Evening star., 1907-05-06
The Hello Girls Strike.

After an exciting meeting. lasting four
hours, Electrical Workers Union, Linemen,
No. 151, yesterday failed to reach an agree
ment on a proposition to strike in SYM
pathy with the telephone girls. A compro-
mise was effected Whereby definite action
was postponed until the executive commit
tee shall have conferred with the officials
of the telephone company, when the COM
pany will be informed that unless the
union of the girls Is recognized the line
men and electricians will walk out. The
company is succeeding In giving little
better service than 1t was able to do dur
ing the first days of the strike. and the
claim Is made that 1t will be able to hold
it's epostion until the striking operators
return to their posts.
So far the latter show no signs of giving
in and their demands are firmly maintain
ed. With the assistance of the linemen,
should they finally decide to do so, they
hope to make the strike more effective.
The iron workers strike shows no change
The men still hold out for their demands.
No violence Is reported.
Many of the leading saloonmen are In
favor of closing all saloons during the con-
tinuance Of the strike and may ask the
mayor to do so.
Big Strike Likely.
LOS ANGELES. Cay, May 6.-Represent-
atives of twenty-nine labor unions met
last night to consider the request of the
striking teamsters for sympathetic strike
that will cripple practically every line of
industry in the city According to a re-
port received from the conference it was
decided to refer the questions of SYM
pathetic strike to the separate unions in
volved and request 4 vote of each organi-
zation. The action taken indicates that
the men may defer radical action until the
end of the week, in which case there will
be no interference with the celebration of
La Fiesta and the Imperial Council Of
the Mystic Shrine.
Many Longshoremen on Strike.
NEW YORK, May 6.-The strike of long
shoremen at the docks of some of the steam
ship lines in this city spread to Hoboken
today. when $50 freight handlers employed j
on the docks of the Holland-America and
Phoenix lines, went on a strike for an in
crease in wages. They demand 40 cents
an hour regularly, GO cents for overtime
and so cents for holiday work. The Hol-
land-American line operates five ships to
Rotterdam. The Rhydam is due to sail to-
morrow, and her firemen were at work to-
day loading freight in the place of the
strikers The Phoenix line operates steam
ers running to Antwerp.
Liners May Be Tied Up.
The longshoremen employed on the docks
OF the North German Lloyd. Hamburg
American and Scandinavian American lines
intended to submit demands for increased
wages to the officers of those companies
today, and, II the demands were not
granted. to :oin in the strike. This might
delay the sailing of some of the largest
of the transatlantic liners and add from
1000 to 5000 men to the ranks of the
strikers.
1t is estimated that more than 5000 men
are already on strike from the American
and Red Star lines In Manhattan and from
the various docks along the Brooklyn water
front, where the work of loading and un-
ports and coastwise steamers Is serioasly:
delayed. These men continued out TODAY
and little work was done at the most Of the
docks.
Nay Be Compromise in PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, May 6-All parties to
the labor dispute in this city arising out
of the differences between the unions repre-
senting the bricklayers stonemasons and
granite cutters, which resulted in a lockout
by the master bricklayers, will hold meet
ings today, at which the matter probably
will be settled by compromise The brick
layers. and masons, under the proposed
compromise, will be conceded the right to
lay all dressed stone-the question in dis
pute-whtle the members of these unions
will turn over all the work of cutting stone
to the granite cutters. This ARRANGEMENT
and work on building operations by these
trades. which has been suspended since
Thursday. probably will be resumed within
a few days