The sun., 1907-08-15
ROOSEVELT WON'T INTERFERE
BgFERS APPEALS TO END STRIkE
10 COMMISSIONED NELL.
Tho companies Report Doing More Busi-
ness and the Union Dectdeo 10 ASH At
iorney.s;cperaI Jackson 90 Act Rail-
road Men Restless - Brokers sign scale.


road Men Restless - Brokers sign scale.
p-esident Roosevelt refused yesterday
m interfere personally In the telegraphers'
.r,ke A despatch from the Chicago
Boarl Of Trade asking the President 10
stake personal hand In this great emer-
cency" was referred TO Commissioner
~ Labor Nell. Appeals from tho boards
of trade Of Detroit. Indianapolis and other
ci,,es we're also sent TO Commissioner Netll.
Renewed threats from Secretary Wesley
Russell Of the commercial telegraphers In
Chicago that general strike was imminent
did not bear the importance yesterday that
they mad on days previous. because sen-
eral strike is now thoroughly In operation
and No more orders from any member OF
The general executive board OF the teleg-
raphers can make the attempted tieup
more widespread. The movement which
began with the independent revolt Of the
Chicago union last Friday has now spread
10 incgie every city Of any importance In
the country. Toronto and Montreal also
being affected. The list Of affected cities
was added to yesterday by walkouts at
several Southern points and throughout
Ohio. Indiana and Michigan. Towns Of
tnP tIIlblIeT Ctdrt III ANCW Ehktobu CohPiCtCu
the strike circuit established there on Tues
Gsv
officials Of the telegraph companies re-
rorted that they were handling more busi-
ness than on Tuesday and were keeping
all lines Of communication open. Hero
and in other cities the working forces were
Increased.
At the central operating Office OF the West-
ern Union reports were given out TO support
the assertion OF the company that it is able
10 conduct its business. Belvidere Brooks.
superintendent OF the eastern bureau. said
that with the exception Of New Orleans
and Kansas City. where transmission was
still hndered considerably, the country was
in shape for almost uninterrupted communi-
cation. So many applications had been
made by strike breakers that several ap-
plicants we're turned away from the New
York Office yesterday.
All regular stock quotation business was
going along at a normal pace.
Vice-President Adams Of the Postal said
Yesterday that more men TO hlr the places
Of the strikers were being engaged every
day and that the company was succeeding
in restoring all OF its lines except those
Of the New Orleans service to the normal
capacity The New York branch Offices
would he opened as rapidly as possible.
Mr.. Adams said. The strike Of the meesen-
ger boys had been but q flash in the pan.
he added, and many Of the boys were going
back 70 work.
BROKERS SION UNION SCALE.
The union teIegraphers who work in
brokers' offices in the financial district
closed negotiations yesterday with their
employers on the wage scale determined
upon at the Tuesday afternoon meeting
CT the Wall Street operators. More than
hundred brokers signed the union agree
ment which calls for $50 a week and .
seven hour workday. By agreement Of the
union men themselves the question Of over
time is left to individual agreements be-
tween employer and operator.
There were a few brokers on the street
who did not consent TO become immune"
from all strikes by signing the new wage
scale. II general strike order 10 pro-
nulgated by the union these brokers will
lose their telegrsphers. The Nolan Com
mission Company OF Newark. which has
thiry-hve branch offices throughout the
country. had agreed to pay SIS a week and
submk to the closed shop arrangement
before the telegraphers decided to reduce
their demands.
mass meeting OF the strikers was held
Yesterday afternoon in Everett Hall. 81
East Fourth street. The meeting was
scheduled for IL o'clock. but the members
were slow in getting around and while the
brethren we're waiting they whiled away
the time by dancing with the sisters Of the
union. When the meeting was called there
was much oratory by union members and
representatives Of other labor bodies.
UNION CALLS ON JACKSON 70 HELP
The most import ant piece Of business ac-
complished was the appointment Of q COM
mttee Of three TO ointerviewAttorney-G General
Jackson in the hope Of moving him to pro-
ceed against the Owo telegraph companies
on the ground that they are not delivering
messages within a reasonable time. No
body ventured an opinion a. 20 what pro-
csedngs the Attorney-General could take
against the companies, or on what grounds.
but il was said in debate that he was friend
Of the people and that he would fnd q way.
motion was made to call out all the
Wall Street operators whose employers had
not signed the new schedule, but that was
laid on the table.
The union men said yesterday that not
one Of their number had returned to work,
and in this statement they were borne out
by the officers Of the telegraph companies.
The question of relief funds from the union
treasury has not yet become an important
issue among the strikers. Within the next
two or three days all OF them will have
received the pay due them for the uncom-
pleted weeks work
The telegrsphers maintained their picket
system yesterday az vigilantly a. on the
day before. As a rule the strikers were
entirely peaoeable, but the officers OF one
OF the companies telephoned to Police Head
quarters about $50 that some Of tho day
iorce had been assaulted at the lunch hour
ana that extra police were necessary.
Thirty-fve plain clothes men we're hurried
down 10 the doors of the two telegraph
buildings 10 meet the outgoing crowd OF
strike breakers at q o'clock, but the piokets
were perfectly orderly.
RiuRoAD rELEdRAPHERs BEsrLEss
Despite the warning order Of Grand Score
aFy Quick Of the Order OF Railrca1 Teleg-
rsphers urging the members OF that or
n Na.lW. a