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Burleson Orders Wire Lines
Given Back lo Their Owners;
Konenkamp Calls For Strike
Washington, D. C,~Employ** f >t
Western Union Telegraph Company in
Florida. Ala biro a. Georgia. Nfortn and
South Carolina. Went Virginia. Virginia.
Kdntcuky. Tennessee, Mississippi ana
N#w Orleans. L« . *■ ho are member* of
the Commarritl Telegrapher*' Union
ware l Ordered to go on strike Immediate
ly last night by S J Kohenksunip. presi
dent of that organisation.
j’reaident Konenkamp r«j<l the strike
>rd«*r waa issued in support '»f Atlanta
telegraph and telephone operator* who
«ant out several da ye ago and a Mger ted
that i* would unquestionably bo followed
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DPPENHEIMEB’S
982 and 984 BROAD.
,bv n nation-wide strike within a'few
clave.
"I took the step immediately upon
learning: that Postmaster-General Hurle
non had ordered wire* returned to the
company,’’ Mr. Konenkamp asserted.
“Authority for it wav extended by a
Strike vote taken home rime ago which
haa been held up to «ce if we could no»
negotiate a peaceable settlement It is
| very likely that the strike. will also in
volve the F'oatal Company but that oan-
I not b» determined yet.’*
I Po* toss Ice official# were unwilling laat
'right to comment on the call for a strike
of union telegraph operator# of the West
ern f tiloh In aouthaaslern state*, taking
the position that the situation was out of
their Jurisdiction in view of the return
r,f wire properties but the belief At the
department waa that the strike would not
involve enough man to »e.rioii*lir handicap
service.
President Konenkamp refuged to esti
mate the number of operator* whom he
expected to respond to the strike order.
The action of Mr Burlegon In restor
ing operation# control to the executives
of the telephone and telegraph com
panies In the face of a* threatened nation
wide strike because of hi* policies would
indicate that he 1g a quitter.’’ President
Konenkamp Raid in a prepared wtatemonf.
issued last, night. “Mr. Burlegon’s get
ting out from und«r doesn’t change our
situation.
“We feci that it place* Newcomb
Carlton back in charge of the Western
Union without first establishing a labor
policy to protect the worker and em
phasize :he necessity for a strike against
that company.”
CARLTON DECLARES
system not affected.
New York.—Newcomb Carlton, presi
ident of ih#> Western Union Telegraph
utjfnpany., declared last night that the
stake of Western Union employes in ten
states ordered byS. J Konenkamp, pres
ident of the Commercial Telegraphers
union of America, would have virtually
no effe» t on the Western Unian
Of more than 40,000 Western Union
employe a eitffible for membership In the
Commepctal. Telegraphers' I'nlon, Mr.
.arlton ‘only about 700 are members
or Iht; organization. In the territory
f5 v *«£ by Mr Konenkmap's order, less
than ICO of our employes are members of
that, union “
Washington.—TeJegraph and telephone
companies whose lines have been con
trolled arid operated by the government
Tunee last August Ist, were ordered last
night to resume immediately operations
for their own account by Postmaster-
Genecal Burleson. The postofflce depart
ment, however, under terms of Mr. Burl#*.
HorUK order, retains a measure of control
oC the services, pending final legislative
action by congress
Regulations prohibiting discrimination
against wire employes because of union
afflliart-ions. maintaining existing rates
and, charges and instructing companies to
krjtp special accounts to facilitate cost
jbttlement between themselves and the
government are retained in effect under
the order issued by the post master-gen
eral.
Mr. Burleson accompanied the order
with m statement giving the reasons
which impelled him to take the action.
He asHerted that the president having
recommended the return of the proper
ties. the senate interstate commerce com-
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rnittee having indicated that immediate
return was advisable and the house com
mittee having through hearings mani
fested a desire for action toward that
«nd he felt it bis duty to return opera
tive control to the various private own
ers.
The president having recommended
the return of the wire systems and the
control of the owning companies with
certain legislation designed to stabilize
their operation,” Mr. Burlesons aid. “and
the senate committee having taken action
looking to their immediate return and fha
house committee in its hearings on the
proposed legislation having indicated
concurrence jnt he suggested immediate
return with or without legislation so rec
ommended. I feci ft. my duty to now re
turn actual control of operations to the
companies.
“Some days ago I direrted the neces
sary order* to be prepared to accomplish
this and have now issued same. These
Orders do not affect questions of rates
and finance with which the congress may
determine to deal The rates now in
force and the financial relations between
the government and the companies and
the order of October 2. I'd?, prohibiting
discrimination because of union affilia
tion will continue unless the congress in
its wisdom may decide to change them
them or the ‘emergency’ is terminated by
the proclamation of peace.
“By the action taken, however, the
wire companies resume actual control of
operations of their respective property
and are fr#*e to formulate and put into
effect their own policies unrestricted by
government control, which in to continue
in any case but a few weeks and thus
will be able to prepare themselves a com
plete resum don of tlm management of
their property. It will be necessary for
each company to so keep its accounts
during the continuance of government
control, that its books mav be closed on
the day government control ends in order
that a full and accurate statement may
be promptly made when it is called on
for sam* % ’ •
Strikes threatened bv telephone and
telegraph employes' unions had no bear
ing on the department's action, officials
said.
The order issued by the postmaster*
general abolishes the wire operating
board, of which Union N. Bethel, of New
»'ork Is chairman, but the wire control
board, consisting of John A. Koons. first
assistant postmaster-general: W. H. La
mar and the statistical and legal staff
will continue to exercise the control re
tained by the order until the govern
ments connection with the wire avsterns
is ended.
Contracts for compensation and awards
hv state commissions remain in effect
under the order, as well as the increased
toll rates, service connections charges
end special exchange rates recently au
thorized jw the postmaster-generah Spe
cial arrangements are provided for com
pensating mutual and co-operative com
panies
Members of congress who have been
interested in wire control, especially
members o' the senate and’house inter
state commerce committees, expressed
great surprise, when they learned of the
postmaster-general’s action. Congression*
nl leaders had been proceeding on the
theory that no action would bo taken to
ward return of the wires in any respect
until legislation had been enacted.
Chairman Cummins, of the senate in
terstate commerce committee, said “we
shall meet tomorrow to consider what ac
tion is necessary.
“Mr. Burleson probably knew' the reneal
bill would be passed immediately.” Sen
ator Kellogg said. “I would not care to
say until after studying the matter,
whether the repeal will I>e necessary or
not.”
NO REINSTATEMENT
FOR THE STRIKERS,
DECLARES GARLTON
fContlnuM from nasre
of Western Union Employes in fact at 2
o'clock this afternoon there Is to be a
meeting between the company's officer*
and a committee of the director* of that
association for the purpose of discussing
the question of profit-shariner
“F have telegrams this rnornirtr from all
over the country from local chapters of th*
Association of Western Union Employes
pledging their loyalty to the company.
"Dispatches which 1 have received this
morning from »he territory coveied by
the S. J. Konenkamp strike reflect the
following conditions at the various cities
in that region:
"Greenville.. 1 quit; Newport News. 1
quit; Havanrtah, all on hand: Richmond
all on hand; Norfolk. S quit: Columbia, #
quit, Charlotte, 14 quit. Charleston, !•
quit; Mnntgoinerv, 4 qvJLt; Augusta
normal. Pensacola. 2 quit; Memphis
Nashville, Roanoke, Raleieh. all now
working. New Orleans Oh per cent of fore#
on dtitv and O K : Atlanta, we .have
more than a full force this morning:
Birmingham, 3 quit; Tampa, we expect
to lose fi; Wilmington, we expect to lose
four.
••‘From this you will see the meagre
ness of the response of our employes to
the union s efforts to prostrate the tele
graph aervlce of the united States ”
BOLOS RECAPTURE TOWN
OF SARAPUL NEAR PERM
London.—The Bolshevikl have re-cap
tured Sgrapul, on the Kama river, soufh
weat of Perm, which mas one of the
important towns taken by Admiral Kol
chak's forces in their spring advance, a
Bol»h#vik wireless message claims The
dispatch also asserts that the Bolshe
vlkl are coutinu;ng to advance In thin
region
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Berlin,—Herr Levine, editor of the Red
Flag of Munich, and a leader in the com*
munlat uprising in Bavaria waa executed
laat night, according to the Abends#!*
tung of Augsburg
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UNION OPERATORS
HAVE QUIT POSTS
IN MANY OFFICES
(Continued from Page One.)
ojierators employed in the LVegfern Union
Telegraph office here are at work today,
according to announcement of the local
manager There is only one known mem
ber of the union in this city and he is
at work today.
Chattanooga, T*r>n.—Th« telegraph
strike did not affect Chattanooga and all
operators reported for duty this morn
ing. So far as can be learned there are
no union men in Chattanooga.
Charleston, S. C.—Union telegraphers
of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany this morning stated that eighteen
out of twenty-four of the Operators had
walked out at the Charleston office.
Rale gh, N. C.—Ail operators reported
for work this morning and the local of
fice of the Western Union will not be
affected by the strike order, according
to officials here.
Maeon,—The only union man in the
Macon office of the Western Union has
quit as a result of the strike Order, ac
cording to the officials here.
Norfolk, Va.—Twenty employes, ten of
them operators of the local Western
Union office obeyed the strike order to
day.
Nashville, Term.—W. W. Acuff, assist
ant manager of the Western Union here,
stated this morning that there had been
no walkout here and none was antici
pated
New Orleans, La.—Western Union of
ficials stated today that business was be
ing moved at the normal rate despite the
strike of forty-six members of the Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union. Eleven out
of 36 operators employed by the Western
Union at the cotton exchange failed to
report when the exchange opened this
morning.
One branch office uptown, employing
five operators was closed, the messenger
at that place striking with the opera
tors Union officers claimed Western
Union figures were in error and that
there were 15S Morse operators on strike.
About 350 operators are normally em
ployed at the local office.
Knoxville, Term.—The locai manager
of tne Western Union today stated that
the strike order had not affected the
company office here
Spartanburg, S. C.—One of the two op
erators employed at the local office Of
the Western Union Telegraph Company
Obit work this morning in response to the
strike call of the telegraphers union.
Charlotte. N. C.—Western Union offi
cials at 11 o’clock today stated that £ig
day operators of the sixty-six due for
duty today failed to take their keys. This
statement was verified by local union
men. who stated that the six constituted
the bona fide union but that other oper
ators would soon join the strike. Mes
sages are Being accepted for usual dis
patch.
Memphis, Termc—Western Union offi
cials here stated today that only three
of the force of more than a hundred
Morse and multiplex operators employed
in the local office of the company failed
to report for duty this morning, due to
the strike called last night Local union
officials stated that their early reports
showed that between 15 and 30 operators
had already quit.
Johnson City, Tenn.— All operators ra
ported for duty at the Western Union
office here today.
Newport News, Va.— According to thS
chief operator for the Western Union
here no strike in the ottice is antici
pated. ,
Greensboro, N .C.—'Fhe Western Union
office here was not affected today by the
walkout of operators in other Southern
cities.
Tampa, Fla.— Union operators in the
local office of the Western Union re
mained at their keys this morning. The
local manager sava he has been assured
by the operators that a strike will not b«
called today.
Portsmouth, Va.—Only one of the two
Western Union oDerators here reported
for work this morning. The other, a
union member is on a vacation, the
manager announced.
Savannah, Ga.—Ten man and one mul
tiplex girl, operators In the Savanhah
office of the Western Union walked out
at noon today.
Lynchburg, Va.—The local office of the
Western Union is unaffected bv the
strike today. Only one of the 15 tele
graphers is a union man and he is at
work.
BOTH SIDES READY
FOR FIGHT TO END
IN THE BIG STRIKE
(Continued from t'age One.)
the Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of
America, struck In support of the tele
phone workers. The strike throughout
the Southeast was called to support
these. Many of the telephone workers
are affiliated with the telegraphers’
union.
Mayor Key yesterday wired Postmaster
tier era 1 Burleson and S. J Konenkamp.
president of the union, asking appoint
ment of a local committee to arbitrate
matters at issue here. Meanwhile the
pogtoffice officials have been tnvestlgat
ng the telephone strike
Later Mr. Mann gave out a statement
declaring information received at union
headquarters here indicated that ap
proximately 7.00(1 employes of the West
ern Union In the south have gone out
or would strike during the day. —The
railway telegraphers are not handling
commercial messages." he said, “and
the Western Union srlll find Itself help
less."
company officials stated today tnere
were approximately 4.700 employes on
the company pay rolle In the eouthern
division
TARIFF LEGISLATION UP
FOR COMMITTEE HEARING
Washington, O. C.—First steps toward
drafting tariff legislation will be begun
Tuesday by the ways and means commit
tee of the bouee. Chairmen Kordney an
nouncing today that hearings would be
started then to determine what leglela
tlon Is necessary to protect the American
dye industry that sprang up during the
war He said a separate measure re
nting only to this Indutry, would be
drafted by the committee and that hear
ing probably would continue several days.
FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO
FINISH ITS SESSION
Tallshasset. Fls.—Today marks the
close of the biennial session of the Flor
ida legislature with no steps taken so
far toward ratification of the Susan B
Anthony amendment to the Federal Con
stitution.
Heavy Snowstorm Has
Interrupted Wire Service
Buenos Aires—The heaviest snowstorms
m recent years probably have stopped
communication between Argentina and
the United Staee by way of the tr&ns-
Andine Railway and the watt coast until
spring Snow slid*., have made it Im
possible to operate the bi-weekly train
between Buenos Aires end Valparaiso
Officials of the trans-Andlne railway
state that it will hardly be possible to
repair the road before the spring months
of September or October.
SOLDI*** ANO POLIcVcLASM.
Brussels.—American soldiers end the
police at Antwerp clashed on Wednes
dav night Three policemen and two
civilians were wounded by tbotr that
were fired during the melee Three Am
erican soldier* were arrested.
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