The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-08-15
UNION ORDER FOR
GENERAL STRIKE.
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pute over Baltimore Il OHIO operator
refusal to handle commercial bust
ness.
Executive committee of the Order
of Railroad Telegraphers makes de-
mands on the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific railroad companies
for a revision of the rules.
Labor leaders offer their aid in
bringing about settlement Of dispute
between men and company.
Trouble extends to Canada, operat-
ors walking out at Toronto, Ont; and,
In America, Boston. Richmond, Va,
and other cities are involved.
The Associated Press continues its
news service despite strike of its OPP,
orators In Chicago, New York and else.
where.
Strikes All Approved.
General Secretary Wesley Russell
of the Commercial Telegraphers'
Union of America at 1880 p. M Tues.
day issued two orders 20 the presi.
dents and secretaries of every local
union in the United States and Cana.
IuO chCtl VI was ucol9uCu
to be an immediate general strike or
lockout and providing for general
strike to be called Wednesday night
or Thursday morning, If it should not
occur sooner.
One order reads:
IAN local presidents and secretaries
General executive board here
Strike in cities now out authorized
and legalized. Local officers in those
cities will spare no effort to take out
every Western Union, Postal and AS.
scciated Press operator. Telegraphers
in other cities will refuse to work
with offices on strike. Another state.
ment will follow.
WESLEY RUSSELL,
General Secretary-T Treasurer"
All for General Strike.
The second statement or order was
issued almost simultaneously with the
first. 1t read: '.
IAN local presidents and secretaries
President Small is en- route to Chi
cago and will arrive Wednesday 1t is
the judgment of the general execu-
tive board and the general secretary,
and they will SO recommend to the
president Immediately on his arrival,
that general strike be authorized at
once. Prepare your forces.
.. WESLEY RUSSELL,
General Secretary-Treasurer
Struggle at Meeting.
This sensational climax, intended to
bring to a head the controversy be-
tween the companies and the men,
and tie up the ensre telegraph bust
ness of this country and Canada, fol-
lowed a long session of the general
executive board in Secretary Russell's
office at which the two elements of
the administration of the Telegraph
ers' union locked horns in a life and
death struggle. The result was con-
sidered at union headquarters a signal
victory for President Small, Secre-
tary Russell and the aggressive men,
bers of the union who supported their
policy.
Setback for Peace Moves.
1t furnished decided setback for
the peace negotiations of United
States Commissioner of Labor Neill,
Ralph M. Easley, chairman of the ex-
ecutire committee of the National
Civic Federation, and President Sam
uel Gompers of the American Fedora.
ton of Labor, and the other labor
leaders who rushed to Chicago to try
and settle the strike. The rank and
file of the strikers themselves are said
not to have wanted their strike set
tied, to have resented efforts of others
in that direction, and to be highly
pleased at the result of the delibera-
tons of the general executive board.
One of the chief men in the councils
Of the general executive officers and
board members said, following the is
suing of the orders:
You may say that by Wednesday
night every union commercial opera
tor in the United States and Canada
who is not working under new
agreement signed since the beginning
of this strike will be legally out on
strike. We expect they will strike or
be locked out when they refuse to
handle messages to or from strike.
bound cities. But the general strike
will be authorized and legalized
Wednesday night"