at Work"
 In it's comment on the situation the Herald says:
 With the discontinuation on Friday of The Reporter and the announcement that starting within few weeks the paper will be published as daily morn ing paper. the real end of the news 
 and it will soon pass into the annals ot history as one of the first strikes by salaried men to increase their earning scale and place themselves on an equal footing with the laboring classes.
 fsFor some six or eight members ot the Newswriters's Equity association ot New Haven, the strike has been a s1c- cessful one, for its end will see them in much better positions than they have ever held before.
 But for the rank and file of the association, the strike has been more or less of failure. There is no need to hide that fact. Talking of death, doesn't cause it. The bulk of the striking news writers do not seem to realize that the formation of the newspaDer means that fhev must look in other Cities for posi- tions if they would stay in the news paper game" ."'-.t.