Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-06-01 | Page 41 | General Wire Strike Impends

GEIDUL IDE STIEJfEiS Telegraphers' Union Head Orders Walkout rif Demands De-mands Are Refused. MONTREAL. May SI. S. J. Konen-kanip, Konen-kanip, president of the Commercial Telegraphers' union, confirmed here today to-day reports from Washington that ;i general strike of telegraph and electrical elec-trical workers throughout the United States would be called Monday unless discharged members of the union in Atlanta, Ga., were reinstated. Tho union leader, who will leave tonight tor 'Washington, declared the strike had been called to enforce recognition of the right to unionize. A vote in favor of the strike was taken May 5, Mr. Konenkamp said, the demands, in addition to the right oi organization, including the privilege of collective bargaining, higher wages and standardization of pay. ATLANTA, Ga., May 01. An ultimatum ulti-matum threatening a strike of all union employees ar 3 p. m. Monday unless the Southern Bell Telephone Telegraph company reinstate union telephone operators op-erators alleged to have been discharged recenth and grants recognition of the union, was presented to officials of the company today by a committee of employees em-ployees of the company.