The Washington herald., 1907-09-12

Chicago, Sept. 1.-THE violent stage in
the telegraphers' strike was reached to-
night at $50 p M, when l75 east-bound
wires of the Western Union Telegraph
Company went out of service. Wire trou-
BILE was the explanation of the practical
suspension of the east-bound business.
given out by the officials Of the Western
Union company They attribute trouble
to storm. and refused press messages for
the East
wire trouble" reiterated certain Of
the striking telegraphers, and the West
en Union Telegraph Company hasn't
enough men competent to correct the
trouble for Several days"
At the headquarters Of the striking
telegraphers all knowledge Of the trouble
was denied.
1 officials said that if any wires had been
/ cut it had been done by persons without
orders and that the organization Of teleg-
I raphers would not c0untenance the action
Fight VIII Be Kept up.
/ New York, Sept. 1.-THE resolution Of
the executive committee of the Western
Union Telegraph Company lndorsing the
policy Of the officials Of the company m
/ fighting the strike of the telegraphers TO
a finish. which was passed on Tuesday.
was adopted at the quarterly meeting Of
the board Of directors to-day.
+ The meeting lasted only about twenty
minutes, and from the fact that some Of
the most prominent members were pres
ent, including J. Pierpont Morgan and
Chaun6ey Nj, Depew. it was at first
thought that some unusual action would
I be taken, but after it was over Secretary
/ A. X. Brewer simply announced that the
usual quarterly dividend Of IA per cent
had been declared, and that the resolution
/ commenting President Clowry and the
other officials for their management Of
the late strike had been adopted The
customary statement OF the earnings was
not made, and no explanation was given
is to why # was not forthcoming.
! VIII Explode Bomb.
/ Head Srategist Russell, Of the strikers.
/ repeated his statement to-day that some
thing was going TO happen which would
make the directors "sit up and take no.
tlce" after their meeting. He said. how
ever. that It was too soon 70 spring il
now.
IN the meantime" he said. our ram
rod is working overtime plugging home
a charge OF dynamite that viii explode at
the psychological moment
The remedy We have IN mind is per
fectly legitimate but II put into opera
tion 1t would 50 seriously damage the
earning capacity Of the telegraph cor
porations shat we doubt If they could
possibly grant our demand for a Is per
cent Increase
/ National President Small said he had
/ made arrangements with President Com
pers, Of the American Federation of La
bor by which the strikers could obtain
! ample financial assistance.
President May Intervene.
Regarding the possible Intervention OF
President Roosevelt. he said:
If President Roosevelt thinks It is
good politics and likely TO aid the Re
publican party he will intervene. but il
he thinks his Intervention would initiate
against him with the party believe he
viii keep his hands of
! Eastern superintendent Brooks. Of the
/ Western Union, said in reference TO the
statement or President Gompers. Of the
American Federation Of Labor that there
would be no unconditional surrender By
/ the strikers:
1T does not make the slightest diff
! ference to us how they viii surrender, OF
If they surrender at all. We had SIX
months OF it, and we have paid oW
former employees all We owed them"