Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-12-07
ATTEMPT To EN-
FORCE YELLOW
DOG" CONTRACTS

Licking oat is composing room EN-.
eloyoss members Of Springfield Iohiel
! lSpegfaphleal Union Ne IL. the
erowel Publishing Company On oe.
teeer / declared for TIE Uon.nnien
shop. The croweil Company pub.
lihses The Momau's Home Companion.
The American Magazine, Farm 4
/ fresi3e and Mentor. IL also Is owner
and publisher of Golfers National
Weekly The latter magazine i pub
liShed IN New York City. All the
ether magazines are produced IN the
ehmnanN's Springfield plant.
Prior 10 inssitutins the lockout. the
company through lis managvr, ]. f.
Miller sought hy coercion and hnbes
in the nature Of wages greatly In exs
cess ef the union scale, Il prevail on
members Of the unlon % give up their
membership The usual apensshep
/ naclloazslogs contract vas presented
10 the men, and with TIVE exceptions
all refused Il sign such an agreement.
Several months ago, following the
usual custom. Springfield Iypegraph.
leal Union presented lis Wage scale 20
The employing printers of Springfield.
Among the number was the Orwell
Company, which the union believed
still maintained Is membership In the
American Newspaper Publishers AS
seciation, hol later II was learned the
company had permitted is member
ship 10 lapse last year without Ia.
forming the union Of ita action.
The Crowell Company Immediately
rejected the wage proposal, aud ut no
time sought 10 bring about an adjust.
ment hy the usual methods hereto
fore emplose,i- negotiation. eoncilia.
ton or arbitration. Shortly thervaf
ter the union learned that the manage.
ment. through Nollmet of Chicago and
other strike-hfcaklng agencies. was
recruiting non,union printers TO take
the places of members of Springfield
Typographical Union,
The officers Of Springfield Typo.
graphical Union were ioath 10 believe
that the management of The rrhwell
Company would adopt such despieable
tactics. because OF the long years of
friendly Relationship. but the real at
tiiuds of the present management be-
came apparent when the attempt was
made shortly before October LIST TO get
the union men TO give up their mem
bcfshin IN the union.
Under former management, about
twenty years ago this same company
refused Go recognize the eight.hour
day After two-year light, during
which the company WAS sold 10 other
persons, the eight hour day aud Typo.
graphical Union were recognized. or.
heers and members of Springfield
Typographical Union are just rs de-
termined now as they were 20 years
ago 10 win In the war that II now
being waged against them by the
crowell Company, The locked.out
members of the union have organized
committee and are notifying mem.
bers of organized labor and friends
that the Cruweli Publishing Company
has dealt with them unfairly BY hlling
their placus with stfike-breakera,
bringing the latter surreptitionsls to
| Springfield and having them In the
composing room on the morning OF
October LIST when union men report
ed for work.
o. N. Boyle, Labor Temple, Spring
field. Ohio chairman of TypoRraph-
ica Union Lockout Committee, II ask.
ing the moral support Of all wage
eafners 20 aid IN the controversy
particularly those who have bern or
afe readers of the Woman's Home
Companion. The American Magazine.
Farm a Fifeside and Mentor liicra-
ture will be furnished 10 individuals
or unions on request. d