The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-06
STRIKE IS ON.
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone
Company Employees Again Wax Cut
LOCAL TELEPHONE SERVICE SHUT DOWN
Strike Is In sympathy with Those ~
other Points md To Enforce
Local Demands.

At T:45 o'clock yesterday morning prac-
tfcally all of the employees OF the South
western Telegraph and Telephone COM
pany at Houston walked out on a strike.
partly on local grievance, but primer
pally through sympathy with the strike
Of the companys employees at Waco ana
San Antonio. Eghty-ive persons. IN
Guiding the female operators and male
linemen, inspectors, etc, are out ana the
company is making no effort to continue
its local services pending an adjustment.
The long distance service was partia,V
working yesterday, but practically the
entire business is at staDdstill. OF the
} eighty five persons who walked out. hfty-
4 eight are operators.
Il schedule Of demands was submitted
d to General Manager Hcnshaw between
8 and 10 o'clock Saturday night, allow
Al ing the company until p. m. sunday
V TO consider and reply. Mr.. Henshaw sug-
: gested that as the limit allowed TOT
le compliance with the demands expired on
Sunday the time be extended until Mon
day morning. The employees agreed TO
this. and at 7:45 yesterday morning,
whsn Mr. Henshaw Informed them that
n, he vas without authority in the prem
ises they walked out. few OF tho
q.
iu Mr.. Henshaw thought it best to suspend
Ill the selvice entirely until he could get
"a Instructions from those higher In authorl-
ty.
The demands submitted are as follows:
AZ We, locA 66, International Brother
MI hood Elecgcal Workers of America
eet hereby demand the following:
49,. Union foreman, union trouble clerk
'sn union chief Operators, union operators.
~ union linemen union inside wtremen
W union inspector or trouble men. unioi
No switchboard mem union cable men ana
D. settlement with Waco local No. ~ ru
hey San Antonio Local No 60. to be an
y u, swered by 5 p. m. November 4. 1000
ne lohn he Woke.
min W, 3. Dougherty,
SLY C& Jennett.
I. H. Borchers.
re- 7. Schindell.
oers II r Trip.
the Committee.
The local manager trantmitted the a
otut' mands to the general manager, t.
piny Roker. at Austin and he I'm turn Sc
made them 10 company headquarters at Lowe
rived Mass. and is now awaiting instructions.
Elks The strike in Houston is an orderly
60 far and from the best !n,ormat
ooive there has been no friction between
the empIoyes and the local management,
cent bly, some In regard 10 tne co
louse many not empl yng union nelp IN aN
turns nartmenrs The situation at present
s CT simply tie employees submitted osn,S
with which the local man agelheh1 a,u
the consider it had the authority TO Gun
As and the employees quietly LETT theT W.
no Meeting of the employees was helt
,b,ch the afternoon at Odd Fellows nail,
been strike headquarters have been esuaniis
temporarily in the Pythian hall Al
ent there is no Indication firm wnic'
Judge the probable duration oil
strike.
Austin. Texas November 5.-E.
at the Raker. general manager of the SouthW
pur- ern Telegraph and Telephone comp
IN. has returned from San Antonio. where
were onor,tors and linemen are on a st
charter CoIonel Baker said that the company
'eland, . mple,ely suspended business with
lie, NJ. exception OF the long distance and at
utche- time he was unable TO say when tne
lcRae. vice would DE Iesuhneui ~ ~ Of
,.. striking operators.
as TO- to rov.s Noven,her &
tristan tnird gay u 'ihe 49,,
Inn for bring the phone users any relief
scien- the present the Southwestern con
ih tHn has made no attempt to restore the
ie'o" vice or portion thereof. From the
are az authority ohtaima.ble it was learned
no outside operatives have been imi
be men INTO the city A feature of the day
ademic, neen the work of mmhttees appoin
son. an" in. cau upon local business men iequ
, n. by them TO have their phones taken
the stiike is not immediately aa!
TO nil The committees presented each blu
of this man with a formal order to the teie
.,,or, company requesting the removal
es iueas Instruments; 272 business men Were
Iva and OF this numoer 260 agreed to di
I'd Mon with their pm mes al inc slt4he wa
OK. TDe hastily settled. The committees
meeting continue at work until every tell
ovember tnI,ar 4. visited The success
nosle movement has been phenomenal.
- h We also been meetings between
scting to striking operatives and business
the or every one is n sympathy with the
srs.