The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-09-11
WALK OUT AND FAaL TO GO BACK.
THE RESULT IS THAT OTHER
GIRLS WILL BE SECURED TO
TAKE THEIR PLACES.
COMPANY SENT TO INDIANA FOR A
CHIEF. WITH A VIEW TO I'M
PROVING THE SERVICE AND
AFTER THAT THINGS
DID NOT GO RIGHT.
Operator Has a Grievance and Goes Out.
Others Join Her as a Matter of Sym
pathy.-Girls Come from Several
Neighboring Towns to Take
Their Places.

The Clarksburg Consolidated Telephone
company has strike on its hands in
the exchange Office in this city. The
operators all went ont except two regu-
lars and i've relief girls. The superin-
tendent requested that it be not writ
ten up by the newspapers, both ON ac-
count Of the company and the striking
operators, and so the daily papers here
< let it pass without notice, believing it
would be beneficial to all concerned to do
50. But the Fairmont Times comes out
ii glaring headlines about it, and other
papers have more or less to say about it.
% that the Telegram concludes that the
home papers are now at liberty to say
something about, the telephone manage
ment having not successfully suppressed
the matter.
The Fairmont Times has this to say
about 1t:
The Consolidated Telephone company
now has 4 strike on its hands at Clarks-
burg, where the exchange operators
threw down their tools and walked out
IL q body this morning. OF the twelve
operators employed at the Clarksburg
central only i've are left at their posts.
Just what the trouble is can not be
learned. but It Is stated by some that
The strikers object to the chief operator.
who + alleged to be mean and unreason-
able IN her demands, too free to drive
b girls under her as though they were
slaves Another report says the chief
operator has q disposition like seraph
and & kindness itself. and that the quit
ting girls are entirely to blame.
Manager j. Walter Barnes is today
ii clnrksburg wrestling with the hello
pr6blem The strikers, It is said, will
not 81 taken back, but viii be allowed
to pine in idIeness while new operators
draws their princely salaries"
The situation, as We gather it, is about
Il given below. The company concluded.
after Miss Bess Shuttieworth resigned
81 chief operator that none of the other
1iris had the ability to be chief. and the
kcrvices OF Miss Britton, of Rockville,
md. were secured. She is said to be a
tIfst class operator and Is all business.
One d. the girls had grievance and quit.
Others quit in sympathy and only two
q Tie regular operators returned TO
Nbfi; Others were willing to return,
and were ON the way, but were met by
lie gid who had grievance and they
were persuaded TO sty out This left
ne chief two regular operators and the
ssiisF girls TO rum the exchange.
Superintendent Barnes came to the
s>sne and went 70 work on the case. II
was decided to get other girls, and ar-
Engagements were made at once to bring
tfeln from Salem, Weston. Warrington
ma other places. the aim being TO Ill
HE places Of the strikers at the earliest
a ~asnt, % a. not TO impair the service
- are two sides to the question. Of
c6nfss. as there always Is, and it may
tsls : fewlda to bring out all the facts
but Il the above Is not just right, 1t may
b depended upon that the hello girl.
WIN be beard from, and the company
\ may have something to say about 1t too
\ nj may BE- a case of -'tit-for-tat."