Evening star., 1921-05-02
SPORADIC PRINTING
|STR|KES ARE BEGUN
Claim Made by Leaders of
Men That ESQ Unions Have
Won Shorter Week.
BY the Associated Press.


INDIANAPOLIs. Ind. May Set
tlement Of sporadic strikes in book
and job printing Offices throughout
the country. as the result of the re-
fusal of employers to accede to de-
mands for a forty fourhour week.
must be effected by negotiations in
each locality, it WAS said today at
Headquarters tof the International
Typographical Union.
Strikes were begun in a number Of
offices today to enforce the shorter
hour week. but union officials said
they had as Yet no definite reports as
TO the number of men affected.
All subordinate unions were author
lied to call strikes in offices where
the fOrty-iour-hour week had not
been made effective May /. according
to Walter W. Barrett, vice president
Of the international Typographical
Chion. The international union will
support all men on strike for the
shorter-hour week. he said.
Employing printers here had signed
contracts for the fOrty-four- hour
week. At the union headquarters IT
was said that similar contracts had
been signed throughout the country
by $50 subordinate unions with local
employers associations
Newspaper Statement.
II. y. Kellogg. chairman of a spe-
cial committee of the American News
paper Publishers Association. said
the publishers of the country had been
assured by the union leaders that
present controversies would not affect
the newspapers unless efforts were
made to employ non-union printers in
some of the smaller shops which do
job printing in addition to newspaper
publishing.
Mr.. Kellogg added',hat concession
to the demand for the forty -four-hour
week by the employing Job printers
was apparently not as widespread as
the union leaders figures indicated.
The international Typographical
Union mas 1868 subordinate unions
throughout the country. he said while
the union leaders are ella inning shorter
Work-Week contracts for only $50 of
this number.
Granted In New York.
NEW YORK. May 2-The forty four
hour week has been granted the 15.-
900 printers employed in the book and
job printing plants in New York city.
the employing printers league an
aounccd today. The shorter week be-
comes ehect:ve the first full fiscal
week after May l.
As Typographical Union No. 6
tBig Six) has approved the agree
mcnt. no trouble is expected in the
printing trades because of the work
week question, officials of the league
said. put they pointed out that the
question of wage cuts still was pend
ing.
Ihe wage arbitration board. which
mas been considering the wage uues-
tlon' is unotticialAy reported to have
asreed upon recommending a II per
cent wage reduction
Leon II. Rouse, president of the "Riv
SIX. has urged every man to stand
last 10 ms job asserting: we must
give the employers no peg on which
10 hang charges that we are NOT Iiy-
ing up TO our contract. No man can
gay What viii happen in the printing
situation IN the next two weeks"
strikes in Pennsylvnnin.
flITSBuRGH: Nav 2-Anprox;-
mateiE 1000. printers in 131 lob print
ing SHOPS struck here today to en-
,oTce their demand for a forty-f four-
hour week. Bookbnders, it was
stated. We're voting on the question of
joining the strike.
LANCASTER, Pa. Nav o-De,.,as
lor orty-four-hour week were re-
used the Lancaster Typogran
MON by employing printers here. and
as result $50 journeymen printers
are on strike. Job and newsnaner
tnree newspapers. the Examiner-Eew
FRA. the lntelligencer and the News.
journal. however. are publishing witb-
curtailed forces.
Ihe newspaper employees changed
lheir demand late last week from n
week to n demand for
20 10 30 more week. This the pub
llsherS refused to pay and open shops
were declared The employing printers
insist on forty-eieht-h hour week.
At Other Points.
TOLEDO, Ohio. May o.-Failure of
employers to institute the forty four
hour week resulted in employees walk
ing out in twelve printing shops and
two bookbinder1es here this morning
Fourteen shops were reported work |
ing. having conceded the shorter week
to their employees, union officials said |
NEW HAVEN. Conn. May 2.-Sev- |
eral large printing shops. including
that Of the Van Dyck Printing Com !
pany. which prints the Yale Daily |
News. were affected today by a strike |
Of union printers demanding a forty-'3
four-hour week and increased pay.
BALTIMORE, Nd. May 2.-Union |
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