The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-02
AVERT STRIKE
OF FPRINTERS BY
CONCESSIONS
Employers in Many
Cities Accept A.
Hour Week.

Chicago, May 2.-Acceptance by
employers in many of the larger
cities OF the 44hour week in the
printing industry appeared to have
averted a nation wide strike in |
book and job printing shops, al
though isolated strikes in newspa-
per plants and job printing Offices
had been called to take effect to-
day. Local officials of the Interna-
tlonal Typographical union were
authorized by international head
quarters to call strikes where en-
ployers refused to concede the A.
hour week and in some cities in the
east newspapers were suspended by
strikes Of printers.
In several cities strike votes also
were being taken by pressmen and
other unions allied in the printing
industry.
About two hundred fifty locals
throughout the country had signed
44-hour week contracts with some
of the employers, including job
printing shops in New York, Chi
cago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee and In
dianapolis, but in several cities Of
the west and south strikes were ex-
pected today.
Members Of big Six" local of the
International Typographical union
of New York city voted to defer in
stitution OF the 44-hour week for
one week, when it is expected to be
iinaugurated without friction.
In New Orleans, 200 printers an
nounced they would strike today,
affecting % firms and in St. Louis
more than half of the $50 job shops
faced prospects of a strike.
Confer With Davis.
No announcement was made at
International headquarters of the
typographical union at Indianapolis
of the results of the conference with
Secretary of Labor Davis and en-
ploying printers at Washington. In
ternational officials of the union
were expected to return today to
Indianapolis. In Denver 900 print
ers announced a strike effective to.
day and in Salt Lake City 100 voteG
not to report for work today. Fou1
hundred printers in San Francisco
voted to strike when employers re
fused to pay the 4S-hour week ratt
for a 44-hour week. In Albany, N
Y 1000 job printers are affected by
a failure to effect a 44-hour weeb
agreement. Cleveland printers
threatened to walk out today unless
the 44-hour week is granted by EN-.
ployers when the men report fol
work today.
In Canada job printers in Hall
fax and newspaper printers in St
Johns, N. F., voted a strike. News.
paper Offices in Chambersburg, Ian.
caster, and Butler, Pa, and Glenr
Falls, N. Y, were tied up by strikes
of printers but one paper in Ian.
caster used electrotypes made from
typewriter copy for Mondays is
sue.
| Only two shops Of the 260 union
lob printing shops in Chicago were
working today, according to state
ment by Harry Cantrell, chairman
of the committee of industrial rela-
tions for the Franklin (closed
shop division Of the Franklin Ty-
pothathae.
Between 1000 and 5000 are out
of work. he asserted. This is said
to be about half the number thai
would be out had the shops beer
running on full time.
OF the four unions concerned
only the pressmen voted to remain
/ at work. With the typographical
bookbinders and feeders unions
| out, Mr.. Cantrell said, the press
/ men have no work.
Grant Demands.
New York, May 2.-The 44houl
week has been granted the 15,00t
printers employed in the book ant
Job printing plants in New Yorl
city, the Employing Printers league
announced today. The shorter weel
becomes effective the first full fsca
week after May !.
AS Typographical union No.
Chg Six approved the agreement
no trouble is anticipated in tht
printing trades because of the WORT
. questions, officials of the leagu,
] said, but they pointed out that thu
question of wage cuts still wa
, pending.
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