The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-19
NO BREAK IN
DEADLOCK
IN PARIS
And No Prospect of Any
Improvement in Strike
Situation


slightest indication late tonight of
break In the deadlock between the
government and its striking teleg-
raphers and postal employees. nor was
thero any prospect OF an Improvement
In the situation, The strike, however,
Will be considered In the chamber OF
deputies tomorrow and q solution may
then be furnished
The cabinet tonight passed decree
authorizing the dismissal Of the strik-
ers from the state service, and reaf-
frmed Its determination not to Yield
Tho semi-ofiicial note giving the re-
suit Of the meeting announced that
many merchants have offered to lend
to the government their employees
This indicated the completeness Of the
tleup and the extremity to which the
government has been forced.
The note does not mention the SEN
sauonal report that the government In
tends TO call the reservists to the
keys, thus gathering In practically all
the male postal principals and forcing
them TO work as soldiers under pen
atty OF mutiny. The report is discred-
tied.
On the contrary 1t Is believed that
Premier Clemenceau seeks only 20
save the principle for which he has
contended, and that IL the chamber
now indorses the attitude the premier
will be ready for the resignation OF
NJ. Simyan. under secretary Of posts
and telegraphs, and thus open the way
for negotiations to end the strike.
American malls have not been de-
llyered. The Havas agency, which re-
ceives thousands of letters daily, did
not find any at the postofflce today
With the failure OF the carriers to de-
liver letters in Paris today, the chaos
was complete. The entire public
service is paralyzed and business. both
public and private. Is In confusion. The
situation In the capital and the prov
inces grows worse every hour. The
unJelivered letters number into the
millions, and not less than 100000 tel
egrams We're stacked up this forenoon
awaiting distribution. Foreign incom-
Ing malls remain unsorted and only a
small proportion Of the outgoing mails
have been sent away,
The few hundred military teleg-
raphers brought into Paris are prac-
ucally helpless, as they are not famil-
lar with the recently installed Baudet
instruments and foreign kilograms are
being sent to the frontier for retrans-
mission Even the sale of postage
stamps has been discontinued In the
branch postoflces. The government
has managed to keep several wires
open with London and Berlin for con-
ducting important diplomatic negotia
tions.
A few days more Of these conditions
and Paris will be reduced almost to a
state Of siege as far as food Is con-
cerned The funds necessary for tho
smooth running Of the provincial trade
are hung up In the postoffice and the
supply of eggs. milk, butter. meat and
country produce threatens speedily to
cease. Already merchants have been
obliged to send agents to the prov
inces with ready cash to obtain sup
plies.
The banks are withholding payment
on checks In the absence of advices
from their correspondents, and prices
at the stores are soaring.
A large body OF strikers gathered at
the central telegraph station today
and threatened breach OF the peace,
but when they found company of In
fantry In rooms adjoining the main
Offices. they left without creating any
disturbance The real element Of dan
ger hes in the threat of the general
confederation OF labor. which is purely
a revolutionary organization, and the
railroad unions TO declare sympathetic
strikes. Strangely enough, amid the
intense anxiety the masses celebrated
MiICareme today, the usual pleasure
loving crowds assembling in the boule-
wards TO witness the grotesque process
sion and throw confetti.
The strikers gained many adherents
today the men employed on the pneu-
matte tubes Joining the movement and
the association of 10000 postal appren-
tices indorsing by their votes the
strike principle.
The leaders already are claiming
victory In spite OF the bold front as
sumej by Premier Clemenceau, who
declares the government cannot yield
and intends to have recourse first to
soldiers and then to replace the strik-
ers with new appointees.
The belief Is becoming stronger,
however. that the government will be
compelled to make some advances
looking to compromise.
In order TO prove their patriotism,
the strikers have detailed two expert
operators to transmit the cipher dis
patches which the government is ex-
changing with the powers in connec-
ton with the Balkan crisis.