The New York herald., 1870-01-04
ai0TEER TELEGaAPHERs, sIRiAE.
Important Meeting Of Operators Last Might
The Operators Of San VraDcisc0 TO bo sus
tained-ResOinfsons Adopted.
New YORK. Dec. 81. 1870.

Important Meeting of Operators Last Might
The Operators Of san francisco to bo sus-
taincd-Resoluttons Adopted.
The salaries OF the telegraph operators In the en-
ploy OF the Western Union Telegraph Company at
San Francisco CAL, having been reduced they have
in consequence thereof suspended work. and have
called upon their brethren throughout the country TO
did them in resisting this reduction The employees
OF this company at Albany, Baltimore, Ptttsburg,
Washington, Cieveiand Chicago, Cincinnati Nash
ville Louisville, New Orleans. Omaha, Corinne
Cheyenne salt Lake, Sacramento and other points
have expressed tneir determination to sustain The
action oil the San Francisco operators.
At meeting OF teegraphers held m this city last
evening the following RESOLUTIONS were unanimously
adopted
upon Executive Committee Of the Western
graph Company Informing them that they members Of
protective association OF Telegram hers extending
san Francisco and that members of association there
that point and tina. they ask member. sverywhee 10 aid
them in preventing this reduction
ha the salaries Of members r. that pon. be not reduced
nsns to submit 10 this reduction be relnstated That In
the Western Union Executive Committee return una
the win order ali members to aid
brethren IN San Franeco in the only possible that
Is by Immediately suspcndng work.
Resolved, That this be instructed to report to
before three P. M, January4 4, 1870.
Wnle the meeting was In session numerous de-
spatches from the aoovc named points were read con-
the strikers. In this reduction at san Fran
cisco Is insisted upon the operators Will probably
stop work ali over the country.
The strike Of the Western Union Telegraph
Operators in Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 3, 1870.
The strike OF the operators OF the Western Union
Telegraph In this city continues. All OF the late
operators are engaged in the strike except one.
AT meeting this morning they endorsed the action
Of the operators on the Pacific slope in opposing o
reduction OF salaries there, and expressed deter.
mnation to support their brethren with all their
strength. A copy OF the minutes was sent to Mr..
Williams District superintendent VINO replied tnat
he had control the matters san Francisco,
and that no reduction had been made in TINS DIS
trict or was contemplated. General Sta0er has tele
graphed that no change ~ contemplated here.
The operators held another meeting at three
O'Clock this afternoon. at which Mr.. Williams was
present The meeting informed the latter that they
had no local grievances Their action was to protect
their Western brethren and save themselves from
unanimously adopted
Resolved, That any proposition to resume work which
doe not the reinstatement on the old terms OF all
engaged Ia tho present movement bo rejected.
Indianapolis, Columbus and Pit.sburg. One from
New York stated that II the negotiations pending
with the Officers OF the Western Union were not "a
vorably concluded tomorrow morning the Northeast
strike would embrace forty OF the principal cities IN
the United States. The organization extends all
over the United states and IL said TO contain $500
members employed by the Western Union Telegraph.
the organization appears TO have been erected
quietly. The oficers OF the company with operators
called other stations, have neen doing the work
to-day. Thus far they have been able 10 send all
dispatches.