New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-08-16

es far as We are concerned has taken place; On
really don't know what their grievance IS on
the LIST OF March increase OF 10 per cent We
aiven This general increase al an enoI NOUS
expense TO the company. when only sixteen locals
had for the increase This wIoIe slIus.e tor
sn Los Angeles who hsh been deliberately holdlns
hack selegrans and who when accused dsil9I1
cd an investigation. which we gave him and winch
resulted I'm his dismissal -, ,o-fo, here
can see no reason for the mems actlo si heIe e
except she false whistle and a general chao'i9 00
clifton.
In reply 10 a question sent to him, PRESIDENT
raowry said further there was no troubie WIN
the railroads over the question or usifis oieii
wires for commercial business
Vice President Relviderc Brooks, general man
aeer of the Eastern division of the Western
r-,;on said that two hundred branch offices OF
the company in greater New York had been re-
opened Thirty branches were stin closed' ne
xaid and added that they might never be re-
onened. since they had done little business IN
the past. Regarding the threatened trouDae WIN
che railroad companies. Mr.. Brooks showed the
changed sentiment of the company when he
said:
no controversy The has not even been dis
oussed We have a contract Win b me ram ara not
expecting them 10 do any more than the SontTa I
calls for We have not asked the railroads to DO
apX more business now than before the walk
we do intend TO. The railroad telesraphlc Ines
are not piling up any OF our business upon them:
We a-pfl
disposition on the part OF the railwa! coIiales
live up to their agreement or c3ntract' anu
as we are not demanding more than what the con-
tract calls for there is really no ISSUE and there
Can be trouble
Mr Brooks said he had already received ap-
plications from two strikers for their old jobs.
but there was no room for them He said that
ST one hundred of the old operators should ask
in a body 20 be reinstated, their application
,rould not be considered. because the company
,roula not discharge strike breakers to make
room for them.
Al the Postal President f J. Nally re-
fused TO see a Tribune reporter. but contehted
himself with issuing statements. After saying
everything was we'll with the company, one
Of his statements continued:
BI.l1cn ne 9'iCeS ,oe9 BUSINESS on the floor OF
The Chicago Board of Trade to-day.
,esferday making a total OF forty-fve. Fifteen
additional will be opened TO-DAY. ana We eAPee'
all to be opened by the end OF the week
vice-President Baruch of the Postal, in dis
cassing the strike, said that one union man who
had been away returned and took his place al
his key with the night force. where he worked
<o-tv-fiz-e minutes before he discovered that a
strike had been called. Mr.. Baruch said this
indicated the lack of organization in the union
At the Office Of The Associated Press it was
reported that all the day staff Of operators were
st work Those OF the night men who had gone
ont at the call of President Ahearn OF Local Is
hesan 10 return last night Only ten of the
"A p" operators IN New England had gone out
and seven of these came back last night
An Improvement in service was noted on the
..-c,anres Yesterday. The New York Stock Ex-
change which has suffered little, was about
normal in its telegraph service In the Cotton
Exchange and the Produce Exchange each OF
,he companies had only about half their regular
staff If operators working but the men kept well
ND with the tide of messages The trouble on
rhe wire from the New York Cotton Exchange
20 the New Orleans Cotton Exchange was not
noticeable yesterday. On Tuesday and Wednes-
dar there had been so many Interruptions along
This wire by railway telegraphers who mad IN
serfered with messages that the quotations were
almost useless This improvement was thought
by many 10 be due TO the fact that the Western
Union had employed detectives to Try 10 hi'o
the railway operators VINO were FeSp'i
cause their arrest.
The snterference by railway seiegraphers with
messages was less pronounced yesterday all
over Officials Of the Erie and the New Horh
central. when asked If they would discharge
railway operators who were convicted OF this'
said they did 10 discuss hypouhe'ICo'
cases. However they let il be UNDERSTOOD lha'
SUCH men would be discharged III Was aiS'
understood that the conservative and Wen or
.-anized Order Of Railway Telegraphers ~oulo
not stand back of member who was suiity OIL
interference with messages
As 2 result of the strike there came INTO Town
Yesterday pamphlets from an enterprisihs Ooli-
necticst firm that offers to teach teiesfaPhy ~
sraphophone records The IDEA Is tilat '.ie
.ant NAV take the Morse code it is licked Off
=. .,,,;,,o, machine -rl,e pamphlet, which
nos nri,ted before the strike, says that there is
need Of 10000 new operators. and that the COM
NAMES are looking for competent young men
and women who have obtained instruction such
rs the talking machine records might give