New-York tribune., 1907-08-13

convinced that the coinp' a..
arouhu ,,uch as possible our ue'.
ah"o Il, as we did not want u -
'so. the public, and provoke 'Ao 10 n,
IT, s,,cceeded in controlling III. % most
.o-s,ora on Sunday and gettlhe .,a COM
80 the strike but the ACTON o Manager
P ,..+ our plans. Asslstaii' - - .,
panies np saya averted the strike to-uaS "a a
ba.eia' ho 1,ss misquoted when II "1 9r.tor
ne n"u oharacterized the nine Wes'eIn .,.arss
a~,+o-s who were dischargeu 40 tbev did
r-ha cornpanies were notllieu - -.-,,a would
Inc ~ t1;-,,y strike breakers the SUNNI
take place. 49, -oa eor the companies
.s strike or the principal le - 10
-, account of the coming eisn,onO ,yern,rf.
Yaooroe effective on March L, -, zoos into
pono = .olezraohers When this ih" So T.
raiiioa Ia there will be demand ioi
49, t "a wore telesraphers- There are ,ar,
"a eighteen thousand raiiroau '0l.e o.,ra lies
~I,,rr twelve hours day. Inc 80 .l,o,,
treur he saId that IL they dia ho. W. 80 emo oh
ia never win. and were Wahlns -,
VIM Mr. BARCLAY, he said. hao hi9 O
so,s for desiring a strike ne --.,I was s,5
,or NJ an automatic instrument huo ,. =,
,,htcb was being Installed al u'e
aces- 49,. ,,a chief operators
-. rrest stress the importance %
.hosn instruments during strihe' .,oa.
p,,sseu "and many attempts Iaa'e 80,
80 ,rovoke a strike Some OF the % ,,,on
80 W 90 deceived as to the proporuoh ot u.I.o ~
ever are - 80 cause a general strike know
-, -. r,.rv nrecedents that we couia pI -
lio''i co,. Of the employees on a eo per oe'''
union membership
~scAR ODIUM KEENLY FELT
ua vent on 10 say that the odium cast on
man who refused to strike or took striker >
-lacs was more keenIy felt In the teiegrapnio
business than In any other trade IL had oeeh
a powerrul weapon in many or the strlNeS "@
,sa rest 4 man who took the place of a striker
was ostracized for years. After the Victory Oh
the Western Union company in the strike OF
rss3 he said. tho company had made those VINO
had remained loyal 10 the union suffer In many
1T, u,avs Since the present head of the com
ranv took hold he said. the men who had been
iovaI 70 the union had been transferred 10 less
remunerative jobs
onerators" he continued Those who were not
a. ,,a organization before the strike started
have foined hands with us. So satisfied are we
n, the Justice of our position that we chaHense
the officials of the Western Union company
ana the Postal company to a Joint debate 10
Re hold In Cooper Union some other suitable
han before the end of this week We desire
10 convince the public that we are right put
we also wish to give the officials Of the COM
panies opportunity OF stalins thelf sue anu
let the public Judge.
He said that the committee expected to en-
gage Cooper Union for a meeting for tonight.
and that the officials of the company would be
made welcome II they came
President Ahearn OF the union said that 10
men had quit in the cable offices. The operators
in the Produce and Cotton exchanges had quit
In a body. The strike, as soon as 1t occurred.
was officially sanctioned. the sign being Is
on the document sent to the strikers. He also
said that he had brought the alleged statement
that the nine men and women who were dis
charged were drunkards, before the District At
torney. and would bring IL up in the civil
courts II II were found that such statement
WAS made He said he had called the atten-
tion of the Board of Health TO the bringing OF
cots into the main office of the Western Union
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