Show V WESTERN UNIONS NEW ST Three-Fourths Three of the Operators Operators Ope Ope- V V. V in Los Angeles Office Of Of- o V V Ice fice Leave Keys When a Union Union Man Is Fired I LOS ANGELES Aug 8 The The strike t V of the Western Union tele telegraph raph operators opera opera- f r V tors in this city which was called last night fOll following wing the dischar discharge e of John I Ryan a union operator on the ground V of deliberately delaying business continued con con- on l' l to today ay V According to the men about sixty five V. V out of a V total of seventy five are are on n strike The company however is is fall fairly fair fal- V V V l ly y well supplied with operators and is V taking care of all business offered Messages Messa es are bein being received subject V to delay but they are going forward V almost as usual v 71 Last night the company was able to ton n muster muster about twenty operators who V V succeeded in cleaning up all business on hand by the time the day shift came on V Today ei eighteen operators were at work rk at 9 o 0 clock in place of the usual thirty to thirty five ordinarily on duty at that hou hour V Additional operators were being V brou brought ht in as a's as rapidly as possible by Local Local Local Lo Lo- Lo- Lo cal Manager R. R H. H Miller and in in all V probability there will be but little defay del de de- l fay y in the tho days day's business The company closed all its branch V offices at the hotels and other places 1 this morning g and brought su such h operators ope V as would come to the main main mam office V VV 1 V and put them to work These outside v V operators were all women Several det dothe de- de t eli l o nd joined the ranks of the strikers V VV V The strike was not ordered by the union union officials and is said not to be sanctioned by them W. W L. L Burke one V of the strikers acting as publicity agent stated today V V It is simply a i matter of protecting V ourselves against bein being weeded out by the Western Union management Superintendent Su SUo Su- Su V Lamb of this division has hasa V a list of names of our men who wio have been active in the union work and have V supported at least morally the tha strikes against the fhe he company in other cities V VV These men are being discharged from irom fromi i L the company's employ as fast as any Kt rc J subterfuge can be found for it We Ve V V simply are forced to make a stand or be beV V kicked out one ono by byone one That is it the reason we have struck We STe will not go o back until we know that we are not to b be discriminated against and discharged without cause We have asked a conference con con- V V ference with Mr Lamb upon the sub sub- V V je ett t of the dischar discharge e of Mr Ryan and andare are awaiting his reply V t- t Division Manager F. F H. H Lamb of the iM Western Union was not greatly per per- 1 if today over the action of his J 7 V men The rhe company had bad not he said 1 been crippled in ln lathe the least by the strike V This strike is simply an attempt to toI I take a snap jud judgment ment on us said Mr I Lamb The men asked for nothing V made no statement nt of their grievances I or explanation of their action I diV discharged dis di- V charged barged Operator Ryan because two of f our our our division chiefs in n Oakland listened to his work on the wire wire and reported to me that he was deliberately delaying business in in various ways because of a aV V disa disagreement between a woman operator operator ope ope- in in the Oakland office and himself I understand that this is not a union V V strike I received last night a communication com tom V from the men askin asking a conference con con- J ference but have not yet replied to it J V I will not say that I will treat with them hem at all They are not in our em eni- l ploy and we do not recognize them as t entitled to unus unusual al consideration at our hands As for my alle alleged ed discrimination rW V tion a against any of the men I deny I 4 V that emphatically V |