The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-06
MAY ItvOLVE GOVERNMENT Unc' Sam Watching Strike of TelegrapherS. MESSAGE OF MIR. MOODY Wires Instruction to District
 Attorneys. They Are Ordered to Investigate Exist ing Facts as Speedily as Possible
 and Report to Wash
 ington.
MESSAGE OF MIR. MOODY

Washington, July 5.--Attorney- Gen. eral Moody today telegraphed the Unit ed State District Attorneys at Madison, Wis, Milwaukee. Wis, St. Paul, Minn., Fargo, N. D., Helena, Mont, Boise, Idaho, Spokane and Seattle, Wash, and Portland, Ore, to investigate the facts as to Interruption of the telegraph ser vice on the Great Northern and North ern Pacific Roads, in view of the Gov ernment's duty to keep unobstructed the avenues of interstate commerce.
 The Western Union Telegraph Com pany, In connection with the inquiry, today announced that that company and its employees are in no way involved in the strike of the railroad telegraphers.
 The following is the telegram of the Attorney General to the district attor- neys:
 T am informed that for several days the transmission of interstate, foreign and Government messages over the Western Union lines which follow the Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroads have been seriously inter- rupted. In such situation, If 1t ex- ists, the Government. whose duty it Is. by all means at its command, to keep open and unobstructed the avenues of interstate commerce and to protect it's own communications, has grave con- cern,
 You will immediately investigate, with all possible speed, the facts, and, if you find the interruption exists, en- deavor to ascertain the reason, report ing to me fully by wire.'
 Both Sides Confident.
 St. Paul, Minn, Aug. 4,-While Pres ident Perham, of the Photographers Un- ion today was saying: Horn can't deny that we have his telegraph de- partment tied up," an official in Gen eral Manager Horns office at the Northern Pacific Railroad headquarters was saying: Tt begins to look to us as though we have had more telegraph operators than we really needed in the operation of the system"
 Thus the fourth day, of the tele- graphers strike on the Northern Pacific and Great Northern Pacific systems started with both sides claiming that their affairs were in good shape Gen eral Manager Horn. who has been on duty practically night and day since the strike. was not in his office this morning, but the following was given out:
 The delay noted in trains arriving in the last twenty-four hours was due to the fact that the passenger trains from the west had started after the strike began, and of course it was ex- pected they would be delayed. but from now on we expect to have them on time -::
 In the west our superinten- dents reports having picked up number of god operators. and from all along the line our superintendents report business nov ing good shape. It is true that some of our freights are late but they are moving. Our reports received today show that we have opened thirteen more stations, and that we have made up time on all passenger trains"
 In the announcement that J. J. Hill will arrive in St. Paul August 10. the managers of the strike see a ray of hope that he will give them a hear ing and possibly a way will be opened by him for an arbitration of their troubles. .5