The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-08-16
new YORK GOES OUT
Photographers Cut the Empire
C4ty's Connections.
ASSOCIATED PRESS OPERATORS IN II
nosion and All New England Expect
Tieup Montreal, Pittsburg, Buf-
faIo and Washington Men
Also strike.

Tieup - Montreal, PittsburE, Buf-
faio and Washington Men
Also strike.
NEW YORK, Aug 13.-Al the union
telegraph operators In the main and
branch offices of the Western Union
and Postal companies I'm this city are
on strike. and New York is practically
cut of from telegraph communication
with the west and south. The strike is
expected to extend TO Boston and all Of
New England.
When the Western Union Office strike
was declared the strikers say more
thlu three-fourths Of the force on duty
walked out The officials Of the com
pany dElare that of 400 men and wo-
men on duty 2Ol Remained at work,
but they VIII not allow an inspection
of their operating rooms.
The signal TO the Postal operators
was given boy L. Il. Martin, one Of the
leaders OF the union, who stood up at
hls table IN the big operating room on
the twelfth floor and blew a whistle.
Thee were $50 operators working at
the TINE. fifty Of them women.
The exodus was almost unanimous.
Nine men and three women remained
40 work. The strikers marched out Of
the building and across to City Hall
park. where they held an impromptu
mass meeting There was no disorder
no either place.
Thus the strike of the telegraphers,
which. originating last Friday In Los
Angeles and directed against the West
ern Union company, has gradually
spread eastward, reached New York
city. where three spontaneous walk
outs followed in rapid succession
These were directed against the West
en Union, the Postal Telegraph com
pnny and the Associated Press. In the
hitter instance the strike was the first
against the news organization and was
fairly general throughout the country
west OF New England With the stop
ping OF work by "A majority Of union
operators here "a situation unparalleled
has followed. The telegraph business,
though by no means tied up, is seri-
ously handicapped
Unexpectedly and when it had been
generally supposed that no action
would be taken locally pending a con
florence Of Labor Commissioner NELL
with influential labor representatives
oil Chicago on Thursday next the un-
ION operators decided 20 strike IN the
oiice of the Western Union. In eXpla-
nation II was said by the strikers that
three discharged employees had called
az the Office for wages due and had been
treated with scant courtesy.
AZ Montreal between twenty-five and
thirty operators In the Great North
western Telegraph company's Office
struck IN sympathy with the operators
IN the United States.
At Plttsburg one hour after the night
force had reported for duty a whistle
WAS blown in the Western Union office,
aud all members Of the union left their
keys. Fifteen men had been discharg
ed during the day for refusing to work
wires with cities whore the operators
had gone ont These points were prin-
clpally New York. Chicago, Buffalo
and ST. Louis.
The Postal operators also went out,
leaving five men, including the chief
operator. az the keys.
At Washington the Postal operators
struck. the whole day force going out
except the chief opegator.
At Minneapolis the night force, num-
berlng about sixteen operators, en-
ployed 10y the North American Tele-
graph company went out
At Buffalo the day force Of the West
crn Union Telegraph company walked
ont and were followed by all the Post
al telographers.
At Baltimore fourteen Of the operat-
ing stan az the Western Union main
office struck work
All of the night operators in the New
NIN NlAif NA Aie ANH'N NAoA'H A'''''
with the exception Of chiefs, are out
Many of the operators throughout the
country employed by the Associated
Press have joined the strike.
The Western Union people estimated
ibat about $50 men and women have
0ult work IN Greater New York.
prosidanf Ahoarn Of the local union
announced after the Western Union
walkout that ne had received n tele-
gram from Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation Of Labor
to the enect that the telegraphers have
from him at their disposal S2,25O,OO0
us n strike fund.
This IS IN addition to the Sl,OOO,OOO
promised by the railway telegraphers.
The Western Union and Postal oper
ators at Albany, Schenectady and Troy
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