Show TO HEAD IJU 1 Off i 1 E S SI I United States Labor Commissioner Com Corn missioner Neill Is Study xing Complaint of raphers NEW YO YORK K June 18 Charles P. P Nelll Nell I United States Labor Commissioner is ex expected ex ex- d to arrive in New ew York from Washington today to investigate the threatened strike of oC te telegraphers against the Vestern Western Union and 1 Postal Telegraph companies It is said th that t Mr NelU NeUl will hear both Ides sides of the controversy and then report to President ent loosevelt The operators say nay the question at stake is the 10 per pel cent Increase in wages w ich the two companies promised to give March 1 The two companies declare emphatically emphatically em em- that they did give the 10 percent per percent percent cent Increase while the telegraphers contend con con- tend end that only a few favorites received the Increase while more than 90 per cent of the men are g getting even less than they were receiving March I 1 The Th-e officials of the Western Weste-n Union compan company com corn pans pan will not talk on t the e subject beyond saying that there are no grievances s on the the- part of or these employees by the compan com corn pan pany It was said on behalf of the company corn com g pany that there would u be no conference e g between e officials c of the e company and the parties panties who have manifested an In interest in- in terest in the telegraphers' telegraphers complaint This would not apply now however ever to any Investigation liwes to be made b bv b Commissioner Nelll as a Government official Local alde Manager Long fh of f the e Western t Union declared today that t the o operators had received increases In wages I know that the Increase was made said hIS ho I 1 can tell by my books They're not fighting for mere money moner but for the reinstatement of a number of oC discharged union operators In Jn New York City No news as to whether a strike would be declared was forthcoming up to noon today Operators Operators- and local managers however are arc one In declaring that the chances of or a strike are remote |