The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-06
FIFTH DAY OF
STRIKE BREAKS
Virtually All W. U. Wires in
Southeast SiIenCed by
Sympathetic Walk-0ut.
CALLED BY K0NENKAMP
Strike Breakers Special Ar
rives in Atlanta From
New York.

june O,--Nis 49, 90 ~
fifth day Of the strike against the
Southern Bell Telephone company
broke today with almost every West
ern Union wire in the southeastern
states sienced by sympathetic
strike of commercial telegraphers
from Richmond to Tampa, and from
the Mississippi river to the Atlantic
coast.
Predictions of the strikers that all
strike breakers would be concen-
trated in Atlanta when the strike was
spread to other southeastern cities
and that the Atlanta Western Union
Office alone would be supplied with
telegraphers, were borne out by
events Thursday night and this
morning. when dozens of Western
Union offices throughout the south
east were closed up and the keys
mailed to division headquarters in
Atlanta.
kilograms were received at gen.
eral strike headquarters in patches of
dozen or more at a time, bearing
the news Of wallkouts all over this
, section, responding to the strike Or
der. Charleston and Tampa reported
at Z o'clock that every man on duty
had walked out. Winston Salem
wired that every telegrapher was out
and the office permanently closed.
Spartanburg sent a similar message.
Charlotte wired that every man on
duty with the exception of three Of
flee messengers, not telegraphers, had
| answered the strike call. New Or
leans wired thaI large pencentagc
was out, Other messages were re-
| celved announcing complete walk :
| outs and the closing of offices.
ordere by international President.
The order for a general walkoui
in all southeastern state was issued
late yesterday afternoon by Interna
tional President S. J. Konenkamp, O.
| the Commercial Telegrapher's union
! and, Telephone Operators. association
! More than hundred strike break.
| ers had arrived before noon yester.
day, and about 100 others came III
| late yesterday afternoon from New
| York and other cities. About half oil
| these, union leaders declared, will re-
fuse to go to work. They are quar-
! tered by the Western Union at the
! Piedmont and Ansley hotels.
Strike Breakers Special.
The strike breakers special" from
| New York, which came in over this
! Southern railway last evening was
| met and stopped at Chamblee by the
| western Union officials with auto
mobiles to drive them into the city
/ On account of the large crowds who
gathered, both at Brookwood station
and the Terminal station. awaiting
the arrival of the strike breakers, il
was found advisable to remove them
I from the train before reaching At
lanta and spirit them into the city
| secretly. No violence had beer
| threatened, however, and only small
| committees had been sent by the
union to meet and inform them that
a strike was on here Some of the
| strike breakers vigorously denied
| that they came here with intent tc
act az strike breakers, and that they
were deceived into coming to Atlanta
| officials Of both telegraph and tele-
| phone companies expressed pleasure
that the lines had been turned back
to private ownership so that the for
mer owners might be free to make
fight against the union.
18 Out at Charleston.
Charleston. S. c., June 6.-Eighteer
of the twenty four telegraph opera.
tors employed in the local office o
the Western Union were on strike
today, according to claims OF unior
officials. Western Union officials
would make no statement
| Night operators left their keys las
night and men of the day force failed
to report for work this morning.
Knoxville Calm.
Knoxville, June 6.-Oficials of thu
Western Union Telegraph company
anticipate walkout of union opera.
tors here.
Mobile Unaffected.
Mobile, Ala, June 6.--All Morse
and multiplex operators employed il
the Western Union office here are a
work today, according to announce
| ment of the local manager TIL,
manager said that it would be i'm,
possible to tell of any delay in bust
ness for several hours yet. There Il
only one known member of the unioI
in this city and he is at work today
Raleigh Unaffected.
Raleigh. N. c., June 6.--Telcgrapf
operators reported for work as usua
| this morning and the local Office of The
| Western Union will not be affected by
the strike order issued last night, ac'
cordinE to officials. 1t was said only
one man in the Raleigh office was af
| iliated with the union and he is on
of the city on leave of absence.
Thirty-FiVe Out at Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, Fla. June G.--Thirty- five
| operators, ten clerks and sixty messen.
ger boys OF the local Western Unior
/ to figures of union officials, who claimed
that as the several day shifts repor
for duty the number would he aug
mcnted. Company officials reported ST,
! Morse operators, four multiplex opera
tors and eight clerks of the first shif
out.
Winnipeg Bans Parades.
Winnipeg, June Sin n formal ploc
lamation published this morning, Mayo
Charles r. Gray ordered the stoppag'
of all parades and forbade the conEre
cation OF crowds on the city streets.
One Quits at GreenVlie.
Greenvile. S. c.. June 6.-Only one
man in the Greenville Office Of th'
Western Union quit work today as 3
result Of the telegraphers' strike, Off
cials OF the company announced.
Three Out at Memphis.
Memphis. June 6.-Wcstern Unior
officials here stated today that only
three OF the force Of more than l0i
Morse and multiplcX operators employed
In the local office OF the company failed
to report for duty this morning due t
the strike called last night.
Local union officials stated that theiI
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