The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-14
Both Sides Confident
 I|M Of Winning the Strike
THE SITUATION
 IN MONTGOMERY
Manager FonviIle Reports Sufficient Force to Handle the
 Business.

Montgomery, August Especial )-Tha local situation in regard to the telegra- changed. What change there has been in the Montgomery office has been for the better, and, on the whole. more favor able conditions are reported to prevail than on yesterday.
 Manager C. A. Fonville of the Western Union office reports that he has a sufli cient force to carry on all business, and that the local office has been affected to a very mild degree by the strike of the operators yesterday. In speaking of the matter today, he said:
 Superintendent Lloyd of Atlanta offer ed to send me man this morning to add to my force, and l wired that 1 did not need him. We have in the office four first class operators and we can easily transact all the business that is sent to us''
 Mr. Fonville reported that all messages were promptly sent to Atlanta, the relay office for Montgomery, from which place they were sent to other points. He said the company could not promise to get any message beyond Atlanta with any degree of celerity, but that up to this time there had been little difficulty in getting tele- graphic communication even beyond that point
 Atlanta Situation.
 In regard to the situation in Atlanta, the following message was received over the wires from Superintendent G. ". Lloyd in charge of the second division of the Western Union company:
 'The situation in Atlanta is very favor- able We have 35 operators, and our is faWOra blp than brightest anticipations allowed us to hope for'
 From this it would seem that the south ern offices of the Western Union are not so seriously affected as thought. Whef- ever men have refused to work it is re- ported that others have been found to take their places.
 The local offices will not answer for the delivery of any messages, and take them with the understanding that they will not be responsible for any delay, or for their not reaching their point of des- tination.
 At the Postal.
 At the Postal office the situation is not different from what it was yesterday The business of the company in this city is being transacted as though nothing whatever had happened, and all messages are promptly sent out of the office.
  Postal service, and all telegraphic com munications are sent to that city from which place they are sent to their deStl- nation. The chief operator at the Postal office reported this morning that so far as he knew the situation in that clty has undergone considerable improvement since yesterday, and that arrangements were being made by which the company s business could be carried on in that city with the usual facility and promptness. .'rrhe outlook however. is still some what serious. There may be little trou- ble in getting messages through to points in this state, but the main difficulty con sists in getting the messages properly transmitted to other wires. An illu- stration of the extent to which the busi- ness interests of individuals may be af- fected occurred within the last twenty four hours
 Instance of Delay
 business man in this city wished to get a cable through to London in ref erence to the sale of several hundred bales of cotton. The Postal company took the message and promised to do what they could though they have no positive as surance that the cable would reach Lon- don.
 The message was sent to Birmingham and from that place 1t was launched out upon the wires leading to New 1ork Several hours passed and no answer came Neither could it be learned whether the cable had been sent through or not, and all the while the merchant at this end was held in state of un- certainty On the other hand, it is said he had a chance to sell his cotton at a good profit to a local dealer, while on the other he was awaiting orders from London.
 At length, after several hours delay, the answer was received in this city.
 The above Is an illustration of what damage might have been done to a local business man, and shows. too, that the company is getting their communica- tinns thrnugh tn other nnints.