The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-13
STRIKERS GET
NO SYMPATHY
OR KIND WORDS
French P0Stmen Apparently
Unable 10 Run Things to
Suit Themselves.
MAILS BEING MOVED
WITHOUT ANY TROUBLE
LEADERS or MOVEMENT BEING
DISCHARGED AND GOVERN
MENT is FIRM.

Paris. May ls.-The first day Of the
postal strike passed peacefully. No dis
tuFba1ces were reported and the move
ment appears To have gained no ground.
The service in Paris and throughout the
provinces tonight. with ..e exception OF
that Of the railway mail clerks is nor
NAL and as "a result there has been no
need TO axe advantage % he prepard-
tons MADE by the var.oU. business or
eaaizations and comm> cial bodies to
carry on q private letter service
The abinet tonight summary dis
missed 2zS men under the decree issued
or Ma ch IS. which authorizes the dis
charge Of strikers from the state serv-
ice. and made other provisions COR deal
ing with recalcitrants. The ministers
arc confident that the removal Of the
principal fomenters of the agitation viii
crush the movement
Little Sympathy.
The strike leaders experienced another
discOuTagemeut o.. he failure Of the
miners congress at Lens 70 vote a SYM
pathetic strike and thus far none OF
the trades unions has made sign OF
ioinin, ne movement At the same
time the government is hurrying the
preparation OF its promised bill Tegu-
which will be presented TO a committee
Of the chamber Of deputies Monday
Official figures place the number of
strikers i'm Paris at 400 out of 1000.
owing 10 the detection of a majority of
the mail clerks. the outgoing mails are
more or less stranded.
Tie hotbed OF the previous revolt, the
Central Telegraph bureau. is quiet. the
night shift reporting for duty as usual.
No Hesdway Made.
Reports from the provinces show that
the movement has not made much
Roadway except at Havre, where a spe-
cial service arranged by the chamber
of commerce win be inaUgurated At
Bordeaux, Lille and Charities, condi-
tons are normal. In some cities, nota-
bly, Lyons and Chambery, the postal
employees have openly expressed their
disapproval Of the strike. There is
some anxiety at the Paris hotels, where
numerous Americans are expecting let
tiers containing bank drafts.
A mass meeting of postal employees
tonight was not so wen attended as
that Of last night The meeting, how
ever. adopted q resolution to continue
the strike with vigor.
Additional Strikers,
1t was announced that the number of
strikers was growing rapidly both in
Paris and the provinces, an instance
being given of the mail clerks on the
Lyons mail who had quit on the road.
During a long speech. NJ. Lauron de-
clared that violence or destruction OF
property by the strikers would not be
tolerated. He said the men would finish
the tasks on which they were now en-
gagged.
Two attachments of naval mechanics.
summoned from Brest BY the minister
of marine, have arrived here and are
now stationed i'm the machine rooms of
the central postoffice and the Central
Telegraph bureau. The hotelkeepers'
union has arranged TO take the mail of
foreign guests TO Brussels. whence it
will be sent abroad. They are also de-
vising a scheme to deliver incoming
mail.
Sign Of Help.
The first sign of the intention Of out
side unions to participate in the strike
movement came tonight, when at a
meeting OF delegates OF the syndicate OF
Seine departments it was decided that
the moment has come TO throw down
the barriers separating the state en-
ployes from the yvorkmeu."
The delegate bound themselves TO
start an organization OF their respec-
tive unions so as 90 be ready 20 march
out I'm a body when a general strike
should be called. and invited the gem
eral Federstio OF Labor to take all
steps necessary to create a general
movement i'm France.
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