Show SERIOUS E Western Union Accused of Responsibility Re Re- j For Quebec Bridge Disaster WARNING IS DELAYED l V t President Will Nih Take No Action For Settlement of Strike 1 I New New- NewYork York Aug 31 A A sensation waa today by the charge made on behalf of the lie Bridge company that lint the lie long delay In the lie transmission of 01 a Li Western estern Union telegram was ref i-ei for time terrible loss Ions of In lie thu Quebec bridge disaster The rsc collapse In iii which were irene killed 79 S men IncH among them sixteen en skilled American Amer Ainer- Icon ican mechanics ics employed upon tho I huge cantilever bridge oss aci-oss the lie tt Si Lawrence river occurred evening at ut 3 33 iJ J o'clock moie than I five hours after aCtor a warning telegram had bud been filed In New Vork ork by the tho consult consult- big big- Theodore Cooper to that bridge When Mr Cooper arrived In his bis oft of of- t floe five at 1 llin 1 to n. n in at Thursday lie found I Availing him hero tiit-s' N N. 4 A. A McClure Ms his representative i In the thic building of E hiv bridge Mr McClure u a report lo It I his Superior as t lp the condition of ct the so that Mr Cooper could believe It I The Pite was to 10 effect that lint lie contractors bad isa loaded lie lo to a aI I point where i It was likely to collapse at any moment Lost Vo N. Time Mr lr Cooper lost no time lute in lii sending bending a 4 telegram reciting the tue fut ts V to tb Iii engineer of the lie Phoenix company at II Ita office at yule Pa Pu Tue dispatch which wras as i nt before 1 o'clock according Luthi to Lu toMi Mi thi reckoning lead end nil follows follows- Phoenix Bridge Uridge Co liL Put lut no more loul on bridge facts before us li hoots been carefully considered The telegraphs telegraph company It 1 IS I'S save gave no jio lint there would be beany LillY any delay In iii delivery or that the the- ills ills- patt-h patt would b to sent scat bj- bj train maui to Phuc In the lie mutter this thin even even- ing Mr Cooper Hald hay lluy my titi telegram i con ml ivet-esI ivet itI it tO tOlie I lie lie- J-IilO J without V Lt i pit i-pit is V fl iu a f the n ii luT 1 iut 5 7 As to tin thin telegram been do- do while 1 I have no iso actual Infer 1 front frog re rc- roni it was not delivered until yesterday oCtet noon superintendent of the Union Cubit this state state- atonE VV Our a attention t t has been to any delay deiny In iii send sending big such s mt-s- s thic we have bave made no In- In estimation If It Hits iii telegram was iuis s suit nt over our wires vires there then Is no tie reason why It should SlOt not have becil delivered As matters now stand w wd arc itiC experiencing no ito delays in time the tm of messages It was authoritatively stated at Oyster ter Bay today that President will not interfere or take any part looking to a settlement of the ito t- t tu u- u strike Secretary lx cb said the lie numerous appeals to tho lie President to nIce lake such action which have been reported In thin tho newspapers have ha not been received at Oyster Hay Bay and that at no Jute since the beginning of the has lie President seen any necessity or reason teason tea rea son why wimy be lie should interfere V Edwin Gould arrived from Europe to today today to- to day and announced tint that Ills his Bister lster Miss Helen Gould would not interfere in hit- the hO telegraphers strike Mr Gould put t this way My sister knows very well limit I lie be directors of the Western Union Telegraph role Tele graph company are arc perfectly capable of taking care are of ho situation and site she probably will not Interfere 1 have havo not come home because of the lie strike I am satisfied that President Clowry knows what ho lii Is about timid and that lie he dues docs not need my advice |