The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-10
Orders Issued by National OIL
GERS of Telegraphers' Union
To All Those Who Have Not
Yet Gone Out.
TO SAVE AMMUNITION.
Do Not Wish to Fire 1t All al
One Shot.
Organization Must Win or TO
to Pieces They Say.

lead of the telegraph operators en-
ployed by the Western Union Tele-
vraph company in Chicago. who went
on strike because they were asked 10
work with nonunion men in Los An
eeles the telegraphers In nine other
cities throughout the United states
quit work The 500 men employed by
the Postal Telegraph company IN
Chicago who belong to the same local
of the Commercial union as the West
ern Union and who declare that their
working conditions with the company
arc unsatisfactory took advantage OF
the situation and quit Work IN Dooy'
With the wallxout of the Postal en-
ployes Chicago is left with about 80
photographers endeavoring to transmit
the business Of both telegraph COM
panies where under normal conditions
fully 1900 men are necessary 10 90
the work.
which became involved In the trouble.
together with the number of men who
quit work are: Salt Lake City, So;
Helena, 40: Kansas City, $50; Dallas,
105: Fort Worth, Texas, 40; Colorado
Springs. 10; Denver, 49,
In New Orleans the men employed
by the Postal Telegraph company left
their keys to enforce demands made
on the company several weeks ago
The general situation has cleared
somewhat and where yesterday 1t ap-
peared as II the strike of the COM
mercial men would be universal
throughout the United States the IN
dications now are that no further
strikes will occur, for the present at
least
Under orders from National Presi-
dent Small of the telegraphers or
SANITATION National Secretary Russell
telegraphed the secretaries OF the
various locals throughout the country
to keep their men at work until they
received further orders. Mr.. Russell.
when asked for an explanation of this
action. said:
I'VE don't want to use up all our
ammunition in one charge"
The understanding Is that the
brokers' operators will be allowed TO
remain at work as long as the COM
mission houses handle only their reg
ular business over their leased wires.
The brokers' men belonging to the
union have been notified that they are
to refuse to handle outside business
and If they are discharged upon refus-
ing to touch such business if offered
they will be upheld by the union.
Secretary Russell said further:
1.-THE local men in Chicago took the
bull by the horns and ordered the
strike without authority from the ma |
tional officers. We are perfectly salts |
fed. however. with the movement and /
are all working in unison. The tele- !
graDh companies have not acted fair !
with our men, and we believe we are /
now In a position where we can force !
them to come to terms. At any rate, !
It has come to the point where If we !
can't compel the companies to treat |
us in a fair manner we might as we'll |
abandon the telegraphers' organiza- |
ton. The general sentiment among !
the te1egraphers Is that 1t is fight to |
n finish and that the companies will |
Will be no union"
First Violence Reported.
Chicago. Aug. 1O.-First violence in |
the. telegraph operators strike in Chi |
cago occurred early today when a |
clerk in the main offices of the Postal !
Telegraph company was assaulted and |
knocked down in Clark street. be- |
tween Monroe and Adams streets, as /
he was on his way home from work. |
He was going north on the west side |
of Clark street when two men, who |
he declares. had been following him. |
came out of an alley and attacked |
him. He was struck on the back of |
the head and knocked down. When |
he got up the men were running west |
in the alley.
The clerk. who refused to give his
name overlook Policeman O'Hare
and reported the assault to him. and |
also telephoned a warning to the en-
ployes who were still at their posts in
the Postal office. O'Hare accom-
panied the man to the Postal building
and made a search for the assailants
First Importation of Strike Breakers.
Chicago, Aug. 10.-The breach be-
tween the commercial telegraphers out
on strike and the telegraph companies
widened and finish fight was prom
ised today when the Western Union
Telegraph company imported It's first
load of strike breakers to man the
silent keys. There were thirty of
them. picked up in New York. They
arrived this morning on the TWEEN
tieth Century limited train of the Lake
Shore railroad. The arrangements for
the housing and feeding of the men
has been kept a secret, but it is be-
1ieved that they will be kept at the
plant Of the company to prevent the
possibility of their meeting with any
violence at the hands of strike sympa-
thizers. The union men in the streets
when the strike breakers arrived said |
they would feel no alarm. that the
operators were not good ones and that |
even II they were importing them into :
panies much good when the men are |
elsewhere over the country.
President CIowry's Statement.
New York, Aug. 10.-Col Clowrv {
president and general manager of the
Western Union Telegraph comparv |
has given out the following statement |
in relation to the strike at Los Angeles
and Chicago:
ION July gard an operator at Los
Angeles was charged with maliciously
traffic. As a careful investI- ! ,
cation, which occupied several days.
showed conclusively that he was
guilty of deliberately obstructing
traffic on important circuits he was
A petition signed by 9TH
er employees of the office, requesting
his reinstatement, was thereupon pre-