Show WAITING fOR THE WORD bYORD IN INTHE THE EAST ew York Operators 75 Per PerCent PerCent Cent Union Will Leave Their Keys if Ordered Out COMPANY Y BOWS ITS BACK WILL FIGHT THE STRIKERS AT ATALL ATALL ALL POINTS New ew York Aus Aug Western w tern Union company will fight the strike of ct their operators In the tho west east or wherever the men may strike They ex expect Icet to win as they claim to have won hISS A strike among the opera operators tors of Greater Great r New New York city cly Is imminent nent though the sentiment among the is said to ho be divided The Tte foregoing is not all an an annc nc but Is an expression of opinIon opinion Ion concurred In both by men associated with the executive affairs of the Western Vestern 1 nion and representatives of the com commercial mercial Telegraphers union and made to ton n The position taken by the com eom company pan pany is that tha the men have no substantial grievance bu are in some instances the willing and in other Instances the unwilling ling mg victims of the prevailing social un unrest unrest rest Have the Strike Fever Feverman A man who enjoys the confidence of o high officials of the Western estern Union said tonight The men meD have hae no grievance They have the striKe fever and the younger clement which appears to be in control In the west and to which a period of Idleness would work no particular hardship hard hardship ship is anxious for a showdown which will test the strength of the organization tion rt the country the com coman company pany an will fight for a surrender would be suicidal If the strike becomes general as It was In iss business for a time lne will bc 1 hampered as It was then but even eventually eventually the men will wUl be beaten A strike In New York will prove a different prop proposition proposition a contest In the west vest There the men are generally younger than those employed here In this cit city are man many operators who have reached the age where here their greatest efficiency Is a tiring thing of the pSt past Nevertheless they are still taken care of by the company compan These rhese men mendo mendo do not and probably would not go out They realize that should the strIke fail failand and they be obliged to return to work on their merits as operators without regard 10 their previous faithful service they would be at a serious disadvantage Grievance of the Men MenOn MenOn On the other hand It was pointed out in union circles tonight that the original grievance against the company was In Inthis inthis this city and that is per cent of the op ernt rs employed here are arc union men and prepared to leave leae their keys kes the moment the strike is hi ordered by th executive officials of the union A union man said tonight The nine operators discharged from the local office last sprIng have not yet et been reinstated as we have han demanded purpose to see that the company does as It has agreed to do We Co are prepared tt to quit work here upon Instructions from the thc national officers The strikes In the west have we understood been the re result sult of directions from the he local unions of those cities This will not be the case here where orders from the chief exec executive will be awaited We Ve will not man wires operated at western ends by non men which include company compan chiefs chies and clerks clerics uNo No Comment to Make None olle of the high Western Vestern Union officials could be quoted tonight In reply to all Inquiries the reply was no com comment ment to make Inake Although the Postal Telegraph Cable men are out nt at Chicago the company campan does not consider that it is in except Incidentally in the pres present ent trouble Before the postal men went out in Chicago tonight Vice President Charles C Adams said So far as our company Is concerned t there was no present or trou ble Ic Whatever trouble md be pending b between teen the Western Vestern Union Telegraph and its has not af feted ire tte Postal Telegraph company and andi i 1 do not anticipate any Immediate for the reason that no grievances had ad presented and the men are working as usual and business Is going on onas ns as ordinarily Subsequently the Postal people ople added that the business is with Chicago WitS was going en cn as formerly Special Meeting Sunday 1 Pedal meeting of the local union had hen caled for Sunda Sunday to consider the failure of the two big telegraph com to live up to the agreement with sited I States State Commissioner of Labor Neill Tonight President Ahem Ahern or of the local union said saide Ice e ha hae e tri tried for the pat past three weeks to secure the reinstatement of nine per ons Fons five fhe men and four women who were suspended on account of union affiliation months ago Under the agreement made mad b by President Clow Clowry of the Vest fm eq Telegraph company and Labor commissioner Neill these members were V t rave been reinstated The Western Vestern union offIcials have reF re F sed to reinstate these persons Our members in the main office and In the branch offices s throughout the ritti ity have hae grown grOWl restless under tinder this shab i j y treatment We Ie have done everything in our power to prevent a telegraphers strike in this city The Western e tern Union officials have used every method at their command tu to bring about a strike and If Ifon on one occurs in the elt city the they will be held responsible for lt It Officials of the Western UnIon were In 1 Conference as were officers of the Postal Nothing of their conclusions was made mad JU public Strike of 1883 The last Jast general tile the Western estern 1 pion men was called In Jul July twenty four years ago and lasted exactly one month Business for a time was de demoralized demoralized moralized Eventually the company C to have won out the men return Ing to work unconditionally The strike was for shorter hours and after the trouble was past the new conditions sought by the men were put In effect by the company It Is figured that there are tele telegraph graph operators employed In Greater New NewYork York b by the two companies the tele telephone telephone phone companies and the brokers What proportion or of these would wouW be Involved In Ina Ina a strike directly or through s sympathy is problematical An effort to connections with the west will be continued today b by both companies |