The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-15
AdVices From Mobile.


\ New York special to the Mobile
Item Of the Hearst service dated yes
rerday said that the Railroad Tele-
graphcrs of America, forty thousand
strong, will probably not be called
UPON To Join the strike of the CONNER
ca. operators
b Brooks, general eastern superin-
teudonr Of the Western Union. an
l0unced the determination of the of
lc!d.a Of the company to compel the
railroads to handle their business
Ne have contracts with every rail
road in the east with the exception OF
the Pennsylvania" explained MI
Brooks. These companies are bounu
10 carry our business, and we will in
SIS that they do it,"
Would not this paralyze the com
mercial and railroad industries OF
American Mr.. Brooks was asked.
Evading the question, he answered
thai The Western Union would simply
be demanding its rights in calling on
the railroads to live up to their con-
tracts.
Victory for Strikers.
Following the statement of Mr.
Brooks, the publicity department OF
the New York Central issued a def
10 The Western Union. In it the com
Fany said that if their operators did
not care to handle the Western Union
business they would not compel them
10 do so; that its contract with the
Nesern Union would not hold at such
tines
This is regarded as a great victory
for the strikers.
Mr.. Brooks admitted that the West
ern Union was greatly handicapped.
President Clowry declared that the
situation was wei in h3@d, and re
lterated with some vehemence that
under no circumstances would the
Western Union entertain overtures in
TIE direction of arbitration.
Conditions Yesterday.
Western Union and Postal operators
are out in every big city in the coun-
try, and IL is indicated that their tie
up Of the telegraph business was al
most complete.
IN New York City scores of young
women among the strikers were dong
wonderful work as pickets, persuading
Eon-unlon operators TO stay away from
The Offices and inducing strike-bre2k-
ers 10 Join the strikers The closing
" hundreds of branch Offices in the
CITY and the inability to keep open
connection with the rest Of the world
greatly hampered the stock markets,
Inc brokers' being without information
Messenger Boys Strike.
Inc striking Postal messenger boys
reused 10 return to work, and the
company was put 10 great incOnven-
.ence in the delivery and receipt of the
IN" messages handled. The govern
mont businss at Washington was
E.gatly affected by the strike. it being
uncut TO get through even messages
d" me greatest Importance
telephone companies throughout
'-' country have indicated a dispCsi-
,'a 10 handle as much telegraph bust
ness As possible, and were, today string.
Ing additional wires between Wall
street. hlCkers who employ MANY Oper-
''' ana who were amonS the first
~ sign the $50 a week scale in an ef-
;'I Z" keep their quotation lack
boards open.
Printers TO Aid.
=, Another dispatch to the Item said
ma. at an enthusiastic meeting ii
-'..aa'a typographical Union No. Is.
~, ,'uI"nS were unanimously adopted,
l'HSinS the fullest moral and finan-
80 support of the unioI 10 the stIik-
., "'eSraphers; apo .,::stius sih0
We benefit OF the I1cll C.. II. II. A.
'Nr lnst'Lcting nv tc.9uhCE., their
sH''S at he International Typo
=, '' ii convention ar Ho- S;rin:s.
IT,, 10 Introduce and urge for pass