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Show TYPOSADOPT 1 ARB1TRA1II 1 AGREEMENT New' Plan to Replace Present Pres-ent One .'Resubmit Piece..! Worlt Question. , AM- rRANClBCO. Aug.' k. The Inter-aatloasl Inter-aatloasl TyposrapMcal union at tta ooo-veatkm ooo-veatkm Ser tottaai Indorsed the propoasd International 'arultratlos sgreentent re-pocted re-pocted by the executlv council and to be submitted . to thtr American PMSMehere" aaeoclatloa for signing on January 1. 111. The i pmpoeed . aereeanesU- which, la for Ave, rears, le Intended w repleco-the present pres-ent agreement, which will .expire May.l. lilt. .. . . . The : queatlos of She ahejHsment of Sleoe work,-left In douht.br ihe" referee-um referee-um vote of May- 17. will be reeubmltted to ho uatew by another aeersaduaa. Thla dednioh waa reached at , the convention today by'the adptloa of a resolution In-troduoed In-troduoed by President-Lynch providing that the International ofArere of the union' shall underwrite all plec bills now In e-Ittenc e-Ittenc 1 untn .the final abolishment of piece work. by referendum vote.,.- . . f j Amendment Ke)ctd. ' ( A numher ' of amendments -were pro-pooed, pro-pooed, but' President Lynch prevalfed In securing the adopHon of s ' tentative agreement unchanged. ' One of, the chief points' of difference between the new and the old agreement la that the former provides for ' leva! arbitration board of nve member Insteed of the board of four members now existing. exist-ing. ' ITnder the new agreement, two member mem-ber are to her chosen from each eld, a chairman- not connected wjtb either Interest In-terest to preside. ' , . , The main point of (be agremef are a follows: . New sgroements will we .executed t th netttton of the local anion and the local publisher. - - 1 The agreement wHI reeogrils International Interna-tional law and local law. sot affecting wags, haura and condition. . . Local Mm f Contracts. " Th actual esntrsot Is tor he signed by the local publisher and the 'president ana secretary of the local union and to be fuaranteed by the chairman of the special landing oommlttee jof- the. American Newspaper Pubtlehera; association and the president of the Intamatlonal Trpograpei-leal Trpograpei-leal unkm. Holders of present arbitration contracts should secure eontracte under aarreement with and eons. at of the local snw.ii prior to or on stay 1, 11 1. For eonitnxeu arbitration In all other as ass tha sixiy-dav sixiy-dav limit le required. . The report of th . srbltratlon eemmtt-tee eemmtt-tee wa read. . I Ths International uhlon ban mad la wonderful advance within the Wet ten years." said the report, "and : thle' been due larly to its tendency Je tvo d strike. ' A strike-should never be ee until every poselbie nieane of aaTeement has been esl''led. we believe imi tow areement on.rs ti best Siesns sd srat tr. 1 1 ooetl v 1 xmajmsanansasBssasassss paons attempted t trsvsf aoj the nsaal rusk wa enalned to those Hart operating - saburbsa rvtce. .wTh tsaintaihed ' fairly ''regular arhsdnl, aad did sat suffer th dslsri with which they were eompolled to. put: up yesterday. yester-day. . '-.,-t rraigkt- wa ssovsd ia small tjiitatl-tie tjiitatl-tie from th stations ander trmed .e-eortt, .e-eortt, and, mor Importaat still, Lns-doa't Lns-doa't supply-of -milk, most sf which eome in sver the -tireat Western aad the Londoa Northweetera roads, was not appreciably reduced. ' The ' early traia brought ia the twual big ehnrns aad war abl t lUk out th empty eana. .. The Great Central- railway Haas, which wor paralysed yesterday, resumed re-sumed operations 'today, th sassagen being saceewsfui ' in moving a fen trains. . Th Greet Wester railroad, on whieh most of ths ansa remained loyal, maintained a good service snd ths company com-pany ia a manifesto thanking its ra. ploy, aaaounesd tkst all who rsfssed to striks would be givsa doubl ' pay daring th atriks period. ... Bxeurdoa Train! AbaaeVxaad. Th Midlaad railway abandoned its saearsioa trains aad did aot book pss-sssgsrs pss-sssgsrs -oa some branch liaee.lbut sent its train to Ceotlaad oa modified sensd-lee. sensd-lee. . ' . j . Ths 6rst Norther slso kept' a fairly good ssrvic. bat. Ilk th other tines mesiag north, was' sssbls U'arospt goods. This compelled a eeseatioa of ashing operations by the Bahing fleets ia the Firth of Forth.. Th workers are suffering muck mors than thr. as all th road hav boss compelled to di-continue di-continue the ssusl ebsp fare ts work lag men, nnd tk inability ef. the latter to get to thsir work haa created ia sons cases a hostlls feeling toward th anion. The Besalted is opes wsrfsrs st Stratford Strat-ford unction aad ths Greet .Central railway.' Pickets Who wer attempting to indue tks track 'msn to salt wers attacked at-tacked by workers . aad. drive: la the plscs. " . Ths striker ars meeting with moss enreeee oats Ids London. At Birmingham freight was moved today only with the assistance of strong forcss of police-sad police-sad it wss fesred tkst disorders would occur. - , Striks 0arl la Dublin. , - Ths strike is gsasral la Dublls. wkrre lbs uaioas elsim that AO par cent of th employees are out. The expresses frost Dublia to Cork and Dublin to Rosslsr harbor hav bee discontinued and the trains operated today wsrs in ths hands of inexperienced men. In west Wales there was ss si-most si-most complete stoppsgs, whil in Edinburgh snd other Hrottiah points the companies experienced greet difficulty diffi-culty in keeping their trains moving. Three trains for Losdoa wer canceled, can-celed, as th man refused to mount the locomotives. Eat Lancashire wa also hsrd hit. th rsilwsy service being disorganised. At Msneheeter the strike reenmittee advised ad-vised the lord mover tbey were usable ts accept reepoaaibility for aay trouble thst might result from the rsfussl of ths gateway companies to pay wsgea to thoss mea who had ol rataraed their saiforms and equipment ss ordered. At msay places ia manufacturing di tricts th factories have been compelled t close bsrsuss of a lack of fuel and otksr supplies. Dock trlko Ssoraent Hats. Toe fnal settlement of tae Londoa dock striks fart ker eased tke situation, aa It i Beared a eontinssnc of tk food supply f tk metropolis. Workmen at tke docks today say th best of feeling prevsile. Jobs ft urns, who led the last - (Continued oa peg 14.) TROOPS FIRE (Continued from page 1.) groat strike of dockmen, went through . the west side district today and addressed ad-dressed tha men at four pomta. Ha explained tha agreement which ha had assisted ia bringing about and urged the men to observe it strictly and loyally. loy-ally. Then Mr. Burns hurried back to the government offices to tsks a hand in the negotiations with the railway men. In London and throughout the country coun-try thousands of men responded to the call to enroll themselves as special constables. con-stables. . A long line stood outside Guild hall today, waiting in tun to be ewora and to reeeiva a baton sad a badge. The troops mads themselves comfortable in the parka and at tha railway stations, ana apparently wara preparing to atay any length of time. Ehiring the forenoon, long processions of army ambulances passed through tha streete. conveying supplies to the various vari-ous samps. INTER rEBX WITH SCHEDULES ' Or OCEAN UNEB4 NEW TORK. Aug. 1 Disarrangements Disarrange-ments of the schedules of the steamships due to leave this side for English ports next week resulted today from the atrlka situation In Great Britain. The steam-ships steam-ships of the White Star. American. Atlantic At-lantic Transport, Red Star and Leyland lines will have difficulty In continuing their schedules until conditions on the A other aide clear. Aa to the departure of the delayed steamships In British ports, tbe officers here know but little. "Phe Cunsrd line la hardest bit. with the taru-nla taru-nla and the Lualtanla halted and both bonked full of returning Americana. Tha German lines, whose express steamships steam-ships call at Southampton, will benefit greatly by the strlks. ft is probable that several of the German eteamshlpa which do not generally call at Southampton will change their schedules so that passengers may be picked up there. |