The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-25
President of Telegraphers to
Ask Roosevelt to Aid Settle
ment of Strike.
CLAIMS EMPLOYEES ARE
IN NO WISE TO BLAME
Postal Company Adheres TO
First Stand. and Will
Fight Out the Issue.

OAKLAND. Cal. June 24.-Presi-
dent Small Of the TeIegra piers Union
announced this afternoon that he would
ask the aid of the United States gov
ernment in the settlement Of the strike.
lie said he would appeal 10 President
Roosevelt and members of the Cabinet
10 intercede on the ground that the
transaction of business of national i'm.
portance is being interfered with, be
cause of the strike President Small
asserts tnai when Intervention is made
by the President and Cabinet officials
il viii he learned that the striking
tclegIaphers are in no wise 10 blame for
the strike.
4 telegram was recciYed by General
Superintendent l.. w Storer Of the Pos
tai Telegraph Company in San Fran
cisco from Clarence n. MaCkav, pres;-
dent of the Postal Telegraph Company.
IL reads: while deeply regretting the
situation. | feel that our men IN aban-
doHiug their positions were unmindful
| and needless Of their duty TO the pumlic
and the company and guilty of the
uawarranted action. We shall take
| firm stand in dealing with the situation
and we are determined to win regard
less Of the cost. With this in view. ]
hereby approve and confirm the in
siru"nCns given YOU by the general
manager. and IN addition thereto YOU
are authorized 70 say To our loyal men
who sand by us in our difficulty: 'All
operations will be paid their regular sal.
ary as n lonus and their services will
be computed as extra on n basis Of sew
en- hours per day. or night Should YOU
deem II wise To do so YOU may also
furnish free meals and lodgings until
we letuIu 10 our normal condition.
VIII Afford Protection.
81 also wish TO impress upon YOU
that YOU should afford them every pro.
lection and every comfort. We don 4
desire them 10 work unduly long hours
or ulnnterruptedly. While anxious to
move the traffic. we do not wish il
done lt the expense of the health of
cur men. II YOU have not already done
So, hope YOU will AZ once serve writ.
ten NOTICE upon All those who aha ndou
tbeir Tosts. that unless they report for
duty on or before Monday morning, we
shall consider them out Of our employ
Please accept for Yourself and convey
TO other officials and managers who are
, assisting vou in this work my deep
with which they have responded.
have their names and viii keep all in
personal memory.
"CLARENCE II. MACKAY."
National President Small of the
union said today that he wanted his
men 70 he prepared for n three weeks
strike il necessary. although there was
strong feeling that the strike would
not last over = week, as operators are
so scarce. il would take AT least thirty
days TO get half nj the original corps
! back.
President Small further stated that
lie wanted the company officials and
representative operators actually en-
plOyed by the company To decide when
normal conditions have been restored.
The company. nc said. have taken IL
upon themselves to decide when the
normal conditions have been restored.
hut We want the operators 10 have as
much TO say in the matter as the en-
ployers.'
Situation Unchanged.
''The strike situation remains un.
changed We have ordered about fifty
Postal men TO spy around tho telegraph
companies, and We viii use persuasive
power to keep operators from going To
work. il they 6ud any.
"The railroad tclcgrapbers are will
ing to aid MS with $4,000 if needed,
and large amounts are coming from
Eastern telegraph unions who sympa.
thize with us in The strike.
eve are willing to meet the COM
panies AT any time What we want is
% per cent increase in wages. We
are adopting entirely new tactics in
carrying on our strike. We may
change these tactics any dav. and no.
body but the executive head Of the or
ganization will know from day to day
where and when the telegraphers will
be called out.
81 personally regret very much that
the efforts of Labor Commissioners Neill
10 adjust our grievances with President
Clowry were not more successful.