Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1907-08-22
Telegraphers
On Strike
Reports from Strike CenterS Show
the Union Solid and Determined
to Win the Fight

Reports from all over the country
being received show that the men are
in fine spirits and no one asking financial
aid
When President Small of the union
arrived in Chicago on the evening of
the lith he was greeted by mass Of
people that made Roosevelt's reception
"A poor comparison. Cries Of Small
Small No arbitration, No arbitra-
tion e. were heard ON all sides. On the
10th President Small addressed an open
meeting where over 1000 people were
present and enthusiasm was at the high
est. Chicago local alone claims il can
support it, 1900 members for a month
If necessary without asking the national
treasury for dollar, Notwithstanding
the reports Of the capitalist papers that
the unions treasury is empty. friction
among the officers, etc.
At the auditorium Of the city hall
Dallas, Texas, August 10, the following
address was delivered by J. b. Chupp,
local president Lodge No. 81, Com
mereial Telegraphers Union of Amer
lea, before the largest coneourse Of cit
izens ever assembled together in this
city. Great enthusiasm prevailed among
the business people.
President Chnpp spoke as follows:
81 was born and raised in Georgia
and in ignorance together, as most of
you know. Notwithstanding that Gala
nifty, it has pleased God for me to pre-
sent to you the causes leading to the
greatest commercial disaster of this
generation.
81 am going TO give you few un-
vanished facts without an attempt at
oratory, for rethorics is not one of my
accomplishments
1.-THE carpenters of Dallas receive
three dollars and sixty-six cents for
eight-hour day and they earn it. The
most efficient commercial telegraphers
the world ever saw. receive two dollars
and eighty.five cents per nine hour
day.
"There were 81 operators in the en-
ploy of the Western Union at this rat.
ing when the whistle blew. Five at
s2.6i, "a at S2.4I, eight at s2.24, two
at s222, ten at 2.03, FIVE at sl.s5 and
! five at $l.62.
"At its regular meeting during the
month of January, local No. 60 of At
lanta, Georgia, selected me to frame a
schedule to be presented to the com.
pany in New York by President Small
the first of June. Before the next reg
ular meeting day of that body, the
Western nion and the Postal Telegraph
companies announced effective March
first, an increase of ten per cent would
be granted all operators in their I'm
portant offices. / cmphazise the I'm
portant. l tell you why. The compa
mics know their important offices wcr,
fast organizing to compel by concerted
action concessions in the matter oi
hours and wages which individual mer
il or prayers could never procure
When L made my committee report
mentioned the announcement Of ten pc
cent increase granted by the companies
and recommended TO the Union the i'm
lprtance of protecting that little help
les army of soldiers who shoulder tn,
guns for twenty-five and thirty dollar
per month in the smaller towns an,
villages throughout the length an,
breadth of this country. The resul
Twas that resolution was unanimousl.
adopted empowering the Internationa
Organization TO use whatever mean
they deemed necessary 10 secure al
additional fifteen per cent increase, al
eight hour day and same be extende,
to All independent Offices which wer
not at that time being worked upon
commission basis whether deemed I'm
portant or otherwise This resolution
was made public with the result tina
upon the following Thursday both com
panies announced that the ten per cen
increase would be extended to all in
dependent Offices. Upon the followinj
Friday / was notified that the cashie
would be pleased TO sever the connec
tion existing between tho company an,
myself The Sunday following I wen
in the Western Union office to remov
my typewriter and was offered my pc
sition back at a second class ratinI
which was tantamount TO a reduction
Of eleven dollars per month, Quote
diary,)
| "wednesday, March 10, bade m.