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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1919. TO MEET E MERGENGY Business in Small Towns May Suffer, Officials State. SITUATION IS UNCHANGED Jobtal Manager Aids in Key Work. Strike Headquarters Closed Tor Parade. Western Union officials in Portland were engaged making plans yesterday to handle the situation in which the strike will place them in the event that the railroad telegraphers, following out orders of their president, refuse to handle "Western Union business tomor row. "In most Oregon towns we have in dependent offices," said W. A. Robb, manager. "In the smaller towns we depend on the railroad depot wires. If the operators at these points refuse our messages we shall have to accept them subject to indefinite delay and get them through as best we can. "This, however, is the smallest part of the telegraph business." Portland Situation ITnchanffed. The strike situation in Portland was tinchanged. The Postal was still oper ating yesterday with the aid of - its manager, John .Annand, and the day and night wire chiefs. Strike head- Quarters in the Stock Kxchange build ing were closed yesterday afternoon. No other operators have left the "West ern Union, Mr. Robb declared, the total loss being one girl at the main office and two at the Broadway branch. All Western Union branches were in full operation. The striking operators are now look ing for relief to the proposed telephone strike, but no matter what happens, Mr. Robb asserted, he was confident that the Western Union employes, 85 per cent of whom, he said, were mem bers of their own organization and not of the commercial telegraphers' union, would stick. Federal Control Involved. Strikers declare that by refusing to run down trouble for the Western Union the railroad men will hamper severely the Western's service. This Mr. Robb denies. On the other hand, Jlr. Robb points out that by refusing to handle the Western Union business the railroad men who are under federal control will be placed in an embarrassing position. That there were now no delays at Portland in the receiving and dispatch ing of telegrams over both the Postal and Western Union lines was asserted by their respective managers. The messenger strike at the Postal remains unsettled, but additional mes sengers have been obtained, and it is asserted there will be available a full crew today. Managers of both offices declared that all business was being expedited and messages were being accepted un conditionally. RAILWAY KEYMEN TO AID (Continued From First Faffe.) the strike has been a complete failure so far as that company is concerned. and officials of the Postal Telegraph company assert that traffic is being moved without interruption. The Association of Western Union Employes, which represents 65 per cen of the employes of the Western Union received telegrams from all sections o the country saying: all workers were reporting: for duty, despite the "propa ganda of the strikers to spread the trouble." Fewer Postal employes were out to day than yesterday, according to re ports to the Chicago office. President Konenkamp charged that the attitude of Postmaster - General Burleson not to enforce the rule pro hibiting: discrimination against union workers had brought on the strike. He said that Mr. Burleson had been in formed before the strike was called that all controversy would be cleared up If he would permit the right of col lective bargaining and establishment of a tribunal to fix fair wages. The Postal Telegraph company in Chicago, which was hard hit by the strike yesterday, reported conditions greatly improved today. Delivery service of both the West ern Union and Postal was greatly ham pered here by the strike of all mes sengers. President Konenkamp of the union declared the action of the Order of Rail road Telegraphers was a very Import ant step. 'Of the 25.000 Western Union offi ces in the country, 23,000 are in rail road stations," said Mr. Konencamp- By refusing to handle commercial messages, the railroad telegraphers will cut of from the Western Union the telegraph business of the smaller towns and cities weher those oitices are in railroad stations. Mr. Konenkamp also said that a large addition to the ranks of the strikers in New York had been obtained today, according to his advices. 'In Chicago, he said, the union had gained. 100 workers today. The strikers held a meeting this af ternoon and afterward paraded past the Western Union offices. Union officials estimated there were nearly 600 of them. Messengers to the number of 00 are on strike in Chicago. Mr. Konenkamp tonight sent a mes sage to W. F. Ewing, president of the eastern brokers' division, and notified F. A. Davis of the western division to take a referendum vote of broker op erators on the question of joining the strike. Mr. Davis immediately called a meeting of his men for tomorrow. The first arrest thus far reported to general headquarters of the union since the strike began was that of -Philip Cohen, head of the messenger boys' union, in process of organization. He was arrested for picketing at one of the local telegraph offices. COMPLETE TIE CP IS PLANNED Representatives of 50 Unions May Join With Telegraphers. SAN FRANCISCO, June 12. Plans for a complete tie-up of every wire utility in California in response to or ders declaring nation strikes were dis cussed at a meeting here tonight of rep resentatives of 60 unions affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The meeting was called to plan for a strike of electrical workers called for next Monday and to discuss aid to the commercial telegra phers, who are now out. A mass meeting of electrical work ers in the San Francisco bay region has been called for Saturday night to per fect strike plans. The second day of the telegraphers' strike apparently found little change on the Pacific coast. The Western Union company admitted here tda"y that a few of its men had quit, while the Postal company, which admitted that it was crippled, announced that all messages would be subject to delay. Fourteen linemen were said to have gone out in various places in the state today to aid the telegraphers. Teleg raphers union officials announced that the brokers operators were preparing to quit and that they had been notified that the railroad operators would not handle any business for the telegraph companies after Saturday. Meetings of the striking telegraphers were called today to perfect strike or sanitation. Only four men out of a membership of 132 commercial telegraphers em ployed in the bay district have refused thus far to respond to the strike order, according to a statement issued here tonight by P. C. O'Connor, president of the local council of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America- According to M. T. Cook, general manager of the Pacific division of the Western Union, of approximately 6000 commercial telegraphers employed by the company in the Pacific division only 16 had gone on strike. Figures from the Postal Telegraph company were unavailable early to night but it was admitted by the com pany that its service was crippled and that messages were accepted subject to delay. Come to &ogeIanb With Jfle Lyric by Wootson Davis. Melody by Henry 11. Mnrtagb. -y fj tT J , n ,t J ' j-- ' j j milbpm Hi i i.i fur U M-H Mr IW Tmn ym I P Z" i "" Ka t Ttf Wt kptmmm Copyrighted, 1019. HI? A W CAMPBELL'S AMKRICAN RAND (ths best band in the A1EX Pacific Northwest) play "ROSELAXD" in Friday's big parade and at Multnomah Field Friday night. WIT AW MOMTE Al'STIN. Portland's favorite singer, PUT OVER llCrnlV'RO'tELAKD" at Council Crest every night. (It is great , dance music, girls! HI? AT) POLICE SERGEANT CRASS (baritone of the Portland - Opera Association) sing "ROSELASD" at the Liberty. accompanied by the big organ and the Liberty chorus of 2000 voices. HT7AD JEFFERY'5 COXCKRT ORCHESTRA play - ROSE UCflin LAXD" at the ORPHEL'M Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. They can make a very bad tune sound like a million dollars. When they play ROSELAM with its haunting melody and irresistible rvthms Oh, boy! You'll want to get up and dance, that's all! STRIKERS TALK HOPEFUXIA' Los Angeles Territory Said to Be Badly Affected by Strike. LOS ANGELES, June 12. "We are meeting with success in all the terrl tory under my jurisdiction," was the comment here tonight by L. I. Marshall, first international president of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America, on the strike of members of that organization. Mr. Marshall is di recting the operation of the strike west of Denver. "The situation generally is better than I had expected it would be at this stage of the strike." said Mr. Marshall. "The business of the Western Union Telegraph company is seriously af fected throughout the western states. despite contrary reports of its officials. ' I just received information that tu per cent of the Western Union oper ators are out at Seattle. Reports from San Francisco, Portland. Spokane and other large centers indicate consider able numbers of Western Union opera- tqrs have left their jobs and I expect more will go out shortly." i Mr. Marshall said the strike com pletely tied up the business of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies in Santa Barbara. RAILWAY KEYMEX AID STRIKE Western Union Messages Intercept ed, Says Bend Agent. BEND, Or., June 12. (Special.) Railroad operators between Bend and Portland are aiding in the commercial telegraphers' strike y Intercepting messages sent by the Western Union, it was learned today. Uncomplimentarj remarks in Morse code addressed to the commercial operators who are stay ing with their jobs are also frequent. F. E. Studebaker, freight and passenger agent, declared today after listening to the instrument. POSTAL MAY SETTLE STRIKE Union Official Speaks Kindly of President Mackay. NEW TORK, June 12. Widely di vergent statements on the status of the Commercial Telegraphers' union strike were issued again tonight by of ficials of the Western Union and Postal telegraph companies and union lead ers In this city. " Edward Reynolds, vice-president and general manager of the Postal, assert ed many operators who went out yes terday had returned and that not more than 20 per cent of the company's em ployes were out. W. H. Fashbaugh, vice-president of the Western Union, declared that the strikers had gained less than 50 ad herents throughout the Western Union system today, and that in all only "a few more than 200 men are out." Percy Thomas, vice-president of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America, who is directing the strike here, scoffed at the claims of the com pany officials, asserting that the strike had gained considerable headway dur ing;, the day. The total number ot strikers now is close to 25,000 he said Mr. Thomas added that operators employed In brokerage offices were ready to walk out a ssoon as a strike order was received from President 8. June Weddings create a demand for Full-Dress Clothes. The evening garments shown by us are the pro ductions of New York's most expert craftsmen. In cut, style and workmanship they are as near perfection as human hands can produce. 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