The New York herald., 1870-01-16
THE TELEGRAPHERs' STRIKE.
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the Rescue. sN4
No. 27o Grand street has become the permanent
headquarters OF the Teeeraphers Protective League
In TINS CITY, and from sixty to seventynve strikers
c0ngregate there daily and kill time by listening
speeches, receiving committees from different labor
organizations and listening to the reading OF
dispatches from various circuits all over the coun-
try They have no thoughts Of going back to work
until the company make up their minds to accede 70
their demands. 1t IL true, some eight or ten men
have deserted their ranks and have gone back to the
monopoly, but this does not discourage the great
mass Of them, who still remain true to their oaths
and TO their principle.
II seems there Is to be no lack OF funds to carry
on this strike. Labor organizations all over the
union are coming to the rescue Of the operatives
and that, too In very substantial manner. Al
ready the International Typographical Union have
contributed $4,000 per week, continue as long as
the strike lasts. The brlcklayers, too, are coming
TO the rescue, and Ia day or two viii be ready TO
assist handsomely. Several associations about
town, among them one styling themselves the
New York Press Club - propose giving musical aud
literary entertainments for Lnelr benefit.
Az their meeting Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Walker,
representing one OF the prominent labor Organlza-
tions OF this city, was present and addressed them
for about half an hour He said the organization to
IN this contest He thought, he said, that there
might be some honorable mode OF adjustment
arrived a. ANA accordingly TOOK upon himself 70
Western Union Company. He saw these gentlemen
and told them that he belonged TO an organization
the strikers to hold out, but before tins was done
he wanted to know their views with regard
to to some 80 Kind OF an amicable settlement Of
operators. He also told them that the aid his asso
ciaton would give the operators would enable them
tn hn1A ant fnr Inn
Palmer answered that the company did not care
much about the operators; II they would renounce
the League. however he was perfectly willing to
ing them back as an organization. Mr.. Palmer, he
assured them, went SO iar as to say he would not
this all sounded very big on the part OF the
company, but by this very statement they
acxnoWedged their Weakness When & the opera
Eckert and Mr.. Pelmer declared that not one or
them should ever return. and now both Of these
gentlemen say they will take them back lndiscrimi
nately II they will rcnounce their organizatIon-a
thing they will never do.
the Western Union Company report that at
meeting OF the telegraph strikers on Friday Mr. Ira
Dewitt one OF the number present. stated In q few
pointed remarks, his belief that an organization
tney beaten, and that the best thing they could
do would be to retreat In good order possible
and repair the breach. He said that It. usee ss
to continue the contest when It was conceded 70 be
the position OF number OF the men whose families
at that moment were in want OF the actual necessa
Of life, merely to crafty the desire OF few out
siders to continue the struggle.
Mr.. Dewitt also said that telegraph offlcals had
enmity against the strikers individually, and would
Ives and Congdon supported the position Of Mr.
Dewitt
Yesterday, they also state some fifteen or twenty
men, who believe they have been deceived In regard
to the motive of the STRIKE filed their applications
for reinstatement and the company In all cases re-
ceived them very cordially.
The strike in this city Is considered al an end by
all persons who understand the situation.