The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-13
.TELEGRAPHERS
To WALK OUT
President Of Union Predicts
Over $4,000 Men Will Join
the Strike by To-
morrow.
|DISPATCHERS SUPPORT
Railway Key Men Refuse Commercial
Business After Saturday Morn
Ina Unless Settlement Is
Made.
D1spATcHERs SUPPORT

CHICAGO, June l3.-Between 35,-
! 900 and 10000 telegraphers will have
ioined the nationwide strike called
by the Commercial Telegraphers'
Union of America by tomorrow, 5. j.
iKonenkamp, president, predicted here
today.
Konenkamp declared this figure
exceeded the union membership, ex-
nIaininp that many non-union men
had walked out.
Much enthusiasm was prevalent
among union officials here today, the
result of decision of railway telegra-
pliers to refuse commercial business
after six a. m. tomorrow and the
promised telephone strike due Mon
day, unless Burleson intervenes, ac-
cording to a decision reached at At
lantic City yesterday.
"The situation is very promising,
Konenkamp said. "As our cause Is
seen more clearly we are gaining
With fully $4,000 railway telegra-
piers working with us and telephone
workers out, Postmaster General
Burleson will be compelled to take
action"
President Konenkamp wired chiefs
of the eastern and western brokers
divisions late yesterday telling them
of the desire of some of their heads
to strike in sympathy and asking
what they wished to do.
F. A. Davis, president of the west
ern division of brokers operators
yesterday promised that $500 teleg-
raphers from Pittsburgh to the Pa
cific coast will walk out Monday un-
less the strike is adjusted, konen-
kamp said.
Union men estimated more than
1000 telegraphers have left their
keys in the Chicago district.
"As far as the Western Union is
concerned the strike is over" E. T..
Jones, chief operator of the Western
Union, declared this morning. 1--WE
are now in excellent shape" Jones
said of 2,213 employees in Chicago
district less than fifty walked out
and some of these have returned.
He said Chicago's situation is good
barometer of the national condition.
Postal officials said the situation is
Improving wonderfully and that
business is moving without restric-
tion"
Many men who walked out are re-
turning, they said.
Men who walked out of the Postal at
Dallas, Texas, are holding out firm,
according to union officials. Only
sixteen of 120 Postal employees are
at work at st. Louis, and 100 "mux"
girls have deserted their machines.
union men reported.
Union Predicts Victory.
NEW YORK, June 13-While tele-
graph company officials declared
today the strike Of commercial opera
unions, continued to predict victory.
Edward Reynolds, vice president OF
the Postal, which was admittedly
handicapped in moving its business
the first day of the strike, said the
situation was better, from his view
point, and that more men were return.
ing to work.
The strikers expect they will be
aided by the order Of railway tele'
graphers not to handle commercial
business after tomorrow morning at
six o'clock Western Union officials
said only a small percentage of their
business was dependent on railroad
telegraphers, while at the Postal il
was stated the railway telegraphers
action would have no effect whatever
Brokers operators are to meet here
tomorrow night to decide whether
they will walk out in a sympathetic
strike.
Adivces from Springfield, Ill, where
the electrical workers union head
quarters is located, stated that confer
ences might bring about settlemen,
of the strike threatened for Monday.
Entire Force Walks Out.
SIOUX CITY, Ia, June 13.-At 1o
O'Clock this morning the entire
Western Union force walked out on
| strike, with the exception Of two
or three pensioners, who win prob
ably remain loyal, according to union
| officials.
The Western Union officials state
that they still have sufficient help
/ to move the business.
49, IAoSIxr naA~ ra4-n