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Show i Chicagoans Compelled toForeffo Afternoon Papers Chicago. May 2. Early editions of Chicago afternoon newspapers wore not printed today because of a dispute dis-pute between the pressmen of Chicago Chi-cago Newspaper Vebb Pressmen's union No. 7 and the Chicago local or tho American Newspaper Publishers' association. The dlfforenco aroBf on the expiration of tho Pressmen's contract con-tract with the Hearst newspapers and the Tailuro to agree on terms of renewals. re-newals. Meetings of the executive committee commit-tee of the prossmens' union and publishers' pub-lishers' association wero hold through the morning and hope was expressed that the difficulty would be adjusted In time for the later editions of tho afternoon papers. A statement covoring the conditions today was Issued by the publishers' association as follows - Notice Posted. '?" Aprl1 30 ut i2 o'clock midnight, mid-night, the management or the Chicago Chica-go Examiner and tho Chicago American Ameri-can posted In Its press room the an- nnnnrnmpnf Fi v. . . . .u..v iv LU cuiiimcis De- tween those papers and the Chicago Nowspaper Webb Pressmen's union. No. 7, having expired, the management elected to come under the provisions of tho contract between the Chicago locnl of the American Newspaper Publishers' association, of which the Chicago Examiner and the Chicago American are members, and the prossmens' union, and would assume all the obligations and exerciae all the rights of other members of the Chicago local under tho contract, adding add-ing that the management would refer to arbitration as provided In the contract con-tract any difference that might arise Aftei the announcement had been read the men, acting under the order of the union, resumed work without protest and thus acknowledged their acceptance of tho contract. Refused to Work Under New Order. "On May 1 tho management announced an-nounced that It would exercise Its rights under the contract to determine deter-mine tho number of men employed on each press and ordered each to bo manned with tho same number of men as other members nt ihn fhinnnn 1- cal employ on presses of similar Blze and product. The members of the union refused to work under this order. or-der. The management then offered to permit tho men thus proposed to be laid off, to report as usual for work daily, but not to work on the presses and to submit the question at issue to arbitration and In the event of a decision sustaining tho position of the union to pay the men full wages from "the lime they wore laid off up to thedatc of the decision of the arbitrators. The members of the union refused to work under this offer. The Men Walk Out. "The management then notified the men thnt their continued refusal to work would constitute a strike and that in so striking the union would be breaking the contract between tne publishers' association and the union. The members of the union continued to refuse to work and walked out of the office. "Under tho circumstances the Chicago Chi-cago local of the American Newspaper Newspa-per Publishers' association now do-clares do-clares the contract between It and Chicago Newspaper Webb PreBsmens' union No. 7 broken by the union and therefore terminated. The press rooms of all tho members of Chicago local to the Amercina Newspapor Publishers' association will thcreforo hereafter bo conducted without recognition recog-nition of tho Jurisdiction of tho Chicago Chi-cago Newspaper Webb Pressmen's union No. 7. "It Is tho purpose not to blsturb the working conditions and wages for the formor contract and to this end the continued co-operation of all employes em-ployes without discrimination Is Invited. In-vited. "By order of the Chicago local of tho American Newspnper Publishers' association. Signed) "VICTOR F LAWSON, PresidenL "HENRY F. CAREY, Secretary. rvn |