The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-06
STRIKE Fails,
Phone OWNERS
ASSERT TODAY
Operators Out in Re-
Spouse 70 Union Order
CBy Tn. Associated Press

spouse 70 'he fflkr order issued By
the Commercial 1elcgfaphefs' Union
OF America against the Western I'm
ion Telegraph company in the south
east, following an order OF Post
master. General Burle'on las, night
restoring operation OF the wire sys-
tens Of the country 20 their former
owners. members OF the v~ion l.f,
their keys in many cities in the south
today II was officially stated at the
southern headquarters OF the tele-
graph company here at noon that less
than W operator, and other en-
ployeS had responded 10 the strike
call The estimate OF representatives.
Of the union a. that time vas that
more than three thousand employees
Of the company had walked out
NEW YORK, June 6-Employes Of
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany who Joined the ,e~legraphers'
union on the assurance Of the post
master general that there would be
10 discrimination IN regard TO en-
ploycs joining unions will not be taken
back II they strike. Ncwcomb Garlic
ton. president OF the company. an
rounced TO-DAY He pointed out that
the postmaster general now had
TUNED the Western Union over TO the
company 80 operate as We think best
Tor the Interests Of business"
Mr.. Carleton said that out Of 10000
employees. only no belonged to the
union and tina, the call for a strike in
the southern division was meeting
with practically no response.
ny international News serylce)
ATLANTA, Ga, June b-Ihe fifth
day Of the strike against the South
ern Bell Telephone company broke
today with almost every Western I'm
ion wire in the southeastern states ST.
fenced by a sympathetic strike of
commercial telegraphers from Rich
mond to Tampa and from. the Missis-
slppi river to the Atlantic coast.
Predictions OF the strikers that all
s,rikebreakers would be c%oncentrat-
ed in Atlanta when the strike was
spread to other southeastern cities
and that the Atlanta Western Union
office alone would be supplied with
,elegraphers were borne out by events
Thursday night and this morning
when dozens Of Western Union cRt
fees throughout the southeast were
closed and the keys mailed to diyi-
sion headquarters in Atlanta.
Strikes Spreading.
kilograms were received At genera
strike headquarters in patches Of /
dozen os. GaoSs. 1T a time bearing IN,
news OF walkonts all owe the sec
ton responding to the strike order
Charleston and Tampa reported at
O'Clock that every man on duty hz'
walked ont. Winston-Salem wirec
that every telegrapher was out anc
the offices permanently closed. Spar
,anburg sent a similar message. Char
lotte wired that every man on dut,
with the exception Of three office
messengers, not telegraphers, had an.
swered the strike call. New Orleans
wired that a Large percentage vas out
Other messages were received an
nouncing complete walkou,s and the
closing of offices.
More than 200 strike breakers had
arrived late yesterday from New York
and other cities. About half OF these
union leaders declared, will refuse &c
10 to work They are quartered by the
Western Union at the Piedmont ant
the Anslev hotels.
Strikebfeakers Arrive.
The "strikebrcakeis' special from
New York which came In over the