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Show PRINTERS COMPROMISE Both Sides Are Claiming Victory in St Louis. ST. LtH'IS. Jan V With ihe ratification today by nine of the largest printing establishments of the compiomlse agreement agree-ment with the Typographical union, the -Hike of the Job prlnl.-rs practlcall "tided "tid-ed and both sides are claiming a victory The printers had bet n holding out for an eight-hour workday 4 here being no controversy con-troversy over the wag.- scale the dlffer-i dlffer-i nces between the employers and printers print-ers being confined solely to a question of hours. The compromise provides for a nine-hour nine-hour day. the first light hours tO bC paid on ihe seal.- originally submitted iv tlx-printers tlx-printers ami ths ninth hour at a slightly Increased rate aii overtime is to b paid at the rate of 50 cents an hour |