| Show president small of the union leaves for chicago today where Hs Will Mee commissioner neill and president perham of the railroad telegraphers small sends telegram to roosevelt san leco july 9 indications tonight are that the telegraphers strike will spread and that the next walkout of operators will occur in some large eastern center A committee of western union operators called today upon I 1 N miller jr assistant general superintendent ot the western union Tek graph company tor the purpose ot discussing their grievances the committee was met by chief operator H A jeffs who read a note conveying what mr miller had to bay as follows miller declines meeting mr miller declines to meet as such but Is willing to extend a courteous hearing to each operator now out on strike and will consider favorably a instatement reinstatement re ot any and all who come to him giving assurance of their personal desire to be reinstated re instated in their positions the same as those were before the strike was called but he reserve tha right to refuge to receive or reinstate any one to their positions who are undesirable and that matter must ho absolutely left to his judgment as general superintendent in small wires rosevelt k after the result of the meeting was made known to president small of the telegraphers union he sent a telegram to president roosevelt claiming that every honorable means had been exhausted to becude a settlement tl and that he had no hope of avoiding a strike it was announced yesterday that neill would leave chicago for this city to conditions president small telegraphed national secretary russell at chicago to wire commissioner neill that it he desired to see him that ho would be in chicago next sunday president aman also sent a telegram to H B perham at st louis president of order railroad telegraphers to meet him in chicago next sunday if possible to do so TO BE FOUGHT IN CHICAGO I 1 chicago ills july athe indications tonight are the controversy be awen the commercial telegraph companies and their operators will be fought out in chicago with the announcement no tonight from the coast that superintendent miller has refused to meet a committee from the union and that president small will leave tor chicago tomorrow came a message from mr small to the president ot the local union to call a meet ang for sunday to consider the proposition the message also stated that president small would be present at the meeting and address the members of the union president small also notified the local officials that he had requested grand chief perham of the order of railway telegraphers grap hers to be present at the meeting the request for the presence of the official of the railway union taken to mean that he will be asked for the moral support of his organization should a strike be authorized while no official announcement was made tonight it was the general understanding der tonight that the members of the executive committee of tha commercial telegraphers union who left for san francisco with comila bloner neill last night would be ordered to return to chicago AFTER MOTORMAN MURDERER san francisco calif july 9 carrying requisition papers for frank kelly the self confessed murderer who wrecked a new york elevated train two years ago when six persons were killed outright and a score more passengers injured detective sergeant berry arrived from new york this morning he intends to remain in the city for several days and probably will not leave with his prisoner before the end of the kelly stated today that he was anxious to be on his way eastward and would have returned without requisition papers |
