The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-08-19

NOW fpFf, aug. 10 ne SLrlkeFs II
the Commercial photographers Union
began work In earnest today to draw
out the strike breakers who are at
work in the main offices Of the West
fern Union and Postal companies on
Broadway After an all-night session
the Board of Strategy put men at
work on several plans which the
members believed would further Grip.
iplc the companies.
The leaders IF the strike spent the
day in encouraging the men. Every
effort was made To disprove the opti-.
mistic statements which continue to
cNmo from the company officials that
business was being handled satisfac-
tcrily, The leaders declared that they
did not expect the companies to
weaken inside Of a month, and that
the strikers must be prepared to hold
ont 80 days.
New York will replace Chicago as
Tie strike center next week Presi-
dent Small Will likely come here aud !
eccrpy the headquarters which Dep
uty President Percy Thomas has Sc
erred for him at the Astor House, |
Commissioner of Labor Nell on whom /,
Pre- sident Roosevelt relies to repre- |
sent the government has returned to
Washington. but will hurry here as |
soon as there is any indication Of ar
Wall Street Men Out.
Tho operators employed IN the Wall
street firm Of J. s. Bache a co, I
walked ort this morning when thol
firm finally decided not to sign the
schedule granting minimum wag
scale IF $50 Other firms will be de
serted on Monday morning unless the
brokers who pay small wages come /
to time
The J. s. Bache & Co, operators
were paid off after they closed their !,
Keys. and their places were taken by |
stnkebreakers. who had gathered III
of the walk-out. The
strikers went TO union Headquarters.
who're they distressed their grievances
against the firm. They declared that
operators employed in the firms
branches at Saratoga, Rochester and
Albany walked out.
Threatening Notices.
Many Of the strike breaking oper
itors were served today with SUN
mons, commanding them to appear
or trial at the Manhattan Lyceum to-
morrow unless they wished to be,
cund guilty of treason. Attached to
he Summons" was an offer of for
,iyeness. The formallooking docu II
nent began \
DO you realize that you have been /
harged in the court of human nature u
With the highest form Of crime known ~
o mankind-treason-- crime against G
c
III you are pronounced guilty do ,
on know what the penalty will be2"
Ostracised Them.
1T is becarse the history of the
'orld I'm all days and among all races f
( people. barbarians and civilized, 7
avs with unanimous voice of thin. &
err "
'Ye who are so ostraeised. Stunned q
nd hated by every man. woman and n
bid, your relatives, brother, sister, II
lthcr and your other Ye,iudeed, Fl
hall suffer the tortures of the Sc. 81
crest punishment known on earth b
1T is because we do not want TO
ass this terrible sentence Upon you
ithout trial that we hand you this
office. You are hereby summoned to q
ppear at Manhattan Lyceum on or ST
efore August ~ to answer the al
barge made against you If you ap- u
ear we shall listen with care aud fl
consideration to your de r,
.nsc. IT Won do not appear you shall la
? adiudged guilty by default" 81
Another move of the Board OF 81
irategy was directed against union ~
en- who have remained at work for W
ar of being put on the blacklist Of OF
'c telegraph companies. y
"Frightiul as the company's black ul
81 may he 1t as day TO night when II
impaired with the blacklist of man d