The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-08-23
ASKS Federal rule
OF Wire companies
PRESIDENT SMALL ISSUES A Bull.
LETIN URGING ADOPTION
OF THIS COURSE.
i.eased-Wire Men Out-Operators
Strike in Six Chicago Brokerage
Houses-American Federation of
Labor Peace Committee.

Chicago, Aug. 20.-The governments
of the United States and Canada were
urged to take over the control of the
telegraph lines of the Western Union
and Postal companies by President
Small of the commercial telegraphers
in bulletin issued Monday.
Mr.. Small also started campaign
for congressional investigation into
the conduct of the companies.
Coincidentally with the sending out
of this bulletin the action of Saturday
in determining to call out the cable
operators was countermanded by Sc
cret instructions which were sent out
to these operators, telling them not to
join the strike. President Small wishes
to avoid possible international compli-
cations.
Leased-Wire Men Out.
The leased-wire telegraph operators
were called out on strike at 1 p.
m. Monday in the following brokers'
offices, following refusal of the firms
to sign the proposed union agreement:
Sidney c. Love & Co., ]. H. Wrenn &
Co., A. o. Slaughter & Co., G. H. Can
by & Co., Shearson, Hammill & Co.,
and Charles Minzesheimer & Co.
Federation Peace Committee.
Washington, Aug. 20.-President
Samuel Gompers of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor reported to the execu-
tive council of the Federation that he,
John Mitchell, of. Indianapolis, and
Daniel ]. Keefe, of Detroit, had been
entrusted by united labor with an at
tempt to bring about IAN honorable ad-
justment of the telegraphers' strike at
an opportune time"
Mr.. Gompers was asked when he
thought that time would arrive and re-
piled that he could not say; that it
might be Sin an hour, week, or a
month, or perhaps not at ALL"
Both Sides Confident.
Chicago, Aug. 19.-Strikers and en-
ployers both were claiming victory
Sunday-the tenth day of the tieup of
the commercial telegraph lines of the
country.
The unionists, after preparing to
shut off, the continent from COM
munication by cable with the rest of
the world, starting with Havana, de-
clared the tieup in the west and south
was complete.
President Sylvester ]. Small, of the
International Commercial Telegra-
piers union, said that everything
pointed to "a short, decisive fight
with all the honors with the strikers"
At the same time he continued his
preparations for struggle that would
last at least two months. He adj
dressed the Chicago Federation of
Labor Sunday afternoon, making his
first appeal for funds to the organized
labor of the country.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany asserted that in the western dis
trict, comprising all the country from
the western Pennsylvania line to Salt
Lake City and from Canada to the gulf
considerably more than half the
United States-it had gained 1877 oper-
ators and lost only seven since Presi-
dent Small issued his general strike
order
Stone Calls for a Conference.
One interesting development was
the action of Melville e. Stone, gen.
eral manager of the Associated Press,
in calling on 20 of the striking opera
tors in the eastern circuit of the "a.
p" for a conforapco in New York fo
discuss differences.
This is not regarded as precisely
peace move, for the striking operators
of the south and west circuits, includ-
ing Chicago, wired to their brethren