Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-28

signed by TepIeseAeeeASS
forwarded to the president. There was
little change in the general srtuatioh
today.
chicago. Aug. 2s.-The telegra piers
made another effort yesterday TO eau
out enough more operators to give etie
wire strike a. general aspect. Several
thousand men in charge OF snlall .ol-
Aces IN towns and villages. VINO nave
been sticking to their keys, were ap-
rea1ad - by President Small to join the
strike movement.
President sn1alrs attempt to crfppe
the telegraph companies furtner ny
.ttine these men out was made thru
! lebter which he addressed personally
- I. ono sucn operators thruout the Un-
tied states. It is expected by the un-
inn leaders that at least half OF tnat
enun,her will respond to the appear anu l
walk out.
while the telegraphers were trying
Ia spread the strike, some OF the pusi-
ness men on South Water street oesan
I the circulation of petition which II ls
nronosed to send to President nooose-
Welt. asking him to intervene IN ono
strike The commission merchants as
sert they are being injured hnancla4iy
by the struggle.
The petition reads as follows;
.,ro Theodore Roosevelt, President
of the limited States: We, the under-
signed business men of South water
street. Chicago, on account OF ene
great loss of business that we nave
suffered as the result of the lack OF
telesraphic service, are compelled 10
netition YOU to intervene or take some
other action that will bring about a
seAtlenent of the present difficulty pc
i tween the Postal and Western Union
ralepraph companies and their en-
gloves thus preventing the continuance
Of the great loss that we are suiief-
ing ,.s
he telegraph company officials did
not give much attention 10 tnis pelA-
tion. They asserted that 1t had peeH
started by the union and that only
few MERCHANTS had signed it. Ihey
said they were furnishing good service.
N president Small's address to the
small town operators he declared that
IN. .st,1bbornness and unwillingness Of
the two great companies to acknoWl-
edpe defeat made it necessary TO
spread the strike.
In part the appeal follows:
eve are on strike. Both companies
4 are tied UP in every center. Our mem
hers have responded almost without
exception. and the telegpaphers who
we're not enrolled have done nearly as
well. You have grievances-long hours,
Inadequate wages, and, in many in
stances. no compensation for long
hours of extra services. We are go
ing to win. We intend to improve the
condition of telegraphers everywhere.
We are going TO fight for the manager
and the telegranRap In the small office
4 now cali u16n you to come out with
your fellows, and dos all you can to
make this struggle for our rights and
for decent conditions success"
An energetic campaign to raise a
strike fund of $500,000 will begin at
once. The plan is said to be the dis
patching Of 100 men to the large labor
centers to make personal appeals for
money. In Chicago every local union
will be called upon.
Actors union No. is seeking to
Ncatch persons who ore said to be So
iiciting funds in the name of the union
for the purpose Of building new
tfeater in Chicago Secretary S. D.
Ricardo said the solicitors are frauds.
Criminal prosecution of railroad tel
egraph operators, who, out of SYM
pathy with the striking commercial
men, are causing trouble on the, wires,
is threatened by officials OF the tele-
graph companies. The Western Union
Company. which is the greatest suffer-
er in this respect, has been secretly
conducting an investigation and a num-
Der Of arrests are expected at any time.
Superintendent T. P. Cook of the
Western Union Company declared yes
terday that detective would be placed
in every office in the country, II the
interference with the wires assumed
such proportions as to make that
course necessary. The Western Union
controls the wires on practically every
railroad in the country, and its COM
mercial business, in many instances.
goes thru the railroad offices. Since
the beginning of the strike 1t is said
that trouble with the wires has caused
more inconvenience than has the lack
of operators.
May Call Out All Key Men.
New York, Aug. 2s.-A proposal to
call out all the telegraph operators
employed by brokerage firms. regard
less of whether these firms have
I signed the union scale or not is the
la4Ast In the strike Of the telegraphers-