The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-14

NEW YORK. October 13.--President
s. j. Small appeared confident to-day
that the strike was at an end and
hopeful that his men would be REIN
stated.
THE strike viii be called off to-
morrow and the men will be back to
work" he said.
will you give word of advice to
the men as to whether they should
vote to call II off and seek reinstate-
ment?" he was asked.
II Will cover that point at the meet
Ing to-day with the men In New York,
he replied.
The object In sending out my state
nlent TO the men yesterday wns to put
the question right up to them Our
resources are exhausted. and II they
want to continue the fight they will
have to furnish the funds"
No Money for benefits.
Percy Thomas says you have $4,000
In the treasury" was suggested.
In whose treasury" asked Mr..
Small. we have si5.000 but not nor
strike uses. That Is mutual benefit
fund. for insurance. II we have money.
why could not VIC pay off here yes
tsrday! But there Is always talk OF
that kind ut the end OF every strike,
have been through about five months
OF this ever since the strike began in
san Francisco last June. and it does
not bother me any more. IT AIR. Thomas
Tunts to fight the calling off of the
strike let him do SO. l am going to
that meeting to-day with brass
knuckles. Generally labor leaders ad-
wise ench other to disregard the suffer-
ings of their men when strike Is on,
but will not do that to the very last
ditch. We might hold out couple of
weeks longer on nothing but encourage
Ing talk, but the resul, would only be
that the men of the weaker characters
would be slowly returning to work.
while the stronger men would hold out
and suffer the most just because they
are the most staunch. There swoul1
not be any union left"
What IL the locals decline to call 1t
OFF," he was asked.
Well. there Will be nothing to- do
but Keep up the fight as long as they
can; but 1t will be up to them to pro-
Vide funds. The strike was irregular
from the beginning
Then the strike Is hopeless, and 1t
might as well be abandoned?"
That Is IT," replied Mr.. Small.
Union Votes to Continue.
Notwithstanding President Snalls
opinion that the strike is hopeless. the
Photographers Union, at a meeting to-.
day, voted unanimously to continue
the strike against the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies. The
vote was taken upon the suggestion of
President Small. who in messages 10
subordinate officers yesterday recon-
mended that locals in the various
cities vote upon the advisability of the
men returning to work.
The meeting was characterized by
bitter exchanges between President
Small and the other speakers. The
Inter charged the national leader with
Inconsistency in first claiming that the
strike would be successfully financed,
and yesterday admitting that the gem
eral assembly was without funds, and
with having conducted tho fight in a
half-hearted, dilatory way. Small tried
to explain his position, hut was fre-
quently Interrupted by misses. Whe
he suddenly left the hall in the midst
of the Epeechmaking cries OF resign
followed him. TGE
Tonight Small issued statement, in
which he said he was willing to con-
ptinue the strike IL the men insisted.
All Vote to Continue.
CHICAGO, October 1a.-At a meeting,
OF the Chicago Commercial Telegraph
ers Union to-day a resolution that the
strike be continued was unanimously
asopted. Similar action was taken in
Kansas City. Omaha. Salt Lake CITY,
Cleveland and other cities s.
BALTIMORE, MD, October lathe
8 Ftllklng telegrapher operators held a
meeting to-day, at Which 1t was voted
to continue the strike nine weeks more