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Show Union Opposed ByCompanies Managers Tel Why They Refuse to Recognize Organization of Telegraphers Chicago, April 13. Tho commor-' clal telograph business, present subject sub-ject of inquiry by tho United Statos commission on Industrial relations In sosslon hero, wns presented from, wldoly divergent angles today. Tho witnesses woro S. J, JConon-knmp, JConon-knmp, president of tho Commercial Tolegraphor's Union ot America who explained secret methods ot building up tho organization In tho faco of opposition from tho Wostern Union Telegraph Company nnd tho Postal Telegraph &. Cablo Company; Bel virions vi-rions Brooks, vice president and former for-mer gcnornl of tho Western Union Telegraph Company; illenry Lynch, n telegraph operator who claimed that Ills unionism forcod him Into exllo In Winnipeg, Canada; II. B. I'erham, president of tho Order of Railway Telegraphers; Te-legraphers; Edgar G. Barrett ot Downor's Grovo, 111., a Westorn Union cmployeo, who confessed hlmsolf a former special agent, or "spotter," nnd Edward G. Roynolds. general manager of tho Postal Telegraph & Cablo Company. Mr. Brooks mado plain his opposition opposi-tion to tho Commercial Tolegrnphors union as nt present constituted. "I will not say that wo oboet to tho present officials, but that lnfor-onco lnfor-onco may bo drawn," ho remarked. "Thirty jenrs ngo our company4 opposed op-posed tho union but Just prior to 1007 when n strlko was called which cost us $5,000,000, tho union becamo ro-Juvenatcd, ro-Juvenatcd, and wo mado no protest. Then camo strlko talk and wo offered of-fered arbitration. On Juno 20, 1907, through tho Instrumentality of Dr. Noll, commissioner of labor and participated par-ticipated In by Mr. Porham and Mr. Konenknmp, then a member of tho cxecutlvo commlttoo of tho union S. J. Small was president nn ngrco-ment ngrco-ment wns reached. Tho very noxt day a strlko was called In San Francisco, Fran-cisco, which oventunlly spread nil oor tho eountry. Slnco thon wo hnvo not cared to employ men Interested Inter-ested in tbo union." |