Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-22
WIRE STRIKE MAY
Be MORE SERIOUS
Possibility of Trouble in Some
Other Cities.
BREAKERS GOING WEST
Western Union Is Going to Have Men
in Frisco.
FRUIT TRADE WILL BE HURT
No Truth in Report About President
Konenkamp Turning Down
President Small.
RUIT TRADE WILL BE HURT

NEW YORK. June 22.-Deputy President
! S. ]. Kone nkamp of the Telegraphers'
| Union denied today the interview in which
| he was reported saying that President
| Small would be disciplined because the San
| Francisco strike was called after the Teleg-
| raphers' Union had reached an agreement
with the telegraph companies thorough the
efforts of Labor Commissioner NELL. Mr..
! Konenkamp made the following statement
| today
1.-The reported interview quoting me as
| stating that President Small would be dis
| ciplined by the executive board re-
| suit of the strike at San Francisco is abso-
| lutely untrue Nor has any member OF
| the executive board. made such state
| ment There will be a meeting OF the board
this afternoon to discuss the present sftua-
| ton AND until after that time no zone has
| authority to say what position the board
| will take
Legally Authorized.
| The strike at San Francisco had been
| legally authorized by the board last FRI
day before the companies showed dispo-
| sition to accede to anything. Since maxi
| ing my official report to President Small
have not been able to g-t in touch with
| him and have nothing but newspaper re-
ports to go on.
Operators for Frisco.
operators for the Western Union were on
| their way to San Francisco from the east.
| 1t is believed the company has had these
| men in reserve in anticipation of the strike
| and that it has arranged for others to fol-
| low them. Superintendent james has re-
fused to make any definite admissions
about the strikebreakng operators tho
company intends to import.
AS to whether the strike shall be Odered
to extend to other cities remains to be
Il Nha cfal and
| officials insist that they will hold no con-
| ferences with the officials of the union.
| If they remain obdurate the telegraphers
in other cities may be called out, thus
| tying up all the commercial telegraph busi-
| ness of the west .
Will Hurt Fruit Trade.
| CHICAGO, June 22.-Presdent Sager OF
! the Chicago board of trade. Secretary Wren
! of the Chicago stock exchange, declared
last night that the San Francisco telegra-
| piers strike will have little effect on the
| board of trade or stock exchange business
| in Chicago.
Fruit dealers asserted that the strike
is likely to have serious effect upon their
business Shipments of perishable fruit,
| it is declared, will be seriously hampered
| as a result of a lack of Geographic COM
! fnunicated with San Francisco at Oak
At Western Union and Postal offices in ?
| Chicago last night all messages for both
strike points were accepted subject to
| delay e.. -. .---. D..
Conflicting Reports.
I, Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK June 22.-The officials OF
both the Western Union and the Postal
| Telegraph companies announced this morn
| ing that they. have the STU; IN in San .
| Francisco, caused by the strike of the
telegraph operators yesterday afternoon,
! well in hand. Members of the executive
| committee of the Commercial Telegraphers
Union say, however, that they have re-
! ceived information that complete te-up
| prevails in San Francisco.
| IT has been established beyond doubt that
| the officials of the two compan es VIII CO.
| operate In dealing with the strike. A con-
| ference of the officers will be held some
! time today.
The strike may be local, according to a
| message received from Small, who is ~ San
Francisco conducting the strike The men,
| bers of the executive committee OF the
| union give as the cause Of the strike star
walton wages with wartime prices. They
! say that while the average pay of a tele-
graph operator is ST. per month the cost
| of supporting the operators family Is slu3
The officials of the Postal this morning
| called attention to the fact that their oper,
| ators in San Francisco are the pest paid
| and the most considerably treated OF any
| in the country. The company gives the
| average pay of an operator in san fran
| I -
make as high as $50. The officers OF the
union say that it is only by Working many
hours overtime that average operator
is able to make sl2O a month
Possibilities of Settlement.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 22.-The three
cabinet officers who are coming to San
Francisco are not, it is said, expected to
settle the present strike, according TO the
Cancellation committee. That body an
| nounced yesterday that the presence OF the
| three secretaries would not be used as a
means of bringing about industrial peace,
| but simply for the purpose OF education
| and obtaining their views the general
! relations between capital and labor.
1t is hoped that the local strikes will be
| settled before the peace conference taxes
| place.
Two Carloads of Operators.
OGDEN. Utah, June 22-Two carloads
| of telegraph operators from Baltimore and
| Philadelphia in charge of six Pinkerton
| detectives passed through-OSden today on
| their way to San Francisco. They are to
| take the places of the striking operators or
San Francisco.
San Francisco had been anticipated.
All Is Quiet.
SAN FRANCISCO June 22-The situa-
ton here in connection with the strike OF
the telegraph operators is quiet In all
about 2e0 men are out, and the service is
| now maintained in the offices of both
companies by officials, including chief oper-
ators and wire chiefs, together with one
or two men and women who have remained
| loyal
General Superintendent Frank James OF
tn. Western Union is accredited with the
statement that the company hoped to be
| running fairly well in another week, when
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