Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-11-17 | Page 1 | Mail Clerks and Carriers Strike

MAIL CLERKS AND CARRIERS STRIKE JFairraouiit JPostof f ice Seriously Serious-ly Hampered Dismissal of Assistant Postmaster Causes Trouble. Fairmount. W. V., Nov. 17. Twenty-five clerks and carriers In ihe post-office post-office here, practlcaly the entire force, struck today as a protest, it was said, against the discharge of W. H. Brand, assistant postmaster, and three other employes. About twenty employes still left in the office are largely carriers of the rural delivery service. The handling of the mails for Fairmount was hampered seriously. seri-ously. Postmaster Charles H. Manlcy found on his desk when he entered his office today a large piece of cardboard card-board on which was written "Your clerks and carriers have quit Here are your keys." Brand, who was connected with the postoffice for 17 years, was dismissed recently on the charge that he had given assistance to applicants In civil service examinations. Other charges again3t Perry Burton, George Cochran Coch-ran and James Hall resulted in their dismissal a few days later. Postmaster Postmas-ter Manlcy Is a Democrat while the majority of striking clerks and car ricrs are Republicans. nn