The New York herald., 1870-01-08
TELEGRAPH OPERATORS STRIKE.
Meetings. Of the Strikers Yesterday
They Still Stand Firm-lhe San
Francisco Strikers Theory-Let-
ter Explaining the Cause
of the Strike.

The telegraph operators st hold out, and fec
rsore confident OF bringing the monopoists to terms
shau ever. hey express their determination ia
stand by each other ana fight 1t out tn the bitter
New members are constantly Joining their ranks
and The strikers assert their ability 10 get In day
or Two every operator in the city TO join them.
The Western Union Is constantly sending into the
country for railroad operators VINO. soon as they
arrive, are picked up by the committee OF 'snarch-
cTsn who In almost every case induce chem 10 join
the strikers.
Colonel Marshall Lenerls, Chief Engineer or the
Western Union, was presen, at the meeting OF the
operators yesterday morning which was held at
the usual place, 2.0 Grand street. lie cadeavored
10 effect IN some way settlement between the
company and themselves, but did not accomplish
M, thing.
A committee from the National Labor Union. con-
HsIng OF Messis. Browning and Troup, aso visited
tine usalectel and presented on behaiI OF ther
aEApouAErEas KATIoSAL LABOR usIoNl
NEW YORK, Jan. 4, 1917
Whereas Il knowledge that the Western
Inaa ssT-Pp L. @ Ndmp.ny ~ sas caused 1res
,bey oelngcl he eleg spneis League an anlalon
formed Tor hsr mutual a.a benefit and protection; anl
Of lhr said Union Telegraph Company have resolved
70 SUSAN ner brothers Ia san Francisco by sg ali the
Resolved. That The strike Of The teesraphers just
hope that they viii deuonsrat, for All sme that has
ix rights AZ well rs capital and thai those rights must be
aesolvsd, That copy Of the above be the Telo
Telegrams were received from Indianapolis, Buff
falo, DetroiG Chicago, washington, Toledo iDadel-
pala, Pittsburg Boston, Cleveland, Hartford and
luany other points assuring the strikers ol Synpa
any ana snppori, anu evincing any thing bu; dspo-
sation to glye up tue nght un.i lac ]" essern Union
should acce he 10 their Just denand5
The foilowing telegram was read amid great ap-
plaase:-
CLEVELAND, Jan. 5-ii 7. II.
The boys in Cleveland Give the strikers all The
In X. ~.
fresidens National Labor Unon OF The Upitod States
The following letter WAS received from san fran
cisco, hch gives strikers side OF the story as
80 whether they had just and sallcient cause for
taking tae step they have taken;-
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. "a, 1852
DEAR sIn-lou OF December If received, Sws omit a
orn you that nave been going on on tnis eoaS
ever 81 &c e consolidation OF tho Atlantic aad ac states
Sacramento and Virginia CITY have already been
San 0I rransi.ao have peaevsi ' notices sast
Isaacen. wa take place on june J. oi 70 v,.sr Merry
City agrees to gut leaving only tue aren't AMI clerk Cob
words, have say Cloves, the chief
operator, VI 5e =, "a N eii = rl the oace 5reaa,
ally cutting of al norhern baainess AL we need now
ihe East satisfied ye, harAy snow what
w iase ace on, al urge ri, mnsdas AL as', o ana should n
we are but deiendns rights and 40 o inead bntng
last yisi. East nad his saary raised rYm $4,000 I,
eSns sSP ro per m ana aa mo- @ aea isss @ s
cerlany hope assisted by East.
Wv do not Tor pccua aid but desire thai operators
VIII prevent AS Tar rs ~ tneir power our being ned
II is SAID general superintendent. receives
Per cent dollar reduction made. AZ the truth
tots cannot bat done several years by
tne satnc parry have doubts the subject :
Tae heads getting powerfuy nervous, aud they
marx they don't ike ''tbose seearasheFs arGuad the
shonid resolve a strike I shall keep you posted
l. n JACOBS,
Secretary Circuit No ~, L. 7. l..
This letter called forth tumutuous and prolonged
~ M nris of
ness showing the qualification Of the operators tnat
tneir con1 lelce 10 tier san rruncisco o.hccr nad
not oeeu misplaced.
The representatives. OF the Labor Union we're again
pre- ent ana ADDRESSED che meeting. a commlnica-
ton was also recetYel ifon u>orge Fralcs Tram.
Il the assertions made Ia the following letter are
Welifounded the strikers must be disturbing The
regular course OF business vi the Western Union
Sadly
RoSpour n. y, Jan. 0, 1870
TO THE EDITOR or iHr EFEALD:--
See by paper that the strike OF the ee
graph been adjusted. notice that the
Nestern tnon Je-lrapu company that large business
has been promptly pat IL il arrange that
try "A negsagc from here York.
operator is hand, bur tae Tor New
ork and points beyon saving ne has orders to decline
buEness because OF the had send and
others that or Messages that
received tfT0ra New lwtnylour hours behind Time
in every las This puLips business through with
rrsb LET us have Ian from both SIDES and give
Ss teegAphic iacLues tAa VIII be reliable and prompt