The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-08-15


pat" today and there has not been
q break from the Telographera
union That II the situation re.
garding the strike in Seattle
The Western Union r. accepting
all business offered with the delay
clause stamped upon the mes
sagea. Yesterday morning the
Western Union had 400 accumu-
lated messages. Tho officials
handled all Of yesterdays business
offered and this morning there was
only an accumulation Of 204 east
ern messages. The coast wise bus.
mess has been cleared up
To-day the Western Union had.
according 70 Snpt Reid. 81 operat.
ors at work, a gain OF one since
yesterday.
The Postal Telegraph company Is
handling coastwiae business At
noon. even date" eastern matter
vas being received. also sent, al
though eastern messages were
taken subject % indefinite delay
Today Manager lcre Dunno. Of
the Postal. IL paying OF the former
operators and the moment they
sigas their pay slips they are no
longer recognized a. employees.
Statement From Union.
y A Cook this afternoon made
the following statement for the 10.
cal union % telegraphers;
There u little In the way OF
news from our side of the fight
The local conditions are more salts
factory 90 as. and while the com
panies claim they have secured
operators enough 90 handle the
business. We have their own Fix
unos "a digaDprove their statement
During the last "a hours the
Western union handled less than
soc messages as against 5000 be
fore lhe strike. Fiva hundred
messages would be an average
DAYS WORK for one genuine op.
efasnr The difference between
these figures represent the number
~ messages they have piled up.
waitiug transmission, or have re-
fused % accept from the public
A. further evidence 81 false
statements. We have IN our posses.
sion one message 81 less than Toe
words. received yesterday Accord.
ina 70 the timing p minutes was
consumed ia receiving H. aud the
handwriting Of no less than the
four chief officials 81 the company
was ia evidence As having copied
q portion OF this message. Rome 81
them erideatiy being capable 81
handling a typewriter
with 20 other operators IN the
room. this would look 10 Ms like a
useless waste Of energy on their
part
while their statement that they
have secured the assistance 81 a
number Of Seattle business men
and women. who are exteiegraph.
era. is correct. yet We have evi.
dence 20 show that their offers Of
princeiy salaries 10 others have
been turned down with scorn.
ITO the latter Ne are grateful.
and We DO not entirely blame the
former for wishing 10 obtain a lit
tie easy pin money. At the same
time We feel Il our duty TO let
the public know In good time just
who these business men and NO
men are
we have their names aud some
photographs. which will be inter.
esting AZ least 10 10000 members
OF organized labor IN Seattle. and
their friends elsewhere
The Seattle Star has our appre-
citation In the fearless stand taken
BY It. editorialiy and otherwise. and
Il IL also strongly endorsed by al
members Of society Who favor
square deal
Endorse The Star.
1T was stated today" said Rus.
mess Agent r. w Cotierill OF the
council. that there was no resoln-
ton suggested at last nights meet
ing OF the labor conucil BY the tel
eEraphers delegate 10 boycott the
post-IntelliEencer or any other pa
per. although that paper was round.
~ ecnsured for It's unfair stand
However there was a suggestion
made BY a delegate from some 9th.
er organization that that would be
a proper resentment for it's corpo.
ration proponsities. but owing to
the fact that the publication EN-
ployed union men. who were with
out representation az this meeting
and az the request OF the telegraph
ers' delegates the matter was left
20 the individual members Of I'M
ions.
A motion prevailed commencing
the stand taken by the Seattle
Daily Star and a proper officer was
instructed 10 subscribe fer one OF
more copies OF Tho star for the
Central Labor Council reading
room
THE members Of Local 40. Com
meroial Telcgraphers association
were the guests OF the Central la.
Dor Council last evening They
were present and heard the min
utes read which contained the rec
ord OF the official referendum vote.
which was returned from the vari-
Gus unions OF the city affiliated
Out Of the 1900 members OF arm.
lated unions, but I votes We're re
corded as against the demands Of
the tclegraphers.'
Statement by Dunno.
1--WE are taking care OF an OF The
coastwiso business" said Ierc
Dunno. manager OF tho Postal Tel
eeranh company, this morning.