Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-12
SALT LAKE ALMOST ISOLATED
IeIegraphic Communication is
Practically Tied Up With Only
Managers to Man Wires.
There is Probability That the Asso-
ciatcd Press Operators VIII Join
Movement This Evening.

Telegraphic communication out OF
Salt Lake is more completely tied UP
today than 1t has been for many years.
At 1915 clock the Postal employees
left their desks and joined their fellow
workmen at the strike headquarters
IN Federation OF Labor hall. The AS
ISOLATED Press men will go out tonight,
unless speedy adjustment is made with
the company.
Last night, shortly after midnight.
Chief Operator Mcdonald. who. with
Manager Long has made desperate
effort TO keep the salt Lake exchange
open, closed the place and went to
sleep. This is the first time since
the strike that the exchange has not
been open TO receive messages subject
to delay.
Today the only men working are
Manager Long and Chief Operator Nc
Donald in the Western Union offices,
and force of the same size IN the
Postal office. The Postal for time
received the Western Union business
which was urgent In character, but now
II finds itself as badly crippled as its
rival,
The strike of Postal telegraphers was
precipitated this morning by an adver-
tisement inserted in the morning pa
pers. 1t read: Operators employed
by this company in several cities of the
south and west having, without notice
and without good reasons, left their
posts TO indulge in sympathetic strike,
the Postal Telegraph Gable company
offers permanent positions. with good
wages and full protection to compe-
tent operators who apply at once, APP
~ TO W. S. Hawk, superintendent POST
al Telegraph Cable company. Salt Lake
City, Utah.
DECLARED UNFAIR.
AS soon as this advertisement was no.
ticed by the Western Union men at
their strike meeting, which was called
at 10 O'Clock today, a committee was
sent to call out the Postal men, and de-
clare the Postal office to be unfair. The
committee called and succeeded in
bringing the Postal operators back to
the meeting with them. They were
greeted with cheers and applause on
entering. A few minutese later a COM
mittee consisting of j. u. Greene, ].
W. Booth and NJ. S. Riley was formed
to visit the newspaper offices which
printed the advertisement and make a
report. 1t is possible that the Fedora
ton of Labor may be appealed to to
handle the case. through influence on
the typographical union.
RAILoAD OPERATORS.
Mr. Kelley stated TO the News"
that an aunt of his who just arrived
from the east told him that she had
been absolutely unable to reach him by
wire because every railroad operator
along the line had refused to take
Western Union message. MIR. Riley
also said that the railroad operators
had thrown their support, with an offer
TO raise 100000 behind the Western
Union strikers, and would themselves
go out before they would be coerced
with threats into sending Western
Union messages.
I'VE have assurances" declared A.
w Smith, who presided at the meeting
this morning in the absence of Presi-
dent Palm, who was asleep at home,
that A. II. May formerly Western
Union manager here, and now assist
ant superintendent at Oakland of the
Hartman telegraphers, has wired Supt.
Forbes OF the o. S. l.. offices, 10 dis
charge every man who refuses TO nan
die Western Union business.
I'VE also have assurances from the
order of railroad telegraphers that all
operators have instructions TO refuse to
handle Western Union business, so you
can see that tha field here opened Is
one OF indefinitely large possibilities. |
feel confident In saying that the first
railroad tclegrapher discharged Will be
followed out of the Office by all his as
sOciates on strike