Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-04-17
NEARLY COMPLETE PARAL YSIS
OF SERVICE IN BOSTON DISTRICT
LIMITED CALL OTHER PLACES
First Assistant Postmaster General Rooms
Goes to Boston Today in Effort to Adjust
Differences - General Walkout of All Wire
Workers Probable-Union Leaders Esti-
mate 10000 Out by Tonight-No Response
to Overtures by Mayor Peters
kOONS TO BOSTON

Boston. Mass. April ls--Iohn C.
Rooms. first assistant postmaster
genera. and chairman Of the wire
control board, viii com" IN thls CITY
tomor-ow - s,;amp, 20 settle ,},c
strike nj operators and other rele-
phone workers. II %ew England.
Fl $ nss announced tonight ny Unit
III Sts,rs Senator David Z. Walsh.
lpon hss re'urn from Washington.
81 Walsh sand that officials IN Wash
.c1c'an acre Concerned ovr~ me stu
a..on ~ Ne. England ana we've e.
te-nlaad that The strike snoui: he
ended as speedily as possible,
W1eY the telephone strikers COM
u..;ceo Nas informed that 3I-. Rooms
aas coming, Miss Julia :. O'connor
the strike 'e2der said that If he
souch; L conference he. world have :,
NEE, win representatives OF me
%ew England Join, council Of eiec-
t-.ca' workers d. The strike was 10
longer simply an operators strike.
hug a general Halkout Of telephone
N0rleyrs-
Members Of local 1oi. who ara en-
pioEed rs lincmen. voted tonight 20
strike a. noon tomorrow. The cable
sp3icrrs and inside workers Went oU'
.oday and union leaders estimated
that BY tomorrow night -o,o"o tel
..rt1or.a WORKERS n New England
would t,e on strike.
Pickles. al he Milton exchange n
he metropolitan district. reported
ma Mrs. William z. Driver. Jr-- NJ"
of tne general manager OF the New
England company. Mrs john Ba;rn,
WIFE Of he treasurer Of the COMPANY
an,, other women. who Nero AIKEN -
ne building n their automobiles
worked a. sn,;chooards today
in Een.y- 10 a telegram Erorn a 3hE-
sac;an N Greenfield toiay II - - on
1or sad that cNe strike tofrHI'3'e~
void a.taur.z., emergency s~rE3ce 20
-,,I-a sesl.h and ire departments -
exchanges where = VS. 2oss HE 70 2H'
~. emergency zines on one board sfe
satt; mis- would not NJ possible N -
exchanges II ne metropolitan E-S'--'
,yh.-4 .r11lt.-tr3nksng sw.tchooards wee
Il a..
1-e-ators Fo- sGca ss-r-c2- s.
Cgf-onnor sad. would Ne furnished ny
he ,or-,r1It:es al the -"gues' OF cifF'
author. .eS they would agree 10 paE
he Operators the union wage
S-~-st- leaders made no response n
a. invitation Of Mayor Peters 70 confe-
With hir TIE mayor ga he lad 4
als:, 70 suggest % the operators and
: Net with their approval ne would
90 20 Washington ard make an e'tort
- hare = carried out !Ie did rot dis
close ~ha; MS plan was
The New England lolnt council an
pointed he following committee 20 A.
wa me adj us;yneat boards ~ he 90
orators 'inesren splicers' and i1s'is
workers UNIONS 7 directing the st-1kr-
John : Mo-,ey Worcester. Jams
Mclaughlin. New Bedford Thomas De
lanev lowell John MacNsllr. Sp-i0E-
seid, Leon Weir. Portland. Maine: W.
lam Fraser Manchester \ Il ar
ANTHONY Houcaa7i. Providence. r 7
The operators refusal % submit III
desiret wage scale 10 ne general man
ager for ms consideration and recon-
Inendatfon IS NOT due % any feeiin:
agalns, him or the corspany- This has
been explicitly stared by union officials
The objection IS 20 ,he procedure whic,
The government -s1abii shed FOR The ex-
pesitiois ana intelligent handling If the
questions presented
..y1. 81 10
postmaster general gave definite IN
sfric;ions 10 thr union operators crM-
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