The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-16
two companies there are only small
and Wearied forces.

two companies there are only small
and wearied forces.
Numerous meetings of the operators
were held Sunday, one of the most
important being that of the men en-
ployed by the Associated Press. They
notified Manager Thomas Sunday
evening that they would strike Mon
day at 1880 p. m. unless they were
granted more pay, an eight-hour day
and one day off week
Similar demands were made on be-
half OF the operators employed by
brokers and reply demanded by 10
o'clock Monday morning.
Both the Western Union and Postal
companies have announced that they
will reengage operators singly, but
not~as union or nonunion men.
Spreads Fast in West.
Chicago, Aug. 10.-The strike of
telegraph operators, begun Thursday
midnight in the Chicago Offices of the
Western Union company, spread rap
idly Friday, tying up the local bust
ness of that corporation and practical
ly putting out Of service all it's trans
continental lines.
At 6:15 o'clock Friday evening
about 500 operators of the Postal Tel
egraph company left their wires and
Joined the strikers. Only ten en-
ployes remained in the main Office and
the company's 100 branch Offices in
the city were closed.
All but about score of the 1855 en-
ployes of the Western Union in this
city quit their keys, and practically
the entire forces walked out at Kansas
City, Denver, Dallas, Fort Worth, Colo
RADIO Springs, Helena, Ell Paso and
Salt Lake.
In New Orleans all the Postal Tele-
graph operators, numbering about 60,
left their wires Friday night because
an operator was suspended for refusal
to work the Chicago wire. In the
Western Union Office there an opera
tor was discharged for the same rea-
son, but the union men did not make
an issue of 1t because he was an extra
man.
Exchanges are CrIppIeo.
The effect of the walkout of the
operators in Chicago was apparent
first on the board of trade and the
stock exchange. The Western Union
has the exclusive contract for hand
ling the stock quotations between the
exchanges of the country, and the
failure of the company to summon suf-
ficient loyal employees to handle the
business put the brokers in a guam
dairy. The firms which have leased
wires, employing their own operators.
handled all the information regarding
the security markets in eastern cities
that was available up to noon.
The Gold and Stock Ticker COM
pany, which is affiliated with the West
ern Union and operated the wires
from the New York stock exchange,
ceased to send the quotations.
A meeting of the grievance and ex-
ecutive committees of the union was
held at one o'clock in the afternoon,
when the formal demands on the
Western Union company were drawn
up by presentation. These include
the eight-hour day, a Is per cent. In
crease in wages and recognition of the
union.
Company Will Fight Hard.
New York, Aug. 10.-The Western
Union Telegraph company will fight
the strike of it's operators in the west
ern cities, in the east, or wherever the
men may go out. 1t expects to win
as it claims to have won in 1883. A
strike among the 5000 operators of
Greater New York city is imminent,
though the sentiment among the en-
ployes is said to be divided.