Arizona republican., 1919-06-13
BUSINESS AS USUAL STRIKE IS FAILURE
 COMPANIES REPORT
Union Officials Claim 18,000
 Are Out-Western Union
 Not Handicapped Postal Is Suffering Most of All

of union officials that 18,000 operators were idle today, and that thee tie-up would be complete by Monday, com mercial business, particularly between the larger cities, is being handled on practically a normal basis, according to reports to the commercial companies here today.
 Officers of the Commercial Tele- graphers Union of America, which called the strike to enforce demands that the workers be permitted to or ganize, bargain collectively and ob- tain adequate wages" were elated over an announcement from St. Louis that union railroad telegraphers were or dered to discontinue handling conner cial business after o'clock a. m. Sat urday. The order was issued by E. J. Manion, president of the order of rail- road telegraphers, and affects S0,000 operators, it was stated.
 Whether the railroad operators will be called out on sympathetic strike will depend upon developments of the next few days, it was stated
 The strike leaders gained further confidence through adoption by the American Federation of Labor of a resolution pledging moral support to the strike called for June 16 by the In- ternational Brotherhood of Electrical workers. The union men claim the brotherhood has a membership of more than 100000, which includes the bulk of the union telephone operators throughout the country. Charles Ford, secretary of the brotherhood, denied reports that some of the members al- ready walked out in simpathy with the striking telegraphers.
 May Call Brokers Men
 s. J. Konenkamp, president of the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America, who is directing the strike from headquarters here, after a num- Der of long distance telephone con- versations with eastern representa- tives, declared assurance had been given that the brokers operators in New York would join the strike as soon as developments warrant
 Meanwhile officials of the Western Union Telegraph company claim that the strike has been a complete failure so far as that company is concerned and officials of the Postal Telegraph | company assert that traffic is being ! moved without interruption.
 The Association of Western Union Employees, which represents 65 per cent of the employees of the Western Union Telegraph company, received reports saying all workers were reporting for duty all over the country, despite the propaganda of the strikers to spread the trouble"
 Fewer Postal employees were out to- day than yesterday, according to re- ports to the Chicago office. President KOnprl-a mn pb m the attitude of the postmaster general had brought on the strike He said MT. Burleson had been informed before the strike was called that the controversy would be cleared up if he would permit the right of collective bargaining and establishment of a tribunal to fix their wages.
 The Postal Telegraph company in Chicago. which was hard hit by the l strike yesterday. reported conditions | greatly improved today.
 Messengers Also Strike Delivery service of both the Western | Union and Postal was greatly ham pered here by the strike of messengers. ,. President Konenkamp of the union | declared the action of the Order of Railroad Photographers was a very im- portant step.
 l JA tut -DsuVU " tSlSIu mon O1IiceS | in the country 23,000 are in railroad | stations, said MT. Konenkamp.
 By refusing to handle commercial messages, the railroad telegraphers will cut off from the Western Union the telegraph business of the smaller towns and cities where those offices are in railroad stations"
 MT. Konenkamp also said that a large addition to the ranks of the strikers in New York had been obtained today according to his advices. In Chicago he said the union had gained 100 work CTS today.
 The strikers held a meeting thi. afternoon and afterward paraded past the Western Union offices. Union of ficials estimated there were nearly 60( of them.
 Messengers to the number of 200 arc on strike in Chicago.
 MT. Konenkamp tonight sent a mes sage to w. F. Ewing, president of the eastern brokers division, and notified F. A. Davis of the western division. tC talSe referendum vote of broker op. orators on the question of joining tn. strike.
 Mir Davis immediately called a meet ing of his men for tomorrow.
 The first arrest thus far reported {, general headquarters of the union sine, the strike began was that of Philil Cohen, head of the messenger boy union, in process of organization H, was arrested for picketing at one O the local telegraph offices. Frisco Condition Same
 SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, June 12.- Little change since yesterday in th. telegraphers' strike situation in tn, west was shown in statements mad, tonight by both union leaders and tel egraph officials.
 Conditions better than he had hopet for in the territory within his jurisdic ion were claimed by L. I. Marshall, frs international vice president of tn, Commercial Photographers Union O America, who from Los Angeles. is di , recting the strike in the territory wes of Denver
 According to M. T. Cook, genera manager of the Pacific division of tn Western Union company, only sixteel of 5000 teiegraphers employed in tn , division, had responded to the strik
 cali. Figures on the number of em
 ployes of the Postal Telegraph com
 pany in the west were unavailable, bu
 officials claimed they had been able t
 move their messages ih spite of greatly curtailed force of operators. We are meeting with success in al
 the territory within my jurisdiction, ) MT. Marshall said. "The business of tn 5 Western Union company is seriousl
 affected throughout the western states - despite contrary reports by officials" s He claimed 50 per cent of the West
 ern Union operators were out at Seat . tie and that his advices indicated icon