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Show SPLIT REPORTED IN PRESSMEN'S UNION ST. LOUIS, Nov. IT.Charglng G. f,. Berry of Rogersvllle. Tenn., president of the International Printing Pressmen's and Assistants' union with "misappropriation of more than $200,000." union pressmen from twenty-seven cities, in convention today, seceded from the parent body and organized the "Newspaper Web Pressmen of the United States and Canada." A campaign will he launch eel to have every local of the union affiliate with the new organization, it was said. H. Clay Smith of this city and John L. Taylor of Detroit were chosen temporarV chairman and secretary, respectively. Suit, charging misappropriation of funds, brought by Chlcapo pressmen against Berry, is pending In the federal court at Knoxvllle, Tenn., and is scheduled sched-uled for hearing at the December term. |