Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-10
FIRST VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO
Strikebreakers Imported There Salo
to Be Incompetent.
OFFICES IN OTHER CITIES CLOSE
Officials Say the Strike May Be Local,
But It Does Not Look
That Way Now.

The telegraphers' strike is spread
ing. Between 5000 and 1000 men
are now out in Chicago The New
York operators will hold a mass
meeting tomorrow to consider Join
ing them. Many offices in different
cities have closed, and in some
Others the managers are working
the wires to keep business from
absolutely stagnating. There has
been one outbreak OF violence in
Chicago. The strike breakers i'm
ported there are said to be incom-
petent, but the operators declare
hat II they were not it would not
matter, as the union men in differ
cnt cities would refuse to work
with them.
CHICAGO, August 1O.-First violence in
the telegraphers strike in Chicago occurred
carly this morning when clerk in the
main Office of the Postal Telegraph Com
pany was assaulted and knocked down as
he was on his way home from work He
was going north on the west side of Clark
street wh"n two men, who. he declared, had
been following him. come out of an alley
and attacked him He was struck on the
back of the head and frocked down When
he got up the men were running west In
the alley.
= The clerk, who refused TO give his name
overlook Policeman OHare and reported
the assault TO him and also teephoned
warning to the employees who were still at
their posts in the Postal office OHare ac-
companied the man to the Postal building
and made ii fruitless search for his assail-
ants.
The breach between the commercial teleg-
raphers out on strike and the telegraph
companies widened and a finish fight was
promised today when the Western Union
Telegraph Company imported its first load
OF strkebreakers to man the silent KEYS
There We're thirty of them, picked up In
New York. They arrived this morning on
the Twentieth Century Limited train of the
Lake Shore railroad.
Chicago Tie-Up Complete
The arrangements for the housing and
feeding of the men has been kept a secret,
but 1t is believed that they will be kept on
the plant of the company to prevent the
possibility of their meeting with any VIC
lence al the hands of strike sympathizers
The union men in the streets when the
stHkebreakers arrived said they would feel
no alarm, that the operators were not good
ones. and that even If they were import
Ing them into Chicago they could not do
the companies much good when the men
are striking elsewhere over the country
Including the strike of last night the tie
up In this city, the men claim, is now COM
according 10 hair
statements, comparatively few commercial
teIeSrdpacTS at work, and these are largely
men VINO work the leased wires OF the bro
kers and others. Final determination on
the question Of calling out these men and
leaving Chicago wireless will take place at
mass meeting scheduled for tomorrow.
Meetings OF the strikers were planned to
take place all through today in the open
board Of trade building At these gather
tngs pans for the conduct Of the strita
were laid and demands on the cornnanies
for IN" settlement OF the trouble were for
INFLATED. All of the measures adoptrd a,
the meetings will be drawn up by the ex
ecutive board of the local union tonight and
presented at tomorrows mass meeting for
ratification.
Ticker Limps Slightly.
General Manager T. P Cook of the West
ern Union Company said today that the
company will refuse absolutely TO treat with
the strikers.
They no longer our employees" he
said. we do not know them"
All Of the operators in the brokers' of
fees were at work as usual today None
of the operators on the board of trade were
In their places. however. and the place
was dead as far as the receipt Of kilograms
was concerned. II Is generally considered
rs certain that the telegraphers in brokers'
offices Will not report for work on Mon
day
The ticker service OF the Western Union
was operating today In a lame sort OF fash
Ion. and was in slightly better shape than
yesterday Inc amount Of news trans
mitted however, was comparatively moth
ing.
New York Is Anxious.
NEW YORK, August lo-A strike of the
1900 telegraph operators In New York in
sympathy with the Chicago strike is 10 no
considered at a meeting called for tomor-
row. President Ahearn of the local union
said early today:
1t is likely that New York will be in
volved in the strike. The union has done
all in its power to prevent strike. but
the company has not acted fairly. l think
the strike will become general throughout
the country
officials OF the Western Union and Postal
Telegraph Companies, who yesterday ex-
pressed the belief that the strike in Chi
cago would prove to be local in its nature
said today that the situation was such that
preparations were being made to handle
the business In case the men walked out
Minor officials and clerks OF both com
panies. who have not worked at the KEYS
for years will be called upon to man the
wires while non-union men who remain at
work will be given opportunities of work
ing double time When strike was threat
ened several weeks ago the Western Union
purchased scores of cots to take care OF
the strike breakers in the main office OF
1.-The company II necessary. The company Of
deers believe that they will effectua.ly break
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