| Show UNION BY COMPANIES Managers Tell Why They Refuse Refuse Refuse Re Re- fuse to Recognize Organization tion of Telegraphers Chicago o. o April 13 The Thc The commercial telegraph business present subject of or inquiry h by the United States commIssion commission commis commIs- sion on industrial relations in session here herc was presen presented ed from widely divergent divergent diver diver- gent ent angles toda today The witnesses were cr S. S J. J amp president of ic tho the Commercial Telegraphers Telegraph ers ers era Union of ot America 4 who explained secret ecret methods of or building building- up tho or organization organization or- or in tho the face of oC opposition from the Western Vestern Union Telegraph company and the Postal Telegraph Cable company compan Belvidere ere Brooks vice president and former general Jeneral mann manager or cf ct the Western Union Telegraph company company company com com- pany Henry Lynch a telegraph operator operator oper oper- ator who claimed that his unionism forced him Into exile In Winnipeg Can Cab Canada ada H. H B. B Perham president of tho the Order of or Railway Telegraphers Ed Edgar nr G G. G Barrett of ot Downers Grove Gro Ill a Western estern Union employee who confessed himself a I former special agent abent or spotter and nd I Edward dward G G. G Reynolds I general manager of ot the Postal Telegraph Telegraph Tele Tele- graph Cable compan company Mr 11 Br Brooks made made- plain his I to the Commercial Telegraphers Telegraphers' union as at present constituted constitute L I 1 will not say that we wo object to the present officials but that thet Inference may be bo drawn he remarked Thirty years cn s ago our company compan opposed oppose tho the union but Just prior to 1907 when a astrike astrike astrike strike was wis called caned which cost us tho the union became rejuvenated an and Wo we made no RIo prot protest st Then came strike talk taBe and wo we offered arbitration On Juno June 20 24 q 1907 through the Instrumentality of or Dr Nell Neil commissioner of ot la labar labor la- la bor bar and participated In b by Mr Ir Perham Perham Per Per- ham and Mr Konenkamp then a member mem mein- ber of the executive committee of ot tho union S. union S. S J Small was president president president-an an n agreement was reached The ver very ery next day a 1 strike was called in San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco which eventually spread alt all over ove- the c country Since th thin then n we have hot cared to employ men interested in the union |
