Show PRESIDENT SMALL SMAL optimistic AS TO claims clims that ninety five per cent of operators are out and will otay out I 1 they win new york S J small president of the commercial union of TO raphers arrived in new york sunday morning from the west speaking of the strike situation he be said we have full 90 per cent of all th commercial telegraphers in the unit ed states on strike this applies to small and large cities thousands ot of one man offices are closed and the keys to the doors are in possession of city officials to be turned over eo the inspectors of the company when they arrive we have started to raise a large fund two of them in fact one of these Is for the benefit of the strikers and the other to be ex in propaganda work in favor of government control of the tele graph although the call for funds has only been 0 it for a few days many remittances lemit were received be fore I 1 left chicago and strange to say as much was ras received for the cam fund as tor for the benefit of strikers much has been published about arbitration albit ration b bit it the cry from coast to coast Is no arbitration |