Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-11
WHITES TO WAGE WAR
ON BLACKS AT ONANCOCK,

companies tonight where under nor
mai conditions the number amounts
TO 1850 We are In this fight to
stay. and We must have recognition or
our union might as we'll 20 ont of
business
Preparation Of the Demands.
All day. a committee was preparing
demands which will he submitted to
the telegraph companies on Monday
AS n preliminary In ordering gcncr-
al strike. The demands In substance
provides for equal pay for equal work.
and MI eight hour day, the abolition
OF the sliding scale now In force the
companies TO furnish typcwritcrs. and
to cease discriminating against union
mon. II the companies refuse To nc
code To these demands the men at
work, II is declared tonight will be
ordered to refuse Ia work with non
union men. Tho strikers II was said
tonight were planning to cripple the
long distance telephone service. There
are thirty telegraph operators en-
ployed In this branch OF the service
in Chicago.
These men are expert wire men and
are used In making up circuits. The
the union. These men have been told
TO sec whether the telegraph com
pnnics are sending messages by long
distance telephone that would ortllna.
rily he sent M kilograms. and. IL 40.
to refuse TO allow such messages to
be handled
The executive committee of the
Chicago union viii hold meeting to.
morrow to consider the advlsasllity
of ordering the 330 men employed on
leasod wires In Chicago To quit work
III such plan is put into execution
and the men respond to the order II
will hamper the Chicago Board Of
Trade and NIL patrons of companies
who have leased wires systcms.
Sentiment is to Strike.
OAKLAND. CAL, August 10
President, Samuel j. Small OF the
Commercial Telegrnphers' Union OF
America, said today:
Tho union telegrnphers are going
to quit telegruphlng tomorrow every.
where including Alameda county and
San Francisco. The prevailing senti-
ment Is TO strike"
Later President Small said that
conditions had changed to such an
extent that no general strike viii lo
called tomorrow In any city by him.
Many OF the strikes that are being
called, he says, are Illegal and he
must take them up and approve them
before they can have the support OF
the National organization. Mr. Small
says he will issue n statement tonlgnt
or tomorrow giving full particulars IA
10 what no tntaplg IN 1n
viii Investigate Strike.
Los ANGELES. CAL. August TO-
lIthclhert Stewart, special agent of
the Bureau of Labor, representing the
Department OF Commerce and Labor
arrived In Los Angeles today 10 in
vestgate the local Western Union
strike. His report will he made To
Commissioner Ncill Mt Washington.
Much Depends on New York.
NEW YORK, August Whether
or not the strike of the telegraph or
orators will reach the Eas. probably
will be determined tomorrow. when
the local branch OF the Commercial
Teleeraphers' Union will decide
whether or not they will continue to
work with non-union operators Il nun
her OF whom have been employed by
the Western Union Company and Pos.
tai Company and other cities where
strikes are on.
AT the meeting tomorrow, which
practically every union operator in
the city will attend. decision will
he reached. rs to whether this shall
continue.
There appears TO be n strong feeling
among lnrge element of the telc-
graphers that the New York local
sbonld join In the strike. There is n
conservative element in the union
which desires to wait until the last
moment before adopting drastic meas.
nres but IL is extremely doubtful If
this element Will be able to outweigh
the strike sentiment which is So wide.
spread among the men.
On the outcome of tomorrow's meet
Inc will perhaps depend the entire sit
nation In the East. 1t is said that IL
The New York oDerators decide to re-
fuse to work with non-union men In
the West the strike will rapidly
spread to the other eastern cities.
President Joseph F. Ahern of the
local union admitted today that there
was every probability that the strike
would reach New York. 1t would. he
thought, become general throughout
the country. A meeting of the execu-
tive board of the local branch of the
union was held tonight but President
Ahern would give out nothing regard
ing any action taken.
Assistant General Manager Barclay
OF the Western Union, said:
AS far as this company is con
ccrncd, we know nothing about
strike. We are attending to our
business as usual. we have no trou-
hle anywhere: we are right I'M to