Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-01
NEW YORK NEWSPAPER
 PREssMEN OUT ON STRIKE

New York, Feb. 2s.-Union pressns1 In all New York morning newspzpez pressrooms abandoned their Dos-s to- night, according to an announcement by the Publishers association of New Kor4 city.
 Immediately following the announcs- ment, the Publishers association Of Eea York gave out the following statemeutf
 'The publishers reduced their paDara to eight pages and the prospects wers that all papers would be issued on tms by a force Of emergency pressmen hastl- ly gathered by the newspaper owners
 The action of the union press1uen Wsa due to dissatisfaction with an arbitration decision made by Judge Martin T. Man- ton Of the United States court or appeala Feb. 22d. The arbitration fixed s51 and S45 weekly as pay for day pressrnenin- charge and journeymeu, respectively. and s54 and s4S weekly for each night press- man-in-charge and journeynnan press- man. These are the highest wages pziA such men in the country. but the arbi- trator abolished various union practicla by which wages were artifcially in- 1 creased far above the basic scale. Before beginning tle arbitration un- ] der conditions proposed by the union it- | self both sides signed an agreement "a abide by the judges decision Ey re- pudiating the decision and Breaking their | contract the union tsSmiuates relations with New York newspapers that have continued without a break over thirty | years.
 "The publishers in a statement sl-nei | by all the seventeen newspaper owners publicly announced that they wou.1 ca-- | " out the arbitration award exactly aa | they had every such award, Wha-1er fa- | vorable or uufavorable and that f Inc l local and international DresEucu's union. 1 both of which signed the agreement tS | arbitrate all differences. utw re7ud a-s the decision. the newspaper cwrers 1 would not again make a contract win the pressmen's union.
 "Au other unions .n New York news papers are standing by the uubIishersT
 Early in the evening a majority of t-s 2,100 members of the union o-za1izatloTl met at Yorkviue Casino to 1ec.de on
 acceptance or rejection of the ar3it-a-
 tors decision. The leaders announced that action was expected either one way
 or the other before 9.SC. but that hour
 passed without any furtler arrc11ce-
 ment coming from the locked doors of
 the hall, to which reporters were der-ed 1 admittance- This was the situation az
 midnight First editions Of the morning
 papers had failed to appear.
 1 Tn the discussions. ir was reported.
 union leaders were urging the men 70 l duAAlDAA1I dElINAlAAAAAAaAL N- hl.NaHHaaaa.H
 to continue negotiations.
 The dispute between publishers and : employees has ceutered abou- c,auses .n l the decision providing that a work day
 should consist of eight hours whetner
 at day or night tine. which automatic , ally would have eliminated overtime pay now collected. IL provided tlat overtime
 pay should apply only on time actual ' worked.
 Another subject of contention wns fhs z stipulation that the publishers s1ou-l have the sole right to determine tls
 number of men necessary to operate ths . presses In the past -he union des Enaiei
 the number of men 70 De employed
 Long after it's usual hour 0f rl1iic7- !, | tion, the New York Herald issued d = e;ght-page paper. captionei S-ri1e Eii- | ten" An eiEht-colurnu 11uounccmcli . on the front page explained t1at 1rees-
 room forces were Ion strise' and tfai
 the pressroom was tempora-iit crippled