The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23
TELEGRAPHERS'
 STRIKE EXTENDS
Union Men Ordered Out at Fl
 Paso Monday
NO CHANGE AT FRISCO
Western Union and Postal Will Brinq In Outside Men-Unon Says They Are Tied Up.
 Deny Refusal.

Fl Paso, Tex, June 22.-Members of the local union here of the Commercial Tele- graphers' union of America were notified by President Small to prepare to walk out Monday. There are 100 members of the union here in the Western Union and Postal offices.
 There is no appreciable change in the telegraphers' strike. The Western Union and Postal companies have about the same number of men at work as last night and are accepting business subject to delay. They state that they expect to increase their forces in a few days.
 The operators declare that it will be impossible to secure enough men to handle the business and that the com panies are effectively tied up. In a state- ment issued tonight it was stated that four Western Union division chiefs de- serted the company today and that re- cruits to the strikers ranks are coming in all the time. Press wires are being oper- ated without trouble.
 General Superintendent Jaynes of the Western Union Is accredited with the statement that the company hoped to be running fairly we'll in another week, when outside operators were expected to arrive to fill the places of the strikers
 It was learned last night that fifteen operators for the Western Union were on their way 10 San Francisco from the east and had passed through Rawlins Wyo. It is believed the company has had these men in reserve in anticipation of the strike, and that 1t has arranged for others to follow them sdperinten- dent Jaynes has refused to make any definite admissions about the strike breaking operators the company intends to import.
 Held Conferences.
 As to whether the strike shall be or dered to extend to other cities remains to be determined. The Postal and Western Union officials insist they will hold no conferences with the officials of the union If they remain obdurate the telegraphers in other cities may be called out, thus tying up all the commercial telegraph bus mess of the west
 Superintendent A. H. May of the Vest ern Union Telegraph company said today that the situation had improved some what and in fact was better than had been expected. Between fifty and sixty operators were at work-nearly one-thfrd of the usual force. Applications for em- ployment were coming in and speedy in- crease m the number of men at work was expected.
 All former employees requesting rein statement will be dealt with as indi- viduals the company absolutely refusing to recognize the union in any manner.
 Deny Refusal.
 Referring to statements made by Pres ident Small of the telegraphers union MT. May said:
 "The assertion that we have refused to treat with our own employees is absolutely. untrue. We have always, and always will give their claims full consideration. Neither has the company repeatedly re- fused requests for increased wages. as MT. Small states. No request for an jn crease has reached me. I may add that in many cases We have raised salaries, in some instances above the rate demanded by the union.''
 General Superintendent W. L. storer of the Postal Telegraph company said:
 We are tiding over the trouble very well, considering the circumstances Near