The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-13

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On the authority of the Associated
Press and on the euthority-of n telegram
received by A. F. Palm, president of local
union No. 30 of the Commercial Telegra-
piers, Sylvester ]. Small. president of the
international body. has advised the strik-
ing operators to take 4 vote on whether
they will remain on strike or not These
operators, having. the most OF them, at
any rate, gone on strike without orders
from President Small, and as locals mere
" have the call to decide President
Small did not call a general strike until
days after the local strikes were IN prog
reSs elsewhere.
In Salt Lake the president of the union
does not take the order from Small SER
lously. In New York the De Opla who have
been behind the operators most enthusiasts
ucally on the union side declare that
they are astonished at Small's action.
There will be me et:1S of the local
Union this forenoon at 10 O'clock Nat
urally. full attendance is desired.
Meanwhile the officials of the tele-
graph companies say they are progress
ing and have been. Locally. the strike
began in the Western Union in Salt Lake
on Aug. g. Approximately half a hundred
men and women went out n the Western
Union. The walkout was complete. a few
days later the Postal operators became
involved.
Since the beginning of The strike the
strikers have maintained headquarters
and reading rooms IN the Harmony hall
on West First South street. 1t is said
at the union headquarters Iiat all except
eight OF the strikers have secured places
elsewhere.
In comparison with ''the strike Of rs
as the operators say. the present contro-
Versy has exceeded thar memorable event
more than month in duration. for "the
strike of So lasted only thirty DAYS
John Campbell conducted the strike of a
quarter of a century ago, and ne says
that the failure thereof was not due to
lack of money, but to surplus of men.
Conuarywise. President Small says the
failure of the strike is not due to a lack of
strikers, but to the lack of money.
Doubts Its Authenticity.
This message does not have the right
tone" said PRECEDENT A. F. Palm last
evening, for the reason that We have
positive Instructions from President Small
and the national executive committee to
pay absolutely no attention to any COM
munication except when written on the
official letter heads of the national Of
signatures and seal of the national eff
GERS. That, for one thing, makes IL look
bad
again. the statement that the treasury
is depleted is hardly borne out by the
fact that this local received $500 from the
general assembly funds today. This
fact that they would send II TO us with
out our request does not show that the
national treasury is depleted, as stated
In the message received.
Il have adviceS from Los Angeles say
ing that the local there had accepted the
message as a fake also advices from
New York, Chicago, Omaha and Kansas
City saying that the locals at those
points had voted to continue the strike.
- | have called a meeting of the local
union for 10 O'Clock this morning in Fed
GRAFTON hall and will place this message
before the members for their consider
alton"
Bears No Malice.
"AI / know concerning the matter"
said Superintendent w. p. s. Hawk of the
Postal Telegraph company. lis that flash
was received over our wires from Chi
cago saying that the strike had been de-
clared off. 1t will make no material diff
ference to our company locally as we
have the usual quota of men at work at
the present time in the local office.
I'VE bear no malice toward the boys
who went on strike from our office, and
will consider without prejudice their ap-
piicatons for unemployment should they
be received. The strikers have conducted
themselves in a gentlemanly manner ever
since the strike began. No act OF violence
on their part has been brought to my
notice"
In the Associated Press.
"All my operators. six in number, left
the office just two months ago tonight
at $50 o'cloc<. said Harry bod, of the
Associated Press. AT the present time
we have two nen working here who were
sent from the east. The men who went
on strike were officially dismissed by Su-
perintendent Paul Cowles of San Fran
cisco. but there will be no prejudice
against their returning to the service of
the association. Any man applying to US
for employment will be consic~fSd merely
on his merits as an operator
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