New-York tribune., 1919-11-10
Printers Move
ToCet Back i'm
International
Locals That Seeded From
Parent Body and Went ON
Strike or 'sVacation" Join
i'm Peace Conference
Would Mean. Submission
Arbitration Only Hope Held
Out; 1000 Go 10 Work;
8 Plants Reopen To-day

Settlement Of the differences of the
secessionist printing trade unions
here, when have crippled book and job
printing in the city for more than five
weeks, may be brought about through
the return of the unions to their inter-
national bodies.
This was forecast last night through
an announce ment that George L. Berry,
of the International Printing Pressmen
and Assistants Union, and representa-
tves of the locals that have seeded
from their parent bodies to carry on
the present strike were comforting on a
plan under which the belligerents may
be taken back into the intcrnationals.
James J. Bagley, of Franklin Press
mems Union No. %, admitted that the
conferences we're being held and said
that they looked Encouraging.
While nobody connected with the
union organizations would tell the na-
ture of the plans, 1t was generally be-
lieved that return to the interna-
tionals meant submission to the rules
of those bodies, and arbitration of the
present difficulties and an mediate
return to work Of "vacationist" printers
and the seeding unionists of the allied
printing trades.
Representatives OF the Printers
League said yesterday that slightly
more than 1900 men will return to
work in the big houses that will open
again this morning. The printing
shops that will resume are the
Schweinler Press, Butterick, Federal,
Isaac Goldman, Brooklyn Daily Eagle
c. J. O'Brien, De Vinne and Carey
plants
But such members of Typographical
Union No 6, the local, as return to
work, after their five weeks "vaca-
tion,' will do SC unofficia'y and not
through concerted action of the union.
At a meeting of the union. held at
Lexington Theater yesterday aftern Don,
the men once more tabled resolution
calling for an adjustment, Of their diff
ferences through arbitration.
Stand by Their Demands
which the original scale proposed by
the union was reafirmed calling for
an increase of pay amounting to Sla
a week. The men voted for a reopen
ing of negotiations with the Printers
League on the basis of this scale Ii
was explained, however, that the
union still refused to arbitrate the
forty fourhour week demand tina,
brought on the present unofficial
strike.
The break Of the secessionist press
men from the control OF their leaders
and back into the international union
was accepted as forecast of general
return to work on the part of the
printers. according to representatives
of the employers. The vote at yester-
Gays meeting, however, indicated no
change in the temper of the men. A
count Of hands on the arbitration uues-
ton showed the men Approximately
$500 against to II in favor of arbitra-
ton.
One representative of the vacation
ist'' organization said that the morale
of the men was better now after FIVE
weeks Of idleness than when they
walked out without the sanction OF
their international union.
The men know that if they stick a
little longer the employers are be- ten"
he said. They were in some doubt as
to what they expected to accomplish
when they went out. Now they are bet
ter posted on conditions, and they
Know tney can WIN. l Know there Wlll
be no break in the ranks of Big g."
May Flourish for Holidays
But the return of the pressmen of
Local 81 to their international union,
abandoning both their seeding organi-
zation and its officers, is declared b.
the employers to make possible gen
eral reopening of business in time for
the holidays. William Green, chair
man of the labor committee of the
Printers League, said that there were
printers enough in the Offices and
ready to return to work to handle such
printing business as was pressing.
Moreover. it is expected the type
writing and photo plate pan that was
used with success by "The Literary
Digest" and other publishing houses
and another substitute for the ordi-
nary methods of composition, a ltt e
machine called the "planograph," used
by The Survey" will aid the publish
ers.
Lexington Theater has been engaged
for next Sunday, indicating that q
majority Of the mann hars IF UP;r cs