The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1907-08-13


and the business of the country at
tended to-"
The Western Union and Postal Of
f1cials have fairly accepted the gage
and will fight back to the end. they say
In the west the Postal operators are
still at their keys but this. says Deputy
President Copps of the union, is parely
a local condition growing out of the
regard that the men have for Superin-
tendent Storror and the fair treatment
accorded by that company to its en-
ployes.
POSTAL OFFICES OPEN
The only offices on the coast that
were open last night were those OF
the Postal company in San Francisco
Seattle and San Diego. The rest of the
wires were dead and the keys in the
thousands of telegraph Offices scat
tered in towns and villages up and
down the Pacific slope were silent.
Both sides are gathering themselves
together for the struggle. The teleg-
raphers rely upon the aid of the United
Brotherhood of Railway Telegraphers,
which has offered its treasury for the
fight. There is some probability. how
ever, that even the railroad keymen
will walk out, too. This will De cer-
tainty If they are asked to handle
Western Union business. THE Asso-
ciated Press operators, as a part of the
Commercial telegrapher's union, will
share in the benefits from the rail-
way operators aid.
General Superintendent Frank
Jaynes, who is in entire charge of the
Western Union system on the coast, de-
cIared last evening that his company
would be able to handle all business
within very short time, as nonunion
telegraphers were being assembled
throughout the country Our instruc-
tions from the east are simply to dc
as we have been doing-the best we
can until the strike is broken" he said
The members of local 81 give as their
the Western Union officials, Assistant
General Superintendent I. n. Miller Jr
and superintendent A. H. May, have
refused positively to take back the
union operators who were discharged
last week The union contends thai
the agreement was violated fiagrantly
and that it had no choice but to strike
The Associated Press did not accedt
dc Of &c nj NJ
at $40 the press keymen left their in,
struments.
CoPPs MAKES STATEMENT
Deputy President Copps, acting heat
of the telegraphers. gave out the fol
lowing statement last night:
II can only say that the walkout O.
the western Union operators voices tn,
Sentiment of the entire telegraph world
The Miller -Storror- -NeilI Small agree
ment, so far as the Western Union tel
egraph company is concerned. has beer
violated time and again, both In letter
and spirit.
six men were discharged today FOL
refusing to work with nonunion men
The walkout could have been avertet
had Mr.. Jeffs, chief operator. not uset
his nonunion men to man these wires
Two other mep were discharged on {
trumped up charge that they intim-
idated' one of the 1oyals.' The charge
could not be substantiated and Mr. Mile,
reinstated them, showing that Their
discharge came first and investigation
afterward, instead of investigation frs
and discharge afterward
Il have in my possession for the de.
partment of commerce and labor state.
ments Of many specific instances O.
utter disregard of the Neill- Clowr,
arrangement and also of the loca
agreement To my mind the onicisls O