Spanish Fork Press | 1907-06-27 | Page 2 | Strike of Telegraphers

STRIKE OF TELEGRAPHERS Operators at San Francisco and Oakland Oak-land Refuse to Work San Francisco Strikeridden San Francisco hud another strike added to tho list Friday nfteinoon when the telegraph operators employed In tho Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies left their keys at 330 oclock t Wad walked out of the office Both the Postal and Western Union main San Francisco oillces are located lo-cated close together In the Ferry building Since the fire the main relay re-lay olllce of the Western Union has j been at Wobt Oakland where about 150 men and m women are employed 1 Iu the San Francisco office about twenty I operators are employed and at Outside out-side branch oillces about twenty more Tho Postal company has sixty operators oper-ators In Its main San Francisco ofllce Employes of both companies with the exception of one In each olllce stopped juirk at the signal The operators In San Francisco and Oakland were dissatisfied with the lot tel from President Clowr of tho Western Union and Insisted that their demands for 25 per cent Increase In-crease In wages should be granted