Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-01-22
TELEGRAPHIc.
IlAlYtslon Nsss plspAlehss.

of Samana,
The President will send the trea-
ty to'the senate on Monday, paying
a million and half dollars for San
Domingo, TO be annexed a. a terri,
tory and not US State,
SAN FRAscIsco, Jan. S.-The tele'
graphers' strike continues, without
relarding business. The alta Cali,
fornia approves the position Of tho
management on this coast. Tho
Bulletin, afler publishing the state
ment ofboth sides, closes n long
editorial as follows; ave cannot bc-
licye that tho Eastern operators
were correctly informed OF tho
slight cause for the strike in San
Francisco before taking steps which
forces tho necessity npon the com
pany of maintaining its position at
all hazards. -....r ..Y
PHILADKLPHIA, January S,-The
telegraph strike has been actually
ended. Fifteen strikers resumed
work having signed papers dissolv'
ing thoirconneotion with the league,
Only seven original strikers hold
out. '.. ......
WAsHIYoToY, Jan.7.-Thc migra-
ton of blacks from Virginia to tho
cotton States, which commenced in
driblets, has increased steadily and
now appears to bc attaining iormida-
bio proportions. II is estimated by
some that twenty thousand colored
males migrated South during the
past year. - e gu :.
Notwithstanding tho published
statement Of the washington Tcle-
graphic League, no report whatever
regarding tho "strike" was sent
hence last night By the Associated
Press. On inquiry at the Western
Union Telegraph office this morn
ing, il was acertained that the office
is prepared to receive and transmit
all business offered. The force now
on duty consists of thirteen opera
tors, besides the manager, and an
additional number now are on their
way bithcr. Two ofthe branch OF.
ficers here have been rcopcned, and
the same is expected Of all the 9TH
crs in the course of several days.
A statement has been prepared by
Mr.. Tinker, the manager, and Mr..
Whitney, the cashier, in reply to
that of the Washington Telegraphic
League, in which tits said, among
other things, that all tho old force
are now on duty at the Richmond
office, and they last evening sent an
appeal to the strikers" here to fol-
low their example, and advices were
received to day that all the men in
that district, comprising the lines
from Richmond south to Augusta, !
via Wilmington, and to Charleston,
via Greensboro, and west to Lynch
burg and Gordonsville, have return
ed to their work. The statement of
Messrs. Tinker and Whitney con-
cludcs as follows: "our own facilities
are hourly increasing here and else
where, and the company is conf
dent Of its ability to do all business
offered"
There was full cabinet meeting
to-day. i45.r ..i .aT
Commissioner Dolanc has instruc-
ted the supervisors in the distilling
districts throughout the country to
chunge the guagers in their districts
once in every, three or four months,
in order to have tho law properly
enforced,
The United States tug Maria, and
four Of her crew, were lost by col
lision with the Miantonomah at the
enterance of Martha's Vineyard.
Commodore Poor reports $4,000
Spanish troops at Havana on the
2lst of December. l,,J.lvyt -
.W,ASUTNG1,ON Ian Sl-LTtis stated |