Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-08-16
THE STRIKE
SITUATION
UNIVERSAL WALk.oUT THREAT.
ENED eY TELEGRAPH oPER.
AToRs IN SHORT TIME.
DISASTER UNS0LvED
sLEUTHs WORKING ON THEORIES
%. 4 r. q. STRIKE MAY
NOT BE CALLED.


Tho strike Of the commercial telc-
graph operators will be universal
throughout the United States and Can
ada according to National Secretary
Russell Of the telesraphcrs' organiza-
tion.
President Small has announced that
he will call out every man holding a
card In his organization unless some
satisfactory settlement shall have been
agreed upon. He notified United States
Labor Commissioner that he would or
der all the men back TO work II tho
government would enforce arbitration
ON the questions nj issue In the de-
mands made upon the Western Union
last June.
Action will be taken at q meeting
soon which will determine whether
tho strike shall become general. The
meeting will be attended by Ralph NJ.
Easily Of the National Civic Fedora
tion. Samuel Gompcrs. president Of tho
American Federation Of Labor. and La
bor Commissioner Ncill and President
8. J. Small OF tho Tcicsraphcrs' union.
Tho New York operators decided not
10 strike before Friday.
Operators employed by the prcss as'
socia,ions have presented demands for
Increase In wages and threaten to Join
tho strikers unless their demands urc
granted.
op.aiors employed by tho Amcri'
can Telephone & Telegraph Company
decided to prepare demands for wage
Increase and better workin. conditions
and to strike unless tho demands nrc
granted. This would paralyso the Ions
distance telephone lines.
Claim Strike 10 Broken
In Chicago tho officials Of both com
panics declared that they had morc
mcn working than they needed. sun
day ID quiet In the telegraph business.
aaid ono Of these oticials. but ~c
could have handled twice as much
husiness as We did. In fact. wc sent
several operators home. as ~c did not
need them"
Mr.. capcn. general superintendent
Of tho Postal. said:
The flYst break In tho strike has
occurred. A union man has applied
for his old position and has b-cn rein
stated, We arc handling all tho basi
ucss that comes to US. and have plenty
Of operators. More were on duty 10
day than usual ou Sundays
Nish, Manager Dayhon of the West
csu Union said:
"Our wires arc all practically cieas
tonisht at Z o'clock. and ~c have b~~t
able To handle tho business all day
with dispatch. We nov have over 100
operators working In the Chicago Of
f,cc. and these arr being added 10 cs'
cry hour. From prcscs: Indications u
will not bc long bcfosu.vc Will bc able
to oprn some Of our branch oss'ecs
throughout tho city. These officcs have
been closed since the strike vas inaus.
urusrd. When cam. on duty tonight
| I found more mon on duty than were
needed and sent over twenty ii them
homc.''
More Men % Out.
About 500 men were added To the
ranks of the strikers Sunday. The new
recruits come In from various sections
throughout the country. In each eas-
inc 0tt1kcl BptUE ptNNtVtptnU w VIZ"
men refusing to work with non.union
men In other cities. Tonight approx.
matciy $500 tciesraphcrs arc on
strike. divided among the following
cities:
Chicago. 81. Louis. 81. Paul. Mime
apolis. Milwaukee. Denver. Kansas
City. Memphis. New Orleans. Topeka.
sedalIa. Mo-: Pueblo. Jackson. Miss:
Dallas. Tcx.: Houston. Tex. Nash.
VILE. Tenn. Columbus. o.. Meridian.
Miss: II Paso. Tex: Salt Lake City:
Helena. Mont: Fort Worth. Tex:
Oklahoma City. Birmingham. Ala: Au.
susta. Ca: Sioux City. Ia: Omaha.
Knoxville. Tenn: Council, Buins. la:
Charleston, 3. c.: Galveston. Tex:
Atlanta. Ca: Tcxarkans. Ark.: Fargo.
n. D.: Los Angeles. Colorado Springs.
Jackson. Tenn. and Beaumont. Tex.
Thirty.ave skilled telegraph opera
tors. employed by the American Tclc-
phone and Telegraph Company at It's
lons-distance ONCE here. decided TO
prepare demands for q wage Increase
and better working conditions. with
an uitImatum that unless they are con.
cctied by next Wednesday strike
would follow. This would result in
practical paralysis Of the long distance
telephone lines.
Striker 10 Attacked.
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