| Show ON GAUSE Of STRIKE Operator Who Deliberately De Do Delayed Messages Discharged Reinstatement Refused STRIKERS STORY DIFFERENT Nut I Declares That tho Western Union In Not ot Ul Vj to o Agreement Now York Aug Au 9 Col CoI dowry Clowry resident and general manager of ot tho tim Western Union Telegraph today odny Othi gave g vo out the tho following state Milt lit III to tho strike at It los IOD anti Chicago On July JUl 23 3 nn an operator at nt Los Loa An Mt 1 olos elos VLiS nui with maliciously do dOI I traffic A careful investigation ll several days showed i that ho e guilty of oC lo 10 obstructing on Im circuits he was wa discharged A petition signed by other of f fhe he office requesting his n vent was presented to tho thoI loral I superintendent when whon tho signers were cro advised that tho company JIT u not tolerate tile thu lou de tie denying nying ot o Important messages S and an that the iho discharged man would not bo IN ro 10 tho the majority of ot tho the ng n force went wont out without notice wore wiro sent ont to tako their places Inces from nearby points anti at 11 last night nl ht tho the operators in Inthe Inthe the thi Chicago employed l on tho the western circuits acting In conformity with situ resolutions understood to havo have been adopted by b tho the local union or organization refused to work w rk with tho the nonunion moo man at Ot Los Angeles und and when this tills was waa Insisted upon thoy they quit work worle In a II body The Tho Chicago operators havo pro pre presented no grievances and the tho present movement is an en In attempt to force tho the clos 1 shop rule Iule which if It tul would take talo control of or tho the affairs out of ot Its Us own hands such Buch a condition as a hns been b en repeatedly shown DOV n Is H Inimical to t tho the confidential nd Id responsible character of tho the com corn relations to the United States government and to the tho public pubic AnEll S STATEMENT Tonight President Ahorn of tho the lo to local enl cal union sal sail saile al I l IVe lWe Ve We e have tried tiled for or the tha th past three w necks to secure the tho reinstatement of nine persons live men foRt and four wo women women men mono who wore suspended on account of It union affiliation soma sonio months ago ngo Inder tho the agreement made mado by President resi resident dent Clowry dowry of Q tho the Western Union i Telegraph company and Labor Com Corn Commissioner missioner these members wore to have been beon reinstated Tho The Western Union officials have re reused reUSed used to reinstate these persons Our members In the main office and in tho the several vernl branch throughout the tha It ity have havo grown restless under this Shabby hubby treatment Wo We Va have done dono In our power to prevent a II aol ol strike In this city Tho The Western Union o III have havo ha va used fiery ery method at nt their command to ring about a n strike nod lId if It ono one oc 1 urs In the city they the wilt will bo ha held hed direct directly ly responsible y for tor or It WHAT SMALL SALL SAYS SAX Oakland Aug Au 9 Samuel J 1 Small he national president of ot the tho hors hers union inS located 10 atOO In this city hIs Ills afternoon and anU submitted to a n brief Ho lIo was wall reluctant to W say The subject ct ho said Bald Is too dell doll dellato about Mrs Ira to sa anything ato n tt say Is la of ot course tho the storm center t f tilt tho strike and amI sho sh and the Son San officers of the company arc are le for tor what has happened Tho The utter have hn vc not lived Jived up to the tho agree COt 1111 adopted two weeks ago age When in it II Investigation uon Is made mad a something ox ex romMy sensational will come out The lh Is la spreading Wo We havo have In the tho fol following s that the tho operators lowing owIng cities In addition to Los Ios Ango Ange Helona MOOt Mont out Chicago IS a 3 are T re Cleveland leveland Cincinnati Salt Lake Kan Kanlis KanIS lis IS City tty Birmingham Ala Now New Or Orans 1 noli ans Denver and 1111 Butto Dutte Mont represent about 2000 opera irs 13 Oakland operators want to go out bank back We Wet Wei Vo ut wo tiro OrO holding them thom i t however that tho the whole trouble id ill bo ho b settled In two or three days da dare resident re of ot the tho Western Union 1 1 t graph company will have havo the facts tiro oro him In 21 hours and may lOll B It Itt itI It t I once I cannot say cay anything about Bur Ut II demands for everything Is la in n p f fl l otlo condition ut at present I 1 have nothing to say SO regarding tim the thou u ii mt Jut Ut beyond lyond tho the fact that Mr Ir Stow Stew 11 I t o of f the department ot Jt f and amI ilic It arrived here hero today and will look i vo o th I 5 n Francisco l and amI Oakland Ho lie ll will Immediately get into r with C h ilis P at Washington the tho matter will bo ho adjusted quickly Col Cal dowrY Clowry Instructs his sub 8 to treat the San Francisco I u I Oakland operators humanely 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