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the old contract until stich time as
all disputes were settled, by arbi
tration and a new contract enter
ed into-.
.Lawrence refused to agree to
this, and as the firsf of his own
conditions demanded that the
number of men to work, at octuple
"pj-ess besimmediately reduced to
eight. . K A
Haight and Pence argued thqt
this was not fair to themnion.
While Pence still was -presenting
,the union's side of the, dis
pute, Lawrence put his hand on
Isavin's shoulder. v
"I want these two men (point
ing to Haight and P,ence) put our:
of tne building, he said. ,
, Lavin walked "overto J'ence
.and grabbed him by the arm. 7
"Come on," he said.
"I-am. still talking," said Pence.
Lavin showed him up the stairs
and then, with .twenty plain
clothes policemen at his back, La
vin went to every pressmam'n.the
room, and asked them if they
were willing.to work under Law
rence's conditions.
They were not. Lavin pu.t them
out, thus repaying5 Harmon1
Gampbellyfornot firing hinu
That was the beginning of the
lockout This morning's Exanl-
mer was gotten out Dy a iew
foremen pressmen and scabs from
the Inter-Ocean-
This, niornmg, when the union
pressmen went to The American,
Journal, News and EveningPost
offices, they were met by notices
posted by the publishers.
Thees notices announced , that
the publishers no longer wouicf
recognize the union, that union
men might work in the press
rooms, and might carry cards, but
that the publishers would deal
with them individually and under
no consideration would the pub
lishers longer deal with the union.
Evidently there was a midnight
meeting of the publishers' trust,
at, which it was; decided to break
up the "pressmen's union com
pletely. '
Naturally, the pressmen pro
tested against the notices posted
by the publishers. ,
,When, they did so, they were
asked if they would work as in
dividuals and Under the terms of
the .notices. When they said
they would not agree to any prop
osition which did not include full
recognition of the union, they
were locked out.
George Haight, Clement Cot
ton and Clayton Pence, were ap
pointed as a committee by the
pressmen to meet the publishers.
They have been in conference
with the publishers most of the
day. . ,
Unless the publishers go back
on their notices, and recognize
the union, the union undoubtedly
will vote td strike, and thus tie up
every great newspaper in Chi
cago. There is little doubt but that
the strike will come. Before Law
rence could have ordered a look-J
out as he did last night he must
have held a conference-with the
other publishers in the Trust
agreement.
It is quite evident that the oth
er publishers agreed to stand by.