Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-08-09
Over Two Hundred Key WIe|dsrs
In Chicago Left Their Places
al Midnight.
sYHPATHIzE WITH Los ANGELES
Claimed All Prominent Union Men In
That City Arc Being Discharged az
Fast as Excuses Can bo Found
Men on the News Wires In Chicago
Give Up Their Positions.
(py AssocIatcd prosE.l


LOS ANGELES, CAL. August S.
Az the result OF the telegraph opera
tors strike, is operators are nj work
today In the Western Union office In
place OF thirty or thirty-fivc. Add.
tionnl operators are being brought In
as rapidly ms possible
Tho company closed all It's city
branch office today and took such op-
orators ns would so 10 the main or
flee To work. The outside operators
were all women. Several Joined the
strikers. Tho strike was not ordered
by the Union officials and is said not
to he sanctioned by them. w. l..
Burke, one OF the strikers said: at
Is simply matter OF protecting our
selves against being 'wecdcd' uut by
the Western Union management. SUI
pcrintcndcnt Lamb of this division has
Il list of our mon who have been ac-
two In the union work ami have sup,
ported ut least morally the strikes
against the company In other cities
These men are being DISCHARGED from
the companys employment ns fast ns
any subtcrfugc can he found for It.
We asked for conference with MIR.
Lamb and are awaiting his reply"
Chicago Operators Go.Out.
CHICAGO. Ills. August S.-The
grievance committee of the telegraph
crs union notified the night manager
of the Western Union that unless the
men who quit work In the Overland
division were rcinstatcd and not re.
questcd To work with Los Angeles, all
men employed in the Chicago office
would he called out on strike at mid.
night. The operators had refused, one
by one. To work the Los Angeles wire
ana 40 were discharged. The griev.
ancc committee of the Union wax ap.
pcalcd To and all operators on tho
division were ordered to quit All but
six of the operators responded to the
| strike call These men were chiefs
and wire men. At meeting earlier
In the night of the executive board
of the Chicago local. resolution was
adopted declaring that it was the
sense of that body and the Western
| Union grievance committee that no
member of the Union should work
strike.
News Men Quit Their Jobs.
The men employed by the company
ut various morning newspapers had
been notified of the contemplated
| Stiihc anu tiicy uiSO quit WORK.
The officials of the union tonight
stated that the day force employed
by the company, most OF whom be-.
long to the union. would refuse to go
TO work in tho morning. This also
Will include all branch Offices III the
city.
When General superintendent Cook
of the Western Union was informed
of the strike he declared that he was
unable to say anything that would be
of interest and that he could not out
line the action of the company until
tomorrow.
Fearing that trouble might arise al
official OF the telegraph company tel
cphoncd to the Central station anu
requested that police be sent to tho
main Office Of the company to pre-
serve order One lieutenant and
five policemen were ordered to the tel.
cgraph Office. The two hundred and
four men ana women who quit work
gathered in front of building where
the telegraph Office is located aud for
half an hour filled the air with cheers
and whistles. but the police were CIV
en- no occasion for the exercise OF
thei rauthority.