The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-24
TELECRAPHERS
WALK OUT AT
SANFRANCISCO
tn POSTAL AND WESTERN
UNION EMPLOYEES ABANDON
THEIR KEYS.
STATEMENTS MADE BY BOTH SIDE
The Real Test TO Come Today, When
the Early Week Rush
Is On.

SAN FhANCl0COB June 90
Everything was quiet in the tele-
graphers' strike today. Samuel j.
Small, president of the Commercial
Telegraphers' union, says:
"The real fight Will begin Mon
day. when the early week rush of
bnainess is on. Thefew out of town
managers and chief operators who
can be induced to take the places
of the Strikers will have arrived in
the city by Monday or Tuesday, but
snOuld they go to work, the compa-
nies, with the additional force, will
be In a worse predicament than they
we're 'FFiday and Saturday, which
days were light in the telegraph
world.
Our reports from various points
show that the tie-up Is complete.
Los Angeles was $500 messages be-
hind at Midnight Saturday, from
Portland comes the report that there
is' . blockade of business on the
northern route.
'.By Wednesday of this week the
CONGESTION of business between the
Pacific and Atlantic coasts will be
as great as during the earthquake
fire period. Already reports are COM
ing to us that kilograms are being
mailed In bundles to eastern points.
Upon receipt ut Denver, Los An
geles or Portland, the messages are
put on the wires-if there is room
for them; II not they are re-shipped
to the next repeating point nearest
their destination.
I'VE estimate every one can take
care of himself financially satisfac-
tortly until July IL. After that we
will pay weekly strike benefits. Be-
fore leaving the east arranged with
General Secretary Russell to send me
q certified check for $1,000 each
week. The total treasury is strong;
therefore our boys and girls are not
worrying about the San Francisco
end Of the strike.
I'VE ha4e the best of the bargain
so far. There were two desertions
from the Western Union force at
West Oakland Sunday morning and
Others will follow.
'sThe telegraphers of this country
have 1t within their power to either
bring the telegraph companies to
terms or force governmental owner
shin of the telegraphs. None are so
k8MI41b8I WtGt1 btkC iubluC WOIhlu Va
the telegraph systems of this cOun-
try as the operators, and none SO
loyal to the interests of their en-
pldyers. For many years we have
horne with patience the many abuses
. changed since the Commercial Tele-
kraphers' union became power in
the trade union movement. We have
Awa 70, issck FNot o. h
conferences between employer and
ef1naOyee. and II that fails we will
thN1 start q national campaign for
the government ownership, at the
same time having bills introduced in
congress and state legislatures. hav-
Ing In view the Improvement of the
service. Two of the most important
measures we expect to father and
work to have passed are:
Giving the Interstate Commerce
commission the power to regulate
Telegraph rates, and another requir-
ing that both filing and receiving
time be shown on all kilograms.
.sAt present the receiver of a tele-
grGn has no way of knowing how
many hours q telegram has been en-
route
l.. w. Storror, general superinten-
dent of the Postal company, said:
sThe Postal Telegraph company
has made NO attempt to employ nom
nniOn telegraphers and its officials
believe that the strike of the union
operators will cure itself. Strikes
:. s.0f telegraphers generally do. Things
will probably remain chaotic for q
few days to come. The telegraphers
will begin to drift in from the out.
side points and no trouble will be
experienced in filing the places va.
Gated. 1t will not take the union
operators long to realize the mistake
they have made by striking, and
come back to us.
I'VE have already received a num-
her Of applications for places, but SC
far have not accepted any of them
The coming of other operators here
III regard almost as certain as a Axed
natural law, and this and the defec
tiOns that are beginning to occur iI
the ranks of the strikers will ulti
mately end the trouble and bring
about normal conditions again.
regard the strike as most unjustifi
able and ill-advised."
A. H. May, district superintendent
of the Western Union, said:
I'VE have one-third Of our entire
force of operators at work and arr
able to handle the business are art
receiving with comparative expedi
tion. OF course, all business is &C
cepted, as announced the first da!
of the strike, subject to indefinite de
lay, but thus far we have been able
to piece things out remarkably well
The Western Union company doe
not intend to treat with the tele
graphers' union in this matter. Ou
shop Is now an open one. We ma.
he induced to take old men back, bu
we are making no promises of an.
kind"