Omaha daily bee., 1907-08-15
A. D. 7. BOYS co TO WORK
Messengers and Western Union Reach
Terms of Agreement.
TO GET MONTHLY GUARANTEE
Otherwise Scale is Same ~ Before
Operators Await Word of PresI-
dent Small of National
Union.

The Western Union messenger boys
went bac kto work yesterday afternoon
after strike of two days. The schedule
under which they returned was COM
promise between the boys and the com
pany. The boys were getting IN cents
message without a guarantee before
the strike. They demanded 2h cents a
message with a guarantee of SS5
month. They returned to work under
the old scale Of u cents a message, but
with a guarantee of ss5 a month.
Manager Williams of the Postal de-
clared his boys would be back at work
this morning, though he said he had
given them none of their demands. The
Postal pays its boys cents a message,
and Mr.. Williams says steady worker
can easily make s35 a month.
There was no material change In the
local situation of the telegraphers. At
strike headquarters everything was quiet.
President Graul Secretary kirkland and
e. L. Huntley of the local union were
| In Fremont to meet President Small, who
was to pass through Omaha on his way
to Chicago.
Brokers Deny IL.
1t was stated at strike headquarters
that some of the local brokers had
signed up a new schedule. This was de-
MED by the brokers' who pointed out
that their operators are now drawing
better pay than the striking operators
| are demanding and therefore would nave
no reason for striking. Action in this
respect will depend largely on what is
done at the main offices of the brokers
in Chicago. Manager Williams of the
Postal stated that he couldn't use more
men If he had them.
II have six men here" he said, "and
as we are not doing business at branch
stations all of them can work on out
! going wires"
Manager Umstead of the Western Union
reported last night that he had all wires
clear and no unsent or undelvered mes
sages on hand. The Western Union re-
working force yesterday.
| 1t was stated that one OF the principal
| questions on which the local committee
wished to consult President Small was the
advisability of calling out the operators in
the brokers' offices.
All Quiet Along the Potomac.
An intense quiet brooded over strike
headquarters the only relief to the mo-
notony being a MESSAGE from President
| Small
! Printed bulletins describing the progress
of the strike are being received by mail
at strike headquarters from all parts of
| the country.
| Operators FOR the Postal at Sioux Falls,
| 8. D.. at North Platte and at Lexington,
Neb., have been called out. They are MEM
T, bers of the Omaha local.
The situation in the grain brokers' offices
remains unchanged Blasingham & Boyce' s
operators went to work on time Wednes-
day, though the previous evening they had
| announced to the strikers their intention of
Joining them
A ball game for the benefit OF the strike
fund will be played Saturday afternoon
at Dietz park between the Western Union
and Postal operators.
More Men at Work.
The local manager of the Western Union
Telegraph company says he has forty-three
operators at work Wednesday, a gain of
three over the preceding day. and accepts
all business offered subject to delay. The
general conditions are somewhat improved.
The Office continues to be handicapped for
want OF sufficient messenger service, and
is sending out many of the kilograms re-
ceived in Omaha by mail Very little at
tempt is made at systematic delivery.
The Postal Telegraph company has three
| women operators at work and one man OPP
orator in addition to the chief operator. All
! messages are accepted subject to delay.
The Postal has no messenger service and
is also sending out many of its Omaha
kilograms by mail. The business is fairly
good, considering the handicap and the
company is looking for a general improve
ment