Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-02
NATIONWIDE STRIKE
AFFECTS WILMINGTON
Some Job Printers and Meta'
Workers Went Out Here
This Morning.

Four local printing establishments
and one sheet metal working concern
an this city are at a standstill TO-DAY aS
result of the labor unrest which mas
heCome a matter Of natoinal concern
R.latiye To the 44-hour week, which
tho lob printers are demanding. insteau
Il a tS-hour week. as at present 10
h., ONE effective today. the empioges
al four establishments walked out TINS
,,rni,g of the seventeen printing
shnps in the city II are known 10 nave
stt.nrd resolution opposing the "
~, demand Three other plants have
Nai,,d their dissatisfaction ana ON!
three are known To have signed AZ
hour agreement. OF the i shops that
si.n,d the 44-hour protest four were
affected today by the walkout. Inc
remaining seven shops were IN opera
tton. as usual. having taken advantage
of tn, extra day granted by the union
uutil after conference which has beeh
called for tonight between the en-
mowers and a comrnittee of five from
IN, Typographical Union.
committee representing the VIII
mtrrton Typotheta conferred wlth
members ut the Typographical Cnion
,.stcrdav afternoon. The union agreed
L. defer calling their men out OF the
,l.,ts which have not signed the a.
hour agreement. until after the meet
tug tonight when a final effort viii Dc
made TO reach an aInicable agreement
Icpresentatives of the international
mon contend that the 44-hour week
schedule, will have 70 he enforced.
1t ono Of the Job printing houses this
morning. where the first walk-out was
recorded a card war placed on the door
announcing will be hack in 10 min
uf.s~ However. the MANAGEMENT an
ro,irccd that his shop would not be
oacrated on thc new a4-hour week
Sasis. Harvey +. Rocker. secretary ana
treasurer of tn, Typothets. at the CON
ference yesterday afternoon informed
the union that no further proposition
would b., put up 10 the employees. hut
IN, union had any proposition to MAKE
rho employers would consider it.
At the william f.. Taylor printing
establishment. Twelfth and Orange
streets. I'VE employees refused work un-
der the 4S-hour week plan, as at pres
ont At the Held a Co. plant. 2lz
West Fourth street, the press feeders
as well as the printers. walked out and
the same conditions exist at the estao-
h=hments ef the {. NJ. Smith Printing
90. 905 Orange street the John M
uarkirz Co, : wsst Eighth street
lust what action will he taken at the
meeting tonight is not known. II i
intimated that proposition will h'
rlaced before the employers whereby
the 4S-hour week may he reduced 4
a. hours AT the present rate per hour
with time and half time after the a.
hours. II longer time is necessary.
IN the case of the sheet metal work
ipr concern which was reported at ;
gttl.d stiH this morning. q 10 per cen
reduction in the wage was refused b.
ti. 1rploy>s No other shops arr
Affected according 70 latest reports.
Recent estimates made Of unempioy
mont iu Wilmington. this city is con
sderablv creator than the average cit
~ 100000 population in the country
due to The cessation of work in tn
shipvard and the unemployment in tn
ether industry According 10 IN
latest estimates, approximately 1900
men women and apprentices are liste
a. idle