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Show PRINTERS OPPOSED TO PIECE WORK San Francisco. Aug. 19 The International In-ternational Typographical union, at Its convention hero today, indorsed tho proposed International arbitration reported re-ported by the executive council and to be submitted to tho American Pub-Ushers' Pub-Ushers' association for signing on January Jan-uary 1st, 1912 Tho proposed agreement, agree-ment, which is for five years, is intended in-tended to replaco the present agreement, agree-ment, which will oxplro May 1. 1912. A number of amendments were proposed pro-posed but President Lynch prevailed in securing the adoption of a tentative agreement unchanged. One the chief points of difference between the new and old agreement Is that the former provides for a local arbitration of five members instead of the board of four members now existing ex-isting Under the new agreement, two members are to bo chosen from each side, a chairman not connected with cither to preside. The main points of the agreement arc as follows fol-lows . New agreements will be oxecuted at the petition of the local union and the local publisher. The agreement will recognize International law and local law, not alfecting wges, hours and "conditions. The actual contract is to bo signed by the local publisher and the president presi-dent and secretary of the local union and to be guaranteed by the chairman chair-man of the special standing committee commit-tee of the American Newspaper Publishers' Pub-lishers' association and tio president of the International Typographical union. Holders of present arbitration contracts con-tracts should securo contracts under agreement with, and consent of, the local union prior to or on May 1, 1912 For continuous arbitration in all other cases, the sixty day limit is required. The roport of the arbitration committee com-mittee was read. "The International union has made a wonderful advance within the last ten years," said the report, "and this has been due largely to its tendency to avoid strikes. A strlko should never be called until every possible means ol agreement has been exhausted. Wo believe this new agreement offers, the best means of arbitration yet devised de-vised ' '- Tho question of tho abolishment of piece work, left In doubt by the referendum refer-endum vote of May 17. will be re-sub mitted to the 'union by another referendum. refer-endum. This decision was reached at the convention today by the adoption of a resolution, introduced by President Presi-dent Lynch, providing that the International Inter-national officers of the union shall underwrite all piece scales now in existence ex-istence until the final abolishment of piece work, by referendum vote |