The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-09-07
Mn. SMALL IS
VERY HOPEFUL
Says Developments Are Now
Shaping for a Victory
of Photographers.
MEN, EXHAUSTED BY LONG
HOURS AT THE KEY ARE RE-
MOVED IN SERIOUS CONDITION
STRIKERS ARE ALL STICKING
FAST.
SpeciaI to The Journal.

New York, Sept. 6.-According to
President 5. j. Small, Of the telegra-
piers union, the outlook for a settle
ment of the strike IN favor of the Oper-
ators becomes brighter each day.
when the management of the tele-
graph companies and also of the AS
ISOLATED Press resort to issuing pri-
va1e as we'll as public statements,
which on the face Of them are untrue,
it Is an indication of defeat. Our in
formation from all parts of the coun-
try shows conclIrsively that both the
Western Union and Postal are in
more crippled condition than at any
time since theifrst strike was ordered
in San Francisco, June 81 last.
MANY cases of exhaustion of strike
breakers at their keys have been re-
ported. To this IS the added specta-
Cle-Of men dying in the offices of the
telegraph companies. caused by ner-
uOus collapse, either from oVerwork
Or worry
Notwithstanding telegraph Offices
in thousands of small cities are
closed and messages for such points
are being sent by mail, and further,
that messages between the larger
cities are not being handled with any
degree ofspromptness, not even as fast
,as the United States mails carry let
tiers, the officers OF these companies
teal us daily through the press that
they are handling business promptly;
that the board CT directors of the
Western Union Telegraph Company
w0uId consider only routine business
at their meeting Sept 10. and that if
a cnmnrittee, Of their operators contem-
plate coming to New York they might
as we'll save the, expense.
III that be true, and nat a bluff,
then che public might as well make
up IT'S mind to dispense with the
iEDcnry OF the telegraph in this country
for the reason that the tPIegraphers
OF this.country will not return 10 work
under the same conditions prevailing
when the strike occurred
TN many states both companies
have locked their doors and taken
down their signs. This is.,particuIarIy
true in the south. AS a result of this
action there is a probability. that the
poles of the Western Union will he
cut down in nine different cities in the
state OF Virginia, where a controversy
has been over the question of putting
the wires underground. The closing
of their offices, of course, nullifieS
their franchises in these cities.
LII NNL<AIiOIiLsS suit Ii threatened ana
probably has been brought by this
time, my advice coming by mail, to
cause both companies TO show cause
why they Should not be prosecuted
for refusing business. In Missouri and
Kansas there will probably be suits
brought against. both companies ask
ing that they he made to show cause
why a,-receiver should not be appoint
ed TO conduct the business of the COM
panies. Similar suits may be insti-
tuted in other states. The reason it
has not been done is because it was
felt that the trouble, could be settled
In another manner In fact, We still
believe that it will not be necessary
to go to such extremes. However. if
the telegraph. officials insist on refus-
Ing to meet representatives of their
striking operators and continue to
hoodwink the pHbiic with statements
20 the effect that they are handling
business promptly when the contrary
Is the fact measures viii have to be
taken other than a strike to secure
Justice both to the telegTaphers and
the public