Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-06-23
ALL UNION MEN ARE OUT
Companies Say They Have one-Third
Force at Work.
STATEMENT FROM EMPLOYERS
Neither Western Union Nor Posta
Will Treat with Organization
sTRIKEBREAkERs ARE ENRoUTl
Statement from Ogden that Two Car.
loads of Men from Eastern
cities Passed Through
There.


| OGDEN, June 22--Two carloads OF ,eleg
raphers from Baltimore and Philadelphia
in charge of six Pinkerton detectives
passed through Ogden today on their way
TO San Francisco. They are to take the
places of the striking operators OF San
Francisco. Members Of the party said
the strike in San Francisco had been an
ticipated.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 22-The stua-
tion here in connection with the strike OF
the telegraphers is quiet. In all about 200
men are out on conservative estimate,
and the service is now maintained in the
offices of both companies by officials in
Guiding chief operators and wire chiefs,
together with one two men and women
who have remained loyal
General Superintendent Frank Jaynes Of
the Western Union Is accredited with the
statement that the company hoped to be
running fairly well in another week, when
outside operators were expected to arrive
to fill the places of the strikers. II was
learned last night that fifteen operators
| for the Western Union were on their way
TO San Francisco from the east and had
passed through Rawlins, Wyo. II is be-
lieved the company has had these men in
reserve In anticipation of the strike, and
that It has arranged for others to follow
them. Superintendent Jaynes has refused
TO make any definite admissions about the
| strike breaking operators the company in
tends to import.
| AS to whether the strike shall be ordered
to extend to other cities remains to be de-
| termined The Postal and Western Union
officials insist they will hold no conference
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main obdurate the telegraphers in other
cities may be called out. thus tieing up all
the commercial telegraph business OF the
west.
Advent of Cabinet Officers.
The three cabinet officers who CONF
ing to San Francisco are not. II is said.
expected to settle the present strike, ac-
cording to the Cancellation committee That
body announced yesterday that the pres-
ence of the three secretaries would not bo
used as a means of bringing about indus
trial peace, but simply for the purpose Of
| education and obtaining their Views on the
| general relations between capital and
labor. 1t is hoped that the local strikes
win be settled before the peace conference
! takes place.
| The places of the striking car men are
fast being filed and according to the
| United Railroad officials there are not
enough jobs left now to go around among
| them, even IL they were willing to return
| to work. The company now has 1000 men
in its employ and this number is being
augmented at the rate of thirty or forty
| a day.
Companies Make Headway.
Superintendent A. II. May Of the Western
Union company said this morning that
the situation had improved somewhat and
in fact was better than had been expected
Between fifty and sixty operators were at
work-nearly one-third OF the usual force
and considerable business was being han
died. Applications for employment were
! coming in and q speedy increase in the
number of men at work was expected.
All former employees requesting reinstate-
ment will be dealt with as individuals, the
company absolutely refusing to recognize
the union in any manner. Referring to
statements made yesterday by President
Small Of the Telegraphers' union, Mr.. May
said:
The assertion that we have refused to
treat with our own employees is absolutely
untrue. We have always and ALWAYS will
give their claims full consideration. Neither
has the company repeatedly refused re-
states No request for an Increase has
reached me. / may add that in many cases
we have raised salaries, in some instances
above the rate demanded by the union.
General Superintendent w. L. Storer of
the Postal Telegraph company said:
/ We are tiding over the trouble very we'll
considering the circumstances. Nearly onev
third of our former ofice force is on duty
and business As being handled OF coursS
subject to delay. AS yet few applications
for positions have reached me, bnt these
is encouraging
All the private wires to brokers Offices
were out OF commission and the wires to
the Merchants exchange, the Mining ex-
change and the San Francisco Stock and
Bond exchange were not working. The
strike had no effect on prices Of any OF
the exchanges.
strikers PIaa Campaign.
OAKLAND, Cal. June 22.--The strik-
ing commercial telegraph operators of
San Francisco and Oakland met today at
the union headquarters in Oakland TO plan
a campaign. The proceedings were tho
appointment of executive committees and
the assignment of pickets 10 the various
telegraph Offices Affected by the strike.
The officers Of the union received many
/ kilograms from various sister unions in
/ other parts of the country indOrsing the
I stand taken by the local union and
promising aid in any form needed.
! It Is reported among the union mon
/ that a sympathetic strike has been de-
! clared by the operators in southern
{ Nevada, but this has not been verhed
( The local operators are unanimous In their
! assertions that the outcome Of the strike
will be favorable TO them. The enter
1 tainment committee is arranging for nu-
( merous social afairs 10 be held In tina
near future and plans have already been
completed for disbursing strike benslts to
( the members
The following committees were up-
! pointed at the meeting this morning;
Financial committee. A. w. Copp chair
man; press committee, National President
Samuel j. Small, chairman; picket COM
q mittee d. Allen, chairman; entertainm mt
I committee. Mrs. Dot Yoell, chairman;
! lookout and reception committee. w. w.
| McCandlish chairman.
KOnenkamD without News.
| NEW YORK. June A-Deputy President