Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-08-16

CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. 10 Special. I
The telegraphers' strike continues to
spread. The Postal company is now in
volved and with Chicago as a center the
operators union has succeeded in Grip
ping wire traffic from the following
cities:
Caicago, Kansas City, Cleveland Cincin-
natl New Orleans, Helena Salt Lake City.
Los Angeles, Dallas, Tex; Colorado Springs,
Spokane, Birmingham, Butte Mont, Ell
Paso Denver, Minneapolis, Houston, Nash
vile, Jackson, Miss Columbus, o.; Pueblo,
Colo; Topeka, Kan. Memphis, Tenn; Sc
dala, Mo; Meridian, Miss
Chicago Is battle-ground.
The contest between the telegraph
companies and their operators is to be
fought out in Chicago.
1t has been practically determined by
the operators and the companies that
this will be the battle ground and the
result here will largely settle the result
of the strike i'll other parts of the cOun-
try.
Both Companies Crippled.
The Western Union claimed today to
have 100 men at work and they certain
ly had that many men in their operat-
ing room. They asserted that they will
be able to master the situation within a
few days The Postal has less men at
work than the Western Union and were
not III as good shape as the other COM
pany. Neither of them were handling
business, however, with even an APP
preach to ordinary speed. The ticker
service Of the Western Union was today
in a crippled condition and its service
was of little value to brokers. The
market quotations were carried as yes
terday over the leased wires of the com
mission houses.
No Disorders Reported.
The strikers claimed that both of the
companies were tied up completely and
that with the spread of the strike the
difficulties will increase until the vic
tory of the operators is certain. They
claimed that it is impossible for the
companies to secure men skilled enough
to handle the work properly and that
although some men may be imported to
fill the places of the strikers they will not
be able to do the work in satisfactory
manner. All was quiet around the
buildings of the two companies today.
Crowds of operators gathered in the
neighborhood, but they behaved in the
most orderly manner Large details of
police were scattered around in the vi
entity of both offices, but they had moth
ing to do but to see that crowds did not
gather.
Walkout at Topeka.
TOPEKA, Kan, Aug. 1O.-BOth the
Western Union and Postal Telegraph
here We're partially tied up
this morning. The managers of the two
today are handling the work
themselves.
Gut at Sedalia.
SEDALIA, Mo-, Aug. 1O.-The day
Western Union operators here struck
today
Omaha Holds Key.
OMAHA. Neb.. Aug. 10.-With teleg-
raphers out in Chicago, Kansas City,
Denver and other important western
points, Omaha has become an important
center for the diverting of the western
business by the two companies. Men
have been called on to work twenty-four
hours at a stretch already. with the re-
suit of much complaint. a meeting of
the local union has been called for Sun
day, at which steps may be taken to pre-
sent demands to the telegraph companies.
Union officials have come to believe that
they should support the Chicago strike.
and that encouragement should not be
given by doing work which was laid
aside by the Chicago men. To this end
it is not improbable that strike will be
called for Monday.
All Go Out at Houston.
HOUSTON, Tex. Aug. 10.-The union
and nOn-union telegrapherS of the West
ern Union struck here at 10 o'clock this
in sympathy with the strikers at
Dallas. Fifteen operators are out, leay
ing three, including one woman, at the
keys.