The Cairo bulletin., 1907-08-10

lAiI ~ LAlN1Ad3i31 3fN sff .
~ the western ;Fnicn Telegram
company III Chicago Who went on Z
strike ast night because they were
asked To work With nonlnion men v
Los Ang es. telegFaphera u min
ether cities throughout the United
States quit work to-day
Tho SEQ men employed bT "a
Postal Telegraph company ia Cbleag1
who belong 10 hi same local 81 the
Commercial Unicn as The Western
Jfnicn mon and who declare that their
WORKING conditions with the company
ara unsatisfactory took advantage Of
the situation aud QUIT work In body
ttnight III & o'clock, With the walk
cut of Postal employees, Chicago to-
ni#ht II left with about 35 teleg
raphers eadeayofing to transmit busi-
ness Of beth companies where uhdef
normal conditions, fully 1909 men are
necessary to 10 the work
The ether Western Union offcies
Which became involved IN the trouble
t,aav. together with the number Of
men who dut work are Salt Lake
City, 3G, Helena 10; Kansas City
$50 Dallas 105 Fort Worth ~
Colorado Springs 10: Dencer 81 III
Paao, 81
Late tonight the general situation
had cleared somewhat and where
early III the day II appeared as II The
gtfikn ot commercial men world ~
universal throughout the United
states Indications STOW are that no
frither strikes viii occur for the pres
ent at least. Under orders from Ma
tie nal President Small Of the Com
morcial Telegtaphers Union, National
Secretary russell telegraphed the
srcretaries 81 the various lceals
throughout the country To keep then
men at work until they received fur
Their orders. Russell, when asked FOL
an explanation 81 the action sald
1--WE do not want to use up all oul
ammunition on enc charge"
Chicago. Aug 9-OperatoTs OF th'
Postal Telegraph company 500 II
number. struck tonight at a few MN
utes after O'Clock This with l,l0'
men out from the offices of the West
ern Union throughout the city makes
1000 men now on strike in tins
city,
At a meeting of operators held th'l
afternoon a resolution was imam
mtusly passed declaring that ever
operator in the city having a umioI
card should be called out. Debate %
this motion occupied the entire tim
al the meeting and an adiournmen
was taken as soon AZ the motion wa
decided upon
A short time after the meeting ha
dissolved. demands were presented y
the officials of the Postal compan
for an increase of . per cent j
wages an eight hour day and recogn
non of the union Ii these were no
pa,sed upon strike was to follow
n was the general understandin
among operators that the demand
could not be granted at once and tn
move was evidently intended 10 hrin
about strike at the present time
order to aid the Western Union mel
II the demands were not granted, nj
der wording of the oreer all oper
tors working for brokers and con
mission houses are to bc called out
the morning and business general
will be badly handicapped.
The operators who were present /
the meeting say that the intention
the union was to cripple Telegram
facilities OF the city in every directiC
aud 10 it SO completely that pub
eeatimont would be brought to be-
heavily ON the two companies and
this manner force settlement b
tween them and the operators.
The general situation througho
the west was becoming serious
the day heightened. In addition
strikes reported during the foreno'
If was said that men al FL Pas
Texas. were ont and it was deelar
these I'm Spokane were IN the YER
OF a strike.
The strike at Offices of the Post
in this CITY are attended by no 81
of disorder When the whistle
blown calling The men ont, the efH
ntors rose from their seats WITH
cheer and walked out. There was
the slightest evidence Of illfeclinE
either sile Tho men after reachi
The street gave repeated cheers q
then DISPERSED
The strike throughout the day ]
not been marked by trouble OF a
Kind Chief Of Police shippy intoE