The sun., 1907-08-14
POSTAL BOYS BOTHER WALLST.
FIFTY 90 OUT, BUT MOST or THEM
ARE Ar WORK AGAIN.
Jimmy Hagserty. the Leader. Lost sI.xO
Turning Joyful Bandsprtngs Up Broad
way and when Ills IIenchmen wouldn't
Make u Up He beat a Hasty Retreat.

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way and when Ills IIencbmen wouldn't
Make u Up He beat Hasty Retreat.
II Jimmy Haggerty hadn't lost si.2O in
change the sympathetic strike among the
Postal messenger boys yesterday might
have amounted TO more than IL did. As IL
was. only about fifty OF the 700 boys went
out and when Jimmy found he was shy
all that money half OF them returned TO
work. The boys who quit were all from
the downtown offices and while they were
out there was more trouble to the square
inch In Wall street than at any other time
since the operators strike began.
Jimmy. the strike leader, is employed at
the Postsls branch at 81 Broadway. There
are about fifteen boys there There had
been some trouble early in the day in ge ang
| operators for that Office and consequently
all the boys had TO do was to sit easy and
think things over That gave Jimmy a
chance TO air his views on sympathy. He
, believed from the start that the boys ought
to give the telegraphers helping hand and
depend "fer hvin'" on that s., ,OOO. 900 that
Sam Gompers stands ready to hand out.
But strange TO say his arguments weren't
convincing until after lot of operators had
arrived and the messages began to come
in over the wires by the dozen. One look
at the pile of messages satisfied the force
that Jimmy was right and every one Of
them walked out without 30 much as saying
good-by to the new manager.
The fifteen boys, with Jimmy in the lead,
headed for the William street branch
All Of them were feeling frisky after a full
mornings rest and Jimmy turned a hand
spring or two in crossing Broadway just
to let passepsby know he wasn't deliver
ing messages
At Broad street a messenger from the
William street branch Office ran into the
crowd.
you're on a strike. off wild your num-
ber,' shouted the crowd.
Am II" asked the William street mes
senger
Sure, go tell de Others" ordered Jimmy.
The Broadway office force lowered at a
discreet distance while the new striker
entered tho William street Office. About
five minutes later fifteen Of the boys from
that office hoped out into the street with
whoop Then the combined forces
headed for the Broad street Office The
curb brokers gave up trying to compete
with the racket raised by the strikers and
watched them draw up in front of the |
boys employed in that Office joined the |
ranks. Most Of the others were out on |
messages and when they got oack they |
couldn't find out where the pee-rade was.
The strikers, under the leadership Of the |
peerless Jimmy, visited one or two more |
offices and then swung into Broadway /
fifty strong and headed for the oompanvs /
main office opposite City Hall Park.
II was a mighty proud moment for Jimmy. |
to watch him. He climbed up on the |
shoulders Of two Of the boys and let them
carry him. That was pretty tame, though,
and he found that an occasional hand |
spring with now and then a fiipHop from |
the end Of a truck took better.
At Dey street the strikers started for
side door OF the Western Union Building |
TO call out their contemporaries. but a
husky janitor appeared at the door with
q stick and they continued the march up |
Broadway. At City Hall Park the down
town strikers were greeted by half a dozen
leaders in the messenger boy strike Of a
year ago. These leaders had been dis
charged and were out to get hunk with
as member Of the executive council and
all the leaders retired to one Of the subway
kiosks to plan the campaign.
The meeting had Just been called to order
when Jimmy stuck his hand into his pants
pocket. Holy smokel his 81 20 was gone.
He NOV ed on the spot that an assessment
of five cents be levied on every striker for |
the purpose Of making good his loss and
furnishing the leaders with funds. That
was agreeable to the other leaders, all right,
but it didn't go at all with the ank and
file
As soon as it was learned what business
had been transacted in the kiosk the strikers
began gradually 20 fade away. One OF
the first to leave was Jimmy. He walked
down Broadway, stopping carefully at
the points where he turned handsprings
and before the market closed he showed
up at the branch office for work again.
Six Of the others who had gone out from
that ofiioe came back before the day was
over.
The Postal company doesn't expect any
serious trouble with the boys although
they have been obliged to send some OF
them out in plain clothes because Of attacks
which have been made on the uniformed
boys by the strike leaders who were dis
charged year ago. None of the Western
Union boys went out yesterday.