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Show BOTH SIDES CLAIM LEAD IN PRINTERS1 STRUGGLE Hundreds of Non -I nion Men Said to Re HvtTyilg to N w York. NKW YORK. Jan. 2 -Twelve hundred union printers, the employees of forty four book and Job printing concerns in New York city, went 00 strike today and benan the xtrtiKKle for the eight-hour day Which had been d ' I a red to go Into effect ef-fect today Member of the local Ty-I Ty-I ..t i . t , axaln-t w hum tin strike w as declared, aswarted tonight that hundreds of non-union printers from varl'im parts of the country are hurrxlng to N'.-w Y"rk to take the places nf the strikers and tn secure the hlh tlMI paid In this cltv Representatives of th. Txpngraph-Ical Txpngraph-Ical unloa say that the eiKht-hour-dsy principle has already been won In New York and that the percentage of men compelled to strike Is very amnll. Statement of Situation. According to an official statement Issued Is-sued tonight, there nrc eighty-eight firms In the ..cal Typoth.-tae Of these, twenty-five have consented to the eisht-hour eisht-hour day, fortv-four firms have d' coat d to adhere to the nine-hour-day rule nnd seven firms already were operating "tl the open-sliop principle. Twelve members of the Tjpotheiae have et reached no de-i de-i Nino. 0p"n Employment Burenu. To provide a steady supply of nonunion non-union men the -mlo ing printers have established an employment bureau In this cltv. which will be run In connection connec-tion with similar offices In other cities. It Is said no discrimination will be made agtnst union men nt lhcte employment stations. QaorjRS H Ellis of Boston, president of the I'nlted Ttothetae of America, am. tn N. w York today. In an Interview Inter-view Mr Kills said: Claims Little Trouble. "The officers of the Typolhetae are much pleased with the present situation of the strike In all parts of the country. Wo expected a great deal of trouble, but thus far we have very little '' |