Show STRIKE T TIKES TAKES NEW NEV I I i LEASE OF LIFE More Determined Than Ever to Stick SUck for Better Beter Conditions BUSINESS OF COMPANIES L Demoralization of Their Af Affair Affairs Af- Af I Af-I fairs fair Grows Worse Wor's Day By Day i San Sin Francisco Frncisco Oct Oct 1 15 The i.-The The The action acton of the national executive board In an announcing nn- nn flouncing tho the suspension of or President Small following CoUo the tha sending fending of a telegram tell tell- tele gram by him recommending a a. vote ote on tho the calling oft off oc of oC tho the telegraph strike e. e has put JUt now Ir life into th the move movement o ment on the coast and from Crom all al f quarters tors cote comes th the lie news that the thC strikers nr-I nr ate are more moro determined titan lImn ever er e to light for tor their demands Seventy five five I strikers several sp of them women who had been camping In Ia tho the Santa Cruz Cruiz mountains fountains for six weeks returned Saturday Sat Sat- night nn and on onH of or the most mot sat sat-I en enthusiastic en- en meetings since th the strike was t heM held In Oakland Sunday at nt which time Imo Jt It 1 was vas voted unanimously to Ig Ignore ig- ig nore President Smal Smalls Small's telegram There are aro about 0 operators operator outa out In a this city and Oakland and th Ih members of or the union declare there have ha mayo been hut but five re desertions ertons since Ince i thi th calling of the strike tri e. e and that these hese th se have p ha been beN counterbalanced by IY desertions from th the strike breaking ranks rn n kJ I The Tho Associated Pr Press operators operator In this his cl city and Oakland have p ha remained firm to a man inca Condition In Office The Western Union haM ban probably 0 40 operators working In Its fH main offices his includes Include man many young women When hen the first strike was called led In Sn Inan arm an Francisco ninny many man union non operators opera opera- oper- oper ors tors rs were ivero sent from Crom different I I I I East and these were at nt han hand l wi when cli the Ut second strike was vas called The I Postal company has about 1 15 ll operators opera opera- operators tors at work worl and the they are all al serving long hours hour Both Bodi companies have apparent apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap parent adopted a campaign of concentrating concentrating con con- their theli efforts on the bu budness business bud busi l- l ness nes of favorite customers customer sacrificing all others other four ent hours hours' hour de delay dela Ic- Ic I la lay In overland overhand me messages Is frequently reported and press pre matter mater I Is refused on some Rome circuits on tho the coast It H is 15 estimated tha that JO 40 0 p r cent 1 if tho the striking telegraphers Jn imi cH other lines of business busi busi- bus ness cu r ir enough nou l. got n lb rot l J U WI ni r- r i l. l CI I I Unions lh with the San Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco labor council counci of which the tho local telegraphers telegraphers' union i Is a member have contributed ec liberally to the strikers rs and D Deputy put President President Copps Copp I Is authority au au- for lor or the statement that th San I Francisco local will wi be able ahle to ta take I care of or itself indefinitely A lar large e I j hotel motel is II to be be- leased for tho the winter r I o 0 house idle members Th The 8 ind wal waiters waiters' rs union will wil furnish cooks free rree ree of charge and with wih the contributions coming In dal dally daily local of r f the telegraphers d declare clare that th they haw have mave no rio fear of o the telegraph companies companies' compa ales nies' threats to starve e them out caL out IO I run Ir lh U. U V t. t It H. r 0 n. Sot Not e Y i Denver Oct 10 Time Thc The Denver an and andRio Rio Itlo flo Orande officials today totcy again re refused refused refused re- re fused to tn reinstate Vi c Ic Chief R. R II IL l of or Orand Junction and ami put the next n mO in the er contro controversy between the railroad and the Order or of Railroad Telegraphers up to the clog clog- raphers President Perham of the tho latter hatter organization organization or or- 01 In is inclined to pursue a 3 most conservative course and to take no radical or hasty step towards bringing about u a t climax On the thic contrary he announced tonight that while amicable negotiations had been brou brought ht to a aclo clo close e. e he still hoped to bring about a settlement without resorting to a h 1 strike When hen seen In the timi hea headquarters of the tho Order of ot Railroad Telegraphers Telegraphers' ance amice committee at al time the St. St Jam Jom s hotel ton tonight I h t President t said o 2 Action We 0 are not going to stampede or take an any hast hasty action in n regard to this mater matter We 90 bele believe in worl working ng slowly h toward the ends we io seok and ani andIn In leaving no tone lonc In the matter mater of negotiation unturned to prevent i breach In iii tho the harmonious relations between he- he tween tweel th the railroad and Its operators When WIH we finally decide 10 to fight we weIn In Intend end to fight r for r all al we wr are arp wC h. h fh The Rio Grande operators ur ure organIzed organized organ organ- thoroughly and amid wn we can depend I upon 95 and 9 97 07 per cent of or the mc men wh when n the climax Wo We Yf will wi however however how how- ever er C postpone action aNion for a n da day or two In the meantime carrying mg on ne negotiations negotiations ota ota- another source 1 do tIe not now care earo carl to state I SITUATION AT Vl 1 LOS IOS Men More Ioro Determined Than I Ever nr lo to Remain Firm Firm Finn Los Angeles Angele Oct 1 15 l. ACer After heln being on strike since Ince August 7 or nearly ten temi weeks s. s the orl original commercial tel telegraphers of or the district l under the tho jurl Jurisdiction of oC the Los An Angeles elc local according to their officials still pr present pro pre sent a n solid sold front fron and apparently are even en more moro determined than at the inception in inception In- In of or tho lie walkout to lo remain firm firmIn firmIn In their demands for Cor hotter working con conditions llon Starting as thc they claim with wih the unjust dismissal al of several of or their number but bu especially from general gen gen- eral oral dissatisfaction with wih working conditions con con- the walkout In Los Angeles proved th thit match which touched off of the entire country Tho The Los Angeles local loca I claims to ha have haC C established hed a record In tho the history of ot strikes of ot whatever el character StartIng StartIng Starting Start- Start Ing out with 16 men inca and anel women the local union has hc been en independent of or a assistance from their national treasury treas ur ury and has paid substantial weekly benefits to all ni needing assistance This the local officials claim undoubtedly establishes a record inasmuch as this thi cl city Is said to lo l be one of oC the mot most poorly organized labor lalor cities clUes In the el States Another record which I Continued on nit Pu Paso o Seven I STRIKE TAKES NEW LEASE OF LI LIFE FE Continued From Front Paso Page One they claim Is Js the fact that there thero have been but seven desertions from their ranks during the ten weeks week Ix J c Su Sustained It is estimated that tho the men have I lost in wages while the thc loss to tho the two commercial companies will probably approximate Aside fr m tho losses however the strikers say ay tho the business inter Interests ts of or orF southern F California hav boon on the real i Prominent orchard say any that it If the strike continues Into the tho orange season which begins soon their losses lossos will be beyond calculation calculation tion ion and that if tho the railroad operators operator should strike In sympathy which at present seems scents probable it would mean menn meana a a. calamity to the fruit growers of or orthis this section This years year's orange crop for tor Los An Angeles and its Immediate vicinity is estimated as being worth more than and without the telegraph shipments are almost impossible since nearl nearly nil all shipments are started East without destination destination destination destina destina- tion tho the final destination being di diverted dl- dl to the best belt market while the tho fruit Is en route Xo No Damage c Suits Suit There have been no damage damase suits emits here as ns yet et against either telegraph company compan as a result of delayed tele tele- grams rams About 30 men and women are at present employed In the tho Western Union main here and about eight In the tho Postal These include all officials and retired telegraphers who have been beon out of or the business for years OHl Poll Fun CO COI I JOX Ian for Tor or un It Meets New ew York Oct OcL 10 It It will wUl be a sensational sensational sen gen convention of or striking telegraphers raphers which is to be held heid in Milwaukee Mil In waukee on OD October 23 23 and ond a n universal assessment of or 10 cents a week upon ever every working union man in the Ihu country country coun coun- I coun-I I tr try Is the plan formulated formulate by the leaders leaders lead lead- ers rs today for the financing of or the telI telegraphers telegrapher's tel tel- strike I In the national convention of or strikers strikers strikers ers President Gompers and other su supreme supreme supreme su- su preme officers of ot the tho American Federation Federation Feder Feder- atlon of labor will decide upon the question of calling out the tho railroad telegraphers In a sympathetic strike The Tho convention will also alko take up the matter of the assessment but the head of or the eastern castern section of or the strike said that lon long before borore that the un union ton men in New York will be alread already contributing contributing contrib contrib- enough to keep the local strikers In clothes and foo food Announcement of or these plans were wre made In hi a big meeting In iu Clinton hull hall today attended b by over o a n thousand strikers who cheered lustily the tho determination determination deter deter- to continue tho fight The strikers wore told that thal the contribution tion lion of made by the locomotive locomotive locomotive tive firemen is already alread beginning to como come In and that a demand has been made upon tho the national treasurer of the C. C T. T U. U A A. for Cor or tun funds 8 which are arc still sUll available for strike mS uses s. s The Fie ota Daniel DanielL L. L Russell Hussell laughed at fit the an announcement announcement announcement an- an by tho the Postal T Telegraph company compan that It would organize Its Us into an association rivaling tho telegraphers telegraphers' union Tho The men will wiil got a 11 lot tot out of or an organization controlled b by their employers em em- wont won't the they h ht he asked sar sar- ca S I Earl Early this mornIng Irving Wright and ShIne Sidney Bernstein were arrested rested upon the charge of or William Lynch a union non-union operator who alleged they knocked him down own L Lynch declared that the two men were strikers but this ih th h prisoners dented denied They were ert heldor hold held I for or a hearing bearing i |