Show DENVER PUBLISHERS ISSUE A STATEMENT Denver Jan an announcement of cit the strike wu made jointly today by the publish News and Re Ho era of the Times Post es an The union pressmen hero here have hao gone Jono result a all of oC the tho on n a strIke an ned as U a reul Denver newspapers have suspended publication The nn an increase lit In a C to 47 per percent cent and the c cash sum awn of The Tho pressmen contend conten that the tue 47 pet per cent hould 11 have Iono gone Into the tho was cas on March arh 1 last Jest when when made and the is hi called buck back pay caled The 01 old scale 31 under which Den Denver Dener t ver er pressmen w worked expired In March tt at time a new scale was b by thom calling for an In crease creMe or Of 47 per cent The Tue publishers hold that this In crease was sas excessive and announced that they would take advantage of the tho In the old scale A ao ago a national tive of tile the Pressmen came to Denver and that tho new scale must be acceded to immediately The Tho Denver Dener al all signed the tho scale under I protest whereupon the tho unIon gave the tho papers five days In which to I pa oer the cash which was not done one and the men then struck |