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Show FILL ASSOCIATED PRESS ADVERTISE in examiner NSNG IT charges, it is f0! Vest advertising medium ThVS CITY. THE EXAMINER WELL THE COUNTY AS M!hE OUR SUBSCRIPT open TO AO. boom ;re S !SllTlMRa UTAH WEATHER FORECAST f.An INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE WEATHER WILL BE FAIR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. AND OGDEN STANDARD OGDEN 20 PAGES NO. 223 IV VOL DISPATCHES THE CITY. SUNDAY UTAH. MORNING. AUGUST would end all possibility of n settlement here." Small sent the fallowing reply: "Report not correct. To ulnt at willingness on our pari to break the agreement sounds like a huge Joke. 1 would respectfully suggest that you return to Oakland and Investigate carefully. You will find that Manager O'Brien and Chief Operator Jeffs have broken the agreement hour of the day since July 16. The mdtter cannot be adjusted lucally. dee my telegram to Wooten." Small's reference to Wooten means that the latter wired him today, asking if the reinstatement of Operator Ryan, whoae discharge causej tha walk-ouwould rasult In u settlement of tha itrike. 8 mall replied that Uie Los Angelos atriko had ceased to be n local one. and having became national, be waa no longer abolt to control It. 20 PAGES 1907 IX, PRICE FIVE CENTS there STRIKE ALL OVER U. S. AND CANADA are Preparing to Meet the Issue and Declare They Will. Companies Telegraph Oakland, Calif, About Four Thousand are Now off Doty and. Business Will be Paralyze! the List Constantly Growing Commercial Telegmphara Union of Amerira, said today: "Tha union telegrapher! are going to quit telegraphing tomorrow everywhere. Including Alameda county and Sun Francisco, Tho prevailing sentiment in to strike. by the abolition of tho sliding scale, to furnish typewriters companies telegraph campanlea in now and to cease discriminating against union men. If the companies refuse the inking operators are all these demand the men in New York planing to cany the airfare toCan-T. dad nil other cities. It is declared, Wrta of the united 8tates and d toqlght, will he ordered to refuse to instructions were today n men. This inby National Secretary Rua work with to the men In New York end dicates that It will be only n matter letter cities whera they ara .till at of hour before tho strike will be vork to sava their money and general la the United States to crtpplo the long distance telephone service. wait order." Another telegram waa sent to Thera are 30 telegraph operators employed In this branen of the service Praddent Small, of the Telegraphers These men nr expert Union In Ban Francisco, urging him In Chicago. to taka the first train to Chicago, aa wire men and are used in making up the circuits. The strikers declare they it la the announced intention of Chi- all belong to tho union. These men men to engineer the fight from have been told to notice If the teleI'lfSOe The telegmph companies are pre- graph companies ara sending mesparing to meet the toaue and declare sage by long distance telephone that I'" a finish. They would ordinarily bo sent aa telegrams liter will fight to been Jaeliue they have temporising and if ao to refute to allow auch meswith the union for months and that sages to bo handled. Tha local executive committee of they win hol.1 no further negotiatthe union will meet tomorrow to conion! with it Cota have been sider tha advisability of ordering the In the buildings of both In Chicago fur tho iccomo-- . 830 men employed on leased wires In of strike biwakora and other Chicago to quit work. If such n plan .. preparation fur a bitter atruggle ara la put Into execution and the men respond, tha Chicago Board of Trade (being perfected. will be put out of business, aa well I Approximately 4,000 telegraph are on atriko in SO citlea na other corporations and companies ' throughout the country and tho llat which have leased wire systems. 'fl being added to every few min- -' Pittsburg, Aug. 10 President' Small utrt-The point already affected and the of the Telegraphers union today ori total dered union members of tho Pittsburg of atrikera are: - Number office to continue work until further Weatern Union. notice. Boston operators were similChicago ,ii,,,i...11B0 50 arly notified. Houston Chicago, Anc- - 10. Eneounged Qrir iuccm 1b hampering bate al certain the true conditions relative to this strike. My report of local conditions will b made to Mr. Nelli direct, and 1 run ray nothing at thle time regarding them." eom-pail- . 1 ,,,,. Kanina Cltv Topeka Oklahoma City Pueblo . New O i lean a Nashville Columbus, Ohio Bemphle Dallas ,. L0 .....in,...,, 105 10 ... ffloux iimiiiiiiMI ttlHttMIIMIMII eeeaaoeooeeeeaaeeet eoaooeeeeeeeeeeaoee 16 60 30 225 40 36 10 75 40 86 100 LITTLE CHANGE IN KANSAS CITY. 60 , .1, City Knoxville $ Helena, Mont, Aug. 16. There la no change In the Western Union strike situation. So far aa known tho company has mad no effort to replace the atrikera, and no business la being accepted for transmission, there being no one to man the wires, tbs attention of the chief operators being required nt the switchboards and repeaters. The atrikera, at n meeting appointed n picket committee end It waa the sentiment that the men return when the trouble was settled at Chicago and elsewhere, there being no grievances except the demand for nn eight hour day. , ,.,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,e, Omaha 0 60 .... .... NO CHANGE AT HELENA. 100 75 70 Meridian Jaekaon, Mlie . . Mlnneepolle Milwaukee til Louis Helena, Mont tmMiMitieemi Salt Lake . . oeoooeaeoeooeeb Colorado Springs Denver Fort Worth El Paao Bt. Paid ha Angeles Fargo S 10 10 60 25 15 Kansas City, Aug. 10. There waa little change here this morning In the Western Union strike situation. George Brownson, local manager, stated that they had about thirty operators nt work at the main office, an Chicago Increase of fifteen over yesterday, and Kansu City ... that with thla force they were moving Topeka ...... business In fair shape.. On the other Oklahoma City band. Carle E. Riley, who hna charge New Orleans of the strike for the operators, declarDallas ed that none of the atrikera had gone Memphis back to work and that the Western Jackson, Term Union's force consisted of wire chiefs, Augusta the four or five operators who foiled Louis t to go out yesterday and a few office Milwaukee who had been pressed into serglrla Birmingham The branch offices were still vice. Offlihi closed. Several from The atrikera agreed to let the board the emit arrived hen operator! today and were of trade operators go to work, the Immediately placed at work. The new board, and not the Western Union to arrival were divided between the pay their salaries. Pickets were ortwo companies. dered placed nt nil Western Union "We are lilting offices. position! rapidly M possible, said T. P. Cook, general Mpenn ten dent of tho Western Union DENVER POSTAL OPERATORS. "end we ere in better posl-- t jjlght. expected. We will not Denver, Ang. 10. Conditions nt the eel with any representatives of tho local office of the Western Union Telaa this company only treat egraph company remains shout the It own employe. When' the same today aa they were yesterday Quit work they censed to be after the strike was Inaugurated. of the Weatern Union and our None of the eighty-fiv- e operators who with them ere at an end. went out on strike, have returned to rv will be no union recognition In work, but tho Western Union offlciala a controversy . claim to have secured fifteen opera-to"Will you meet President Qompera, and to be moving messages with the American Federation of La-- some delay. The Foetal operators ara should he come to Chicago and still working. aenicear Mr. Cook was TWO OPERATORS AT WORK. WU Postal non-unio- n u em-RJi- n & nt" uawoMr. Gompere 1 WM tte wnP,ulUe expected here Mom morning. JFaien- - euperlntendent of the Telegraph company said bla ?Pany was making better progress anticipated. Some of our old JWoyea have already returned, he other hare algnllled tk.u'M' Mention of doing so." 1 T.'l Secretary Rnaeell, of the Tejegrepbera Union, said: aro highly pleased with the an4 no toatter what sort or -- i . a telegraph offlciala may xe the tjm fact remains they are not . n6 any business. They have a chiefs and Inexperienced tele-worbut Instead of the being able to handle the Puwica business they are merely try-'to mislead the public. We know an artMl tact that in Chl-Jjthere are not fifty operator tonight where, under normal e number amounts to e are In this fight to stay ?wc must have recognition or our n, i S ?. IK!?" J1; new - All m ht WeU Ut f day today a committee bQai' waa sparing demand which will be the telegraph companies y aa a preliminary to ordering ub-t- o .niS1 qu itrike- - The demands la ,nce provide for equal ray for ork and an eight-hou- r day. ' Los Angeles, Aug. 10. The Western Union had two operators at work today. The office was working directly with Chicago and New York and there normal amount at busivia onlythethefiles. It was stated, howness on ever, that the business with New York, whera the union operators were n men here, working with the was moving very slowly. New York and Chicago are routing business to tho northwest via Los Angelea Instead of direct with Ook-lan- d and San Francisco as uiuaL There were no developments regarding the local Postal operators. The local office la working direct with Philadelphia and St Louis Instead of Chicago, the usual eastern relay point This was to obviate the necessity of forcing the union operators here to work with the Chicago Postal office, who have refused to go out, the avoiding friction and n possible walkout here. Bthelbert Stewart, special representative of the department of commerce and labor nt Washington. D. C, arrived in the city today and held n long consultation with Western Union company officials. Mr. Stewart said he believed there was n possibility of settlement of the local differences. He said he would make nn attempt to that end. Mr. Stewart said: "I came here upon order of Commissioner Neill to investigate and as-non-unio- ALL EXCEPT WIRE CHIEFS. Kansas City, Aug. 10. AU tha Postal telegraph operators in tbla city, with tha exception of the wire chief, quit work today. They demand an Increase of 15 per cent In wages and nn eight-hou- r day. The executive committee of the Western Union atrikera met today, and formulated demands which will be presented to the superintendent of tho local Weatern Union office next Monday, They Include am Increase of 15 per cent in wages and nn eight-hou- r day. TO SETTLE STRIKE. NEGOTIATIONS Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 10 With Bthelbert Stewart, representative of the commissioner of labor acting na Intermediary, negotiations have been commenced in an attempt to settle tha strike of the Western Union telegraphers. Following the statement of ,the company's position by Assistant General Superintendent Miller, of San Frandaeo, that official gave Mr. Stewart n list of the conditions. upon which the men might return to work. , The proposals were laid before meeting of the Los Angelea telegraphers onion and unanimously rejected. Following this, the union appointed n committee, which waa Instructed to formulate demands upon behalf of tho operators. The proposal submitted to the men through Mr. Stewart was the lint reply the local Western Union offldal have made to several communications for the employes. Mr, Miller, according to the statement offered to take back nil the man who walked out and give them their former positions nt their former salaries. Exception waa made, however. In the case of Night Chief Operator E. E. Nye, who, it waa stated, would be made late night chief, with a reduction of 610 per month in salary, and nn operator who waa employed as secretary to one of the officials, In whose case offer la made of n salary slightly leas than he la said to have received. It is said that tbs case of whoae discharge Operator John Ryan, In this city, precipitated the walk-ou- t may be taken np by himself or n committee of employes after the men return to work, under ths terms of the letter addressed by Colonel Clowry to Labor Commissioner Neill Inst Juno. If Ryan Justifies himself in the Investigation that will ensue, he will be reinstated, according to the proposal, and paid for the time that be has lost. Half n dosen speeches were made by members when the offer was laid before the meeting. The speaker were all In favor of rejecting the offer end this waa done by unanimous vote. The operators then decided to prepare a counter proposition to be submitted through Mr. Btewart, but in appointment of n committee. It wu stipulated that there would bo no set tlement of the local' itrike without first obtaining the approval of tho other unlona on strike throughout the country. WESTERN UNION MANAGER ASSAULTED. Topeka,' Kan., Aug. 10. An assault upon W. O. Carswell, manager of tha Weatern Union Telegraph company, today, by an unknown man. Is supposed to hare been caused by the strike of tho telegraphers. The man wanted to file a message anj when told It would be subject to delay, he truck Carswell, who offered no resistance, hut had the man removed. The man called Canwell a scab and other epithets. be no Ex- tension of Strike to Eastern AT JACKSON, MISS. Jtcksou, Miss.; Aug. 10. Died Having the Cnuao No Unaaalntaa Among the Union Men. Dead-T- wo From Shock. u out on strike and tha telegraph companies widened and a finish fight waa promised today whan the Weatern They are: Isaac O. Wlllaoa, aged 20, eentrao-tor- , both lege blown off below tho Union Telegraph company Imported knee. lta first load of itrike breakers to t Leslie Roy La Ferre, aged 21, left mu the silent keys. There were thir- : leg blown off below knee, gash right leg, internal Injuries; sewing maty of them, picked up In New York. The arrangement for the boualng chine agent : and feeding of tba men have been kept n secret, but It ti believed that they will be kept on the plant of the company to prevent the possibility of tbelr meeting with any violence ut the hands of striks sympathiser. The union men in the streets, when the strike breaker! arrived, said they would feel no alarm, that Ae operator a were' not good ones and that evea If they wefe Importing them into Chicago they could not do the companies much good when the men are striking elsewhere over the country. AGENT ARRIVES. Loe Angela, Aug. 10 Ethelbert Stewart, special agent of tho bureau of labor, representing the department of commerce and labor, arrived In Loa Angelea todav to Investigate tho local Weatern Union telegraph strike. His report will be made to Commlaaiouer Nelli nt Washington. ARE WORKING. WIRES SILENT this morntwo comtho work IN MINNEAPOLIS, With every Westers Minneapolis left and walked out to- Minneapolis, Minn, but few Both the computes Aug. 16. exception Union operator In their Instrument day. MANAGER REMAINS- 10. The Meridian, Mis, Aug. Weatern Union operator a truck today, except Manager B'ead who la taking nil message subject to delay. POSTAL EMPLOYES STRIKE. Kansas City. Aug. 16. All of the Postal operators here, with the exception of n few chiefs, struck shortly after 1 o'clock thla afternoon. ALBA DESTROYED BY FIRE. H. A. Ramsey, painter, married with wife end two children; n consumptive la the lut stages; death mulled more from shock than bruises. Mrs. D. L. Finch, sick, died from PORTLAND, ARK, FIRE. Little Rock, Ariu Aug. 10 The entire business section of Portland, Ark, wu destroyed today. COURT. Albert Bishop, West IYU, Ore, The United ud on n hurt ud hue M. Rivera, Oakland. Cat, hand, J. boulder and hip Injured. Walter Jabkmakl, Faachar, dm EXURESSES GRIEF. the dismissal of the pasha of Casa Blanca ud the punishment of the guilty persona. A wlrelaa despatch from Casa Blanca received during the night reported the situation there as practically on August Stb. General Drude, commander of the FYench force, atlll maintains hi camp outside the city. agent at Ihe French consular residents of and the French tut place have fled to El Aralah. Paris, Augwt 16. The French governments advices from Morocco today The are nightly more reassuring. of Muagan hu suppressed the revolt at that city. Additional troops w.il not be rent to Morocco unleu tho situation grows materially worse. buck. ud tog, NOMINEE. Tahlequah, I. T, Aug. ' 16. Frank C. Hubbard of Muskogee, wu nomat 10 The lultu Tangier, Aug. Morocco, through Ben Sllrnan, the inated for congress by the Ropublidistrict here Third ho J today, minister ha tnn Moroccan foreign mltted to the French consul at Fes an expression iff the grief with which of be learned of tho Maaaalnatlon the Europeans at Can Blanca, saying that no one more than he condemned the net witch cost five French Uvea." The sultan said be wu ready to accord any utlafctory demand notably u Joe Rossul, hurt la Shoulder ud foot One Japanese whose name could not be learned. DALLAS STRIKER. Dallas, Texas, Ang. 16 The entire force of tba Western Union nt this point, 135 mm, walked out last night following the dismissal of a union mu who refused to work with operator in Denver who took the place of a u ' striker. In n statement the Dallas operators declared that they had bean ndvlaoi that union men had been discriminated against nt Bu Francisco since the recent strike, notwithstanding an agreement to th contrary, ud that union mm had been dismissed from the Los Angeles office without apparent reason. ooooooooooooooooo o Thirty Ore million the on Tons of Pr- e- o O FIRE IN MANILA. O O Bln Hundred Persons Made Home- - O O less in That City. o O Mulls, Ang. 16 Mr in this afternoon destroyed Ms-ni-ls sent Levels. 126 native bouses and made 606 people homeless. Tha dam- Sun Francisco, Aug. 11. Senator Nixon In hie address before the Ban gan Frandaeo. Aug. 16. Theodore Frandaeo stork exchange today said V. Halsey, the Indicted telephone of- that tho Goldfield Consolidated mines ficial who was operated upon n few would declare a dividend about September l, payable October 1. Ho said days ago for appendicitis, waa to bo in improved condi- that at tho directors meeting the ention tonigbl gineers reported thirty million tona of ore were on tho present levels with DUEL HAS SERIOUS RESULTS. average value of $20 to the ton. He predicted that in the present fiscal Kalian Partner Disagree and Vow year Nevada would produce 15 percent of tho worlds output of gold. Vsngeanco on. On Another. A pistol TRAMP KILLED FIVE. Ban Frandaeo, Ang. 16 duel on the street this evening reWilliamsport, Pa-- , Aug. 10. A tramp sulted In th fatal wounding of one who waa put off a Pennsylvania railof the prindpala, the serious shoot- road train at Ridgeway. Pa, exploded ing of the other, ud the wounding of under tho cars ud five n woman. men were killed. and Bertuccelll Gluaeppl Leopold Paisaglla. Italians, were partners In DISASTROUS WRECK IN SPAIN. n mscoaronl business over n year Madrid, Aug. lO.redThd Southern exago, but quarreled ud separated vowTopress wu derailed today In the tuning vengeance on one another. Paasaglia wa entering n gro- nel of Otsaurte near Alaska, and later day Into by a freight train. Both cery afore Bertuccelll came behind I wu run a bullet J trains caught fire and It la reported .him, euraed him and fired at hia former partner. The bullet that ton persons loat their Uvea. HALSEY IMPROVING. u u - u 16 Louis WalsU, Spefcaas, head ud leg. Nick Maroea, Bpokne, naUd Ales Maleakl Spokane. J. O. Bhapley, Indianapolis. 2nd JAPANESE "PURCHASE TRANSseverely hurt li buck and hand. PORTS. IL B. Heck, Montrose, Colo, khenh and bred. der J. & Hack, Montrose, Cole, neck Bellingham, Wash, Ang. 16 A disfrom Revalue . Vancouver, ud face. patch to the B. C, asya: John Hansen, Marshall, Mina, hurt In time To be need as transports la breast of war, the Japanese guvernmrat.hu Victor Magueon, Hatton, If. D, hot purchased the ateamahlpa Tartar ud In bead. Athenian from the Canadian Pacific G. F. Dennison, Elk, W Mfc, bend railroad. and shoulder. Tha craft had been plying regularly Tim Hurley, RoynKon, Mina, leg between Australia and Vancouver. end ankle. S. Roberts, Spokur, hurt In back. They are among the finest vessels In the Canadian Paclfie railway service L. M. Coffee, Lugdoa, N. D, hut and it la understood that tha prioe In groin ud hips. W. F. Oliver, Oak lu d. Oil, head paid for them la about $400,000. nitro-glycerin- a Webb Cltv, Mo., Aug. 16. The busi-ne- e section of Alba, a mining town near here, waa destroyed by fire today, Los 640,000. Ang: 0, REPUBLICAN SULTAN Wash, u Paris, Aug. 16. Princo Scfpkiu of Italy, who left Pekin, Borgbeu June 10th, In an automobile, arrived here at 3:20 today. Boulder, Colo, Aug. 1. Four persons are. dead n result of the explosion of dynamite nt the depot fire early thla morning. Chicago, Aug. 16 The breach between the Commercial Telegraphers Spokana, He tried to avoid being struck bound paaaeager train N 6 on the by n nwlftiy moving automobile and prang in front of tbn car, which Great Northern wu wracked nt 11:16 a. m. today about n mile west of Klk crushed out hia llfo, on, Watiiingtoa. Tho wreck occurred SENATOR BAILIY PURCHASES tho train wu rounding n ahnrp OIL LAND. curve and wu caused by tho rails Tulsa, I. T, Aug. 10. Senator Jos. spreading. Every car left th track W. Bailey at Texas, and John K. Kirk except the engine, mail and th bag of Houston, hare purchased the Hamgage car. The smoker turned commett and Gillespie farm in the Glees pletely over th rolled down n twenpool paying therefor 6165,000. The ty foot embukmoaL Tho Interior at farm comprises 72 ud 12 acres and thin ear wu badly wracked. Tha day haa five wells on 1L producing 2AU0 car end tourlat sleeper lay on their barrels of oil per day. Idea, the diner left the track but did Senator Halley ud bin associates not upset. Tba Pull mu also left tho ara negotiating for nn additional track ud leys on lta aids Juat nt th eighty acres in the Glenn Pool with edge of th river. The Injured will 13 wells on It ud a daily production number 26, two of them eeriooaly. A of 6,000 barrels, but the price 300,-00- relief train from hero wu aaat ud la considered n little high. arrived nt the oeaene about 1:10, bringing th Injured back to this city. CONAUTO TRYOUT FOR DERBY Traffic la reonnwd tonlghL Many pa TEST. sugars any rotten Use are responsible for the wreck. New York, Aug. 10. Twelve auto The list at injured follows: mobiles whirled around the saucer A. J. Bower, Plain, Whak, bead ud pan Brighton Beach rue track today hip hurt In n wild rare for tho honor of tho & J. Beehorae, Spokane, cheat and eon-teIn tarnation! endurance derby ear hurt Fifteen of 24 hours Juration. B R. Johnson, Spokaao, arm, hank automobiles started In the contest ud head hurt One ear wu wrecked last night and Johnson, Spokane, anna, back ud two wore withdrawn. head hurt n whan were Seven persons .njured Edwin McIntosh, Buekeyk Wash, ear nwerved and crashed through n Ida ud baek and bend hurt heavy fence behind which many sps Georg Mercer, 615 Iriugle street, tatons were standing. , Bt Paul Minn, Injured shoulder and Germany have definitely agreed rheme fur the eatabHshment of n hied hart John Chinee, Nowpsrf. Wash, Up permanent court of arbitration, to bo called the Intonatioiml Court of Jus- ud elds Injured. Mrs. H. M. Leuven, Bpokene; aide tice, head, ud FROM FEKIN TO PARIS, Mathew Tuadk Bpokaae, aide and STRIKE BREAKERS IN CHICAGO. Topeka, Kan, Aug. 10 Western Union and Postal here were partially tied up ing. Tba managers of tb panies today are handling themselves. ' Persons Leaves Campbell car. The Hague, Aug. 16 Four Car Every aa aged retired capitalist. aa tonight killed by aa electric street D. Ashurst, Stateir Gnat Britain, France Now Orleans, Aug. 16. All of tho operators la the employ of tho Western Union Telegraph company walked out here thla morning ut 10 o'clock In conformity with mu order leaned after n vote had been taken at n meeting of tho local telegraphers union. GOVERNMENT the Tract PERMANENT ORLEANS. OUT AT NE KILLED BY STREET CAR. The West- ern Union and Postal operators here truck thin afternoon. THE GREAT o o o o o o Train Konnds Carre and Baa Francisco, Aug. 16 RESULT OF o o o o o o o truck Mrs. Mary Mulling. A moment later both men were firing ut one another. Paasaglia fell with n bullet in hi train and ho will die. Hts last shot hit BertuoelU la the stomach and the latter la now at n boapiuf in n serious condition. Roads. Lee Angelea, Cal, Aug. 10. Latest developments In the strike of the boilermakers on the Pacific division of the Harrinian lines tonight convey tha assurance that thera will be Bo extension of tho strike to rasters roads la which Harr! man la Interest-ed- , at least until Monday. Thla la tha statement of union offlciala. Tha Southern Paclfie offlciala who have been conducting negotiations on behalf of tha company have withdrawn tho ultimatum requiring tha men to return to work Tuesday under penalty of dismissal, and la return President Edward Payne, of the boilermakers, will hold In abeyance until Monday, tba telegram requesting Grand President Dunn, of tha boilermakers' to call out all of that trade on the Hnrrlman lines. On Monday NOT ALONE SYMPATHETIC. It is promised tha company will eliher SL Louis, Aug. 16. Momentarily ex- return a fresh answer to the demand pecting advices from National Deputy for the removal of Foreman W. H. to Carter, or put Into effect the order President Russell nt Chicago whether n strike shall be called, SL to return to work under penalty of Louis telegraphsra were at work na dismissal. usual this morning. A. L. Ewing, president of tho local If the operator! union, said today: strike here it will not bo merely n sympathetic atriko, Wi will ask for nn eight-hou- r day and strict adherence to tho 10 per eeut advance la wages recently granted by the twe telegraph companies. We also will ask that seniority be recognized in making promotions." MANAGERS LOCAL, STRIKE NOW NATIONAL. Sun Francisco, Aug. 10. Telegraph-er- a Union 24. embracing the union operators of San Francisco end Oakland, will meet tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock to decide whether they will go on strike or remain nt their keys. There is arid to be, at present, no pronounced- - majority either one way or the other and that the result of the vote la a matter of conjecture. One quiet canvass la said to have disclosed n. sentiment of opposition to striking among the men who were idle In the flrat trouble with the com-- , who, it la claimed, were pules, and cramped- - financially by their enforced vacation. The following telegram waa received by President Small of the telegraphers from Ethelbert Stewart, the representative of Labor Commissioner Neill, who was at Loa Angalea: 1 bare been Informed that yon have called n meeting for tomorrow for n vote na to whether n trike hall be called nt San Francisco and Oakland. 1 treat tbla la not tree. Even to veto on such n proposition there Ineldo of thirty days from July If would Indicate a willingness to break that agreement and to strike Will Omaha, Ang. 16. With tho telegraphers In Chicago, Kansas City, Denver and ether Important western centers out, Omaha bus become nn Important center for the distribution of western business by the Western Union and Postal companies. Men have been called on to work twenty-fou- r hour et retches already with (he result of much complaining. A meeting of the local union baa been called for Sunday, nt which steps may he taken to present demands to the telegraph companies. Union officials have coma to believe that they should support (he Chicago strike, and that encouragement should not be given by doing work which waa laid aside by the Chicago men. To this end It la not Improbable that n atriko will bo called for Monday. tele-naphe- non-unio- There AT OMAHA. WORKING 16.- - Aug. President Sam J. Small of the t, Fight to a Finish O ALL FAVOR STRIKE. age Is estimated at 66,060 pesos. The fire originated from an electric wire and swept over n space of 100 yards square. A heavy rain prevented the flemee from spreading. No on wu injured. Tho homeless are being cored for. o o o o o o o o o o o o o ooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooo OO o CRUISERS DEPART. Sail Via Yak Kama United State. tho fop - Multa. Aug. 16 The armorcruisers ed Pennsylvania, Wert Virginia. Maryland ud Bailed Colorado today, via Yokohama ud Honolulu. ID Join Admiral Evans fleet Tb Maryland grounded upon calling out of Cavite harbor, but hour waa refloated iu hair uninjured. u 000000000000060 o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o |