Show I CONVENTION OF STRIKERS IS ON COn Constitution Amended nd d SQ So as to toS S Permit Et Election of Officers S SMALL SENDS A M MESSAGE Considers Me Meeting ting Illegal gaJ and 8 ands e tain 4 f rs f Milwaukee WIs WIL O OcL L 23 With With Uhe the I op opening of or th the special convention of or I Ithe the Commercial Cornn Telegraphers Telegraphers' Union mien of oC or America In Franklin ball this afternoon I Ithe the political pot began begun to simmer Al- Al It l had nd been announced that no election ct of officers officers' rs would be held hold at athis this his e convention nv practically th the first action action ac ac- ac- ac tion lion of the tho session t tonight t In 10 the Kirby house was vas to sO amen amend the thc constitution of or the org organization ns as to permit an election of or officers In tho the present Milwaukee Mil Mu- waukee meeting Delegates from rom rein two fifty local unions as assembled en here already are re talking t. over o official possibilities In Interest centers tel's about tho the kol Selection of or a a. a r to fo the suspended president S. S J J. J Small who now Is la In Chic Chicago go That lie hp Is down Jawn and out for good tood-is tood Is tho the consensus U of or opinion am among ng the delegates atel They want a strong man at the H head d of ot their orga organization n i za t a. a Daniel L L. a New cw YorK Tork dele dele- g gate te Is said sald to be bo a n strong candidate for Cor the presidency nc Many Ian of oC the tho delegates say Y that h he is the man they arc are looking CorI forI forI for Cor I am not paying much macli attention to 1 politics just now said Hald Mr Russell Russelll What hot I am Interested In more than anything el else e Just now Is to bring about an amalgamation of the i telegraphers with the railway 1 raphers Just as ns soon as nJ this Is done we will bo be In a position to do bu business I G. G Dal Jones a n Chicago delegate was upon the ground early trying to start star an m Incipient boom to place himself Inthe in inthe inthe the presidents president's chair When h n tho the bigger men of or the tIme union arrived however howe he was quietly but firmly downed for tor tho time being at least There is said to be little likelihood th that t the acting pre president W W. W W. Continued on Paso rr Two ivo CONVENTION bF OF STRIKERS IS ON Continued tram Pu Page Pago o One of Washington who was vice president will be elevated ele to the pre presidency Officers and dele delegates ates scoffed at the following allowing telegram sent to the Free Press toda today by S S. J. J Small I have toda today sent the following telegram to the presiding officers of or orthe the he telegraphers convention This Is to notify those present that I regard the gathering of telegraphers In n Milwaukee toda today as far Car as tive ti action Is concerned as Illegal Those Thoc of the men mentioned iff iii tho the morning papers as ns candidates fOr fr office of- of flee fice ce are known to have ha been traitors to o the union I 1 send this over o Western Union because because be- be cause they have fought clean and the Postal has not S J. J SMALL S president S After committees on constitution n tate state and national legislations resolutions resolutions ons and greetings and mutual benefit t Wf were ere re named tonight their nam names s were refused to the public Officers say a ay that If thess thes names I out ont ho he- n so 1 JI i KV blacklist n nonh no only onh b by br the telegraph companies but hut b by he the members of ot the manufacturers' manufacturers associations as- as the country over The meeting tonight continued till after fter midnight One of the conspicuous figures gures In the convention Is 19 Congressman Congress Congress- man William J. J Carey of Milwaukee who has pledged himself to urge le legis- legis ls- ls atlon laUon In behalf of or the telegraphers and if IC f possible bring about federal ownership owner ownes- ship of all telegraph lines |