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Show Postal Out in Los Angolcs. LOS ANGELES. Aug. J 2. Practically the entire force of the Postal Telegraph company In this city Joined the Western Union operators In their strike at 10 o'clock today. Eighteen men left tho keys. Manager Lewis stated that he would have six men left. Including the day and night chief operators. The night force of six men will also go out this evening. The walkout was cause'd by the refusal of a union operator to receive a message addressed to Chicago from a branch office Upon being advised -of his action, Manager Lewis immediately discharged dis-charged the oporator. The walkout followed. fol-lowed. DENVER. Aug. 12. Tho Postal operators opera-tors "walked out at 10 o'clock. Twenty-four Twenty-four out of twenty-jive night men and day operators went out. MONTGOMERY. Aug. 12. Tho poera-tors poera-tors ot the Western Union here, seven men nnd one woman, walked out at 7 o'clock this tnornlng. The manager, chief operator and two men remained at work. ATLANTA. Ga Aug. 12. A long distance dis-tance telephone message from Savannah says the operators in the Wostern Union and Postal offices wont out at 10 o'clock this morning. AUGUSTA, Ga.. Aug. 12. Tho entire force of Western Union operators in this city went on strike shortly before noon today. CHA T TANOO G A , Tc n n . , Aug. 12. Oporators for the Western Union have walked out. . COLUMBUS, Aug. 12. Ten union operators oper-ators at the Postal walked out. at 11 o'clock, taking their typewriters 'with them. CLEVELAND. O.. Aug. 12. Operators of the Western Union and Postal struck at 2 o'clock this afternoon. BALTIMORE, Aug. J 2. Fourteen of tho operntlng staff at tho Western Union main office here struck late today. The Postal operators at tho main office struck this afternoon. St. LOUIS, Aug. 12 Thirty-five messenger mes-senger boys employed by the Postal walked out this afternoon, declaring their grievances Is that the company Is supplying sup-plying tho places of striking telegraphers with non-union men. MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 12. The night force, numbering about sixteen operators, employed by the North American Telo-jrraph Telo-jrraph company here, went on strike at 6:05 p. m. CHARLOTTE, N"c.. Aug. 12. The Western Union operators, about thirty in number, walked out at B o'clock tonight. to-night. SACRAMENTO. Aug. 12. Western Union Un-ion and Postal operators, with three exceptions, ex-ceptions, went out at 5;20 p. m. BUFFALO. Aug. 12. The day force of the Western Union Te:cgraph companv walked out at 4. MB p. m. Tho Postal oporators have also gono out, TOLEDO. O.. Aug. 12. A. T. Zlmmor-mnn. Zlmmor-mnn. who hns been operating a Postal wire for a local paper, left' his work because be-cause "Peg" Reynolds was said to have accepted a position with the Postal. Later six operators employed by the Postal In tho produce exchange walked out. |