The Glenwood post., 1907-08-17
NEW YORK CITY.

Russell at mass meeting of the stril1-
ing telegraphers held in Brand IS hall
this afternoon. The hall will seat 1,500
persons, and so great was the demand
for accommodations that several hun
dred of the striking operators were un-
able to gain admittance to the building
and remained on the streets in tho
vicinity, until some of the early ar
rivals had left the hall.
The order of railway telegraphcrs
was represented at the netting by Ma
tional Secretary Quick. Mr.. Quick in
formed the strikers that his organiza-
ton was at their disposal both morally
and financially.
"We have 100000 in treasury, ("
said he, "and it is at your disposal.
you until the end Before the mass
meeting a meeting of the 800 union
tclegraphers employed by companies
using leased wires was held. At this
gathering brokers, news agencies and
commercial organizations, including the
big packing houses were represented. ~
resolution was adopted declaring that
this class of labor was undcrpaid and
that the various firms would be asked
to sign wage schedule and also to
employ none but union tclcgraphers. 1t
1 was decided TO let the private wire
.aen prepare and present their own sche-
dulles to their employers. The broker
men will present their schedule at 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning. The brok-
or men will ask for a minimum of $50 n
week. The men employed by the press
associations presented their request ut
1880 O'Clock tonight, and the employers
will be given twenty-four hours to com.
i ply with it. The schedule presented
calls for $35 week for six nights a
week and 20 cents an hour overtime,
eight hours to constitute a days work
with half an hour for lunch. The opera
!, tors employed by the news companies
and Newspapers in the daytime will ask
for $50 week for six days and GO
cents an hour overtime, eight hours to
constitute a days work and the regu-
lar lunch.
i, These requests were presented to
every gathering organization in
the United States az CIn>sda tonight
and tweny-four >ours will be allowed
for an answer If, at the expiration of
that time, the demands have not met
with a favorable reponse the men will
report to the union officials and they
say strike will be ordered. In regard
to the newspaper end of the contro-
versy Secretary Russell gave out the
following statement tonight:
"To all publishers, United States and
Canada:
HThe Commercial Telegraphcrs un-
ion does not desire in any way what
ever to hamper the newspapers of the
country. We are fighting for our rights,
however, and believing that the tcle-
graph operators employed in this serv-
ice are underpaid. we have authorized
our men to present schedule to their
employers asking for what we consider
, reasonable recompense for their labors.
If these demands are not met with by
the various news gathering organiza-
within a specified time, the men will be
ordered to quit work.
In Chicago today the officials of both
companies declared that they had no
more men working than they needed.
Omaha, Aug. 12.-The ranks of the
striking tecgraphers in Omaha We're
augmented today by walk-out Of
every member of the union and num-
Der of non-union men. A meeting was
held during the afternoon, attended by
ninety members of the union. Arrange
ments were made for establishing strike
headquarters in the board of trade
asked to report daily. The telegraph
companies reported that their business
was not heavy Sunday and that they
had been able to care for such telc-
grams as were handed in for transmits
mission. A number of regular men
went to work during the day to assist
in clearing up the business. No tele-
grams are being accepted by any point
except subject to indefatigable delay.