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Wood County Reporter
Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin
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In St. Paul, 37 Western Union telegraph operators struck at 8 PM on Oct. 27 over the discharge of six suspected union members, idling all company wires into the city after failed negotiations with Superintendent McMichael in Minneapolis.
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The Walk-out is the Result of the Company's Action.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 27.-All the operators, thirty-seven in number, in the Western Union Telegraph company's office in this city struck at 8 o'clock tonight and all the company's wires into this city are idle, the walk-out is on account of a discharge by the company a few days ago of six operators supposed to belong to the brotherhood.
The discharged men called on Superintendent McMichael in Minneapolis this afternoon to try and effect an agreement but were not recognized and the strike is the result.
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St. Paul
Event Date
Oct. 27
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all company wires into the city idle; strike ongoing after failed negotiations.
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Thirty-seven operators in the Western Union Telegraph company's St. Paul office struck at 8 o'clock tonight due to the discharge of six operators suspected to belong to the brotherhood a few days ago. The discharged men sought agreement with Superintendent McMichael in Minneapolis this afternoon but were not recognized.