New-York tribune., 1907-08-13

iicred that 1t WOuiG De aDle py to-Udy 20
all that was offered it
Some of the striking operators remained IN
City Hall Park until about midnight, aItnousn
the majority OF them went TO their homes py Io
O'Clock They made no effort 10 approach lhe
Postal Building except about $50 o'clock when
some ten or twelve women operators started TOT
their homes under the escort Of the superln-
tendent Of the Postal Building and one or TWO
other employees. These were women Who H1u
refused 10 strike.
As they emerged from the building several OF
the pickets and emissaries Of the strikers ap-
preached them TO persuade them 10 JOIN Ihe
strike The word OF this interference was car
ried to Mr. Nally. who appealed 10 the police Tor
escort for the women. Two men were sent from
the City Hall station who aided the employees OF
the Postal in escorting the women TO the bridge
and the subway. There was no indication OF a
disturbance and the strikers made no eSpeclal
effort to approach the women after the polce
escort had been provided The Postal Bulldlhg
WAS guarded by two patrolmen on the Murray
street side and two on the Broadway side. and
one patrolman on the tenth floor, on whlch
is Mr.. Nally's Office. At no time, however
were the services the police really in demand
and the only strikers who approached tine Postai
Building were the regularly appointed pdckets,
whose mission it was to try 10 prevent opera
tors from going TO work.
sw. 7. CAN FEED 1000 MEN,
we can feed one thousand men if neces-
sary,'' said John C Barclay. assistant generaI
manager of the Western Union, explaining now
the company was prepared to stand siege in
the general off1oe If the strike should be a pro-
lorsed one Arrangements made to pro-
vide accommodations for all the operators with
out their leaving the building. The restaurant
is on the nirr1h floor and the usual accOnmoda-
tions provide for seating about 80 persons. but
more may be easily provided for
Before the strike began we got numerous cots
for such an emergency. and additions were made
to the sleeping quarters yesterday by putting in
more cots making about one hundred OF them.
Some sofas benches and low tables GOULD also
be used. if desired. so that hundred and
twenty-five operators will find places to sleep at
once More cots will be added when needed
The sleeping quarters Will be above the res
taurant floor, about the middle of the building
on the tenth floor. The kitchen and culinary
department are the same floor, in the annex
on Dey street As the sleeping quarters
the top floor. above the surrounding buildings
at some points. il will be cool and pleasant
enough, probably, TO make fl comfortable for
the s.sepers. About twenty-five of the men
operators slept in cots last night. All of the
women operators went 10 their homes score
OF them were sent home in cabs at the expense
of the company. Two young women. sisters
who remained al work until 10 O'Clock, left the
building alone and walked the Brooklyn
Bridge and boarded there for their home
in Brooklyn. a private room, with matron In
charge, will be arranged for the accommodation
of the women employees who may desire to
S5oujcjle themselves in the Western Union Build
ing until the trouble ends
I'VE have plenty of room to provide accomo
sleep In the building said Mr. Barclay.
some Of the striking operators on picket duty
near the Western Union Building criticised
severely the plan OF the Western Union TO pro-
vide accommodations for employees in the struct-
ure.
@yyf,a4 right has the Western Union TO herd
its men there7" asked of the strikers 1T is
not a hotel, and Wen ask the Board of Health
about that"
V,ce-Presid-nt McNally. of the Postal. said the
ken
rant in the r1lafn building of the company at No
253 Broadway. No cots have been provided,
said Nj Nally, because ali Of the operators had
gone TO their homes, when they ended their
days work and the night force would do the
same when each finished with his wire
MAY REMAIN IF THEY WISH.
If the operators wish to remain in the build
ing TO sleep we Will provide the necessary ac-
combinations as We have plenty Of room that
can be used for the purpose said the vice
president so far. however, all OF the opera
tors seem TO prefer their homes
MFR Nazly said the company had always pro-
v5sed private resting rooms for the women
operators. where a n2aTTon was in cnarge DAY
ana night and that the fifteen young women
ar,,orpr tine strike breakers last night had pos
session of these rooms and enjoyed maps when
they became tired TO work
SpeaJins. about the walkout Of the Western
T-,in,, or,srsfors General Superintendent Brooks
said: ,.
-fons We think yye can get along without theI1
There are q good many good operators IN otner
lines OF ernI1oyTnent who Will be giad TO get pack
into this business. THIN recently many bucket
shons have been closed Gown and many operators
+t-oZ-n ont Of ernpboyue11- Recently from fifty
70 sfg+y men could be-seen around here some days,
looking for work -
We havenu't any regular pension system here,
t.y, We have a large pension roll We did not want
70 be tied down any uniform form of procedure
We feel that each case should be treated sep
s-s-ejv our smallest Ferr.ion IS month. and
il runs from that up 10 slJ3-
N, Brooks said that while he could not say
they had been expecting strike, still they had
been quietly preparing for it. and had at no
time been uneasy as TO the soutcome Of a fight
with their men
sss7s course he said. we hasve been 6ischarg-
s,e men who tried TO tie up business by re
<,esr,- IN work with non-unio1ls men All these
men have been paid off when they were re-
leased
1T is said that this strike was precI'itated
because three were insulteu by Ihon1aS
Rrennan. He has charge of hiring and dis
charging men under the direction of some one
higher r,p of course IT is asserted, L under
stand that these men, who were discharged
on Saturday, came in for their pay, and MI
FREEMAN not only refused TO give it to them,
hui roughly ordered them out of the Office Inc
s-1,.h about the matter. as / understand IL, Is
that these were paid OF when they were
discharged for refusing TO work with non
,,,;o- --,en They came in this morning to ask
mr Brennan 20 take them hack, as understand
II He very rightly told them they were not
wanted and asked them to leave the office.
II uas This incident that actually precipitated
the strike. There is a suspicion that IL was one
n. these men or a friend of one of them, VINO
,azxr sha v,norsered whistle that started the
walkor,t The men say that they did not get
their pay on Saturday and that they went TO