New Britain herald., 1923-09-19

f'tthnlh lnfon anu nthrnfh oi thN NNM York web pressmen's union No. sS. called for noon today. offered virtual iy tho only hope of settlement Of the strike of pressmen which have mater tally curtailed publication of most VI ;he city's leading daily newspapers
 Papers Combine
 The strike. which began when workers on morning newspapers left their posts shortly after midnight ycs- ierday morning. continued through yesterday and last night. with both afternoon and morning papers re- sorting 10 limited editions bearing the title the combined New York news papers. and carrying on the front page the name of each paper affected
 Mir. Berry, In n letter sent to the local union last night ordered the men to return 10 work. declaring the strike was unauthorized and feilure to comply immediately with his re- quest would result in | suspension of the unions charter. Early this morn ing he had received no answer to that communication. but it was expected the reply would be delivered at the noonday contereDre,
 The papers published this morning were thin eight page affairs. con fain;ng little or no advertising and no Editorials. Features were curtailed and one of the leading stories on all front pages was an account of the press mems strike
 Tickets at Plants
 Tickets were stationed at all news paper plants throughout last night. but aside from ieers as the trucks rolled away with their combined newspapers, there were few untoward incidents. Police reported that driv-, CT for the New York American had been held and additional men were sent to guard that office. The Drivers union, however, refused to allow pa 1 trolmen to ride in their wagons or | cars.
 Six plants-The Daily News. Amer ican, World, Herald, Tribune and | Morning ph--manned enough | presses to publish s-page morning papers. Each maintained it's individ- ual makeup, typography and person ality so it could be readily picked at | the nGWS-SldIluSt
 Unusual Front Page
 More than fourth of all first pages were taken up with the banner The Combined New York Morning News papers," and the captions of the 10 publications in the group. including the Times, Journal of Commerce. New Yorker staats-zeitung and II Progresso Italo-Americano, four of which did not publish.
 Editorials were eliminated from all editions. as were most of the usual comics and features Advertisements were restricted to financial. steamship and theater displays
 Meanwhile, the smaller English Dailies and foreign language publica- tions not affected by the strike are . riding the crest of a boom.
 Small Papers Boom The former have gained several .. pages ih size in the last A hours and are publishing vastly larger editions, nterspersed with many extras. Flaring headlines are appearing where they !, seldom appeared before and a new is visible in several One morning paper an- nounced today it was using all it's :. presses and those of another non- i, strike plant in caring for it's suddenly ,. boosted circulation. Several foreign language newspa- oers for the first time printed in Eng ish, from captions and editorial to ad- 'ertsements News stands which cus- omarily distribute out of town dailies eported receiving thousands of extra opies They sold out early.
 Five Strikers Arrested
 Five men who said they were press- nen for the World were arrested early " oday, charged with malicious mis- hief by detectives who said they seiz- q 50 bundles of newspapers from an levated train and carried them in a axicab to the East River with the in- b ention of destroying them.