Norwich bulletin., 1921-06-14
Wa|k-0ut of Boston
 Newspaper Printers
Without Sanction From Off, cers of the International Union.

Hoaton,, June 1S.-Conqositors on Boston daily newspapers walked out night after learning of the decision of an arbitration board reaffirming for the balance of the period Of the union con- tract wit hthe publishers the same wages and working hours here tofore obtain ing.
 On behalf of the publishers. Charles II. Taylor, Jr., of the Boston Globe, made the following statement:
 The compositors employed by the Boston newspapers tonight went on an unwarranted and illegal strike.
 The Boston newspaper publishers have with the International Typogrdph- ical union an arbitration agreement which provides that there shall be neith- CT strikes nor lockouts under any con alterations whatsoever.
 The Boston compositors had asked for an increase in wags and following | the rules laid down in the arbitration | agreements, the matter was referred to | a local arbitration board, composed of | two representatives of the publishers, two representatives of Boston Typo graphical Union, No. IS, and a fifth dis 1 interested man chosen jointly who in this case was Professor George r. Swain, of the Engineering school of Harvard Uni versity.
 After exhaustive presentation of the case on both sides, and after complete consideration, the arbitration board this afternoon made decision whicl reaf- frmed for the balance of the contract period the same wages and working hours heretofore obtaining.
 1 This decision, however, was not pub licly promulgated, and was not to bt publicly promulgated until Wednesday. "The compositors employed op tft i Boston daily newspapers, upon hearing of this decision, in defiance of -he con SArct and arbitration agreement, ant without sanction from the officers of th' International Typographical union O i from the officers of the local union wen on strike, and left the offices, with thu exception of a few employees who lived uI to their contractural obligations" Members of the committee represent ing the men who quit work said late to night that employees of the afternoo
 newspapers would be out tomorrow l
 was understood that preparations ha
 been made by the newspapers to mee
 such an emergency should it arise.
 The committee presented a report {
 a mass meeting Of the men who wake
 out, held in a hall on Washington stree
 The contents were not made public
 Members of the committee refused [
 dsscass of the employers that the srik
 was unsanctioned.
 The walk-out affected all the mornin
 newspapers except the Christian Scienc Monitor. First editions of the othe
 morning papers, Herald, Globe, Post an Advertiser came out practically on tim but reduced as to the number of page
 all the papers reported that some of tn
 men had remained at work. It was announced that all the paper
 would print tomorrow morning gettin
 out an eight-page edition.
 An emergency committee of compos
 tors who held a meeting after the ar l nosIncement of the publishers was give
 out, decided not to make any statemer tonight.
 Members of the committee admitte that the action of the men in walkin out was taken on individual initiati1 and that in the mass meeting they we, gathering also as individuals and n a union. They replied in the negati, l when asked if they intended to app for a sanction to strike.