The Washington herald., 1907-08-16
Strikers Awaiting Presidents Order
to QuIt-LOcaI Managers Deny Re-
ports that kilograms Are Being
MaiIed-say Tie-up No Longer Has
Terror for the Companies.

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He came TO Washington from Sterling.
Va. where he had been employed, and
was told to call on Manager Prosser, OF
the Postal. while he was waiting in the
office to see the manager. the pickets saw
him. and. one Of them approaching him,
asked:
do you want a position on the Asso-
ciated Press?"
The strike-breaker. John Sexton. an
swered: Sure: what is there in ftp"
Thirty a week" the prevar.cating pick
ct answered.
I'm on" was the quick response, and
in moment the picket and HIS prey were
on their way to strike headquarters.
Once surrounded by union men the
strike-breaker was quickly convinced
that he was making a mistake in joining
the union and aid the strike 10 the best
Of his ability. He was soon gesticulating
from the top OF a table In the strike
headquarters. telling the story of his cap
ture. and after having learned just why
he was striking. became the most radical
striker Of ali.
Messenger Boys CapituIate.
The first actual capitulatlon OF the
strike came yesterday afternoon. although.
as has been forecast. all the symptoms
Of surrender were shown the day after
the strike. The messenger boys have sub
mitted TO what they thought the cruel
! terms Of the companies. and have gone
back to work whistling and as happy
as they were IN the days before they had
a taste Of their power Yesterday morn
ing the last boy strikers went back to
work. with the exception Of one or two.
who have been put on the blacklist for
other reasons than mere striking. II was
said yesterday afternoon that a warrant
had been issued for one OF the boys on
a charge Of tearing up Western Union
kilograms, but no arrest has been made
as yet
One OF the first incidents yesterday
morning was the arrest OF VIII Bowies.
said 10 be the first lieutenant Of the strik-
! ing messengers. who was taken TO the
station house on a charge Of obstreperous
conduct. but after a sti1 lecture was re-
! leased.
Bicycle policemen were stationed near
1 the Postal and Western Union Offices
/ with instructions to prevent any unneces-
sary lettering by the boys. and TO prevent
/ the strikers from disturbing any Of those
/ who had returned 20 work The first BOYS
10 take out telegraphic messages yester-
| day morning were accompanied several
/ blocks or their journeys by bicycle po-
/ licemen.
Waiting for General Strike Order.
| The one thing that is looked forward TO
1 by the strikers Is the word OF President
Small, authorizing a general strike. They
/ feel that when this comes, they can be
assured Of making further inroads on the
union men, who are still working because
/ they claim that they have seen no Official
| order 10 strike from President Small.
The strikers seem TO think that Presi-
! dent Smalrs order will arrive here this
morning, as he wired that he would mail
! it 10 all local presidents in the country
/ as soon as he reached Chicago. where he
was due yesterday.
| As usual. conflicting stories come from
! both camps as tc the progress OF the
strike. From tho Western Union the
/ statement was given out that its force,
4 instead OF decreasing. is increasing. and
| that the company did not fear a general
/ strike or anything else that the strikers
/ can do. The longer the strike goes on
| the manager said, the better the company
will be qualified TO take care Of business.
| and that Il is now in position in other
/ cities besides Washington to work on IN
/ definitely without the aid Of the unions.
/ Denies kilograms Are Mailed,
Manager -Prosser. Of the Postal. said
! yesterday afternoon:
The bugaboo stories being given out
/ by the strikers that we are using the
mails to forward our kilograms are abso-
/ lutely false. Not a mailed telegram has
gone out Of this Office, and I am sure that
/ the same IS the case with the Western
! Union. We do not need TO have recourse
/ 70 the mails, as any one who has sent
| kilograms from here can testify. I filed
any amount Of newspaper reports from
here last night. and in several instances
newspaper bureaus have not ATTEMPTED 10
get men to replace strikers, but have de-
/ pended on the telegraph companies with
absolute confidence, which has not been
misplaced. As soon as ii gets 10 that
stage where we cannot send messages we
will notify our patrons, so that here
after, when the strike Is over, they will
/ continue 10 have confidence In us. I am
absolutely confident that we will win the
| strike even II the union men never come
back TO US. We intend TO stand firm. and
our company will spend It's every dollar
rather than sacrifice the principle for
which it is lighting.
/ From the Associated Press comes the
same statement, The managers claim
| that no papers on their service have been
without reports. and that everything Is
going on just as it was before the strike
/ They claim that they have all the men
they can use. and that they have appli-
| cants for positions which they cannot
possibly put on.
President Groves Makes Statement.
Against these statements come those
| from the strikers, which represent the
companies as in bad condition. The
charge that both companies are constant
/ ~ resorting to the mails for the delivery
of their kilograms is heard on all sides
and number of local business men have
agreed TO this. It Is also stated that the
same man with the same valise who
made the trip from New York here
/ Wednesday. returned yesterday morning
with a grip full Of letters. This is We
hemently denied By the companies.
/ President Groves said yesterday that
the Postal had three men and two women
at work ali OF these being chiefs. In
speaking of these chiefs, he said:
] They are staying In as If they were
/ bonded employees, when they are not, and
are in no way superior or more important
than the men who have struck They
are union men. so-called. but l simply
/ want To have +ho-a 3,toraSfad tyro,.- 81.