Show PRESIDENT SMALL FIRED OUT BY S STRIKERS STRIKERS' EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OMMITTEE Operators Throughout Country Vote to Continue Struggle for More Pay Shorter Hours Free Typewriters and Better General Conditions j STICK STItH IS S W ALL Aft ALONG LON LINE UNE j. j I- I Immense Mass Meeting at Chicago Chicag Voices Sentiment of r y i I. I Their Brethren Bi From Coast to 10 o Coast and From Lakes to Gulf GuIf Chicago O Oct 13 The general executive board of tim the C. C T T. T V. V A. A to toi to- to i cn en CI I out nut tile the ln me sages 1 5 1 a Chicago o in III Oct OcL t ISS IS 1 S 1 Small Actor tor c. c New York fork HUmlI Article J o 15 Section 7 o. of the till constitution of tim Uio Commercial Union of or America jou nn nr are hereby suspended from th the olliCe f of II to effect Immediately Signed S 1 F. F Acting Chairman T L J. J HEIny MO JO M. M f. f SULLIVAN rA i General E Executive o Board oard Chicago o J III Ill II Oct 13 18 To All 11 I I I Local I of ot iho IIII I I Coimi Commercial ii I Telegraphers mrs Un Union Ion of America Von You ar arts Ut I hereby I notified 11 t that I in I t i tho 11 general board in hi d due no exercise of or he time authority c ted in it fl lia has ha sll suspended S. S F 1 J. J Small from the time presidency of f f time tIll Commercial Telegraphers Union of or America The strike will ill be lie conducted by hy and under the tho direction of the time general r executive e. x hoard You Yon are ml directed to do elo c C c cr thIn thing po ihlo to keep huep f f brothers mind and In line hue It te Is time the intention of the 1111 lie hoard board that thu in time the future strike be he con con- e dueled II by Imy men u ho have ha red ril blood f Signed S 1 J. liOl EXIL Acting Chairman f l' MICHAEL T. T KEIDY lElY JOSEPH U E SULLIVAN General E Executive Board Ioard York lor Oct 1 13 Thie 13 The striking telegraphers from on one nime end of the to 0 tho oth other I to today ay repudiated 1 th the tho proposition to lo will nil of oft off the strike 5 I M suggested b by President Small The action taken b by time tile New Ke KeYork York local wa was the thC mo most t enthusiastic meeting ever 1 4 held by the the- telegraphers The Time vote vole I to tL continue nue the he strike was and Pi President Small who wio JO was wai present hooted and jN jeered by the th OUO 5 Jt u hoji d to torges- torges tt lt r. r r DO j jf f S When hen the tho vote ot was sas L tal taken taken-if was upon up- up on the the- i on I move we ve stick I I It was wal carried with a n. cheer chell thai lust lasted d J ij f. f I for three three- minutes President Small Smalls Kv s made n his rough a 1 roar ear 01 door T V r-V while whilo the crowd was wa cheering and antI af aftel after after af- af ter tel the meeting the time operators hung ri f A i about Clinton hall hail In Ia groups denouncing lug ing him as n a coward Five men volunteered tl for p el picket et dut duty to tomorrow tomorrow to- to morrow to see that no operator mis- mis I 1 Kill guided tied b by the telegram h he sent out f r Saturday night nigh I returned letulI to work Perc Percy Thomas Thoma chairman of or th the tho local lo- lo cal cat finance committee was the first 1 t. t I to attackS attack Small He said aid the whole t. t t- t remark of no money in lii tho the tr treasury 5 was In strange dran contrast with the talk 1 of or the president who talked about raising raisins 0 PI Figure mS e That Talk 1 We Wo have hav In th the treasury said salti Mr air Thomas an and by Tuesday 1 It r will wilt be Increased or oi President Hanrahan of or the Order o or of orp p t Railway Hallway Firemen ha has asked cv every ry t I. I member of or the thC union some gome om to to I contribute 1 each and oUter other organizations lions will contribute like e amounts Thomas accused President Small o or of falling tollIng to get et the tho signature of Samuel Samue Gompers to a It call to the Limo American Federation of ot Labor for fun funds ls i This strike can not be lost if we wei i iJ J have havo a leader said Thomas Thoma Small retorted that attack on him would not got the strikers bread and huU butter r. r He Ho said ho wanted Yo to say what other labor organizations amounted to I IlCi Telegraphers Tele Tle ho lie paid said the Order of Railway L had turned In only 3 an and l locals of or the tIle American Federation FedS Fedi Fed Fed- S i of or Labor had hall contributed about i 1 t Didn't Him Ilium I lie said Thomas and Daniel L. L RUS nus- soIl soll had gone to see mee ee President Roosevelt Roose HOONE 5 S v velt vilt lt without consulting him in ord order r to got Kot ot their names in the papers 1 Daniel antel RUl Russell sell told toM Small that tho the thom m reason h he was 89 not taken along to see I President Roosevelt lt was va that he ho and I Thomas rhomas wanted to tell Mr HOo elt I the tho truth 1 t The reason the president did not net act said Russell was walt that the anS national na nR- t. t S bO body y did dill not send to him the S evidence wo promised 1 would be lie sent i That evidence e that was waR delayed by Inaction Inaction inaction In- In action will reach him next week r then read dispatches S Percy Thomas from Chicago and other points saying sayingS S that Chicago o had otc voted to stick sUel and would follow Ne Xe York H Ho Ic then put pUl the motion to stick an and 1 it was carried d. d 5 After Small had hal left tin tin- hall the operators voted to demand as their share of the mone money now In the national treasury and also to have the In the tho aid society or benefit fund devoted ote to the strike Tonight reports were vere received recel from froni other athar cities clUes telling of or other locals t fol following oh- oh l- l ln 10 lowing tho timo lead of or New York and Chicago Chi Chi- ca cage cago o and Voting to stick Tho Thu tole- tole grans the tho the the- vote was unanimous and he men w were ro determined to stay tay out I IU U ddn or row e. e irivo lJ Jn tA I IT Lf fie fe ie tm If jio C thi he hc was with them flint ho merely desired t to set got an expression on from the tho various locals Chicago Oct l 13 Twelve Twelve hundred hundred hun hun- 1 dred tIred striking telegraphers of Chicago o voted unanimously today to continue their strike They also reiterated their ir demands that tho the only settlement that could be made mado was for tho the strike bound companies companies com corn Panics to concede a n. 25 5 per cent in- in in increase increase crease In wages tho the hour eight-hour da day equal pay lay for wom women n an and free type type- writers President S S. S J. J Small who recommended rm mended that thai the locals take tako a vote yoto on I Ithe the proposition of or calling the strike off ofT was requested to resign Then the meeting a adopted o ted a motion that it t wa was I the sense of or the strikers that the tiLe leased l wire and antI broker operators should strike Resolutions followed immediate immediately that the corn commercial mercial tele telegraphers should amalgamate with tho the Ol Order er of or Railroad Telegraphers and a committee commit commit- toe tee was instructed to proceed to St. St Louis Immediately and present the proposition to tho of tho O. O R. R T T. T Determined to Stick Three hours of speech making was engaged In while the various actions were wele being taken Then the strikers ers marched out ut of or hall hail In a body to the buildings of or tho the Western Union and Postal companies On the march th the strikers kept up this refrain i-efrain S S T T TI I C e I K Stick Slick Reaching Hen the ho telegraph buildings the lito strikers marched around them shoutIng shout shout- log Ing their watchword Then thc they congregated congregated con eon on tho the streets n near ar the Board of or Trade lc building until A Assistant Chief of Police sent them home The meeting began at 2 30 2 30 o'clock and lasted until 5 j 30 The Th applause was wag almost continuous Suspended from flom the tho presidents president's ont's desk was a n lem lemon n Xo Xu pla 12 nat Ions International Secretary Wesley Russell Rims Rus t sell tried to explain pr President sl ent Smalls Small's me message go to the tho strikers He said f the president was desirous of or ascertaining ascertain ascertain- I lag ing the tho sentiment of or the strikers and amid for that reason he sent the telegram tho opinion of or the strikers as asto asto asto to calling off of tho the strike He was not permitted to complete his explanation l the men would not hear It None Nom of the members of or the general I executive board of or the telegraphers Continued on Pac Pago Six I I PRES SMALL FIRED BY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE From PJ lage l'age e One Olle would s 1 the th situation Jt un They said that until the ma matters con considered r el hy by bythe tho the meeting had been reported to them th they r could fay my n nothing find It in to Sn Pre President nt Small had hael a n number r of or friends H at nt tho the me meeting but the they re refrained re- re rained from an anything They said ald it il would be no use while th the strikers were pre so 50 o Inflamed They said that the they believed etl however that President Pro Pre Smalls Small's motive moth would he be fount foun to be bo a n pure ono one when h he was willing willingto to tell nil all behind his lite proposition to call the strike o off fl 1 Is h Finn I Milwaukee Oct Ot 1 13 Declaring Declaring that lint Sam un Small president Ic of the Commercial Commer Commer- I cial Telegraphers union has proved pro himself incapable of conducting the Ute I strike of f the telegraphers the Milwaukee kee local toni tonight ht demanded the Immediate Imme Imme- diate resignation of oC Small The action fiction of Small In n 11 Issuing a Q aj j on Saturday n ht In he s nys ws lint hit the funds funell of t the tiu or organize t m ril are e depleted and anti that Hint t the le n was wan called culled without ut his sanction wore were denounced in bitter terms at the tho meet t inS big F. er Every member pr present ent signed a. a pledge ph e not t to return to work vork Con Congressman William J. J Gary Cnn who j is a n member of or the local made the following statement CIO n Last Ial Care CariL The I Issuance mane of the statement b by i ident Small ha has evoked a n. greater enthusiasm and amI interest among themen the tho thomen men and anti It Il has hns strengthened tren In instead teall I of or weakening our ranks It was th the thelast last card that Colonel Colonl dowry Clown head of or orthe the tIme thee Western e Union had hall to play The lime play piny is much like the one ot or iSS only emily the the- statement at that time was vas I issued on Sunday instead of Saturday night might The Flie efforts to stampede the men will wiIl fail tail a as Colonel Clowry will see Cf Tho hoard board of oC directors of lIfo Western Union will meet In New York tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- I row ro or 01 next day I 1 KammaS Ci- Ci a hm orel Kansas City ML lb Oct I 13 StIck Stick That wa was tho the watchword watch o of the striking in lug ing tele of or Kansas l City at their thell m meeting this th afternoon That was their answer cl i to lo the thC message of nf If President nL Small which told thorn the thi I tr treasury t ur was empty and advised isel them to tn to togo go ge to york work Only four foul voted to too o urn rr e hall bali wa was crowded au authere and there were not enough 1 seats se for rtH tIc every every- body idy Full Fully OO a n third of or I eW whom were women en wore were present Pr President I II IT II Hull Hall read road Smalls Small's s mC mes The lime operators listened quietly until the message was rN rend read ll then them a n. dozen men mon monI j I p Jumped UI up They rhey were all ull given gol a aS S chance to speak veale and all talked against I j returning to work George norge H. H j I chairman of or tho the CX executive o committee manic made the time speech preceding th the ballot baIlit I Pr President Small has hOj not gone gon back I on Ott us he said Jie Be merely tI asks tho the local unions show V their j to ha hands I I Three hundred rei and amil twelve e operators I arc are still till out om ir In iii as nl City of Ih the fl I tl I I who struck I I S At 1 los lo HelJo Los Ls An Angeles cl Oct 13 The The striking 1 I I telegraphers of or this cit city after an cuI enI cu- cu I mooting meeting today unanimously j I declared in favor or of continuing their strike until a satisfactory settlement i hind had been r reached with time tho companies The lime following ln I If t mC message agoo was os sent Benl to 10 f 4 Pr President StitcH a a New York an and the 1 Chicago o and unil v NV York YorI local unions I Loc Local I No Xo 58 todo today unanimous unanimously I rejected l proposition to call off strike sl and adopted resolutions demanding that all nil contract operators be Immediately Imme called out and requesting Pre President r- r I dc dent nt of the tho Order of or Railway Telegraphers to ln Instruct all nil railroad I operators to cease cew handling tho the bu bush busl- ln l- l n floss IS or t testing ting th the tho wires of the commercial com corn mercial telegraph companies and If IC n necessary s n nto to enforce these In Instructions to call out every ro railroad telegrapher r rin in America Will ili iII Never Xo Denver Oct IS l Denver Local Xo No 31 u. u Commercial Tele Telegraphers Union of or I America which Includes all of or Colo- Colo I meto 11 lick held nn an enthusiastic meeting last i night ht and amid in reply to President lel nt Smalls Small's I r. r request ue t for or an nit expression lon of opinion n nI as asto asto to whether the strike continue voted I unanimously never er to return to work vork for Ol th the telegraph companies as ns Ion long longas as ns th the tho pc present ent obnoxious conditions of I employment nt exist xi t. t i An extraordinary feature of or tho the thoI I meeting was vas the tho fact faN that the tIme wives wI and elau daughters of oC the striking telegraphers ra- ra who wore were present in large Jago an o numbers num aunt bel berg bers independent of or the regular sess ses- ses s son sjon on unanimously voted that the tho heads licals 1 of their families should not to work worl until the str e ce was won I Pit L t t hlll Sticks t Pittsburg Pa Oct 1 11 U.-At U. At At a n meeting meet meet- In Irma ing of the striking commercial telegraphers telegraphers tele tele- Sunday a afternoon tim the tho e Pittsburg Pitts- Pitts Pit Isburg Is- Is burg local voted unanimously to Collow follow tellow tel fol low Chicago and San Francisco In the strike strUm settlement nl and advising Ising all nil to stick HUel disregarding President nt Somalis Smalls advice to 10 vote voto on discontinuing contin the strike lh The striking operators wore were advised that New York 1011 Chicago Washington ton Denver and many other oIlier cities had hall tak lal taken iken ik- ik en n similar action The Pittsburg local docs not expect t to lo lose hose a single l man The Time operators nr are going almond ahead with their alron arrangement t lot for time the sale salo of I theatrical tickets for Four Corners CornelS of ot i ithe the tle Earth at the Bijou theatre for foran all an of or the week wf commencing Monday October 21 Booths will be bo placed In Inthe inthe the Lime RU streets N and amid th time the ladies will assist IEtt In time the ticket 1 I 1 At t I Indianapolis Ind md Oct Oci 13 FollowIng Follow Follow- In Ing the tho publication ot of President Smalls Small's statement there Lucre was a Q meetIng meetIng meeting meet- meet Ing of oC the Indianapolis strikers to today to consider the tIme matter Tuero was apparently ap all- as' as some sentiment in favor or of oC returning to work worl under previous pre conditions con con- but as many of or tho strikers could not b be he reached In time to notify them of or lh time the meeting Un the thc vote oto was |