, 1870-01-04
TELEGRAPH OPERATORS STRIKE.
About Fifty Employees Of the West
ern Union Office in this City
Quit Work.
Causo Of tho eTroabIe-Attempt to CO.
cFoo tho Compnny-Its Result,

Yesterday the Chicago once o! the Wcste.1
| Union Telegraph Company was called upon Il
experience The Inconvenience OF one OF those DC
culiaf ana1ra populsrly known as q "strike," Ii
the present Instance, thia "a!1.ke" commenced
in San Francisco and by this lms has pecome
snmewhat OF national matter, lnasmuch ns II
baa extended to all parts OF the county where
tho wires Of this company run.
The OCCASION OF the e:1ise was gutstaat,a,ls
this: RnHtness becoming soue 1hAt dull IN tue
Ssp Franctsco Office, the management sought to
cut down the wages or two opera:ora emrloyed
therein. They refused to work at tue
reduced rates, and were Immediately dis
charged ln2sm1ch as these men be-
lcnged 10 what ia known as the
photographic Protective League,"it YVES at once
cla'ned BY the other e1pioJea In the telegraph
ofdcea OF San Francisco, and who belong 10 tne
taEe organization, that all the loub.c WAS occa.
Eloned On that account, and so many OF them 81
belonged to the same society In that city at oace
suspended work. The strike then spread from
point to point Eastward, AklrK Ia al large towns
On lne fuu,e. untl II reached chicago, ana has
Nhtre lhs Ucion Company rus d wire. Oi a
total foEce employed IN the Chicago of1lce OF
seTenty-ave, about rft7 lels 1her desks yesterday
Protective League Association, uIu, after short
conference, concluded no. to 60 to work again
IN! rnu Ins nn.n Two men s,s whose salaries Tere
given % bsek tier ~ Old fpedsIoSg posnou9 xate afe
ss5 psy w., sppqas
secieiay Of The esS"e Sdsa Isatc nsaa
ley, c. u. Yorf, aud ". d Kelsey to confer With WITH
the on>cera Of tue company. relative 10 the cause
male their headquarters IN room No. !. FafTe1,
Hall Building, aud Rrb DOW awaiting action on the
part Of the Gnion Telegraph Company.
The "Gtr1Iers" c!uiin that it vii! be Impossible
Tor the company to conduct Its bnstueas uldes the
present ctc0nstancca That ull OF the best ops
rato1s OF tho country beoDg to their association.
s!do CT their organization 70 work fheu Nirea.
That theT go to the railroads for assistance, and
tne railroad COMPANIES lcsrond, they viii Gail on
road stations to stop work. They ssy That they
want nothing more than what is fall. snd are de-
nandlng nothing that is unjust from tue company.
pelhhps more i1opportune moment could not
haye been chosen for sr1fe- BuAiness Is veFy
dull, AID the officers OF the company ara enabled
10 ttantact Ell business low With d co lparalivelY
hMau force. The 0esEa at the telegraph ONCE
secm 70 be comparatively well uied, aud D1.lneas
u moving along ns usual Even yesterday morn
nK Mnea 'Ts comp1ng Mas taken moss a. dis
The city 10 attend 70 1nmtd1ate buslneas wants.
The otfcers Say that To-day they will be BE-
seps n eyc o9ecton r hsy ~
probably be In the city to-norfoE. They
clsln that that there ls niTAys large reserve
that these c8D be brought together at any mo-
ment. The compa. , al says has more men 10 lis
employ than there ts really any use for, AMI rhe
ttctlyc Association. The otlccrs OF the company
here feel Rrests Rtieved at the course their en-
plo5es have taKen. They claim always 10 have
alHke will psoye more ditastious "a their men
themselves. Besides, they say, that In tne pres
snt iDslsEce, they do NOT see nos. The otficcrs
tEol Of The lines beyond certain po.nr, and could
not have tnete men retns1ated, even though they
Ws 70 q ase e0 basS tie TnS Sos! 'os oi ,e
provided ,,hey 70 aos deier the day
other ioWns A1e concerned. there is no cause for
apprehension The ZANE means that Will pror!de
worknen hers will provide them there. ID every
always be men enough left TO couduc: tho bujl-
ness. especially IN times Ike the present.
A curious feature o. the presens strike Is thst
made common cause with tn6 men, and also sue
pended work. They belong 70 the aaue asaocta-
slon. snd are aoverGea By inc sams 1ales.aThey
the "stf15ets MD will not 20 to work until the
terms demanded are accedol to-
Up to Last night the "strlker8 i" held them
eeIves In readiness 10 confer with the olcefs OF
tho ctmrauy at any time relstive to the differences
10 DISPUTE. But the officers manifest no disposi.
ssen aau tney the Flll they have no power to act
ID Lne ofenists.
lhe1r action Is OF greater ma9nlude than The con.
panJ have Jet realized, and thAt the movement,
before 1t .s stel,ninated, Will Withdraw 5000 men
,flice rms along haFmouiousiy, and claius to Sc
u condition 10 transact business az promptly Is
Last night the operatives neld meeting st 1hey
,ooma In the FaIwel Hall h11ldtpg, but uo.biuo
setetmioate was deeItet, upon: The men were ii
7otnts, in which assurance WAa given that the
:1aft there we're IN harmony with their brethren |
lele. A. We nexs came ~, cheer after cheer was
Qu1tthiER definite will he hearn 4rnu tha nrasy |