ST. LOUIS.—An order directing members of the order of railroad telegraphers to discontinue handling business of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies after 6 a.m., Saturday, June 14, were issued here today by E. J. Manion, president of the railroad telegraphers. The order affects 60,000 railroad operators, and approximately 30,000 railroad telegraph offices, according to the officials of the organization.
Federal Man Wants Murderer Released.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—Among the resolutions being considered by the resolutions committee of the American federation of labor is one proposing that the federation appoint a committee to take action to obtain a new trial for Thomas J. Mooney, convicted of killing 10 innocent persons by exploding a bomb at the preparedness day parade in San Francisco.
Should the committee fail, it is provided that the federation submit to the international organization the question of calling a 24 hours' protest strike, the date to be determined later.
Promise "Moral Support" to Strike.
ATLANTIC, N. J.—(By the Associated Press)—Moral support of the strike called for June 16 by the international brotherhood of electrical workers, which includes the bulk of the union telephone operators throughout the country, was voted today by the American federation of labor, which unanimously adopted a resolution containing such a provision. 