Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-11
TELECRAPHERS STRIKE,
GAINING IN STRENGTH
Hen in lhe offices In The Middle
West and Southwest Quilting
Their Positions.
Chicago IS COMPLETELY TIEO UP
Commercial Companies Arc Making
Pretensc OF Doing Business, But
Not Much Is Being Done-somc Of
The Offices Have to Suspend Bust.
nesr-Thc Number of Men Out.
(By Associated Presso.

NiiiNAbO, Ills, August lU.--Wl'n
some four thousand telcgraphcrs ON
strike In about fifty cities from Olfo
To California ana encouraged by their
success In hamporing the telegraph
facilities of both telegraph companies
In Chicago where all hut leased wire
men are out officers of the CONNER.
cial photographers Union tonight nrc
planning TO carry the strike to all
parts OF the United States ana Canada
Instructions were today telcgrapDcd
ly National Secretary Russell To union
telcgraphers In New York and other
cities where they are still ut work to
save their money and await orderi."
dent Small of the Tclegraphers'
Union who Is In San Francisco
urging him to take the first train 10
Chicago To look after the situation nv
IL Is the announced intention To On.
sincer the strike from Chicago, Tele-
graph companies are preparing to
meet the issue and declare that they
will fight To finish. They declare
they have been tempnrizng with the
union for months and that they will
hold no further negotiations with the
representatives Of the men on strike.
Ing of both companies In CHICAGO for
the accommodation Of strike breakers
and other preparations for bitter
struggle are making.
Points Affected.
According to information received
in Chicago tonight the points already
affected outside of Chicago ana The
total of strikers are: Chicago. 1,150:
Postal, 500; Houston. Western Union,
30; Kansas City. Western Union, 33O:
Postal. 20: Topeka. Western Union.
g; Postal, g. Oklahoma City. Western
Union. 10: Postal. 10; Pcubclo. West
crn Union. s: New Orleans. Western
Union. 100; Postal. co; Nashville,
Western Union. 10. Columbus. West
ern Union, co: Postal so; Dallas.
Western Union, 1O5: Postal, 40: Mcri.
dian, Western Union, 10: Jackson.
Western Union 10; Minneapolis. West.
crn Union. co: Milwaukee, Western
Union. 30; Postal, Is: St Louis, West.
ern Union. 500: Postal, 100; Helena.
Western Union. 40; Salt Lake CITY.
Western Union. &c. Colorado Springs.
Western Union. TO- Denver, Western
Union, 10; Fort Worth. western
Union, 40; FL Paso, western Union,
80: st. Paul, Western Union, 100:
Los Angeles. Western Union, 80:
Fargo. Western Union, 10: Omaha.
Western Union. GO: Postal, %: Sioux
City. Western Union, 25: Knoxville.
Western Union. Is: Birmingham.
Postal. G5: Jackson. Tenn, Postal r;
Augusta. Postal. IS.
Non-Union Men In Chicago.
consignment of thirty n0n-nnion
OnnT1tnrC FROM, No
Chicago today and they were imme.
diately placed mt work. The new ar
rivals were evenly distributed be.
tween the two companies.
I'VE are filling positions MS rapidly
rs possible" said II. p. Cook. general
superintendent of the Western Union
tonight land We are in better nosI.
ton than we expected to lie. We
VIII not deal with any representatives
OF the strikers. MS this company only
treats with its own employees. When
the men quit work they ceased 10
be employees of the Western Union
and our relations with them are mt
an end. There will be no union rec
ognitiOn In this controversy"
VIII you meet President Gompers,
of the American Federation of Labor.
'h'"'N NV tbIilt 10 chicago ana or
fer his services?" Mr.. Cooke was
asked
Eve will not" was the emphatic
answer.
w. |. Capen, superintendent of the
Postal Telegraph Company in Chicago
said his company was making better
progress than had been anticipated.
"a number of our employees have al
ready returned to work. he declared
and others have sgnified their inten-
ton OF returning
National Secretary Russell of the
telegraphers' union said:
1--WE are greatly pleased with the
situation and no matter what sort OF
assertions the telegraph officers may
make the fact remains that they are
not doing any business. They have
a few chiefs and inexperienced tele-
graphers ut work. but as far as the
companies being able to handle the
public business is concerned they are
merely trying to mislead the public.
We know for an actual fact that in