Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-16
President Small Of photographers
Union Falls 10 Carry Out Threat
of General Strike
CQHFERS WITH LABOR LEADERS
Associated Press Service in Much
Better Shape in Middle West and
West Yesterday Than on wedncs-
day--situation in New York I'm.
proved Says Company Officials.
Cny Assoclated press.,


NEW YORK, August l5.-rherc
were no developments of moment in
the telegraph strike in this city and
at nearby points today. Al sides to
The controversy continued optimistic
i'll their public expressions Tho
strike is over" declared President
Clpwry of the Western Union. 1T
has just begun commented Deputy
National President Percy Thomas of
| the Commercial Tclcgraphcrs' Union
| Vice President Nally of the Postal
| Telegraph Company. WHO has before
said that The strike was ended so far
as the Postal WAS concerned. declared
today that his company was doing
business practically as before the
strike ANA anticipated no further
trouble.
Press matter was moved with less
Inconvenience ana the feature of the
! strike has lost much of its Importance.
The Wall street brokers and their on
orators were eliminated from the con
test when tonight the local union tclr-
graph union met aud for the second
TIME tabled n resolution calling upon
| the operators OF the financial district
to 20 out. Tho strikers continued
their picketlng during the day and to-
night but in an inoffensive maner.
Small Does Not Call Strike.
CHICAGO. ILLS. August 15.-Dc
cided Improvement was made in the
condition of the Associated Press to.
day; the entire leased wire circuit he
tween San Francisco ana New York
was placed in operation shortly after
6 o'clock. Up TO that time the west
crn wires had terminated ut Denver.
y number of operators who went out
on Monday returned TO their work
work during the day.
An order for general strike of all
union telceraphcrs which President
Small OF the Telographcrs' organiza-
tion promised would be sent out ten
minutes after his arrival in Chicago.
did not make its appearance tonight.
Mr.. Small arrived in Chicago early
in the evening and an hour later was
in conference with Samuel Gompers,
| president OF the American Federation
Of Labor: George w. Perkins, presi-
dent of the Cigar Makers Union ana
| Wesley Russell. national secretary OF
| the Telcgraphcrs Union. Labor Com
missioner NELL Will leave for Wash
| ing'On tomorrow He Is taking no part
in tonishts conference ana said that
he would make no effort To do so nm
Ill request for such action had been
made
Daring The day both telegraph com
nanics made a material Increase IL
their board of trade force. ana the
accession was granted
President Small's Statement.
OMAHA. NEB.. August I5.-Presi-
4 I.tpf ~
| Telceraphcrs, gave out the following
Interview at daylight this morning on
his way To Chicago. and says this is
the first authorized interview since
the strike:
Three days from now there will
not be telegraph wire working in
tho United States" said President
/ Small "T'hat is. there viii lie no cir.
cults except these incidental to the
transportation of trains, and also OK,
ccpiing that settlement satisfactory
TO Us is reached in the meantime.
The attitude taken by the two
companies in Chicago is dictated from
| New York
AS matters now stand. we must
| have assurances from the highest au-
lhorities of both companies. backed
| hp ~ inc SUtltnitc from Govern
ment officials, that they will force
the two companies to live up to amy
}agrccmcnt that may be reached by ar
hitraiicn or otherwise before we re-
| turn To work
Il personally regret the inconvcn-
fence to the public hui the compan.
les ignored us for five years ana said
we did not have the nerve To strike.
We are disproving that statement. In
| Caliaforna the fruit trade is suffer
ing untold injury. In every Other
section of the country business is smr
fcring but none of that gets into the
newspapers. News is not being
printed.
The letter of Melville T.. stone OF
the Associated Press. bcwailing tho
hasty action Of the Associated Press
operators in striking on few hours
notice. must sound like music in the
ears of his operators. Why did not
MIR. Stone tell the whole story? Over
Two years ago the same scale oi
wages was presented To the manage
ment OF the Associated Press, and