The sun., 1907-08-14


any of itJ operators and doesn't expect
IN have aay The Erie needs all Its lines
for its own business. 10 was suid.
wtsTERN UNION NOT TAXING IT SERIOUSLY.
Bclvidcre Brooks, superintendent Of the
eastern division of the Western Union.
intim8ted to-day that the Western Union
company did not consider seriously the
refusal Of the railroad telegraphers to
handle it's messages He said
There have been sporadic instances
nf railroad operators in small towns re-
nIsing to handle commercial kilograms
or this company. The cases that have
conn under our observation have been
20 insignificant that we have paid no at
tention to them. Of course railroad OPP
orators in small towns handle commercial
stun every day. but " they feel that they
should discriminate under the Circum-
stances of the existing strike the Western
Union ~ not inclined to embarrass the
railroads and cause a possible complica-
ton bv insisting that these few who have
rebeled should he discharged
RAILROAD MEN WILL HELP WITH FUNDS
President Joseph Ahearn Of the New
York local announced the receipt Of
telegram from President Small embodying
the promise by President Perham of the
Order of Railroad Telcgraphers that his
union would render financial aid TO the
commercial telegraphers. Perham. had
also assured President Small the telegram
went on to say, that IL any railroad in
sisted upon the transmission Of COM
mercisl kilograms over railroad wires a
general strike of al the railroad telegraphers
would be called.
H. WAS freely asserted by the striking
telegraphers that II the telegraph companies
do not come to terms and grant the demands
Of the strikers there will be sympathetic
strike Of the railroad telegraphers anyway.
The consequent demoralizat on Of the rail-
roads and the mail service would force
Federal intervention, the union men said,
and they would favor such an outcome.
RESTORING THE CRIPPLED SERVICE.
General Manager Brooks Of the Western
Union outlined yesterday the progress that
wss being made by the company in restoring
the crippled service to its normal condition
He said that there was not a point in the
country that was completely dead" to out
side calls, that Chicago, the chief centre of
she disturbance, was again in almost normal
communication with New York and other
points and that the New York Office was
able to keep up with the press Of business
much better than it did on Monday.
"In Boston, the latest city to go out, ninety
Of a full day force of 200 struck" said Mr..
Brooks, "and sixty new men are taking their
places already. ! expect that the same per-
centsRe Of the night force will leave US.
We have heard from Buffalo that rs per cent.
Of the day force is at work to-day We have
thirty-three working in Washington. Cen
eral Manager Cook wired me from Chicago
this morning that he had 400 working on the
day force and that perfect communication
between the New York and Chicago markets
had been restored.
In the New York Office there were 4a4
operators working at 1890 o'clock this
morning; there were $50 at p. NJ. The
night force is competent to handle all the
late business. To-day we have refused jobs
10 twenty-five operators who applied, be-
cause we had all vacancies filed. The
uptown offices, which we had to close yes
terday when the strike hit us, are beginning
to be opened. All branches above Forty
second street are now taking kilograms,
and there are only thirty-fve or forty
Offices which remain closed"
Col. Robert c. Clowry, president of the
Western Union, gave out a general state
ment yesterday that the trafic Of the COM
pany is being moved between principal
cities without delay and that the force
Of operators is nearly up to the maximum
The Western Union people reiterated
yesterday that no arbitration would be
held with the strikers here and that it lay
entirely within the province of General
Superintendent Cook at Chicago to deter
NINE whether he would listen to the repre-
sentations Of the mediators who have
gathered in that city
Charles Adams. vice-president of the
Postal company. said yesterday afternoon
that the traffic report at 3 P. NJ. showed
that the days business would be cleared
mp by o'clock. At O'Clock there were
200 messages waiting to go to Chicago,
open by five duplex wires. and three opera |
tors were working on them One hundred
and forty operators were working on the
day shift IN the main operating room.
General Manager f. J. Nallv slid last night |
that thirty-five operators we're working
in the Postal Building
Union men in twenty-six cities followed |
the order 10 strike on the Postal lines yes |
terday. In New England the principal !
cities to follow Boston were Providence, /
Worcester, Bridgeport, New Haven and !
Newport Spokane, Wash Savannah Ga; I!
Indianapolis and Louisville were among (,
other cities affected on the Postal system !
The Postal company kept all its uptown |
branches closed yesterday except that in /
l26th street. Harlem. and ne at Fifth ave- |
nue and Forty-second street, and two or |
three others on Broadway. General Man |
ager Nally announced last night that he |
hoped To have half of the branches in Greater
New York open to-day.
Thirty Postal operators quit in Brooklyn !
last night Most Of the Western Union EN-
rioyees were on duty.
Easier or WALL STREET
New York stock reports went yesterday
from New York to Chicago. Pittsburg,
Baltimore and Philadelphia without loss
of time.
There was little confusion in the New
York Stock Exchange upstairs except that
caused by getting into touch with cities
west Of Chicago, when considerable delay
wae experienced.
At the Produce Exchange which was
absolutely deserted by operators after
the strike on Monday six out of the thirty
men who usually handle the work there
for the two companies we're on the Job
yesterday and il was said that they were
able to look after the reduced volume Of
business without troible. At the Cotton