The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-29
STRIKE DRIVES go
MAGAZINES AWAY
TheysWill Be Printed in Many
other Cities and So May
Not Return.
5000 MEN ARE AFFECTED
In Majority of Cases Editorial
Staffs Will Remain in
New York.
1900 MEN ARE AFFECTED

More than sixty magazines that have
been held up by the pressmen's strike
have quit New York and will be printed
in other cities. This was announced
yesterday by William Green. chairman
Of the labor committee of the Printers
League. 1t Is estimated that. at least
5000 striking pressmen will be witsout
Jobs II the periodicals stay away from
New York.
Arrangements were made by special
committee representing the Periodical
Publishers Association and the Printers
League. which is cooperating to place
the business in twenty-three cities.
Some of the magazines may return to
New York after the printing situation
becomes normal again, Mr.. Green said
but many of them have gone for good.
II will be a long time before this city
regains its position as the periodical
publishing centre of America, in the
opinion of the employing printers, who
have been forced to suspend publication
for more than four weeks.
Magazines That Have Gone.
The list of the magazines that have
moved away is as follows:
Vogue, Vanity Fair. Century, Life
McClure's, Judge, Leslie's, smopolitdn
Golfers, Hdrper's Bazaar, Good House.
keeping, Forum, Metropolitan, Dial
Dramatic Mirror, Survey. HdrUey,
Weekly. North American Revieto, Motion
Picture Netrs, Moving Picture World
HdrdiDdre Age, Motor World, Automatic
Industry, Mining and Engineering Jour.
nal, House and Garden, st. Nicholas
Costume Royal, Printers Ink, Field ana
Stream, Partsietne, Sducy Stories, Music
Trade. Musical America, Paper Trade
Journal, Tobacco, American Stdtioner
Hotel Repieio, American Exporter, Amer
icdn Export Industry. Spur. Electric
RuiItodv Journal, Architectural Record
Bakers Weekly. Weekly Undertoriter
Simmons Spice MN. Nations Business
A STA. Sea Potcer. To,cn aud Country
Fl Indicator. Radio A niateur NetOs, Boys
Life, Film Fun. Fruit Dispatch, Mechdn.
deal Engineering, Sugar. Good Roads
Madasine and Municipal journal.
Six publications are using lithograpf
plants in place of compositors. These
are: Scientific American. Magnetic Bul
1ctin, Neto Success, Independent, Must
cal Courier and American Mdchinist
The last named is publication of more
than 500 pages. The Dry Goods Econo'
mist is being mimeographed.
The cities where they will be printed
ere Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Gin
cinnati. Ph'ladelhia, Harrisburg, New
ark, San Francisco, Dayton, YonKers
Albany. jamestown, n. Y; Stamford
Conn: Worcester, Cutztown. Pa; Scran
ton. Baltimore, Schenectady. Springfield
Ohio; Paterson, Scarsdale, n. Y; Hart
ford and Poughkeepsie.
Action Follows Conference.
The final decision to move from New
York was taken after several con
terences when 1t became apparent thai
the outlook for a speedy termination o
the strike is remote. The November
Issues have been held up and the tint
10 start printing the December, OF
Christmas. number has arrived. Pub
fishers now hope to have their period
calls on the rewsstands again within {
few weeks. Some of them have planned
10 combine the November and Deem
her issues in one double size number
Mr.. Green said. The advertisers hav'
given their consent to this and hav'
= backed up the publishers in their dis
Dule WIN Iht SlTlhHls pTcSSIi4Sh GIN
'vacationing" compositors.
In most cases the editorial stats vii
remain for the present in New York
Mr.. Green said. Some OF the machiner,
Will be shipped to the new places o
publication and in those cases the re
rnoval will be permanent.
The industrial loss to New York Il
estimated At several million dollars an
nually. In one way a more central loca
ton Is desirable on account of the new
parcel post zone regulations that Decom
operative July 1. Certain publication
already had planned to print part o
their issues in Chicago to save postage
The Printers League although regret
ting the necessity of this step. feels op
timistic about the final outcome of tn
strike. They said yesterday that Their
are seventy-two job printing shops nov
operating in New York with interna
tional men.
The strikers remain set In their de
Cision to see the fight through. Firs
Payments out of the relief fund wer
made yesterday. II was reported tina
each man received SO and an /. o. Z
for SIS. The men out of work In chapel
lettered from A TO G. were paid. 1t wa
estimated that the 10 per cent assess
ment authorized by big Six" wi
opnot1ut IN 1uaaix