Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-06-14 | Page 1 | Battle on Wire Systems to be Extended

BATTLE ON WIRE SYSTEMS TO BE EXTENDED i. en 10 AID II I HIRE STRIKE EltniMY Second Stage of Commercial Com-mercial Telegraphers' Struggle to Begin This' Morning, Say Officials. I . ' ' . ! Union Leaders Predict Effectual Tieup; Heads of Companies Dispute! Claims of Strikers. -. CHICAGO, June IS. The' second stage of the Commercial Telegraphers' strike will be reached tomorrow morning when railroad operators at 23,000 points in America are to discontinue handling. commercial com-mercial messages, under an order issued : ; ' by the Order of Railway Telegraphers. Such action, strike leaders declared to- " i night, will tie up all commercial tele-uriph tele-uriph business except between the lar- .: gsr cities In which the 'Western Union '., and Postal Telegraph companies main- ! tain their own offices. Officials of the Postal said that company would not be : affected by the order, as littlo Postal j: business is handled through railroad stations. Western Union officials predicted its effect would .not have' serious results. Meanwhile officers of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America coritin-. coritin-. ue'l to receive reports indicating the . ; strike is spreading. S. J. Konenkamp. .' international president of the union, said the number of strikers had reached 22,000; that the strike of electrical workers set ; for next Monday would add ir.0,000 work-.', work-.', to the list of those idle, and that by early next week telephone service in many cities and towns will be greatly Ini--. Paired through a walkout of telephone operators. TELEPHONE OPERATORS ' URGED TO JOIN STRIKE. Practically all union telegraph opera-. opera-. tors are members of the electrical work-ij work-ij rs' union. Committees set to work in ; many cities today pickoting among tele-Phono tele-Phono operators who are being urge to Win the strikers. The brokers' division of the telegraph-;f telegraph-;f ' union has beei asked to take action. Meetings were to bo held tonight and to-.' to-.' : "Wow at which it will bo decided ;, , ethor to strike In .sympathy. Claims of strike leaders that the walk-: walk-: t la rapidly spreading wero refuted by ; o 'lol.ils 0f commercial companies, who j said they wero accepting business wlth-: wlth-: . out restrictions and that conditions were ;. Practically normal. '' nlnv As,clatlon of Western Union Em--; J,r,'s', representing 65 per cent or West-r West-r hiim.k," on workers, announced the small r r,, ! ?f strikers in th.-t company had I -jriua to work. ti,i,w M ofl!cials likewise stated comli-i' comli-i' ramf',ra """rovliiB and that t he Chi-' Chi-' .lav ,f ,',ce' wl,,oh ' hit hard the first I ' Dr el. . "'rlko. is operating "about 70 1 ' cent normal." SUBMIT PROPOSAL TO 'EFFECT A SETTLEMENT. ubm'i?.n'1"l"ce representing the strikers "hirh the Post"! condition? upon Th V1 el,le"ient could bo reached. . 'iZ p,T'ide,i lhnt ,llB companv a?ree to ; ' has ..?ajusihcnis afior the goermnent - t-rh control of the companv. The Th ?,n7 "cre forwarded t" New York. 1 ter'r.r . , n,c" chareed that Postmns- : ' the hat J" RurlBn ''"'I I" a tense "tied i t i bv rr t?.of the commercial companies 1 -' tra,..t"blt'"S the signing of wage con- I C ! Placed "?n,.br of Chl-aro strikers was ; tester, ,. 8 0 by strike loaders. The i "' 1 s,ti8 w, V" "n,ti "y fiftv-one per-. r."' , Inrin,,";, alit from the operating do- ! ' tin. I,-.ani1 " festal announced that , ?' .-'at ivork" 0Prators. 70 per cent were j f. ,r?onf?n'r8 of both companies still j v RAIL WORKERS IN , WINNIPEG VOTE TO I 0 OUT ON STRIKE ' ff' mS?"?0; J,)ne 13. Officials of tho i Lw!sai, tchmen's :ind trainmen's. voitTi ."ced thi" afternoon that they '-nln i, , K" 0,1 strike at 6 o'clock! '' 'ho'tri- believed that tho action: ,reiSht , rmen severelv cripple i ,,r'aS- hand, ' an'1 frr"" 'Innipcg and ; "1 ' . A fo-nni " l;iFsengcr transportation. ' -,: 5i xch (i 5ta''ncnt issued late May . iJI? officers of Ihe Brotherhoo'l Wontiuucd on Pago 2, Column i.) ' ' t Rtlffl TO m ; WIRE STRIKE TODAY (Continued from Fage One.) j . .( L-'-om--t.vf rrc:e". a:"f ilr i: : : : and l-e lir-.tc.e.--: i of Lailtoad Tra.r.- Ii'tn d---Arel v . l t fee a-:. i"t! li' mpeg io- .i r .-itii.si t-. vi W j -.'! n the : vni.M.lh' l.r r-ikv loi.ifclit "wis ubs.--i iut-:v unauth .-::.-!. j Tr.e Ma:-, w;..-- ?-ued by CLrse K. War. ioe pr-'Mderu oi" tie liroih-'-rho.i.j ot L'K'oripjUM' Ki:etne:i a:;d K.l-I K.l-I s-:.-nien, and J.uto- Murdck, vice proii-i proii-i d-.-ni of the Lro'.hcrhood of liailroud Traimvn. ! "-.-pue pr-'viou. wumir.ffS that strike ai'uon without p."-rmiMo; from the brotherhoods -.vo-.j i r:ot be L-ouiit-.-anced. the Winnipeg b-cal.-i n:ct last muht ai.d oted to join the sympathetic stike, un-!e- certain d-.-m.i::ds of th.e iorai ur.ioi.s ::i,voi v. d in the iiiuu.-trial deadlock v. crc nj'-t imm-diat--!-.'. f:e!...-.vcd c;f..:-ts to conciliate labor con-t con-t rovers :ert involved in th.e Winriipf-S strik-j were made today. Federal as wed a.i provincial officials are discussing a new plan of mediation. Winnipeg was cairn this morning-. No attempt has be -n made to operate street" car.-!, despite the fact that the city has been without transportation service, since May 13.