Evening star., 1947-11-25
BY the Associoted Press

| CH1CAGO, NOV. Z5.-MOre IMAM
1900 AFL Printers were on strike
today against Chicago's six daily
newspapers, but publication was
continued by photo-engraving
process. Some of the striking
printers were picketing the news
paper plants.
The strike, called in a dispute
over a contract, became effective at
9 o'clock last night. However, the
three morning papers, the Tribune
the Sun and the Journal OF Com
merce, already had published their
early editions. The Tribune and
Sun replated for later editions, using
some photo-engraved typewriter
matter on late news and the Journal
of Commerce used its first regular
edition throughout.
The three afternoon newspapers,
the Daily News, Herald-American
and the Times, were on time or only
slightly behind with their first
editions, which employed the photo
engraving method of reproducing
typewriter columns and picture
outlines.
The tabloid Times had this 'front.'
page headline:
printers Out
Times Is, Too
Spokesman for the papers said
they believed few. If any, members
of other craft unions were respect
ing the token" picket lines placed
at the newspaper plants by the In
ternational Typographical Union.
Most of the papers expressed the
belief that they would be able to
meet circulation schedules but that
they would have to cut down on the
number of editions, or replates OF
editions.
The walkout climaxed deadlock
In negotiations since the contract
of ITU Local is with the Chicago
Publishers Association expired Oc-
tober 81. The union said the pub
fishers refusal to grant immediate
wage increases caused the strike.
The publishers said the union re-
fused to negotiate their wage and
other demands in the form of a
lawful contract of reasonable dura-
ton"
Spokesman at the three afternoon
dailies said operations In getting out
the first edition went along nicely"
The Times published 36-page edi-
ton whereas under normal condi-
tions a 52-page paper would have
been printed. The news had an
edition OF "a pages, about normal" :"
and the Herald-American sched-
uled at least 80 pages, also about
normal.
The Tribune, in statement on
the strike, in todays final edition
after the composing room employees
quit work, said it intended to publish
daily and Sunday and "the other
Chicago newspapers likewise intend
to continue publication"
The composing room workers left
their jobs in the plants last night
on orders of the Executive Com
mittee of the Chicago Typographical
Union after union officials an
nounced the printers had voted,
1880 to 81, in favor of strike.
Five Months of Negotiation.
Although there are only about
1900 members of the union en-
ployed in the six newspapers COM
posing hooms, more than $500 other
members of the local who are en-
ployed in the city's commercial print
shops also were eligible to vote.
Workers in eight other plants are
members of Local 16, but they were
not struck Immediately.
The unions demand for an i'm
mediate wage increase pending
further negotiations" was rejected
by the publishers yesterday. In
a statement the publishers said
that wages were not the issue and
the only issue was "the unions no.
contract policy" About 1,700 men,
bers of the local had approved a
union demand that wages be in
creased from $3.50 a week to 500
for day workers and from $91 to
s1o6 for night and early morning
workers.