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Show -00 ; CHICAGO TYPOS . GO Oil STRIKE CHICAGO, Feb. 2S The, Chicago morning papers will bo published In abbreviated form because of differences differ-ences with the Typographical union. In connection with tho matter, the Chicago Publishers' association made tho following statement for the morn-Lng morn-Lng papers of March 1: "On February 3. 1911, Jamos M. Lynch, president; J Vf, Hayos, secretary-treasurer, and Hugo Miller, vice-president vice-president of the International Typographical Typo-graphical union, together with II." N. Kellogg, labor commissioner of the American Newspaper Publishers' association, asso-ciation, Herra.m Ridder, -president of the American Newspaper Publishers' association, and George C. Hltt, publisher pub-lisher of the Indianapolis Star, the six constituting the International board of arbitration to adjust tho scale of wftgi-s for printers employed In the offices of the daily nowspapors in Chicago, met hOro and made an award, cstahllshing a. scale of wages for mem-horS mem-horS of the Chicago Typographical Union No. 10, employed on the dally newspapers of Chicago. "Tho award went into effect at onco in all hc offices. After IV became effective, ef-fective, a question wa rained by tho printers employed in the offices of tho Chicago American and the Chicago Examiner, Ex-aminer, the printers claiming that thoy woro entitled to ho paid on thrj basis of. :T 1-2 ems per line, whereas the actual typo $et measured loss than IT oms jer line The columns of the Chicago Examiner and the Chicago American arc Bllghtly narrower than the columns of all the other Chicago nowBpapcrs. Therefore, in domandinR compensation for typo set on a basis of wider columns, tho president of th union insisted that the prlntors should be paid for work which they did not do "Tho management of these two newspapers, In compliance with the' contract with the printers' union, agreed to submit the disputed question for sottlement to the Joint standing committee, a body authorized under the contract between the Typographical Typograph-ical union and tho. newspapers to settle set-tle all difficulties of opinion "Tlie offer of settlement was made in tho communication by Victor F. Lawson. president of the Chicago local lo-cal of the American Newspaper Publisher' Pub-lisher' association, in a letter dated February IS It was renewed In a letter let-ter dated February-2S "In spite of these requests nnd also In spite of an offer made by th mnn-agempnt mnn-agempnt of tho Chicago American and the Chicago Examiner to -deposit tho small difficulties 1 wages with file president of the Chicago Typographical Typograph-ical Union No. 16. to be held by him until a final award was made, a strike was called at 3 p. m today In tho offices of the two newspapors men tinned This strike was ordered in violation of tho most binding contract and agreement to defer any and all matters In dispute to the standing committee for settlement In taking that action, tho union violated Its bi-laws bi-laws as w ell as Its contract aud arbl tratlon "In consequence Of the unwarranted strike of the Typographical union, all of the Chicago morning papers will print only four pages tomorrow." |