Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-06-13 | Page 2 | Company Claims are Poohpoohed by News York Leader

COMPANY CLAIMS ARE POOHPOOHED BY NEW YORK LEADER NEW YORK, June Widely diver gent statements on the status of the Commercial Telegraphers' union strike were issued again tonight by officials of the Western Union and Tostal Telegraph companies and union leaders in this city. Fdward Reynolds, vice-president aim general manager oi the Uostal. asserting that manv operators who went out e-terdav e-terdav had returned, and that not more than SO per cent of the companies employees em-ployees w ere out. W H Fashbaugh. vice-president of the Western Union, declared that lue strikers strik-ers had gained less than fifty adherents I throughout the Western Union system ! todayT and that in all only "a lew more than ;ou men are out." Fercv Thomas, vice-president of the IC T U who is directing the strike I here.' scoffed at the claims of the com-Ipanv com-Ipanv officials, asserting that the strike had" gained considerable headway dunne the dav. The total number of s.rlkcrs now is' close to :;.''. he said. Mr Thomas added that operators employed em-ployed in brokerage offices were ready to walk out as soon as a strike order was received from President S. J. Konenkamp in Chicago. Their walkout, he sanl. m nn-.is -ihout 3 1 operators wouid atieet aonut e throughout the country, and o.l,d .r-tualiy .r-tualiy tie up Wall street and other fin.-n- ClThe"strike of th- electrical workers' brotherhood, scheduled for next Mo d . he said, would be of immense a.d to , u. Uelegraphe-s in enforcing the.r demands Uidicaliors thai a settlement with th-Postal th-Postal might com- sen i" address to- Mr. Thomas to strikers n o tllis afternoon. He urg.,1 t hem m t to be "fo hastv in cor.demmng the tot.il. .Is.eating? lhat'he did "t behe ;.r;nce . u M-irkav i resident of th.it eo.i.jaiij. j " uld be considered "unfriendly to labor I interests." ' i "