Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1907-08-20
WOMEN APPEAL
TO HELEN GOULD
ASK Her Aid as Western Union
Stakeholder Headquarters of
Union Changed to New
York and Big Fight
Is On.

Chicago, ILL.,, August 20-President
Small of the International CONNER
cial Telegraphers' union has made his
public appeal for funds to carry on
the fight against the telegraph cor
porattons. He went much farther.
He favored the raising of an immense
fund, from $10,000,000 to 100000
900 TO be used by the united labor
forces of the country in conducting
any just strike. This last proposition
will probably be taken up by the
board of directors of the American
Federation of Labor at a meeting to-
day in Washington. President Small
said he was preparing for a struggle
that might last ninety days. Five
hundred unmarried telegraphers have
prepared to camp out at Des PLANES
camp meeting grounds, where they
say they can subsist in tents for 15
cents day per capita.
Peace is Far on.
Peace in the teiegraphers' strike
seems farther off than at any time
since the trouble began. Leaders on
both sides say that not a single move
has been made toward mediation so
far as the Western Union and Postal
companies are concerned. The meet
ing of the directors of the Associated
Press in New York today is expected
to show the attitude of It's officials
toward the strike. The strikers do
not know whether the officials of the
i Associated Press are willing to at
tempt settlement or are to hold the
meeting to outline plans for fighting
them. The strikers seem united, how
ever, on the proposition that neither
the Western Union nor the Postal will
make any overtures for peace for
some time to come. The company
officials say there can be only one end
to the strike-unconditional surren-
der by the union men.
Headquarters Removed.
New York, August 20,-The local
situation in the telegraphers' strike
has reached a stage calling for the
presence here of 5. ]. Small, the ma
tional president. He reached New
York today and opened headquarters
In the Astor house. From now on
the national headquarters of the
strike will be in this city, instead of
in Chicago.
1--WE have already won the strike"
said International President S. j.
Small in an address to the Fedora
tion of Labor, but it will be neces-
sary to fight sixty or ninety days
longer"
National Secretary Wesley Russell
told the federation that in a week or
ten days the strike would be ended,
as 81 per cent of the commercial
telegraphers of the entire country and
Canada are out.
While the strike officials were san
guine of the outcome of the fight a
Few of the strikers talked about a
conversation between President
Clowry and Commissioner of Labor
Neill shortly after the strike was
called.
CloWryS Views.
I'VE had peace for twenty years.
President Clowry was reported to
have said. I'VE could hire and dis
charge whoever we saw fit. We ran
our business to suit ourselves. Then
the union came along. A demand
was made for more wages and a
change in conditions. We gave an
increase in wages and changed con-
ditions. That did not seem to suit
some of the employees and they
brought about a stampede strike. 1t
may cost US from S1,000,O00 TO $3,-
600, 900 TO fight the strike, but af-
ter it is ended we will have another
twenty years of peace. We could not
afford again to temporize with the
union"
Appeal TO Helen Gould.
Chicago, August 20.-Women men,
bers of the telegraphers' union have
prepared a memorial Of their griev-
ances to Helen Could, chief stock
holder of the Western Union Tele-
graph company. ot New York City.
A meeting exclusively for the women
interested, will be called in Chicago