Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-14
ST RIkERS
s j B N | 7
TO POSTAL.
Company Refuses to Enter
Into Negotiations With the
Union; WaIkouts Spread
ina, Leaders Declare.

New York, June 13.-The Postal
Telegraph company has entered into
no negotiations whatever with its
striking operators, and has received
no communication from them at
any time, except through the pub
lie press, it was stated here by Ed
ward Reynolds, general manager of
the Postal system. Mr.. Reynolds
added that thea company looked on
the strike as virtually at an end.
Mr.. Reynolds said the company
had virtually a normal force of op-
orators, and that reports from other
cities showed many men coming
back to work. The report that Of
ficials of the Commercial Telegra-
piers Union of America had sub
mitted to the Postal Telegraph COM
pany conditions upon which an
agreement could be based was at
tributed by Mr.. Reynolds to the
fact that "Postal operators in tie
union are bringing pressure to bear
on the union leaders to call off the
strike"
: "No principle is involved in this
STRIKE" he continued, "and the men
are becoming restless. I'VE are in
formed that they are coming back,
even at strike stronghoIds like
Birmingham, Ala, and we received
report that the local at Detroit
had voted to call the strike off.
while we have had no negotia-
tions with the men and are not urg-;
ing them to come back, we are will
ing to take them back without pref
udice and without considering their
continuity of service interrupted, if
they return within a reasonable
time" like .za
p Conspiracy Charged.
The following was received from
a patron of the. Postal Telegraph
Cable company at Denver, Colo, by
Clarence H. Mackay, president of
the Postal Telegraph Cable COM
pany:
"Are you aware that the consen-
sus of opinion among business men
is that the strike now affecting your
lines and not those of the Western
Union to any extent, is frame up?
1t was expected a few Western
Union men would 60 out to cover
up the deal. That your company
is the victim of a conspiracy is abb
solutely an undeniab1e fact. Time
will vindicate this statement. A
strike deal was put through solely
to cripple the Postal business, but
what a pity that even a few Postal
employees lent their aid to your enc
mics, thus becoming dupe to those
that would do up both you and
them tsl
Strikers Submit Terms.
Chicago, June ia committee
representing the striking telegraph
ers submitted to the Postal COM
pany Friday conditions upon which
settlement could be reached.
They provided that the company
agree to wage adjustments after the
government has released control of
the company. The conditions were
forwarded to New York.
The union men charged that Post
master Burleson had in a sense
""tied the hands of the commercial
companies by prohibiting the sign
ing of wage contracts" q
The number Of Chicago strikers
was placed at 300 by strike leaders
The Western Union said only 81
persons were absent from the oper-
ating department, and the Postal
announced that Of the $50 opera
tors. 20 per cent were at work.
The messengers of both compa-
nies still are on strike.
"We have gained between 1,500
and 1000 men today, that is, that
many joined the strike" Mr.. Ko-
nenkamp said.
"Mr. Reynolds will find himself
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