Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-08-29
Warrants Charging Companies
With Mailing kilograms De-
MED by Missouri.
UP TO THE GOVERNMENT
Strikers Busy Gathering New Evil
denee to Present to
the Postal In
spector.

ST. Louis. Aug. 23.-AsSiStant Circuit
Attorney Fickeissen a declined to
issue an information against the west
ern Union and Postal Telegraph COM
panies, charged by the officials Of the
local te%legraphers' union with having
accepted money for the transmission OF
kilograms by wire and sending them by
mail instead. marked with symbol
they would have received had they
been sent in the regular
Affdavits were filed by Worth Rog-
ers, a member Of the executive COM
mittee of local No. 3, but without fully
going into the matter. MIR. Ffckeissen
said he believed he case hculd be
brought before the federal court. He
said the evidence was not sufficient to
enable him to give an opinion. and
suggested that Post Office Inspector
Fulton SHOULD be consulted.
Mr.. Fulton said none Of the strikers
committee had been to see him, and
that it would be impossible for him to
give an opinion until al! of the evil
dence had been gone over thoroughly.
There are several sides to the ques-
ton" said Mr.. Fulton. land three
things which,, under the statutes cover
ing the use OF the United States malls.
must be considered. First. 1t must be
shown that the corporation or corpora
lions had devised a scheme to defraud
the public, then that the use Of the
malls had been contemplated in car
rying on the project. and that the let
ter or letters have been deposited.
1T also must be shown whether the
use of the malls for any such purpose
had been lone with intent to defraud.
or as a result of conditions surround
in the companies affairs. If the evil
dence submitted is conclusive. the mat
ter goes to the attorney general Of the
United States.
Mr.. Rogers was busy the greater part
of the day securing new evidence. Sew
eral dispositions were taken, among
operator in the employ of the Postal
company up to the time Of the strike.
Finn swore hat on August 10, about
midnight, he deposited in the post
office about fifteen envelopes addressed
to managers of the Poscal company In
various cities, and that there was one
to five kilograms in each envelope. He
avs a note accompanied each to the
effect that the messages were to be
delivered.
Superintendent Frankel. Of the
Western Union. said no kilograms
in this city had been mailed. but the
senders had been told that the tele-
grams would be subject to an indefi-
mite delay, but would be handled as
rapidly as possible.
"The messages we have mailed
said MI. Franckel, only have been
those received from other points, and
which we could not send further, ow-
ing to the tie-up caused by the strike.
In some cases. where the distance was
not too great, we nave sent a spe-
cial messenger by train"
Officials OF the Western Union say
they nave all h men they need at
present and that 116 operators, all
competent. were at work.
Three brokerage firms signed the
agreement with the operators yester-
day and the men returned to work.
The firms are Morris CHASER & Co,
Charles Mel. Clark & Co.. and Joseph
Chaser & Son. Eight firms remain out,
affecting nine operators.