River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1907-08-15
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TELEGRAPH STRIKE
OPERATORS OF BOTH POSTAL
AND WESTERN UNION
WALK OUT.
MEN ARE CHEERED AS
THEY LEAVE BUILDING
Crowd Remains Orderly and There
is Little Need of the Extra Force
of Police Sent to the Scene
Trouble Spreads in Many Cities.

Is Little Need of the Extra Force
of Police Sent to the Scene
Trouble Spreads in Many Cities.
New York, Aug. 13.-The strike of
the telegraph operators which has al
fected many cities throughout the
country was extended to New York
Monday when men employed by both
the Western Union and Postal COM
panies quit work. The Postal strikers
said that 80 per cent. OF their men
were out. The Western Union Off
Gals declared that SO per cent. OF
their day force left their keys. Extra
police were called out to preserve or
der in the vicinity of the telegraph
buildings, but there was little or. no
occasion for their services. The
crowds were orderly.
1t was stated by general officer OF
the company that out Of the 400 men
on duty on the day force 3O1 refused
to obey the call to go out. These men,
it is said, are now at their keys and
the company's officers made the dec
laration that before long they would
have full force of operators at work.
Strikers Cheered.
AS the men left the building they
were cheered by other operators who
had gathered in Dey street. The cheer
ing soon attracted the passersby on
Broadway and in few minutes large
crowd had gathered. The police of
the traffic squad soon put the sight
seers in motion. A few minutes after
the strike, while the police were clear
ing the sidewalks around the Western
Union building, one man disputed the
right of the police to compel him to
move on and he was arrested.
Secretary Treasurer McInerny, of
the local Photographers union, said that
the local men had walked out without
any order from the union officers and
that they took the matter in their own
hands in going out. He said the Off
GERS of the union, though, would stand
by the strikers in their action.
McInerny Makes Statement.
Secretary Mclnerny said that he
realized that the feeling Of the men
was strong against the company, but
that the local union officers had done
all they could to prevent the men go
ing out He said:
The officers regret the action of the
men in going out at this time. We did
all we could to restrain them, but they
were simply goaded into going out.
THE last straw that broke the
camels back came when three men,
who had been discharged last week
for declining to work wires on which
strike-breakers were employed, went
to the main Office of the Western
Union to get their time. They were
told by one of the chief operators to
get out of the Office and the man ac-
cOmpanied the ejectment with abusive
language. The fault is with the COM
pany, for we have done all we could to
prevent this trouble. The local union
will stand by the men,"
Secretary McInerny said that the To-
cal union was well provided with funds
and that the Order of Railway Tele-
graphers had assured the local union
that they would aid them in a financial
way.
Postal Men Out in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Aug. 13-The Postal
Telegraph operators went on strike
Monday. There was little evidence
of a strike movement among the
telegraphers in this city until after
the operators in New York went ont.
Postal WaIkout in Columbus.
Columbus, O., Aug 13-Ten union
operators at the Postal Telegraph
company walked out at II o'clock, TAX
ing their machines with them. They
declare that the Postal cannot handle
the business brought to it. Three non
union telegraphers were at once in
stalled by the management. Pickets
have been established by the Postal
men who walked out
Strike Reaches Toledo.
Toledo, O., Aug. 13.-The telegraph.
ers' strike has invaded Toledo. A. E.
Zimmerman, who has been oper-
ating a Postal wire for local paper,
left his work because "Peg" Randall
was said to have accepted position
with the Postal. Later six operators
employed by the Postal in the Pro-
duce exchange walked out. 1t is ex-
pected that all the union men of the
Postal will be out before night
No Lives Lost in Toronto.