Arizona republican., 1921-05-03
Local Agreements Only Way to Stop
 Strikes, Declare
 Union Officials
Typographical Union Pres ident Says Less Than
 10000 Men Idle
IRepubiican A. p. Leased Wirel

INDIANAPOLIS, May 2.-Officials of the International Typographical union, after checking reports received I today on the inauguration of strikes To enforce demands for fhe 44-hour week in job and book printing offices. predicted that elss than 10000 would be idle as the result of the walkouts. John Mcfarland, president, said com plete figures would not be available until late tomorrow. He and other union officials expressed satisfaction with developments of the strike.
 Mir. Mcfarland said few news papers would be affected. The strike will not affect newspaper printing plants unless an effort is made to employ nonunion printers in offices where newspaper and job printing plants are combined, he said.
 Union officials declared that the sporadic strikes throughout the coun- try could only be brought to an end by local agreements.
 Chicago Shops Close
 CHICAGO, May 2.-Union job printing houses in Chicago were closed today, as were shops in more than 90 cities in all parts of the country. It applied to the book and job printing industry.
 The issue, according to the em- ployers, was the 44-hour week
 In Chicago the shorter week went into effect today in the union shops, according to agreement The em- ployers posted notices Saturday that pay would be at the old hourly rate or that A hours pay would be given for A hours work.
 The unions were said to take the position that the old weekly rate of n a inc Sh
 In Chicago 1t was estimated that between 4000 and 4500 job printers struck. The employers said that it was a walkout, the union that it was a lockout.
 While claims of 1000 to 450O men idle in Chicago were made by union leaders and 1900 in New York state. other parts of the country felt the blow in a smaller degree. Pittsburg reported 1000 men out; Denver. 725; St. Louis. $50. and a lesser number | in Springfield and Worcester. Mass, New Britain, Conn.,, g.. Johns, N F. New Haven. Baltimore. Lancaster, Pa, Duluth, Fargo, N D., Grand Forks. N. D., Toledo. Omaha, Houston and San Francisco.
 Employers Refuse Demands
 W. H. Barnes; secretary of the Chi
 
 employing printers, declared tonight after a meeting attended by 93 em- l ploying printers who maintain open l shops, that the employers would maintain their stand for the 4S-hour week.
 "The unions are demanding a A. hour week with AS hours pay.r he said. This is considered by employ ing printers of Chicago and thou sands of union and non- union shops throughout the country as an unjus- tified request in the face of the pres Tent demand by the public for a re- duction of prices.
 "The employing printers feel 1t is our duty to do everything possible to reduce printing prices. They have taken it upon themselves to wage the battle now going on and do not intend to decrease production, which would of course increase costs.' St. Louis-Printers Out
 ST. LOUIS. Mo-. May 2.-Approxi- mately 1500 printers and members oi the allied trades are on strike here as the result of employers refusal tc inaugurate the 44-hour week, accord ing to the estimate tonight of unior officials. The strikers constitute nearly half of the local job house forces, it was stated
 SAN FRANCISCO. May 2.- Th' status of the effort of the book anC job printers to obtain a 44-hour weel without diminution of wage formerl, paid for AS hours work stood in th' principal coast cities as follows to night:
 San Francisco, about 250 men out Los Angeles, 65 men out. 1 Sacramento, 40 men, employees O , all plants in the city, out. Fresno, all shops working unde agreement to accept whatever i , agreed upon at San Francisco. Spokane, one shop granted 44-hou week with old pay; others working oI open shop plan.
 , Portland, all shops working on A . hour plan; wages to be arbitrated. Tacoma two shops refused the A i hour plan and men are out; two oth CTS established open shop conditions I Seattle, shops working on 4S-hou D basis; meeting tomorrow night vii
 fix wages and hours.
 Vancouver, B. C., between 60 an
 70 printers out.