The Cairo bulletin., 1907-09-13
'C0MPERS WILL
ASK FOR HELP
FOR STRIKING TELEGRApHERS---
TO APPEAL TO ALL UNIONS
FOR FUNDS.
PETITION CIRCULATED
In chioaqo TO Gust President Paulson
Of Operators Union Traced TO
Emissares OF Telegraph
Companies.

Chicago, sept 12 President Com
luers 81 the American Federation 81
tabor, having failcd to secure amy
(, kind 81 4 settlement Of the telegraph
lers' strike. has announced that he Will
send ont an appeal To all unions in
I North America to aid tho strikers
financially.
1 Both the Western Union ANA Postal
lcumpanies through their head officials
lrefiIsed to consider amy proposition
looming from outsiders an,l this caiis
va President Gonpers to decide 70 HI,
sna the request for aid, None % the
strike officials believes that either
company viii make settlement %
1.-THE strike al this time, and arrange
ments base been made 20 carry on
tina struggle Indefinitely This was
1.-THE statement made to the strikers at
lBrand's Hall yesterday in note sign,
ied by International Secretary Wesley
Russell
"The financial condition Of the nm
/! ion III getting better ever hour the
mote read. I'VE can hold out indie
finitely. A telegram from President
/ 4. j. Small who Is IN New York
stated that President Gompcrs would
send out an appeal and this be be-
lieved. would bring in all great a
sum as that collected by the mine
workers I'll 1909, This was $4,000.
According to tho strike officials an
attempt Was made to stampede tho
strikers. After the announcement
had been made Tuesday that strike
benefits could not be paid a number
cf operators circulated through the
crowd and demanded that President
IN. ]. Paulson should resign During
the evening the executive board
while III session at Revere House
we're informed that fifty strikers
would go To work yesterday morning.
Early yesterday morning petition
was circulated demanding that Presi
dent Paulson be removed from office.
Tho strike officials investigated the
matter ana reported that the petition
was started BY emissaries Of the
strike bound companies.
High officials Of the Western Union
were SO certain that there would BE-
a stampede that they appeared at the
main office at o'clock to welcome
those who might return to work.
Mhen the meeting Of strikers was
called to order In Brands Hall yes
terday afternoon it was reported that
not a striker had returned to work
and that the petition for President
Paulson's removal would not be heard
Of again. About $50 were present and
they applauded Raymond Robins Wig
orously when he told them they could
not lose if they would stick together.
The appleauso lasted ten minutes.
You are not receiving the support
you deserve" he said.
DO not worry because men in high
places have seen ht to ignore your
struggle. The Western Union ana
Postal companies are robbng the pub
lie. / know what am saving Those
companies are taking honeymoon the
public under false pretenses and II
they were individual Operators they
would be in Jail.
NJ. ]. Reidy member of the gener-
al executive board of the strikers
saia that strike benefits had been
withdrawn from the Chicago local as
n lesson TO teach the strikers the need
Ff harder work.
J. c. Mcpherson told the strikers
there should be no talk of surrender
ing.