The sun., 1919-10-07
BIG SKIS RESOLVE
ASCRAP OF PAPER
1000 Compositors Who Omit
Last Week Remain Out and
$50 More Join Them.
DEMAND MADE ON ROUSE
Freshmen and Feeders Of Sus.
pended Unions Continue At
tempts at Intimidation.

The resolution which big Six" Typo.
graphical Union adopted Sunday ceiling
upon its members to return to their posi-
tons in the book and Job printing plan.
OF this city was proved yesterday to b.
but a scrap OF paper.
Although hundreds Of the compos,tor,
who had Joined the strike of the outlav
pressmen and feeders attended the meet.
ing Of their union at which the resolu.
ton was adopted. and although not ons
Of them voiced the slightest opposltior
to 1t and not vote was recorded againr
It. the 1900 compositors who quit last
week remained out yesterday and per.
suaded 651 more to join them.
Tho printers demanded of Leon
Rouse. president of "Big Six" that h.
show. good faith by replacing immedi.
ately the compositors who nave len
their Jobs in the plant of the Publishers
Printing Company, the pressmen Of
which are not on strike but II was said
last night that he had not done so and
Mr.. Rouse was not to be seen by would.
be interviewers. -.
While these compositors thus were VIC.
lating their own word given at Sundays
meeting, pressmen and feeders belonRens
to the suspended unions headed by James
j. Bagley and Bernard Nolan were try
Ing lawless methods In attempts 20 in
timidate workmen of other unions that
are not on strike.
A paper handler on his way to work
in the printing plant OF e. NJ. D.amant
at 406 Lexington avenue was attacked
and beaten by pressmen and feeders
The assault was OF a cowardly nature,
several men setting upon the paper
handler at once and giving him no CD
portunity to defend himself. At several
other printing houses threats were made
to members of unions at peace with the
employers, and only police protection
prevented forther violence.
The only two shops where composition
attempted yesterday to go back to their
Jobs were those of c. j. O'Brien, 2,
North William street, and the Diamant
plant. At the former place twenty re-
turned, but only two were accepted back
into their positions, the rest being told
that there was no work for them. A.
the Diamant plant six OF seven men who
quit last week returned and were put 10
work. 1t was stated that most Of the
shops would be able to keep the compost
tors at work for from two to four weeks
despite the walkout Of the pressmen and
feeders
Some of the Plants Affected.
The total number of "Big Six" men I,
quit yesterday was estimated by Col
Green at 651. These men have walked
out OF twenty-five plants. Some Of the
places affected and the number Of com.
positors who left were stated to be as
follows: Evening Post JOB Printing
Department 100; Butterick Publishing
Company, 90: Pictorial Rev4ep, so;
Arbor Press, which prints textbooks for
Columbia University SIS; Brooklyn
Daily Eagle Job printing department,
40: the plant which prints the Nation,
Oswald Garrison Wizards magazine, IA,
the Mail and Express job plant, IA.
It was announced that the following
magazines will probably be delayed be.
cause of the strike: The Century, S.
Nicholas, Golfers Weekly, Life, Scrib-
ne1's, magazines published by the New
Fiction Publishing Company and publ
cations printed by the Charles Schwein-
Ter Press, including Good Housekeeping
Judge, Hdrper's Bdsdr, McCluro's and
the Cosmopolitan.