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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-25
Telegrnpl,er., Cn.c.

Ike
The morning session Of the Cor
poratIon Commission, in connection
with the hearing on tho petition Of the
Atlantic Coast Line, Southern and Sea-
board Air Line Railroads for the ope-
ration OF the eight-hour law az to
railroad operators to be deferred and
the companies permitted to keep ope-
rators on duty as long as twelve hours.
was taken up principally with the
cross examination of Superintendent
w. II. Newell, of the Atlantic Coast
Line. whose direct testimony favor
ing the petition was taken Saturday.
He was questioned as to the duties
and the pay OF agent-operators at
great number of small stations, and
operators at 5blockhouses specified IN
the Coast Line petition az desired to
concluding his testimony, perinten-
be put in twelve-hour class IN
dent Newell declared that from his
own experience and observation an
! opera tor a gent would be in better mem
ttal and physical condition to perform
the duties II he was on twelve hours
and off twelve hours, than II ne fWere
ION eight hours. then casting about IN
games or other effort for eight ano
then sleeping eight hours.
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Call Baltimore Miniater.
ISpecial to Tho Times-Dispatch.l

4 SALISBURY, N. g., June 24.-Rey
Byron G.. Clarke, D. D.. of Baltimore
was yesterday extended call to the
pnstorate OF the Presbyterian Church
of Salisbury. He Is pastor of a large
church In Maryland. q.
Tho call to North Carolina IL nm
urgent one. The church here has, been
without a pastor for several months.
Garland SImmernon.
Especial to The Times-D ispatch,1
SPENCER, N. c., June 34.-Garland
lSimmerson. aged twentN-two years.
died tat his home in Spencer this nftcr-
he had been iii only few ot DAYS w'o A
young wife, to whom he was married
this Year. and large number OF broth
ers and sisters survive. He was an
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-25

at Memorial Hos
pital, June 23d, tAERBERTrsBF AA-
and Minnie Lewis Mitchell. of Walk
y erton. Va, aged two years and and SIN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-25

sDANv1LLE1, VA, June 24.--Mr. j. Fl.
Barber. for the past three years. stew
lard Of the almsh ouse and a. we'll known
lex Confederate soldier, OF this city,
passed away this morning about
O'clock, after quite q lingering illness
OF d complication Of diseases. For some
time Mr. Barber has been quits III;
and his end has been expected for
lsomeS time.
Mr.. Barber was about f1fty-lve or
sixty years OF age, being a native OF
Franklin county He. enlisted as a
confederate soldier while almost BOY
that county, and served throughout the
four years OF civil strlfeefto thes end
lOf TIM war. s{fA3 So III i38tf ffF.a i.4 lt RG
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-25
]. Dreckinridgc Robcrtson.

Special 70 7Ihb Iltnes- DIh pRtcH.J y, Y
s CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, Juno "a
j. breckenridge Robertson, a law writer,
died suddenly this afternoon. at the
residence Of his mother. in this city,
aged about forty. Hc was the third
ertson, aof charlottesville and inherited
his fatter.s log icalimind. Fl was edu-
Gated at the University Of Virginia,
spirit In Undergraduates enterprises. He
was prepared for the pro- ession Of law,
and soon differentiated into q conncc-
tion with the Thompson law publishers,
OF North PortsI u. T., where he remained
until two or three years ago. when be
returned to Charlottesville. He Is sur
vived by his mother three brothers and
two sisters and q half brother. Jud &c
| Court of this city,.
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NoPcCitt y w I!9o I9111s . 11!SpitC z"
E SALISBURY. N. G., June 24.-Mrs.
w. Moyle, of Salisbury. died at the
home of relatives at Dunn's Mountain.
Rowan county. last night. Slleswas on
a visit to friends when death came.
Her husband and one son SURVIVE Us Y
The remains were brought to Sails
hurry to-day l.Ie.- .-L..-L
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-25

JNnlcN II. NINllIsOn. 33 773'.1
z, J, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., A., June al.
resident OF Louisa county, died last
might at the home of This aauEhter.
Mrs. Ohm i, II Payne, near the uniVer-
Isity Of Virginia. in the ell hty- fourth
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interment at Walkerton, IN.

MAHONEY.-Ded in Norfolk. at $3.50
r. Nj. Monday. June "a, 1907.
GEORGE w, MAI1ONEY,e Jr.. In his
y twentieth year.
aEINunaral notice lat or. ~
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-10
ALL OUT I'm DENVER.
Operators Refused to Do Business
with Non-union offices.

Denver. Aug. 9-At 1915 this afternoon
the entire complement of operators of the
local office of the Western Union Tele-
graph company went on strike. A total
of eighty-three men walked out.
The Western Union company is now
completely tied up in this part of the
country.
The men were asked to do business with
non-union offices, including Chicago,
Butte and Los Angeles. and refused.
The grievance committee of the West
ern Mon telegraphers met this morning
and prepared a demand, which later in
the day was served on c. o. Blanding,
assistant superintendent of the company,
who is in charge of the local office dur
ing the absence of Superintendent S. E.
Leonard.
The men ask that the pay of the first
class men be placed on the same basis
as the Chicago operators. This means an
advance of $3.50 a month, from s77 to
$3.50
They ask for an eight-hour day for the
day operators, instead Of nine-hour day,
as at present. and for a seven-hour day
for the night operators. instead of tx
hours.
reply will probably be delayed until
superintendent Leonard. who is at Grand
Junction, returns tc Denver.
The Postal authorities may later be
included in the trouble. as the employees
are in condition similar to the telegra-
pliers employed by the Western Union.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-10
CLOSED SHOP PRINCIPLE.
Situation as Viewed by President of
the Western Union.

New York Aug S.-CoIonel Clowry,
president and general manager of the
Western Union Telegraph company, today
gave out the following statement in re-
lation to the strike at Los Angeles and
Chicago:
"On July % an operator at Los Angeles
was charged with maliciously delaying
traffic. After a careful investigation,
which occupied several days, showed con-
clusively that he was guilty of deliber-
ately Obstructing traffic on important cir
cults, he was discharged. A petition
signed by other employees of the office,
requesting his reinstatement was there
upon presented to the local superintendent
and when the Signers were advised that
the company would not tolerate the
malicious delaying of important messages
and that the discharged man would not
be re-emplOyed, the majority of the oper-
ating force went out without notice Oper-
ators were sent to take their places from
nearby points, and at II o'clock last night
the operators in the Chicago office en-
pToyed on the western circuits, acting in
conformity with resolutions understood to
have been adopted by the local union or
ganization refused to work with the nom
union men at Los Angeles, and when this
was insisted upon, they quit work in a
body.
The Chicago operators have presented
no grievances and the present movement
is an attempt to force the closed shop
rule, which If successful would take con-
troll of the eompanys affairs out of its
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-10
NOT WELL ORGANIZED.
Operators in the Eastern Division
Nav Not Strike.

New York, Aug 9-The strike of the tel
egraph operators in Chicago is regarded
by the company as local in Chicago and
not likely to cause a strike here. The
walkout of the telegraphers in Chicago
has hampered the transmission of business
both here and at Chicago. but wire chiefs
are doing ali they can to move the bus
mess.
President Clowry and General Superin-
tendent Brooks held a conference today
to discuss the situation. Mr. Brooks said: :
There is no reason why the strike in
Chicago should bring about strike I'm
New York The trouble in Chicago as
local in its nature and should not affect
this city. Only 30 per cent of the operat-
ors in the eastern division belong to the
union, and in the event of a possible
strike we would be able to handle the
business without delay. The company is
paying the telegraphers the 10 per cent
increase in wages agreed to in the settle
ment recently and there is no reason for
a strike"
1t was said at local headquarters OF the
telegraphers' union today that the strike
of operators here because of the trouble
IN Chicago was very unlikely.
Western business on the stock exchange
was affected by the Chicago telegraphers'
strike, and all grain quotations and re-
ports from Chicago were DELAYED
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-10
viii Follow Small

Portland, Ore, Aug. AT a largely at
tended meeting tonight of the telegraph
ers of both commercial companies, res
olution was unanimously passed to the ef-
feet that local No. Of the Commercial
follow National President Smalls instruc-
tons with reference to going out on strike
in sympathy with other cities. The fol-
lowing telegram was sent to President
Small at Los Angeles:
Meeting tonight voted unanimously to
follow your instructions, but demand your
sanction of acton of locals already out.
We await your command. Hard to hold
radical members"
Telegraphers state that upon orders
from President Small a practically COM
plete Walkout will result
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-10
BUSINESS AT sTANDsTILL.
Operators at Kansas City Went Out
Almost to Man.

Kansas City, Aug. 9.-PracticaIly all of
the $50 Western Union telegraph and
Wheatstone operators in this city struck
today because the company insisted on
some of them working with the Chicago
office, which is declared to be unfair to
the telegraphers' organization. The check
boys also went out
The day force at the main office con-
sisting Of $50 telegraph operators and
fifteen wheatstOne operators left their
work at l o'clock in the afternoon. Most
of the night operators failed TO report
Tor duty at o'clock, the regular hour
OF going to work, and the others, with
one exception, who appeared at the Of
flee as usual, Joined the strikers as soon
as they understood the situation.
Business DemoraIized.
Only few of the wire chiefs and three
women operators remained loyal and
made strenuous efforts to move the bust
ness, which soon became demoralized.
The operators employed at the board
of trade, the stock yards and the Union
station, and the various branch offices
throughout the city, left their keys dur
ing the afternoon with the exception of
one operator at the stock yards. At all
or these points much confusion resulted
from the strike and the big wholesale,
railway and other business concerns were
seriously affected
The executive committee of the local
telegraph union was in session for sew
eral hours tonight, formulating demands
which will be presented to the Western
Union Telegraph company, after being
revised and approved at a general meet
ing or the operators tomorrow morning.
The nature of the demands will rot be
given out before they are presented to
the telegraph company
Members of the executive committee
and officers in the local telegra pliers
union refused to make a statement for
publication tonight
George w. Bronson. local manager of
the Western Union, who personally aided
in the work of dispatching the companv's
business, said this evening that they were
doing fairly well and by tomorrow -ex-
pected TO be in fair shape. In all the
company had about thirteen opera tors at
work day and night
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-10
STATEMENT OF Mr.. SMALL.
intimations that Something sensa-
tionaI Will come Out.

Oakland, Cal, Aug. Samuel ]. Small.
the national president of the Telegraphers'
union, was located in this city this after
noon and submitted TO d brief interview
he was reluctant TO say anything.
The subject" ne said, lis too delicate
10 say anything about. Mrs. Nichols is,
of course, the storm center of the strike.
and she said the San Francisco officers
of the company are responsible for what
has happened. The later have not lived
up to the agreement adopted two weeks
ago. When an investigation is mace
something extremely sensational will come
out.
The strike is spreading. We have adj
vices that the operators in the following
cities in addition to Los Angeles are out:
Chicago. Helena, Mont; Cleveland, Gin
cinnati. Salt Lake, Kansas City, Biz
mingham. Ala; New Orleans, Denver and
Butte, Mont.
These represent about 1900 operators.
Oakland operators want to go out but
we are holding them back. We expect
however. that the whole trouble will be
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-10

presence Of a lady five hundred miles
away.
When he was dismissed the entire Los
Angeles office went out. When men in
Chicago were asked to work with Los
Angeles, they refused and IN consequences
were fired. The office. $50 strong,
marched out.
Chicago is the heart OF the telegraph
world To Chicago goes everything for
reds according to their Importance.
Although the Chicago office does not
employ as many men as the New YORK
office does, it is far more important, in
that it relays all of the business from ana
to every part of the compass.
Thus II is easily to be seen that the
Chicago office must be by other offices
regarded as 'scab" and consequently no
communication may be had with IT. 1t
is Chicago that receives and sends, and
If nobody sends to Chicago or takes from
it, what are the big offices like Helena,
New Orleans, Cleveland, Dallas, st.
Louis, Kansas City and number of
other places going to do about 1t?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-10
SOMETHING ABOUT TELEeRAPH
Few of Facts Concerning Art Now
Involved.

Number of messages handled by Postal
and Western Union Telegraph companies
during the year 1895, 300.6S4, i02.
Practically l,000.000 messages each week
day-this does not include telephone mes
sages.
In the United States there are 1900
postoffices-the Western Union reaches 30
per cent of them. In Great Britain the
telegraph lines reach only 25 per cent of
the postofficeS.
The United States has two-thirds as
many miles of telegraph wire as have
twenty-five countries of Europe and Asia
combined.
The Western Union has POI 900 miles of
line. and more than 100000 miles of
wire
The Postal company has about 100000
miles of line and about 100000 miles OF
wire
In America there is one mile of wire
to every fifty person; in England there
is one mile of wire for every 100 per-
sons
Two-thirds of the telegraph wire mile
age in the United States Is east of the
Mississippi river.
In 1865 the rate for a ten-word mes
sage from New York to Denver was 81;
today the rate is 70 cents.
From Chicago to Denver the rate in
1866 was S5.55 for a ten-word telegram
today it is 60 cents.
The gross receipts of the Western
Union in 1905 were more tnan $50, 900, COS;
the receipts of the Postal were in COM
pcsiASOhs as may DS compared us extent
of system.
The Western Union i'm Salt Lake City
employs fifty telegraph operators, and
is the chief relay point for Utah. western
wyoming, western Colorado. ali of Idaho
save four counties, southern Montana
and Nevada east of Reno. The estimate
of the manager of the local office is that
1900 messages are handled in the West
ern Union office every day, except Sun
day
Colonel r. c. Clowry, president of the
western Union and general manager,
says he knows nothing of dissatisfaction
among the cOmpany's employees.
Sunday there will be a meeting of the
| Chicago local, and. strike orders are
expected not later than Monday.
-Four hundred boards OF trade, mer-
chants exchanges and the like through
out the country have asked President
Roosevelt to use his good orrices IN an
attempt to avert a strike
Chicago is the principal telegraph CEN
tire in the United States. and is the key
stone to any situation that may arise
Chicago local is No. 1; the number of
the local in New York is 16.
The Western Union in Chicago employs
about $50 men, $40 of whom are cls!---,t,,
! to be union men OF women
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-10
Western Union Men Not Out.

New Orleans. Aug. 9.-The Postal Tele-
graph operators have not met Superin
tendent Porteous, but they declared
strike because several operators were
discharged for refusing to work the Chi
cago wires. The newspaper postal oper-
ators also went out. The Western Union
operators remained at work, but a meet
ing was called for tomorrow morning of
the local union to decide whether all New
Orleans operators of the commercial COM
panies would strike. superintendent Por-
teous and the chief operator were the
tonight. Mr. Porteous said he was max
ing preparations to fill the strikers
nlaceS'
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-10
OPERATORS OUT FROM
CHICAGO To THE COAST
Continued from Page I.

Jary Russell telegraphed the secre-
taries of the various locals throughout
the country to keep their men at work
until they received further orders. Mr..
Russell, which asked for an explana-
ton of this action, said:
Broker Operators Remain.
I'VE don't want to use up all our
ammunition in one charge"
The understanding tonight is that
the broker operators will be allowed
TO remain at work as long as the COM
mission houses handle only their regu-
lar business over their leased wires.
The broker men belonging to the
union have been notified that they
are to refuse to handle outside bust
ness and if they are discharged upon
refusing 10 touch such business if Of
fered they will be upheld by the
union.
Went Out Without Authority.
Secretary Russell of the national or
ganization said tonight:
THE local men in Chicago took the
bull by the horns and ordered the
strike without authority from the ma
tional officers. We are perfectly sat
jsfied, however, with the movement,
and are all working in unison. The
telegraph companies have not acted
fair with our men and we believe we
are now in a position where we can
force them to come to terms. At any
rate il has come to the point where
if we can't compel the companies to
treat us in a fair manner. we might
as well abandon the telegraphers' or
ganization. The general sentiment
among the telegraphers is that it is
a fight to a finish and that the COM
panies Will have to concede our de-
mands or there will be no union"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-10
Ready for the Fray.

Spokane, Wash. Aug 9.-Western Union
operators in Spokane may walk out at
any minute. 1t is stated that the mas
sages being sent through Helena to Port
land are not being rushed owing to SYM
pathetic operators in Portland. Because
of this the line may be used through
Helena to Spokane instead of Portland in
which case il is predicted Spokane men
will walk out in a body 1t is stated that
the operators of the Postal company may
also strike, claiming that both companies
are working together against the union.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-10

Omaha, Neb.. Aug. e.-The telegraph
operators employed by the Western Union
and Postal companies in Omaha will not
strike. A meeting of the leaders was held
this afternoon, following which a tele-
gram was sent to President Small ask
ing for instructions. A reply was re-
ceiVed from Small later in the afternoon.
saying that conditions were exactly as
they were prior to the San Francisco
strike, and stating that strike in Omaha
would not be authorized at this time.
This reply settled the matter so far as
the Omaha union is concerned and no
strike will be called.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-10

settled in two or three days. President
ClOwry of the Western Union Telegraph
company will have the facts before him
In twenty-fOur hours and may settle it
at once. l cannot say anything about
our demands, for everything is in a
chaotic condition at present"
i have nothing to say regarding the
walk-out beyond the fact that Mr. Stew
art of the department of commerce and
labor arrived here today and will look into
the San Francisco and Oakland situation.
He will Immediately get into cOmmunica-
ton with Commissioner Charles p. Neill
at Washington and the whole matter will
be adjusted quickly, provided Colonel
Clowry instructs his subordinates 10 treat
the San Francisco and Oakland operators
hI1rl1anplN -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-10

city tonight. when an operator refused
to work the Chicago wire. He was imme-
diately suspended by the wire chief and
the company's local officials were sent
for to settle the matter If possible.
At the Western Union an extra Oper-
ator who was ordered TO make relief on
the Chicago wire refused and was dis
charged. The union operators, however,
did not make an issue of the matter, be-
cause the discharged operator was an ex-
ira man.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-10
WIRES ALL SILENT.
Helena, Mont, Operators Remained
Loyal to the Union.

Helena, Mont. Aug. s.-The entire force
of the local Western Union office went
on strike today, with the exception of
the chief operator and his assistant The
strike was due to the marking off of an
cago wire at the request of the traffic
chief. Electrician McKissick of the Chi
cago office, called for a receiver and one
OF the regular men was directed to the
wire, which position he refused to ac-
cept on the ground that Chicago was
non-union office. Before the chisf oper-
ator could request anyone else to man
forty men, Joined the discharged oper-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-10
cano of Strike Breakers.

Los Angeles, Aug. 9.-Ten non-union
telegraphers who assisted the Western
Union Telegraph company in breaking the
recent strike in San Francisco and Oak
land arrived IN Los Angeles this morning
and were taken at once to the local West
ern Union office. Four of them were held
in reserve and six were sent Immediately
into the operating room.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-10
Four Men Sent Home,

Detroit, Aug. 9.-Four operators at the
Western Union office here tonight re-
fused to relieve on the DetrOit-Chicago
wire and were sent home. At 1879 p. m,
however, IL was stated at the Western
Union office that all the wires were
manned. The sending home of the four
men and the fact that a dozen operators
due to begin work at 5 p. m. and who
failed to report till O'Clock were told
that the nights business was so well
cleared up that they were not needed. led
to a report that a strike had occurred
here
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-10
Headquarters Are Established.
May Ask for More WAGES.

In other cities there is an increasing de-
mand for an increase in wages, an in
crease that is an increase, say the opera
tors They would, some of them. put the
craft on its merits with reference to skill
in sending and receiving, each according
to MS ability being paid. 1t is possible
that such a request will be made here al
though the committee on grievances has
not yet indicated its desire in this di-
rection, nor is it likely that it will for
some days TO come, If, indeed, it is deemed
advisable to request an increase of wages
at all. Some say there will be a request
for the increase and that { REIMBURSEMENT
of the existing difficulties can only be
made on that basis.
Manager Long of the Western Union
said:
Il have no statement to make what