New Britain herald., 1915-04-15
APHERS REFUTE |AcER'S TESTIMONY
Illnesses Declare None Of
 )peraIors arc Satisfied.

Aprll Il o,--flNe Postal nh company telegraphers, sud- Bupboenaed to appear before the States commission on indus- lations yesterday unanimously Iicted Tuesdays testimony of
 G. Reynolds, general mana 4 the company, who said that xDns of employment were 100 t. satisfactory. MT. Reynolds ed that the commission could
 this statement by asking the # The five witnesses said that Xoe the operators were satisfied, main, because they bought I'd too much work for too little M they knew of no way to ob- dress of grievances and. there minor troubles.
 T. Rogers working a regular split trick" for the Postal com was the last witness. As he Aing excused he was asked by P. Walsh, chairman of the ssion, if he had any further int to make.
 Will Lose Job.
 N that I won't have any job low" he said.
 Walsh replied:
 ou or any other of the young et into difficulty because of bstimony during tho life of this ksion, please notify Secretary ten to one that you will hear #ne,' Rogers insisted.
 let us hope not" smiled the Ian. .t.,.
 be fired and l never will get job," the witness concluded. Other Witnesses Heard. Witnesses were Thomas Car #affic superintendent. western n. Western Union Telegraph ay; George Duffy and Eli Ros-
 messenger boys; B. Frank ton, secretary and treasurer New York local. Commercial phers' Union of America and Russell. s. P. Aubrey, T. l.. zton and Clare E. Emerson, company operators who pre-
 Rogers. $. J. Koenkamp, nt of the Photographers organ added a few words to his pre- Testimony regarding the tele- &rs' strike of 1907. When Rus- bk the stand MT. Walsh stated gHtively:
 Reynolds. your general man. Ktated yesterday that conditions Postal company telegraphers Satisfactory and there were no #ints?'
 Much Dissatisfaction.
 re is much dissatisfaction over Nand the hounding' of the men d up" MT. Russell replied. Tn N our instruments are too #orether and we can't work in [ and when short relief from Xev Is necessary sometimes you #et it for hours"
 y don't you state your grlev- #throuGh the union?" MT.
 asked. Tor association of em- to which MT. Reynolds testi- #gterday? MT. Reynolds stated #ais union elected its own ofti- End was a channel for the ad- Int of grievances" Never heard of it," responded #tness.
 other telegraphers either had &ard of the union. or only y.
 Complained to Sub. Chiefs. regarded the chief operator court of last resort, they said, Dnsidered 1t a hazardous eX- mt to appeal that high. They bined, if at all, to the sub
 Russell said that he wrote di-
 MT. Reynolds a year ago, but &recieved a reply.
 #ere are three hundred men in hicago office and I don't believe 1you can find two of them who #tisfied," said Russell.
 Reynolds testified that he IT. was not satisfied with hls &alary," interjected Commis Ashton, who laughed, ant
 "You needn't answer that
 witnesses work on circuits
 $S5 a month, but those o' Dn the extra list unable to worl time and earning fell be hat. Emerson said that h' had trouble getting short relic %the key if he appealed to tho
 operator. Warrington com q that tho company requires len to rent the typewriters uset
 office, while a rival compan! es them free to the men.
 
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