New-York tribune., 1907-08-31
SEEK WHITE HOUSE AID.
Striking Tele egraphers Still Eeheue
President .May Take Hand.

Representatives Of the telegraph companies said
Yesterday that they had received no dispatches
tending TO confirm the statements made on behalf
of teegraphers that strike OF railroad opera
tors against handling commercial kilograms was
pending. They did not attach any Importance TO
the statements.
Daniel L. Russell. chairman Of the board OF
strategy, said yesterday that he looked for I'M
nor.snt deveIopments in a day two. He said
that National President Small of the Commercial
Telegraphers Union had conference this week
with prominent official OF the American Fedora
ton Of Labor who was on good terms with Pres-
dent Roosevelt.
..I have no authority give more details now"
he added but they will be in to-morrow's issue
of our official organ. Fair Play There Is no
doubt that business men are getting urea OF ti'e
DELAY In receiving and sending kilograms. and a
protest VIII soon be made on behalf OF business
men TO the companies. which will be followed by
other action
Russell read dispatch which he said he had
received over a leased wire from member OF the
union in Chicago which stated that the telegraph
service vas going from bad 10 worse in that city
It stated among other things that $50 telegraph
messages had been sent in one evening from De
trot to Chicago by Wells Fargo express Com
plants were made. he said, that messages In lead
pencil were coming from the main Office Of the
Postal Company In this city and that most OF the
typewritten kilograms were in bad shape
Mr.. NaIly. vice-president and general manager
of the Postal company would not discuss the stus-
work in small numbers daily all over the country.
BeIvidere Brooks. Eastern superintendent of the
Western Union. was asked IL he had anything to
say the statement that $50 messages had beea
sent by the Wels-Farso Express from Detroit 10
Chicago.
LAS l am In charge the Eastern district only"
he said II in position TO dsprove It with
out investigation Even when there is no strike.
however the sending of message by train may
sometimes be the best way. Detroit Is about 80
ir,ofIa from and of
adressed O Offices after Office hours
In reference to the talk of early settlement OF
the strike which renewed by the strike lead
yesterday, Mr.. Brooks said that there was no
grounds FOR II.
Small knows just well do" he said. that
neither he any other labor leader would be re-
ceived considered by this company
It was announced by the strike leaders that they
had an agreement with the Shuberts by which
half of all the tickets sold for four performances
| be given in the Shubert theatres. the Lyric the
Majestic the Herald Square and the Casino will go
to the strikers. 1t stated that of the
prettiest of the strikers will go in auto
mobile through the Wall Street district and other
commercial centres making sales of the tickets
While the strikers were at Everett Hall man
came IN who said he was strike breaker at the
main office of the Postal company: that he was
tired OF the game of acting a strike breaker.
and that he wanted In his lot with the
strikers. He said that there were only a hundred
persons employed at the place, most of whom were
| incompetent He had earned S57 by working forty
eight hours he said and s45 more was coming, but
he WAS tired OF being a strike breaker
Terrace Garden was filed to the doors last
| night at an entertainment given FOR the beneflt
of the strikers all the artists being volunteers
and giving their services free The entertainment
was IN charge of James Barry. of the Actors Pro-
| tective Union. One of the star performers was
| James j. Corbett who appeared in monoiogue
| A dance followed the entertainment.
| officially announced last night that after
| a conference between Superintendent James McCrea
of the Long island Railroad and representatives OF
the station agents. telegraph operators and other
| employees of the road. advance In wages was
| granted, into effect September 1. The
| committee represented the employees without any
| reference to the unions.
Superintendent McCrea says that this advance
| which is the third made by the company. affects
| about two hundred and fifty Each individual
| case decided Its merits.