| Show Lightning Strikers I St Louis 10The Post Dispatch announced this morning on what it considers reliable authority but which has not yet been verified that the brotherhood of telegraphers I will inaugurate a general strike at noon next Monday It is said there are upwards of five thousand operators oper-ators in the brotherhood and if they go out the result will be hardly less than a public calamity It is not known here whether any direct demand de-mand has yet been made on the telegraph companies but it is alleged that one will be presented embracing seven hours as a nights work extra pay for Sunday work and greater uniformity uniform-ity if not higher wages It is also said that the brotherhood is strongly opposed to the introduction of any girls or women in the business Telegraph officials here have no definite information regarding the reported movement and evince no disposition to talk about it The general office of the brotherhood is at Pitts burg and it is understood that all orders or edicts will be issued is-sued from that place |
