The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-30
STRIKE CAUSES A
TREMENDOUS LOSS
Estimated That the Business
interests Have Suffered
In Millions.
BUSINESS MEN UNITED.
THEY WILL CARRY THE CASE TO
THE PRESIDENT-RESU OF
THE STRIKE SITUATION AT
PRESENT.

New York. Aug. 3o.-Tha telegraph
ers' strike received its greatest boost
since its Inauguration Thursday. when
it was announced that a conference OF
New York business men, who say they
are disgusted with the conduct of the
Postal and Western Union companies
since the strike began, were about to
appeal to President Roosevelt for re-
lief.
This conference, according to the ac-
counts. declared that millions of dol
lars of business had been lost to them
through the claims of the telegraph
companies that they could transmit
messages from East to West on time.
1t is expected that the appeal for re-
dress will be made either direct to Oys-
tey Bay within the week or through
Commissioner NeiI1, who is now at At
lantic City. but will confer again with
the president shortly upon the subject
of mediation.
Another impetus came from the wo-
men strikers, who under the leadership
of Miss Hilda Svenson, announced that
they would not only parade full
strength on labor day, but will stay out
until Christmas if it is necessary. to
help their fellows win.
The brokerage operators continued
their adjourned meeting today. Pres
ident Small appeared and delivered an
address, exhorting the members of the
Wall street chapel to do everything in
their power to make the strike of the
commercial operators a success and
force the companies to replace the non
union operators on the several boards
of trade and exchanges with union
men.
To Investigate Conditions.
A committee was appointed to in
vestigate conditions in the Wall street
district and report next Tuesday. No
definite action will be taken on the
question of calling out the brokerage
operators until this committee has
made its report
Today is the regular pay day of the
telegraph companies and the strike re-
lief fund will be distributed at union
headquarters, but it is not expected
that the drain on the funds will be
any heavier than it was last week, as
most of the strikers have so far felt
no financial distress and regard their
temporary release from work as a va
cation.
A we'll known official of one of the
telegraph companies, when asked how
the company was getting along since
the strike, said:
well, we were pretty badly Grip
pied at first, but we have been gradu-
ally adding to our force, and while we
are somewhat hampered in handling
business to the smaller cities and
towns, we are doing almost our nor
NAL business. | am afraid if some of
our older employees don't make up
their minds to come back in a few
days there won't be any places for
them. We have appealed to all those
we could reach, but have received few
ting other good operators in their
places"
Union Men Confident.
The union men, on the other hand,
are confident that the companies will
come to terms. Daniel Russell of the
union announced that the strike would
be over within a week. with the result
Of complete victory for the strikers
Upon what he based this statement he
would not say, but later, when Pres
dent Small announced that all rail-
road operators might be called out be-
cause of the attempt Of the companies
TO compel them to send commercial |
a glimmer of the point was |
seen.
Mr.. Russell announced that the next |
ssue of the telegraphers' official or
gan will contain the news