Show MONTANA OPERATORS HAY AY Y GO liD fO ON STRIKE I President Fairgrieve Declares the Company Must Act I Quickly to Prevent Prevent Republican Special Service Ser I Butte Mont July 31 All AI All girl irl operators In Montana Monna or ot the Rocky Mountain Mountain Belt BelL tl Telephone company will wi ho called caled out hy by the Montana le Federation of or Labor Ibor a as soon ns os varIous various vari van ous Otis city Ity c central labor councils can act at their regular meetings This action acton of or the federation follows the protest made by th the Retail Merchants Merchants' association of or Butte Bute that hunt 1 business men of this el city Wt were rp j sick lck and anti tired of or Butte Dute the only city in the district Ella dis Jg- Jg net of oC four states stales embraced h hy by the tho Rocky Mountain system stem where the girls sirls 1118 have hat gone out in sympathy with wih striking linemen In II Utah Idaho 1 V Wyoming an and Montana The business businessmen men demanded of r th the federation that otther the oth other r cities of ot the state slate be treated as Is La i Butte Bute or the thc operators ordered back to the their ther r switchboards s. s Fo Following II ow I ng a conference between telephone officials headed by General General- Manager D. D S. S Murray of Salt Bait Sl Lake and fcc federation which was barren of results In the tha wa way of oC an agreement President cn Fairgrieve Fair Fair- announced that thai determined grieve a a and concerted campaign in to the four foul states affected would be carried on against the tho telephone company lo to force a settlement or lo to organize all au al of ot the girls and amI endeavor to call eal them out out President ent Fairgrieve s said id today Chat Olat the company would accept the terms term of or the operators who are ore on strike 1 here provided the stati federation I would woul recognize the company compan as log hie fair This he said the would not do do o. o as a the linemen are affiliated af at- I with the organization In ip communities whore where labor bor is ii iJ or organized or- or In the four lour states in which the tue company operates busine nun will ill wi be he asked sl ed to lo take talie out their theft teli- teli phone and ca cease e all al bu business cia i-cia- lons with wih the company Manager na I el Murray who left let this tills Afternoon for foe the Iho eastern part of or the state said fail ti this afternoon that his company compan was as willing wi- wi will ing lag at all al times to confer conter wih with hill organIzed organized organ organ- labor to bring bring about a settlement settle settle- set set- meat ment He lie Ip said ajr that the Butte union had 1101 not IlOt let kept th their signed a r |