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F TELEGRAPHERS ARE ORDERED TO STRIKE. Konenkamp Calls Out Operators of Western Union.?Eleven States Affected. Washington, June 5.?IJmployes 0^ of the Western Union Telegraph Company in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi and New Orleans, La., who are members of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union, were ordered to go on strike immediately tonight by S. J. Konenkamp, J president of that organization. President Konenkamp said the strike order was issued in support j of Atlanta telegraph and telephone r operators who went out several days ago and asserted that it would unquestionably be followed T>y a nationwide strike' within a few days. ^ v "I took the step immediately upon ^ learning that Postmaster General Burleson had ordered wires returned to the companies," Mr. Konenkamp asserted. "Authority for it was extended by a strike vote taken some | time ago, which has been held to see if we could not negotiate a peaceable settlement. It is very likely that the strike will also involve the Postal Company, but that cannot be ^ ^ determined yet." V Extends Over Southeast. K Atlanta, Ga., June 5.?The strike r of union telegraph operators employed by the Western Union was extended over the Southeast tonight following Postmaster General Burle- ' son's orders returning the wire com- g panies to private control. The walk- j ' ?" L -.T XL? I Y our was oraerea m support uj. mc i > local strike. !, j* In the absence of Charles F. Mann,1 c p^_ third vice president and Southern | organizer of the Commercial Tele-|t graphers* Union of America, who c was confined to his home by illness, t B. G. Fonville, president of the local c ? council, announced that dispatches i were beine received hourly showing t ^ that members of the union were c f obeying the orders as rapidly as itj reached them. . |< No Serious Effect. , XH. C. Worthen, general manager a of the Southern division of the West- 2 em tJnion* with headquarters here, s said the latest move of the union men would not seriously affect the company, \ /innnnf eaa tViot Tiro will h(k SP. ^ JL vauuvv OVV vuuv TV V ?T ?*?. W%> MV riously affected/' he continued. "The ^ union is stronger here than in any * other-place in the South and that's 1 why they made their first show here. We brought into Atlanta ninety-six operators from New York late today and may send some of them to other Southern cities if necessary. Some i . of them may ge to Birmingham as a s matter of rrrecaution." ,? Conflicting Views. In connection with the extension * ; of the strike it was asserted here to- ' night by union leaders that the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company was employing union men who went on ^ j strike from the Western Union. AskI ed about this, General SuperintendL ent Riddle, ofthe Postal, said he did ^ ' not know personally. 1( t Up to Local Chief. "The question of employing new ' operators is up to the local chief operators," he added. "We don't discriminate against operators because J they are members of a union, or be-i-j cause they have worked for the1 ? Western Union. If the men apply-ij ing for jobs were good operators and j we needed them I should think the ] local chiefs would hire them." The strike had its inception in the walk-out Monday of employes of the two telephone companies here who , fkWilJato/l mith fVio tplptrrflnfiArs' ? OX C CUL1U1CIVVU TT&VAA VA4V . J union. ^"They struck asserting dis*-!] charge of certain employes for join- i-| ing the union, which the company^ denied. That situation remains un-i changed. On Wednesday local West-! ern Union operators, members of the j Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America, struck in support of the' telephone workers. The strike throughout the Southeast was called to support these. Many of the telephone workers are affiliated with ^ the telegraphers* union. j f Mayor Key today wiicd Postmast-'j t-. ... er General Burleson and S. J. Kon- j enenkamp, president of the union, asking appointment of a local com znittee to arbitrate the matters at is- i sue here. Meanwhile the postoffice j officials have been investigating the j telephone strike. Postoffce Officials Silent. , Postoffice officials were unwilling!] tonight to comment on the call for a I strike of union telegraph operators ^ of the Western Union in Southeast-!, ern States, taking the position thatji the situation was out of their juris-!, diction in view of the return of wire 1, TMwnprties. but the belief at the de-1. JC- ~x partment was that the strike would!not involve enough men to seriously jhandicap service. President Konenkamp refused to estimate-the number of operators < whom he expected to respond to the i I 9 pr : ! If jl'JM i i iflW ffi t V I ;trike order. j "Burleson a* Quitter." j d "The action of Mr. Burleson in re-! of itoring operating control to the ex-1 st icutives of the telephone and tele- ! di jraph, companies in the face of a ; ac hreatened nation-wide strike be- hs ;ause of his policies would indicate j a hat he is a quitter," President Kon- j he mkamp said in a prepared statement !co ssued tonight. "Mr. Burleson's get-' er ing out from under doesn't change j >ur situation. ed "We feel that it places Newcombjan Carlton back in charge of the West-;pa irn Union without first establishing ; si| l labor policy to protect the workers j M md emphasizes the necessity for a j co itrike'against that company." i in, ?-? jth Says Macon Not Affected. j oil Macon, Ga., June 5.?The Macon j in >ffice of the Western Union Tele-jge jraph Company will not be affected ! wi >y the 'Strike order issued for the 11 nembers of the telegraphers' union,, tu V. C. Moore, local manager, stated j co onight. "There ar6 no members of he union in our forces," said Mr. ne kfoore. "We had one, but he left a ac :ew days ago. We will, of course, su iuifer .a decline-in business if the fe itrike extends throughout the wi Jouth." ' m ; ar Eight at Charlotte. th Charlotte, N. C., June 5.?Eight ar >ut of seventeen of the night force pi >f Morse operators in the local of- ui :ice of the Western Union went on th itrike tonight, according to the night ci ;raffic manager. Union leaders de- ge :lared that all operators in the local m >ffice except three went out, and ;hat the strikers number twenty-four w: tr Obey the Ordir. p] Winston Salem, N. C., June 5.? ai Ml operators at the local Western 'ui [Jnion office in this city obeyed the !w strike order tonight. The manager j a lot being a telegrapher there is no jp] Ko Anni* tTiroil:?h the wc ^cicgia^uiu5 vv wv v.w..w >z>? ocal office. th fc Nothing From Mobile. C( Mobile, June 5.?Other than to g< jay that their operators here have m individually denied they are mem- m jers of the C. T. U. A., Western fv [Jnion officials would not comment p] ;onight on the strike. fc RETURNS WIRE LINES 21 TO PRIVATE OWNERS: ? > ti In Restoring Companies Burleson Forbids Discharge of Employ- T ees for Union Affiliations. Washington, June 5.?Telegraph D and telephone companies whose lines have been controlled and operated by the government since last August 1, were ordered tonight to resume tt immediate operations for their own e< account by Postmaster General Bur- di leson. The postoffice department, B however, under terms of Mr. Burle- H son's order, retains a measure of ei control of the services, pending ?nal S< legisative action by congress. p< Regulations prohibiting discrimi- titration against wire employees be- a] cause of union affiliations, main- fl taining existing rates and charges and instructing companies to keep m special accounts to facilitate cost m settlement between themselves and p] the government are retaained in ef- m feet under the order issued by the m postmaster general. a TIT.. T>o/irtAwnorn'nrl ll-xa nr. ' rw Jiur. .DUI lCOUii avv-uiliyailn-u .uv- V- j_. der with a statement giving the rea- tl" sons which impelled him to take the j - % VK/1 || Kj .vion. He asserted that the presi:nt having recommended the return the properties, the senate interate commerce committee having incated* that immediate return was Ivisable and the house committee iving through hearings manifested desire for action toward that end, t felt it his duty to return operative ntrol to the various private owns. "The president having recommend. the return of the wire systems td the control of the owning commies with certain legislation denied to stabilize their operation," r. Burleson said, ' and the senate mmittee having taken action lookg to their immediate return anpl e house committee in its hearings t the proposed legislation having dicated concurrence in the sugsted immediate return with or ithout legislation so recommended, feel it my duty to now return acal control of operations to the mpanies. "Some days ago -I directed the scessary orders to be prepared to complish this and have today ised same. These orders do not afct questions of rates and. finance ith which the congress may deterine to deal* Thd rates now in force id the financial relations between e government and the companies id the ordkr of October. 2, 1918, ohibiting discrimination because of lion affiliation will continue unless e congress in its wisdom may dede to <$iange them or the 'emerjncy' is terminated by the proclaation of peace. "By the action taken, however the ire companies resume actual conol of operations of their respective ronertv. and are free to formulate id put into effect their own policies irestricted by government control hich is to continue in any case but few weeks and thus will be able to :epare themselves for a complete :sumption of the management of leir property. It will be necessary >r each company to so keep its ac>unts during the continuance of >vernment control, that its books ay be closed on the day governent control ends in order that a 11 nnJ axoniiota atofomonf m?V hp 411 ailU aVVUiUtw cvwvvutviiv ? romptly made when it is called on >r same." Strikes threatened by telephone id telegraph employees' union had 5 bearing on the department's aeon, officials said. UNNEL EXPLOSION KILLS EIGHTY-THEE etcnation of Seven Kegs of Powder Caused by Trolley Wire. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., June 5?Eighty iree men dead and 50 others burn1 and maimed, many of whom will ie, is the toll of a disaster in the altimore tunnel of the Delaware & udson Coal Company in the east id section of this city early today, even kegs of black powder, 300 sunds in all, were detonated and ie dead and the maimed were literlly roasted by the superheated gas ames following the explosion. The* trao-p^v occurred while the ;en were on their way to work this lorning. Owing to their working laces being two miles* from the outh of the tunnel, the men were aking the trip in a train of 14 mine irs drawn by an electric "motor, the Dv.der being carried in two cars in >e middle of the The train had penetrated the tun IT" 11IfYou ijl Rem< i K'A,R?is?E || a m. aucmg rc ' | delicious. Gi | muffins, slicei ' I want of it. St I There . "Crystal Wfcite"-in ti || J ||i "Maple Flavor"?the li'l'llir s) IMPORT* nel about 200 when August Rud- j Hir. otip nf the survivors, states the!I overhead trolley wire sagged and j touching a steei powder keg formed j |a short circuit. In an instant there) was a shower of sparks and a terriffic blast. A great sheet of flame drawn by the air current enveloped the helpless men, who were huddled closely together in the cars with no j possible chance to escape. j Owing to the ventilation system, J the smoke and flames were drawn j inward and the first intimation of the I disaster to those on the surface was 11 1 the shrieks of anguish of the injured, j Rescue corps were at once formed j and the dead and injured were rap-' I idly brought to the surface where !the living were given first aid treatjment by physicians and then rushed I to hospitals, even the fire apparatus j being used in -t^ie emergency. When the rescuers first * entered i the tunnel they found the dead and dying piled in heaps in the cars and along the tunnel. Bodies of the dead were burned to a crisp. Of the dead /SO m/kM ^Anm/1 AanA in f)t0 f.nnnpl ; Uf wcic ivuuu uvuu <u vuv ......? and 14 others succumbed to their injuries at the hospitals. Only 49 have been identified. Among the men killed outright was James J. 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