, 1875-12-11
THE TELECRAPHeRS

rNEPAHtNt FOE TIE " FIHbF.
Al 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning al tho etn-
ployes Of the Western Union Telegraph Conf
pany aro invited 10 meet At tho eentsal oftlcc at
the corner OF Washington and Lnsnlo streets.
In accordance with Tho sasscstson made in tho
following circular, which wa6 handcd around
yeatcruny: .......- .,...
The following /, being distributed fsom Washington.
There a Grcst deal Of inllgnst'on smong al hanaa
,sa,a1s reea Il i. ess
oitee n! al employees 1T 1h!a Company 10 protest IN
the stsonRtat ,,siner ngstnst It, Our manager hsro
eaoull le he'l not later tlan sunday it1t aud u"
result Of lilo meeting he rcns 10 sho Doard by tho
managers Of tho Respective ni'lee";
TAla Includes nil Er1dra of enlI0yts+ from aupern-
ttadent 10 janltor, ami tho Executive Eomnlttes
aloald understand that It 1sseans business.
telling Influence This rousTo ia approved hy runa.
gers ii a cad.ug oihccn North, Bomt4, aud "ehs. al
simultaneous meetings VIII bo held Al III points Oh
Wc would ike 10 havo you nil fan tn limo and do tho
kaine. Wo hayiscd that the bcat thing, and ~
ed stand a5aiAst IT, ind prohat In rua but resrcrl
3ul tnantr, md there h ssfong chance that united
actlon o'r part will effect repeat Of thr otdsr
Please do what you can to havu meetings held 1t su
points and 10 operate.
Tho operators also last pight signed request
that alt tho otlce1s OF Tho Company hero, tulld-
lug Gen. Stagor, moot them ~ their Sunday
gathering anu %AtK QfGE luhsttE tHtsctlHFs
This tho officers generally socm willing to do.
THE oDJEcT or TIE MEET1Su
ia briefly stated. Sone dayB ako an s.ssociatcd
Pitss ,,suntcIl Btatetl that tho Directors Of the
Western Union lad decided after tho lst Of Jnn
getting over 80 month from 25 10 per crnt,
the pctsous who nun got tho heaviest pay hay-
ing 10 stand Tho larger reduction. No official no.
t1licuton Of the action Of tho Directors Inns yet
Itact,oa any OF tho employees. AL that thoS know
,kns&, tF,tl tl,tI ri IL
beloved to 10 'Isneireth JllHt what to 10, tho
employees Layo nut yct decided. 1t is pretty CTR
tan however. thai they will not follow tue natao
track thoy did fcw years ago, wnen they stuck
and wcro beatcu.
Owing to tho sweeping reduction, which OK.
tends from Superintendent down, tnero will DO
fAt nero nnAninMty Of action aa4ong tlaose con-
cernca than shure was on tho previous occasion,
and II they do Httike which iS not unlikely, they
wlll do it lA1 moro eflecsualty than few years
ago. ...
oST: OF TIE rLANs
proposed il. that lfter tAef hnre received official
notice Of tho relucticn,-if rho Company per
slsta, Notwithstanding to.morrows rcn1on-
ssasss ssa Dees aos @o,a s 1ss sSsut hs tie
mlddlc Of tho day, at titue
when tho Company would oe totally nnoropared.
aud thereby subject the Western Union to n logs
which would far e1coed any saving IL would
make on salaries for a wGuls yo.r. THIS
would moan not metoly tho loas Of days bllai-
pcss, hut tho Tors Of business for many wccka.
While good operators could, OF conlse, bo ulti.
n,aseiy found, yot Il would tsko long TO rc-
Pss' Ss tns sss 'fs1Gsd .na fer %en tho ts eS%"'y
would haya to make ahift With men picked up In
railroad nfsIces md commercial colleges, uhoso
work would 10 Mother as rapid nor il accurate
~ TINT OF The present iucumbcrts. That ts to
for long t,mo, aud thcro would ba 80 many
blupdrrS in tho transmission that It woulu