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cal differences.
Memphis Stops Work.
MEMPHIS. Tenn. August 1o.-All Of the
Western Union Telegraph Company's oper-
ators at this point. with the exception Of
the manager and chief operator, went on
strike this afternoon at $50 The strike
was precipitated by the dismissal Of five
operators who had refused to work with
non-union men in the Dallas (Tex) office.
The strikers also included the wire chiefs.
1t Is said that the night men Will follow
the action of the day force.
Columbus Is Waiting.
COLUMBUS, Ohio. August 10.-About sew
enty operators of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company will probably strike this
evening because one of their number, f. l..
Hart, was discharged by Manager Dunlap
for refusing to work a wire with nom
union man at Chicago The operators met
at noon. and decided to go out at = o'clock
unless Hart Is reinstated. The matter OF
reinstattng Hart has been left to l. n. Mil
her. district superintendent of the Western
Union. at Cincinnati.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. August 1O.-Thirty-
three telegraphers employed by the West
ern Union struck this afternoon because
Of the refusal Of the local manager to rein
state f. l.. Hart. operator who refused
to work with non-union operator at Chi
the Postal. About none-tenths of the opera
tors in this city are organized. The West
ern Union men walked out at O'Clock.
Eighty-Fivs Out in Denver.
DENVER. Col. August 1O.-Conditions at
the local office Of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company remain about the same to-
day. None of the eighty-f1ve operators
who went on strike yesterday has returned
to work. but the> Western Union officials
say they have secured fifteen operators, and
are moving messages with some delay. The
Postal operators are still working.
Strike In St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS. August 1O.-The operators in
the Postal Telegraph offices walked out at
o'clock. The walkout was the result of
the discharge of an operator who refused to
work wire that was declared on the unfair
list. The strike occurred just at the time
when the day force was leaving. and about
thirty or forty men. who were on duty at
the time. left their keys.
:; Conferred and Quit.
ST. PAUL. Mimi, August 1O.-After
meeting lasting most Of the afternoon,
teiegraphers at the st. Paul Western Union
telegraph Office unanimously voted to strike
At $50 o'clock all of the men at work In
Guiding all of the night force and por-
ton of the day force. walked out. The
Shici opeidloi 'tuOS0 WHO were
not at the office when the strike was
called to report for duty at once Chief
Operator c. A. Patterson reported at 7
O'clock that he had a small force of men
at work. and was endeavoring to handle
business as rapidly as possible. He said
that he hoped to increase his force by
tomorrow.
None Of the wire or traffic chiefs struck,
and 1t Is reported that several of the older
operators remained at work. With the
operators of the Western Union out at st.
Paul. Mimi, and Fargo telegraphc COM
munication throughout the northwest is
crippled.
Ten Discharged in Sequence.
AUGUSTA. Ga. August 1O.-Ten men were
consecutively ordered to operate the Postal
Telegraph Company's wire between Augusta
and Birmingham shortly after O'Clock this
afternoon. and upon each refusing they
were dismissed. President Carter Of the
local c. T. U. A. ordered the balance Of the
operators out. and at $50 o'clock there re-
mained in the office only the manager and
the bookkeeper. About forty men are so far
affected.
Columbia Isolated.
COLUMBIA. 8. c., August 1O.-Owing to
the strike in the Augusta office of the Postal
Telegraph Company tonight Columbia Is
partially cut Off from telegraph communi-
cation. This IS due to the fact that nearly
all business from this city is relayed in
Augusta: The local office here is not ac-
ceptinS business tonight.
Where Keys Are Open.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. August 1o-The
typewriters of the striking teleeraphers
are piled up in the statehouse yard.
Manager Dunlap broke down when his
men left him.
Trouble in Topeka.
TOPEKA. Kan, August 1O-W. O. Cars
well. manager of the Western Union. was
attacked today by man who wanted to
file a message and became angry when
told 1t would be accepted subject to de-
lay. He struck the manager who offered
no resistance. but had the man removed.
Inc man called the manager a "Scab,' and
other names.
Walkout at Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE,. Wis. August 1O.-The
operators Employed by the Western Union
and Postal telegraph companies walked out
on a strike at o'clock this afternoon.
About thirty left the Western Union oper-
atng room and fifteen walked out from
the Postal. The operators give as their
reason for striking that the telegraph COM
panies have been receiving messages from
outside points addressed to Chicago and
sending them to that city by messenger
SALT LAKE. Utah. August 1O-Busi-
ness in the office of the Western Union
here was almost at a standstilI today
The only man at work was Manager
Long. Chief Operator Mcdonald having
worked all night.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn, August 1O-The
Western Union operators walked out at
o'clock this afternoon. The strike, it Is
said. was caused by some operators re-
fusing to go to Nashville to work.
ST. PAUL, Mimi. August 10.-Western
Union operators In st. Paul struck at
$50 pm.
OKLAHOMA CITY. August 1o.-The
Western Union operators walked out this
afternoon. About twenty-five operators are
involved. Five refused to leave their places
The ten Postal operators here struck this
afternoon.
SIOUX CITY. Iowa. August 1O-Au
twenty-five union operators in the Western
Union offices struck this evening.
PUEBLO, Col. August 1O.-Because they
were asked to work with non union men at
Denver the local Western Union operators
went on strike at 10 this afternoon
COLUMBIA, s. c., August 1O.-Charles-
ton Postal operators have struck
p TOPEKA Kan, August 10.-Both the
Western Union and Postal telegraph COM
panies here were practically tied up today.
The managers of the two companies today
q re ha ndling the work themselves