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Show STRIKE SEEMS A FAILURE Telegraph Companies Say Nation-Wide Walkout Walk-out Has Fallen Down. CHICAGO, June 12 To reports today to-day that the striking telegraphers were ready to arbitrate, Konenkamp said: "We have been rtady to arbitrate since long before the strike call was issued. Postmaster General Burleson knowc that he could settle the entire controversy by agreeing to permit the right to organize, a"d by enforcing the rule that there be no discrimination against union workers. There should be a fair tribunal to effect an adequate wage scale and to protect the workers. Mr. Burleson has vigorously opposed such proposals." CHICAGO. June 12 BoU. sides con-1 cerued in the country-wide strike of the members of the Commercial Tele Igraphers' Union of America expressed satisfaction over the first day's results. re-sults. Officials of the Western Union and j Postal Telegraph companies said the strike "was practically at an end." j while S. J. Konenkamp, international president of the telegraphers' union, declared that between 18,000 and 20,-000 20,-000 operators throughout the country., had quit work yesterday in response ! i to his call for a strike and thar before i the day was over several thousand more would walk out Reports from various parts of the country showed that the Postal gen-'erally gen-'erally had lost more men than the Western Union. In this city it wis asserted that 600 men had struck, but company officials said the number was much less. In tho Pacific coast cities Western l.'nion officials claimed that their business was ' practically unaffected" by the strike, but Postal company officials of-ficials admitted tuat they were some-I some-I what crippled. The announcement followed long distance conversations with union representatives rep-resentatives in New Yoik and Atlantic Atlan-tic City, N. J., where the American Federation of Labor convention is in 'session. Just when 'lie New York operators op-erators will join ihe strike was not stated. "Despite statements of company of ficlals that the strike has failed, the outlook is more favoiable than ever," ihe said Today iheie are fully 18.000 telegraph company workers on strike ! throughout the country. The strike 'has hardly started. The best results are being obtained in the south, the southwest and the v. est. 'In Arizona the ne-up la growing Today conferences are being held with the governor of Arizona by business men who are anxious to see a settlement. settle-ment. "On Monday the electrical workers I will join the strike, adding a total of Imore than 100,000 lo the striking (forces. We are out Lo win and we will win." His statement was followed shortly by a bulletin ir.sued at the headquax : ters of the Association of Western Union Un-ion Employes, by the deputy vice-president, vice-president, Edward Wach. "Morning reports," the bulletin said, "indicate thai yesterday's conditions .throughout the country remain unchanged. un-changed. A lare percentage of ihe I striking Postal Telegraph company employes now realize that they were Indiscreetly misled. The complete failure of the radical methods as a means of adjustment is resolving it ; self into ono c$ arbitration on the , second day of the strike. Chicago iraffic- is moving as usual and facill- i ties remain unimpaired " The association represents 6f per cent of the Western Union employes. ( Western Union officials here reiterated reiter-ated that only a very small number of l thfir operators throughout the country' coun-try' had joined the strike. Officials of 'the Postal Telegraph company here, I which was badly hit by the strike yesterday, yes-terday, said that a large proportion of their operators returned to work this morning. This brought a sharp! denial from union officials. Practically all messengers of the two companies here remained on strike. |