Show STRIKERS REFUSE I ITO r TO ro RETURN iu TO KEYS I I Special Meeting Today to Talk Situation Over Over Business Business Is Small I A special meeting or of tho time striking t telegraphers will be c held hed this morning I at 10 o'clock at nl Harmonie hall bali All members o of local No o. o 30 0 are aio requested l to be The strikers Il assert ert that tho LImo n estem Union in this city is making maIn a desperate desper ate attempt to stampede e th time the men back Jacl to work but Jut will riot nut meet with any success as the time local union Is in a n position position po po- to stay out Indefinitely Manager ger Jon Long and others working in th time the local office ha have gone sonic as far ar as ru asto asto to call up several so of tho the strikers who have ha railroad positions telling them themon on the time wire thai they had better Jetter re return return return re- re turn to Salt Lake Lace at once and apply appy for foi their positions as men ar rushing back bac In fn all cities In Jim all cases the of- of fels fel's ems have ha been rejected Before time the walk-out walk of August ug y 9 1 44 14 men immen were employed l in the Western gestern Union office of this city Most of oC these were is used In lI JU handling ll g relay business busi busi- I busl-I ness that is K J. messages which are sent to lo this lila ell city cily for Cor transmission to tu some other point generally somo sommie railroad The Time city business m messages es originatIng originating originating In Salt Sail Lake or ad addressed l to someone In Iii Salt Lake Lake could could have been handled under normal con conditions L by a Corce of oC ten len operators As s practically all o of the lie relay business business busi Lusi- ness has been cut out owing to the fact fact- that the time railroad operators will not handle any an Western Union business business business busi busi- ness and the city cilY messages Ci reduced to about two thirds of ur what are arc han handled under normal conditions the time telegraphers telegraphers tel tel- arc are not in the time least alarmed to see sec strikebreakers erg rushed l in to this elt city a as thc they timey know that under the time present present pres pres- ent mt conditions ten operators even of or orthe the ability of or tho now employed l by bythe bythe the time telegraph companies can handle all the time business don lone dono The Time Western Union company la is now nos' paying PRying to Its 1 12 operators Manager Long and Chief Operator McDonald more salary than formel formerly pal paid l to the tho entire force forc of 4 I 1 men This is pal paid In Jim the form forum of or bonus of their regular regula salary to each operator double pay for Cor overtime an and l living ing expenses cx- cx settled for fOl b by the time company compan The attempt at a will re result re- re suIt sult in a dismal failure It Is said as the Salt Lake Lal strikers can be depended l lon on Oh to stick slick until a settlement is reached leache l. l |