Show ASK FOR ARBITRATION Commercial Club Draws Up Tip Strong Will Go to Pres President President ident Roosevelt The members of the arbitration commit committee tee of the tho Commercial club are anxious to effect a settlement of the telegraph telegraphers ers strike here and yesterday morning the committee at a special meeting drew eIrEw up a resolution which will be sent alt all allover over the country and to President Roose Roost Roosevelt velt veil asking that the strike be arbitrated at once J T W V Booth awl and Vice President Smith represented the tre local Ical telegraphers tele union I at the conference Manager Hawk 01 or the I Postal company com pan appeared as a private privat citizen and not as an official of the com corn company company pany He Ha declared he came because he was invited but that he had no authority I to arbitrate any question He withdrew after the conference had opened a few minutes After listening to several arguments from the representatives of the telegraph telegraphers tele ph ers era the committee drew up the following resolution That the business Interests of Utah and the whole country an nr being so seriously injured by the existing strike of the telegraph t l operators we feel fee In Im Impelled polled to Insist that the strike be settled s at the earliest practical date and we urge that the difference between the parties directly interested be submitted to arbi arbitration arbitration and we tender the services of this organization in any steps looking to that end We ve urge uTe all an commercial organizations to take similar action actio Manager Manage Long of the Western Vestern Union office was not present at the conference claiming that ie te was not Invited This the telegraphers deny Manager Long Len said paid he would not have attended in any an case as he has been given gen no authority to arbitrate Those present were were J W Booth and Vice President Smith of or local No 20 30 Comm Telegraphers of Amer Anter lea ica Manager W T P Hawk of the Postal Telegraph company and the following members of the Commercial clubs board of Jf r arbitration J W V Houston F A Druehl George E K Merrill Samuel Weita Velt J D Wood J C Lynch J M Moyle J S Critchlow and Fisher Harris The rhe resolution will go to the following organizations where whore similar resolutions resolution may be passed pa eJ Tacoma board of ot trade Little Rock flock board of trade Business Mens associations at Chicago Pueblo and Nw lr tT T B C Merchants and Manufacturers association Kansas City and Com Corn Commercial Commercial mercial clubs at Los Angeles Portland Tacoma S attle Spokane Minneapolis St Paul Duluth Omaha Boise Denver Colorado Springs Indianapolis Louisville Dallas Ft Worth Winnipeg Des Moines MInes Richmond and Atlanta Advices received yesterday esterday by the officials dais of the local telegraphers union show the number of ot men working and the number on strike at all Associated Press throughout the country In Chi Chicago Chicago Chicago cago thirteen operators are out and four t ur are arc working At Colorado Springs the regular number of two operators are arc working w At Detroit all five men arc are working and in New Ne York City CIt ten are on strike and eight working In all men are striking and working |