The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-08-20
Little Change is Manifest
in the Surface Signs
of the Strike.
.nwPANIES AND TELEGRAPHERS
BOTH CLAIM THAT VICTORY is
ALREADY WON, AND THERE is
SOME TALK OF ACTION BY THE
GOVERNMENT.
Special to The Journal

Special TO The Journal
New York, Aug. 19.-Today is the
4 tg-iuainG of the second week of the
5cHt The Western Union and Postal
i SuDaGies both claim they have won
and that they are handling all bust
uss- The men laugh at this claim
II however. and declare any such state
Il nrnt is merely bluff given out for
Iut purpose of deceiving the public
I'm Postal claim that they have put
tor-y-tiyo railroad telegraPhers TO work
Eir Tie main Office in this city within
/ tn past few days.
Il Asked as TO what roads these mEa
|came from, a Postal wire chief said
|tcy We're obtained from the New
|York. New Haven and Hartford, West
ISa.re Erie, Pennsylvania and New
|YaTk Central Inquiry at the general
ClireS OF these companies here elicit
/ 81 The reply that only four telegraph
Operators have resigned on these roads
Dunn The past week and in no case
| IL tie -nrn resigned to take position;
with the Postal Or Western Union
Companies.
As an instance of how the compa-
MES are handling business in the East,
a. Important message filed at Phila-
d. .~hia at ll:43 a. IL. on August Is
u. received in New York at 1:52 D.
| l., On August Il, and delivered two
hours later. taking twenty-eight hours
70 travel ninety miles.
Legal Action.
Daniel L. Russell, chief of the STRAIT
| Pay board OF the striking commercial
| elegrapherS, was prepared with coun
| Sci and Witnesses today to appear be-
| tore Attorney General Jackson and
ash that action be instituted in the
|CCurts TO annul the charters of both
H. Western Union ana Postal COM
|par.es.
lie will present 4 mass of evidence
tAaI the companies have been for
harding messages by mail aud ex-
""ss -4ftr~. collecting full telegraph
/ is. He will further charge that
|m"ssages nave been shipped into New
| CJk, copied on the proper blanks
/ me main offices, and delivered As If
|ley had actually come over the wire.
Attorney General Jackson uG5 beea
sa2i2us to get at the tel graph trust
py.. sine. tAcy entered into a work
Ia agreement for the division of prot
l. and raising Of rates. The supreme
court recently refused him permission
| to bring suit against the companies
| O. the ground that they had cOnSpired
% form Il monopoly.
VIII Issue Paper.
Declaring that the strikers are not
c-iying square deal" from local
, VSpapers, with the exception of the
American and the Evening Journal,
| Tie strikers have decided to print a
|tlilv pauer of their own during the
strike 1t will be called the "Fai~
Play" and Daniel L. Russell is to-
eli, it, The first issue is scheduled
| 10 appear tomorrow.
An information bureau for the pIb-
i" Is to be established today at Il
Prominent place on Park Row by
| Mss Helen Marot, who has been ac-
tive in encouraging the women strik-
egs. The principal feature will be q
| bulletin board, which will keep the
ll6iic posted on the quickest means
o. communication with outside points.
Picket Duty.
Pockets Will be kept on duty about
he main offices of both companies
sad the strikers hope to draw stead
II on the ranks of the strike-breakerS.
ne strike leaders declare they Gre
iNiy posted on the actual working
conditions in both companies through
S'.es who have remained at work par
ulular!y 10 secure this information.
Optimistic statements were ISSUED
y 10th the Western Union and the
POSTAL companies, yesterday, only TO
C. promptly denied by the strike
leaders,
resident Small, of the Commercial
~ c,s'SIaphers' Union, announced IN
S-.J"So today that cIc telegrapherS
- leased wires would be called out
u strike nj once unless their employ
IS Si-n"d new wage scale.
In Wall Street.
New York and Chicago are not eN-
Led 10 be greatly affected by this
i ne reason that most operators on
,'Sr0 wires in these cities have come
III agreement with their employ
vs. mere are a few firms in WL1
- however, who have not signed
o agreement. and these will be with
II -. operators unless they can make
- II Is thought every employer
n -, ~sH on leased wires will agree 70
y demands of the men and that
~,.e viii he no strike.
mere seems to be some discord in
n .anhs Of the striking operators.
y,rai} President Thomas made the
r.. ''%ISdnJ remark today when told
Coz. resident Small was planning to
II .oT., 90 New York and assume per-
80 charSe of the strike:
l. guess New York can manage