New-York tribune., 1880-03-02
also act in concert with one from the Cigarmakers
Union in opposing the tenement-house system OF
manufacturing cigars.
THE RIVAL TELEGRAPH COMPANIES.

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NO FURTHER ACTIVE HosTnrTIEs-A STATEMENT
| EXPLAINING THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROADS
| COURSE.
The struggle between the rival telegraph compa-
| nes continues still, but there were out
breaks yesterday. The lines along the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad are IN undisputed possession
OF the American Union Company under the contract
| recently made between the two companies. The
Union Pacific Railway Company maintains its pos
session of the lines along the former Kansas Pacific
and Union Pacific Roads Ii is not improbable that
there may be long litigation the Pacific Lines
but 10 indication has been given that the com
panys control of them will be disputed in any other
way.
The officers Of the railroad company say that they
have rot seized the lines, they al eady had posses
sion. They claim that the lines on the Kansas
Pacific and Union Pacific roads were built and
owned by the railroad company. They admit that
in the case of the Kansas Pacific there is contract
which, it is claimed, gives TO the Western Union
Company monopoly of commercial business for
twenty-five year. ard that the Union Pacific
leased its lines in pcrpetuity 10 the Atlantic and
Pacific Telegraph Company But these grants
were made subject to the rights OF the
Government, and the lines have been
worked by employees of the railroad company.
They have no. been at any time. It Is asserted, in
the possession oil tho telegraph companies The
railroad company has attempted to operate its own
lines Independently, as required by it, charter, Civ
ing equal privileges to all aud exclusive privileges
10 nune 1t Is denied by the officers of the railroad
company that the American Union ~ 10 hayo any
exclusive rights beyond those granted to the West
crn Union or tho Atlantic and Pacific Companies
i lie demand of the American Union that the rail
road company should receive and send its business at
Omaha and Kansas CITY upon equal terms with that
ci the other companies compelled tine railroad COM
pIuy itself TO operate aud control It's telegraph
lines. Ihin action was forced upon n bV It's desire
10 preserve It's charter aud 10 escape the penalties
prescribed for refusing TO do business tor all with
out dIsCIi uInatIOu.
This statement on the part Of the Union Pacific
RAILWAY Company Is admitted generally tO be cor
rect but II is believed by the Western Union that
the American Union Company Will have privileges
not granted III fact TO other companies
The Western Union Telegraph Company gained
victory recently IN the decision OF Judge Batch
ford sustaining the Page patent II was stated last
evening at the Windsor Hotel by persons likely to
know TIE facts, that the attorneys of the Western
Union Company had applied during the day for an
Injunction under this decision against the Amcri-
can Union Company 1t was asserted that the re-
quest was refused unless the rival company should
he informed of the action that It might defend it,
TINS condition was not accepted, aud nothing was
done in the case.
AN INJUNCTION AGAINST THE WESTERN UNION
NEw-ORLEANs, March 1.-The American
Union Telegraph Company having arranged ior building
us line telegraph the right Of way OF the NowOr
leans aud Mobile Railroad and u being understood that
the Western Union Telegraph Company would interfere
AID rnGca,Or prevent the erection OF the American
elyt terms with tnat railroad, American Union Com
pauy applied to tho Courts, ani today obtained an Ia
June. on aA nst the Western Union Company restrain
iu atvr from interference on the gr0uuc that Its
~ contract