Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-08-12
TELEGRAPHERS'
STRIKE UNIVERSAL
Operators Walkout
All Over the
Country
SERVICE At STANDsT|LL
All Messages Received Sub
ject to Delay.--Associated
Press Suffers.

New York, Aug. l2.--All Western
Union and Postal telegraph opera.
tors went out here today.
Los Angeles, Aug l2.--Postal opera.
tors out here.
Savannah, Ga, Aug, 12.-Western
Union and Postal operators out
Des Moines, la. Aug. l2.-Western
Union and Postal operators went out
here this morning.
Augusta, Ga, Aug l2--The West
ern Union operators are out here.
Salt Lake City, Aug, 12.--The entire
Postal force, numbering fifteen men,
are ont here.
Officials Claim 10 5e IN Coed Shape.
Chicago, Aug l2.--Both the West
ern Union and Postal Telegraph Com
panes claimed today to be in better
condition than at any time since the
commencement Of the strike. The
Western Union claims to have 200
men at work and the Postal 100. or
fcers of the union claim the COM
panies have but one-third they claim
to have and declared many Of them
are telegraph students, not yet capa-
BILE of doing good work.
Hundreds of operators in diff
ferent sections of the country
joined the strikers today, fur
ther tying up the service. How
ever, non-union operators are being
pressed into service and the officials
of both companies here declare they
have the places of all the strikers
filed The Associated Press and 9TH
er news agencies are finding it diff
cult to send their news. All messages
| are received subject to delay.
| Estimated 5000 Operators Are Out.
| About 1000 men were added to the
ranks of the strikers today The new
recruits came from various sections
throughout the country, in each case
the strikes being precipitated by the
men refusing to work with non-uniOn
men in other cites. Up to noon ap-
proximately 5000 telegraphers are on
strike, divided among the following
cities. Chicago, st. Louis, St Paul.
Kansas City, Memphis, New Orleans,
Topeka, Sedalia No. Pueblo, Jack
son, Miss, Dallas. Texas, Salt Lake
City, Helena, Mont, Fort Worth, Okla
homa City Birmingham. Ala, Angus
ta Ca. Sioux City. Iowa, Omaha.
Knoxville, Tenn. Council Bluffs, Iowa,
Charleston, S. c., Galveston, Texas,
Atlanta. Ga, Texarkana. Ark, Fargo,
N. D., Los Angeles. Cal, Colorado
Springs. Colo, Jackson, Tenn, Beau
mont, Texas, New York and Denver.
May ParaIyze Long Distance Tee-
phone Service.
Thirty-five skilled telegraph opera
tors employed by the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company at its
long distance telephone office, decided
today to prepare demands for a wage
increase and better working condi-
tions. with an ultimatum that unless
; they are conceded by next Wednes-
day strike would follow. This would
result in practical paralysis OF the
long distance telephone lines.
Strike Embarrasses Government.
| Washington. Aug. 12.-The govern
ment officials fear, should there be a
general strike, it would seriously em-
barass the federal government Al
ready the Weather Bureau has felt the
force of the sporadic strikes. The
situation is said to be Of such char
acter at this stage as not to admit OF
: interference by President Roosevelt.
} Postal Also Out at Denver.
5 Denver, Aug. 12.-All Postal opera
!. tors struck this morning at 10 o'clock.
: Twenty-Five day and night operators
| want Out