The Washington times., 1907-08-18

tee today, comprising a list Of union
men now on strike and those still at
the keys. This latter class, in event
they do not signify their intention 10
walk out after the union meeting To-
morrow. will be placed upon the blacN-
list and designated as "scabs-
although my list is as yet a lllue
.ncomplete." said Mr.. Beattie at late
hour last night, figures now before me
indicate that out Of a union member
sbyr, of seventy at the Western Union
sixt,, men are out. Ten seem TO nave
.scabbed.' and are assisting the ciheIs
In bendling the business. There are
,earl,, twenty chiefs at the western
rrnjon and these, together with the
.scabs' are handling the night ana DAY
b,,einess. About ten non unlonlSts
walked cut witn US at the western
Union
at the Postal our records show that
we have eighty eight union men. elgItS-
three OF whom are out Five are sun a
the KEYS and are assisting the hve wire
chiefs and several women operators IN
handling the Postal business. Fifteen
pon-union men have joined the union
here since the strike was called
No Men Lost.
| ..-rbig IS about the situation as 1t is
tonight. We have not lost a man and
on Monday morning VIII begin anew the
fight. The situation IS now deadlocked,
you might say, and the next step must
b., a break from one side or the other
I do not believe the strikers have any
other intention than to stand firm
| A bulletin was posted in strike head
quarters here last night and also sent
! broadcast to other strikebOurd cities to
the effect that the companies here were
using the malls for forwarding their
messages TO numerous nearby points at
which they had no operators. The bull
letia stated that messenger boys bearing
these messages, which were enclosed IN
regular telegraph envelopes and stamped.
had been seen upon several occasions
and that the messenger boys were deliv-
ering more messages by mail than by
letter. Inquiry at both Of the offices
brought forth a denial oS these charges
the statement being made that all busi-
ness was being handled over the wires
The company officials also reiterated
their former statement that the tele-
graph lines were handling all the bust
ness, and that the situation at Wash
ington were satisfactory in every way
Getting Along Nicely"
I'VE are getting along nicely said
= Night Manager Young. OF the Western
Union. I went through the strike OF
: 1888 and have not worked half so hard
) during this strike as / did then Th'
5 operators lost out at that time as it Il
3 evident they will do at the present time
5 I consider conditions from the com
! panies' standpoint much more satisfac
D tory now than in 1883. The report tha
[ we are mailing messages is withOu
i foundation, as we have ample force 4
, handle Il all over the wires"
- One of the developments expected 10
morrow, resulting from the meeting O
e the union members this afternoon, q
10 the adjustment OF the controversy be
[ tween the union and one OF the loca
D brokerage houses. who. II IS said. sul
- has in its employ a nOn-uniOn operator
The brokerage concern recently signe'
the union scale and contract. but .
. far one Of its operators has failed L
: join the union. The matter viii b
sicted at todays meeting and some aC
= ! ton taken TO adjust this discrepancy.
The mass meeting this afternoon
I expected TO be a most enthusiastic on
| and il is expected that every union OF
. | orator in the city will be present Tn
: ! executive committee win 90 into sessio
y, at O'Clock and perhaps remain in ses
sion until late I'm the afternoon. hold
inx such communication with the mal
convention hall as may be necessary 70
q the business before IL.