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VOL.V. NO. 196.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, FEBRUARY ltL1907.
STRIKE FEVER ATTACKS
TWO GROUPS OF GIRLS
Standard ’Phone Op-
• erators Kick On
Monitor.
have objections
TO NEW MONITOR
NINE WAITER GIRLS
WILL JUMP THEIR JOB
Efforts to Arbitrate Prove
l' na vailing—Service
Crippled.
Fourteen "hello" glrla of the day force
of ih» Atlanta Telephone and Tele*
graph company walked out on atrlke
M»Aday morning at 11 o'clock because
of objection to Mlaa Ollle Johnson,
monitor-in the exchange.
The .trike followed the presentation
10 President C. J. Blmmone, of the tele
phone company, of an unsuccessful pe
tition nuking for the femoral of Mlaa
Johnson. In their ultimatum to the
president the fourteen gtris declared
that If the monitor was not removed
front Iter position by 10 o'clock Monday
morning they would walk out In a
body.
When the hour of 10 arrived. Miss
John.on was attending to her duties as
u.uat nnd the telephone girls remained
' duty.
at their poet of duty. At 11 o'clock,
however, when tbs relief shift came on
duty, the fourteen complainants walked
vlth the announce-
of the building wl
mem that they were out until Miss
Johnson waa "Bred."
Pre.ldent Simmons In a alatemant to
The Georgian, said there waa abso
lutely no ground for the complaint of
the girls end declared he had found no
aood reason to remove Mies Johnson.
Hr .aid the strikers had acted hastily
and. without proper consideration, and
also expressed a willingness to confer
sith the girls In regard to a settlement.
Objection to Monitor.
In the petition the girls object to
Miss Johnson because she waa former
ly an operator for the Bell Telephone
Company and also because the posi
tion of monitor waa not given to one
of the older operators of the Atlanta
m-hange. The strikers further de
clare. although this is not stated In the
pttltlon, that Miss Johnson has shown
partiality among the - operators and.
that this has engendered bitter feeling.
The duty df the monitor Is to keep
tab »n the operators, to see that they
do not engage~lH Heedless coureiea-
tlon. and to see that their duties are
properly performed. Miss Johnaon has
been " Ith the Atlanta Company for the
test Mx months, and the officials as
insert that her work has given perfect
ntl.fact Ion. The etrikera declare the
operators went not treated right by the
company, when It gave thla Job to an
outsider Instead of promoting one of Its
o»n operators.
I'rc.ident Simmons, when asked
ahon the effect of the strike, said:
The service of the company has not
*! nc S n !.* d at ,he alk '*ed treatment re
ceived by one of their number, nine
kret, y .. ' val,r **"e» < mployed by the
Manhattan restaurant, on Marietta
street, next to the BI|ou, declared their
Intention at 2:10 o'clock Monday after
noon to walk out in a body.
They decided to lo this. Miss Mac
Donald said, the head waltreas. Just
before dinner, but having consideration
for the patrons of the place, ahe said
they decided to wait until Monday aft
ernoon.
The cause of thla determination la
Mlaa May Hansford, a pretty Chicago
girl, who, the other girls claim, waa not
treated right by a couple of Greeks in-
tcrcit^d In the place.
"I told one of them." said Miss Mac
Donald. white her eyes flashed Are.
"that May was doing all right and If
he had any kick coming to come to me.
But he was always butting In and find
ing fault with the girls and talked so
to May that ahe stood at the caibltr'j
desk and cried. He tried to hand me
■ome of hla talk and I threw a rag In
bla face.
“I used to work behind the counter
and I know how these girls have to
hustle. And you know American girls
hate to have a foreigner butting In and
calling them down before a crowd of
customers. May Is a good girl and It’s
not right to treat her thla way."
“And,'' broke In Mlaa Hansford, as
ahe wiped the tears from her ayes, "1
hadn't done a thing. I was working
Just as hard as I cculd and he called
me down."
"But Mr. Moore la all right." said
both of the girls at ones. "Ha Is an
other partner, but he has always been
very considerate of ua."
At 1:10 o'clock the girls wars eating
thalr dinner and Greek boys wars be
hind the counter*. The girls declared
they ware going to walk out—nine of
them there are—and get Jobs else-
wbars.
HOUSE ADOPTS JAPS
EXCLUSION AMENDMENT
Washington, Feb. IS.—The house
has adopted the Japanese exclusion
amendment.
Washington, Feb. II.—The Japanese
question came before the houee today.
Representtlve Bennett, of New York,
on behalf of »n« i<mint ±
cured consideration of the report on
the Immigration bill, which passed the
senate on Saturday.
Democratic Leader John Sharp Wil
liams caused a delay by causing the
full report to be read.
During the debate on the bill In the
senate Saturday afternoon, Mr. Bacon,
of Georgia, denied the printed reports
that the opposition of himself and Sen
ator Tillman to the conference report
had been withdrawn under pressure
from Senator Aldrich to save or se
cure appropriations In the river and
harbor hill.
“The fact cannot be coneealsd that
been crippled In the least. We have
eighty operators and the places of the
fourteen strikers were prompri;- M1*d.
We will have no trouble In supplying
operator*. I am satlsflsd the girls sim
ply acted too hastily and 1 have no
-word of condemnation for them. I am
heartily sorry they have seen fit tn
strike and hone they will reconalder
their action. When the petition was
first presented. 1 asked them not to
strike nnd told them I waa willing to
confer with thorn and try and effect
u settlement."
The girls who signed the petition are
G. Hall. Hfl Schwltserlet. M. Campbell.
O. Hall. H. Bchvltserlet, M. Campbell,
Mallory. V. Tomlinson. P. Wilson. P.
Ivey, E. Kraxler. M. Wallace, E. Bal
lard, and M. Mallory.
there is a serious and growing Jeal
ousy on the part of manufacturing In
dustrie* In Massachusetts against the
growing and Increasing manufacturing
Interests of the South,” said Mr. Ba-
uatlon In the South
Senators Hale, of Maine, and Tlll-
n*. Booth Carnlln., had a tilt
during th* discussion.
M OPENS
AFTER DELAY
Demurrer Overruled
and Evidence Is
Begufi.
/ HAD TO KILL,
DECLARED THA HV
Two Alienists Swear
White’s Slayer Is
Insane.
STRONG ARRAY
OF LEGAL LIGHTS
C. N. Anderson First of De
fendants to be Placed on
Trial in Superior Court
Th* opening gun in a legal battle,
which will In all prooabllity be fought
to a finish In the hlghont court In Geor
gia. waa Tired Monday morning, whan
C. N. Anderson waa placed on trial In
the superior court, before Judge Roan,
charged with violating the Boykin anti-
bucket shop law.
. Nearly the entire morning Houston of
the court was occupied by argument In
a demurrer and motion to quash the In
dictment made by the attorneys for th*
defense and It waa not until this de
murrer had been werruled that tlia
Jury waa selected and the trial com
menced;
SMITH PUNS
TO
On both aides there Is an array of
legal talent and from the objections
raised during the first stages of the
trial and the points made, there la every
Indication that the battle will be a hard
fought one. Assisting Solicitor Gen
eral Hill for the state are Reuben Ar
nold, representing the Atlanta credl*.
Men's Association, and T. W. Rucker,
both of whom are constantly In consul
tation with th* solicitor general.
The defense Is represented by Ander
son, FWdsr. Rountree A Wilson, and
all of these attorneys keenly watch
every move made by the state.
Filed Demurrer.
The demurrer to tha Indictment was
made by Attorney James L. Anderson.
Growth and Progress of the New South
Thu Oeorglan record* here each day
•‘•■otiomlc wet In reference to the onward
march of tha Month.
BY
J08EPH B. LIVELY.
Pmaparlty aa a whole la gauged by the aucresa of the producing
< -that la, th© farmer, to ralae and aell his product In sufficient quan
tify and at auch a prlco aa will make hla farm something more than seir-
s " ,< tnlnlng. He must after his crop Is marketed Imvo a balance In hla
favor. He la then a prosperous producer. -The effect Is immediately
felt by the consuming class and prosperity tnen becomes general.
That these conditions do now exist In the New South la admitted by
“II That It Is permanent la the general belief—In fact, the era of pro»-
P"rity In the 8outh Is Just beginning to down The farming class is in
oetter condition than for many years and 1h growing more lndei>eiulent
'■"'I' succeeding year. . ...
The South's ataple has In the main been ihc means nr making the
•Infers of this commodity Independent. The turning &4 > 8<IO
•Malar was reached after the flrst bumper
Me* In the season of 1898-‘88. , . ... ......
Secretary Hester tn hla report of the cotton crop nf mat- 05 snjs.
"Many and varied aa are the features nnd conditions which attach to
• h and every crop grown, marking them as separate and distinct from
' U predecessors, the story of none Is fraught with circumstance* *o
nllar and Intersstlng aa the one Just marketed. The commercial years
' lW-'»8 and of 1888-'8> witnessed the high-water mark of mtton cul-
the United States up to that period. nnd with "'em came an. era of
new up iimt .. . . in . r .i|. r
<o<lnn, during part of which the products of the cotton field literally
| n ivat.*00 ttm piiminpri'lnl crop of 11,2 • 4.MO OSIM
Nubrnlt to
With value* be-
ndltlon to protect
fjir their crop*
•I'l for h song." fn is98- 99 the 'commercial crop of
*>»• tight barely I38S.OOO.OOO. The world *eemed nb|e to nh*<»rr> oni> a cer-
f m quantity of the staple, and beyond that It wa* nec
•ninoii* prices to induce middlemen to carry the aurplu
1 the coat of production the farmer* were In no c<
tt'eniRelvea, and though they were forced to accept le
u.an they had actually expended to produce them itb».»iuu and u !l2nia the
• 'Fstty controlled the altuatlon. The panic that!vpiead Jm U nei5r
-nth «»n the eve of marketing the crop of 189s- 99 Is one > tjwt will never
,M forgotten. The cry of 5-cent cotton had extended to the remotest rtl*
*"• »* until even the ignorant negro Held hand*. lntere*ted on ^are*. Joined
•»* the rush to market and *ell cotton before the expected crn_*h b ehould
Hnw condition* were righlril throuitli llie b'kh of^eventa^aml^a crap
in* i - ,
than nine and a half million* of hale:
*.noo more, and another crop the year
half million* brought nearly tlv "
• ‘l*ng 1200.000,000 better than It* eleven
•VitsTH of history."
• Von, i898-’99, with one exception—that
"n a Mteady Increase over the season pre
The following table give* comparison*:
ceiling of le** than ten
hundred muttons of dollar*, or ex-
quarter predecessor are
each season has
Hale*.
11.274,840
. 9.438,416
lrt.3k3.42J
la.8Hrt.fiMO
559
10.011.374
, i3.58ri.sH;i
11.345.98*
Value*.
$283,000,000
363.784.830
494.587.547
438.014.889
480.770.282
617.501.548
626,195.359
841*720.435
ho following table give
’t *n for January, 1907:
,W, number of bales «"•' value of export.
Hale-.
1.27U.488
1847.M»
612.149
Values.
$69,990,838
3S.991.79S
30.489.421
48.394.855
48.715.482
the
Thus it |* aeen that In all probahlllt
‘ 0 exceed, last year In valuK
N* w milt* are springing up In all section
u not for distant when the bulk of tin
i’h'-m spinner, adding many million* «»r
of 1908-'07 will equal.
Ml
>f the cotton belt, nnd the
n will he consumed by the
iV* t., the Industrial New
’’ton seed. In the shape of cotton-*
•*n»l cotton-seed hull*, add enortnou
i r >duct of the Southern farmer. f<»
„H t oil on-seed meal and
i.. the manufacturer from
,l, h lo receive* **>od price*.
'■"IS
Georgia’s _ New Gev-
ernor Writes Out
Scheme. -
Chicago, Feb. 18.—A practical ex
ample of state ownership nf railroads
is proposed by Govrrnor-slect Hoke
Smith, of Georgia, who has put for
word a project for estate-owned* trunk
line from Hnvannali to Chicago. Gov
ernor Smith has communicated with
Corporation Counsel Lewis In regard
tn tho acheme, the details of which he
has worked out already. Speaking of
hla plan he says:
"I tun very much Interested In tho
railroad rates from the lakes to Geor
gia. Our state owns a railroad from
Atlanta to Chuttanooga and there Is a
strong sentiment In lavnr of extending
it to Savannan.
“If Cincinnati would reclaim control
nf the line built by her cltlsens from
Cincinnati to Chattanooga anil Clncln
nail and Chicago would Join a move
ment for the construction of a line
from Chicago to Cincinnati there might
be made u through trunk line from
Chicago to Savannah ojerated solely
ereet on the actual coat of conatruc.
tlon without the burdens of watered
stock and watered bonds.
Such n line would prove beneflein!
not only to the great cities through
which It passed, but to all territory
adjacent to the lines. It would regulate
freight rates from the Central north
west tn the southest It would reduce
freight rates more than It per cent.
It would have a moat marked Influence
tpon our, trade relations.
T give you thla line of thought which
la on my mind because I believe the
time has come when the question of
cheap transportation from Chicago to
the southeastern ports will be one
which must Interest your cltlsens aa It
now Interests the people of our sec
tion.''
. ___
on this question. Judge Roan
overruled the motion and ordered th*
trial to proceed.
■ Hsoanae at tho feet thet th* Credit
Man's AaaocTindit was Ttilaiealed tn the
prosecution of the case, Attorn*/
Thomas B. Felder asked for i list of
the Arms and corporations b-long'ng to
thla association and each juror was
asked whether or not-he-w»a connect*-!
either by way of employment or rela
tion to any nf the people In the** Arms.
A* a result of this questt-m several
jurors were disqualified.
When the Jury had Anally been se-
lerted. E. Danne. one of those Indicted
with C. N. Anderson, and who waa un
til a couple of weeks ago nn employe*
of C. N. Anderson, was placed on the
stand by the mate and questioned re
gardlng tho operation of the outfit
which Is charged by the slate to have
been run In violation of the Boykin
law.
He described how the Atlanta Com
merclil Exchange now otcupled the
rooms In the Prudential building that
were formerly used by L. J. Anderson
A Co. ns a wire house anil blackboard
room. He told, too, how the room ad
joining was now used by f. K. Ander
son & Co. to send off orders to Camp
bell & Co., In Cincinnati, for all who
desired lo trade. He aaltl that only
member* nf the Atlanta Commercial
Exchnnge were allowed In the black
board room to Inspect the quotations
and that If they then warned to trad*,
they must go out of I hat room and Into
the corridor of the Prudential building
before being able to get Into Ander
son’s olflce.
Danne said further that Anderson
didn't deliver the goods purchased over
the wire In Cincinnati unless the pur
chaser a«ked for them, and that stuff
was bought and sold nn margins. It
was also brought out by Solicitor Gen
eral Hill that the member* of th* ex
change paid dues of one dollar n
month and that there were about 7»
or so member*.
Because of the objections of the law
yers for the defense, Danne waa com
pelled to confine his description nf the
operations to those of some parson or
persons of whom h* knew to have been
* .a .a-- -t—- --.I tkl. k. -81.4
REGARDED SELF
AS A PROTECTOR
Said Providence Had Taken
the Matter in Hand
'on Roof Garden.
Ntw York, Fab. 18—Two Insanity
expert* wore witnesses at thla morn
Inn's session of tbs Thaw trial. Whin
court mat Dr. Britton D. Evans, tha
Naw Jersey alienist, was colled to tbs
stand.
He data!led an Interview with Thaw
tha Tomb* prison. In which the
prisoner told him that th* law firm ha
first employed was In a plot with Dis
trict Attorney Jerome to "railroad" him
to tho Insane asylum. Thaw sold he
hadn't Intended to kill White, "but
Providence took charge of tho com.'
Dr. Charles a. Wagner was the next
witness called. He declared that In hla
opinion the slayer of Stanford Whit* Is
Juror Faces Ordoal.
Juror Bolton, whoso wife died, faced
tho ordsal before him bravely. Thaw
entered the court with a slower step
than usual. He appeared preoccupied.
While Evans gave hla testimony Thaw'
hla wlH.
Dr. Francis L. Patton, former preal
dent of Princeton University, arrived
thla morning at the Thaw court room.
He wilt testify regarding letters written
to him by Harry Thaw.
Attorney Dalmas appeared this morn
ing aa usual In the role of leading at
torney for th* prisoner, thus effectually
putting at rest reports that hs waa
likely to withdraw from tha cone aa
result of dlssontlon among counsel
for th* defense.
Tha lawyers held a long conference
Saturday afternoon and It waa evident
that a matter of greatest Import
being discussed. As a result of rn
I
1 that
of witness**
rumors
regarding the conference and possible
results It waa ofllclaUy announced
Mr.-Delnme wUlcantln
Wants To Be Leader
of the Mi
nority.
Wealthy Convict Es
capes From Camp
Near City.
AGED PRISONER
LEFT STRIPE#
Washington. Fab. II.—Representative
De Armond, of Missouri, formally an
nounced today that h*. Is out for the
minority leadership tn th* sixtieth con
gress, thus bringing to a crisis th*
tight pow being waged against th*
present loader, John Sharp Williams,
of Mississippi.
"I am not actively seeking th* minor
ity leadership,” sold De Armond, "but I
have coma to the conclusion that there
are enough persons In and out of con-
believe there should b*
grass who
chsng* In th* minority leadership to
Justin' my permitting my friend* to
use my n*m#.“
TO MAKE AN ASSAULT
PUNISHABLE BY DEATH.
Montgomery. Ala., Feb. 1*.—Bills to
prevent w-trr-tnptrtnrand making.
Inal assault punlst
not aaaault punishable by death were
reported favorably In th* senate today.
oooooooooooooooeoooooooooo
BABE CLINGS TO NECK
OF MURDERED MOTHER. 0
New York, Fob. II.—Mrs. Thorn -
strangled and beaten to death In
their horns Buhday. A policeman,
summoned by neighbors who had -
heard quarreling, found th* body
stretched across a bed. By th*
body lay a weeping Infant.
utm/ ray «» ncvpsiiB isssaaan, im i
arms clasped about th* mother's i
husband 1 -was arrested. H* ■
Sentenced for Life, an Effort
Made to Secure
Pardon.
H. A. Tolbert, ths wealthiest prisoner
ID th* convict camp of the 'Pobnsr
Brick Company, escaped Sunday night
In wins mysterious manner and laft
bla atrip** behind him. Tha suit of
convict cloth** and tbs tracks left by
buggy wheels are th* only things left to
remind the guards of Tolbert’* exlst-
onc*.
Tolbert Is an old man, whose horn* Is
at Tallapoosa, a*. He Is sold to be
worth, between 111,000 and *20,000. He
waa sent up Isas than a year ago on
a charge of murder, and since hla con-
ftnsmsnt In ths comp In Marietta street.
at tbs city limits, has bean,
aa a cook. Ho was not shackled sod
was given more or less freedom during
th* day. though locked In the stocked*
at night. ,
Ed Jackson, qrardsn st tha camp,
says that h* has no Ids* how Tolbert
Tolbert was la for Ilf* on a murder
charge. *. As an effort Is under way to
setups »g 'pardon for him.* his escape
occasioned great surprise among Ms
friends.
FACING ARREST
Fatal Wreck in New
York is Being
Probed.
ATTORNEY SAYS
CHARGES LIKELY
Responsibility for Twenty
Deaths To Be Fixed by
the Authorities.
It Is Reported 1,457
Miles of Track Are
Added to System.
Bacon Is Saved
By Roosevelt
Washington. Feb. 18.—President
Roosevelt'S determination not to call
an extra session of the senate to deal
with the Japanese situation will save
Senator Bacon, of Oeorgl*. hla sena
torial Job for the Interim between
March 4 and next June, the time that
tbs atate legislature can legally elect
him. This Is the belief In senate circles
today.
Loot of Bank
In New York
Nrw York, 1VI» 18.-$r I* iUImI Inlay
thiit moat of thn MM-urlll<>ii stulrn frmu
rh»» NVw Britain Knrln** I Mink l»y Wil
liam K. Walker, Ita former treasurer, hare
been lorate«l.
M««t »f them hate lireu fouml mltli rep
ntable brnkemae Imnsra ami effort* are
belli* nut tie for their reaturatloB to
Cnuneetlctit luatltutlou.
ouatnmera of the plftce and thla he did,
He a«ld Anderaon 4k Co. only acted aa
aaonte for customer* to send orders to
Cincinnati.
The case will probably continue for
the balance of the week aa there were
ten Indictments returned and no far
only one of the defendant* haa been
placed on trial.
Famine Fund[
Stolen, He Says
Now York. Feb. 18.—With in-
fornmtion in hia poggeiwion tend
ing to ihow that high ofllcinU of
the New York Central rnilroad j , 0 Th , owniie.
are criminally responsible for the I Memphis. T*nn., F*b. is.—Hemi-nffi-
wreek on the Ilarlem division of j rial announcement was mad* here to-
tile road at 203th street, in the * Cotton Belt olttclal that E. If.
Bronx, on Saturday night, in I Harrtmmn has purchased the Cotlon
which twenty persons met death.
Assistant District Attorney Smith,
Western Union Men
Dissatisfied at
Conditions.
He mud* thla declaration after nn
tnvrsilgnllnn which revealad that gross
,'arpJrssnrss on the part of the road of
ficial* aton* waa responsible for the
(rightful crash. The Investigation hv
ihc assistant district attorney was on*
of three Independent Inquiries.
i oronsr Bchwannccke believe* the
coaches of th* train were too light to
ulthstsnd tho strain of th* terrlltc
speed st which they were going. The
New York. Feb. 18.-“Fathen», have lnveatl*ntlon by officials of New York
actually been compelled to sell their j Central load revealed abaolutel) noth*
daughters to the aristocrats. Russia I l»B- , _ _ .. . . .
Stole the I6.6oo.00d America nnd Eng- ! Mr. Hmlth believes the electric mo
Belt railway, extending from Ht. Louts
and Cairo lo Hhrev*t«irt, la,., and
Sherman, Fort Worth, Hillsboro, Oalss-
1)0fore the inquest began today, j v nie nnd Monterey, Texas, with branch
announced that several sturtling! n nf . R i,utie Bock nnd Memphi*, mm*
arrests would probably be made, {prising a total of i,46i.« miles. By
ianil sent to Russia for th# lost funi- J tor car* were too heavy for the rood
bed nnd consequently that they broke
So declared Alexis Aladsn. loader of tho rail* whon they attained a high
the neaeant* In th# Russian douma. | rate of speed.
now tn New York because hi. life w« | Mo.orm.n E. E. w„£ ^ ^ )n |h , 0 ,, uM fur .
Vwu recognlsanc yesterday. merly held controlling hiterest In the
conmVUona with the llllnola Central at
Cairn, the Houatnn and Kaatern and
the Weat Texan at Hhrevepnrt and the
Houthern Pacific at Hnuaton, all of
which llnea are controlled by him. Har.
rlniun. through the purchase of the
Cotton Belt, haa Recured direct connec
ting between Chicago and Qalveaton.
Furthermore, he ban obtained a pnal-
tlon which menneea the Texas and Pa-
clffc, owned by Gnuld. a a with the pur-
chaae nf the Cotton Belt he secures
the rood which heretofore hss been
used ns the nutlet for the Texas and
Pad lie at Fort Worth.
. Corroboration of the announcevnent
n«i« mi |
threatened, due to hta activity in the | rented, ut
Ruaalan legislature on behalf of th*- on hla *
people.
MAN'S THROAV IS CUT
WHILE ENGAGED IN FIGHT
•pedal to Tn« Oeorxtaa.
Jasper, tta- Feb. 18.—Saturday night
George t'orn cut and probably fatally
injured John Cow-art at Marble lllll.
The report say* the two men were
drinking and Corn cut Cowart'* throat
severing the windpipe. The doctors at
tending Cov. -.rt say he ronnut recover
or.inrr Hchwnnnecke said today that i Cotton .J. 1 *
from what he tenrned ot tha wreck the ov ® r proxies whhh gn\e him nominal
going nt tho rate of 10 miles
train w
an hour when the crash came. Motor-
man Uogprs, he deflate*, told him thla.
Governor Signs Bill*.
Special to The Georgian.
Montgomery; Ala., Feb, II.—The gov-
i ernor has signed the following bills:
The bill to tncreaoe the governor’s
A strike or walk-out tn‘tb*-Western
Union tslsgrnph offices or a demand for
recognition of. the International Teloc-
raphers’ Union. Is apt to result from m
five-hour meeting of the Atlanta union
Sunday afternoon. ‘
hot discussion of conditions snd
salaries took place at th* mesttng and
It Is said that resolutions will be for
warded to union headquarters at Cht-
agn for genoral action.
Recognition by the Western Union of
the operator*' union la tha principle
queallon Involved, but It ta stated that
the salary question Is also largely rer
sponsible for th* dissatisfaction.
It ta aald that th* difference between
the recent ralae* received by tha oper
ators of the Western Union and the
Postal Telegraph and Cabla Company
I* partly reapoaalble for th* discon
tent.
Union operators of the Western
Union also claim that thalr raise bene,
fits only th* higher salaried olllclaW
and operators, and that th* operator
who usually gets about 860 par menth
hardly derives any benefit from (he 1«
per cent raise. They aoy that 870 op
erators and those who receive higher
enlarle*. receive tho heat "tricks" nnd
the "phut" wires era never put In
charge of lesser paid operators; that
the principles of unionism are not rec-
of positions.
ognlsed In the sllolimnt
Caused Discontent
Tho fact that Postal officials went
further and allowed Their employees an
Increase of 16 per cant, 6 per cant oboes
the Increase received by the employees
of the Western Union, also caused
discontent, and Instead of soothing the
feelings of thalr man. ths 10 par oant
Increase fell I per cent ehort In effi
ciency.
At the meeting Bundoy afternoon t^e
whole matter waa thoroughly discuss
ed and aired and th* union operates*
expressed themselves concerning MM
methods and rules which govern -tha
local office of the Western Unton.
"The whole matter wlU have to ge
lo Uhlcago," sold one of tbs union
• iwrators Monday morning. '
net Ion the union ^^ake la. of^owrijs
unknown. The methods Of the
Union In Atlanta ere wholly
tar 'as tha union men are nannssnad.
Ceselutien* of Grief.
The Kunduy school of Westminster
Presbyterian church adopted Hundny I stuff: the bill to Increase the salary
solutions of grief at the death of K. I of the land clerk In th* auditor’s of-
“ ■ - • 'ate the trial
I). Davis, superintendent of the Bundsy 1 lice, nnd the bill to i^.'nte th# ti
school, who died January 8. of misdemeanors U> rJwTX county.
They do not. In the first place. _
nix. the Telegrapher*' Union: they are
not governed by tha prtaclplaa of
unionism mid tla fairness to Its opera
tor*. nnd- It Is quite likely the opera
tors In the employ of the Westers
Union will take some action.
"They are a little bit sore
the Postal received a 16 per cent *
and the Western Union gave Ita _ _
ployeer only 10 per cent. They b8ff«>
other things to aggravoto than
th# discontent la not •uroristaft"
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