, 1880-03-05
The Situation In. the Telegraph
War as Viewed from This
City.
Botl, Parties rtcrnrtng for Il
LOiig md Vigorous lIitl-
CATION.
The American Union Not Yet
Ready for Business
Here.

hin. Nh m1ru shirsfles s,ltsisla uf tho C.l,trLs
tru anticipated int, ~ Ms. unlt!sl IA great
airntrK!at le inty BuLn mike utlcr 11utrs WIllett
Iay lave tendency to give tho country prcnt-
or telegraph fucEIsltrs. 'l'atnuSE rclurttr r,.i
urns+ Il well.l,slpI gcMtlutiun Yesterday, tt"'H
hfln tnso curi,ur, .ttita prceecl ta pump him.
In tl,ts ercct:
"Wint IL thu present stntus IT ntra'rs?" askesi
tho rcI,nrtur.
"Wrll,'' sail tho gentleman. "ns fnr rs tho
western Union h CONCERNED. they hrr uGQttGly
unknKul nit ull thu pn,nta wluru tiuy h.l.e Lce,,
ntthckel; hut, really. there h nothing new"
"Ifw many nlleea l,nee llscy LOST cJ1,lr nr1''
. llctwee1t fulty Htri my"
"Aro ns!y Or thpin t.npariunt fnwIls?"
"Onty tnr t,r irc,-t,luiln;nin tr,w,lH."
"lMt tho lttcs Inst ~ to more pttcts thHn
tllatY"
"oht ycs: but you 500 .horo nro cross siuos
ant w csh reach nltl,a ui1cr l,nts il, II rd.s!-
ahst,t way"
"nocsr't that involve tlelay lii tho trsns,nts-
s1un Of ''tsplso!,raf"
"Nu lIcculshu tunncctlDus nro c,ally ntltt rcg.
ily iaAtla; uni very little repeating Il ncrus-
snry."
"Wllat lines hAvo gano out Of ynur posscs-
| atn1,f'
"1ie .incs sozci by 0o,ll.l nrn those fr,In
knls,.s Etty to Uunrer. al tho ksl,,sla rlci!lc;
from 4itc!,lsnn west on tho trntrnl l!r.sHcs1 nf
tho uinn raei.ie: fru1a 81 J0u wrst III tho Ut.
Jon & penser l,,cllle: rrom Cheyenne to llnnyer
III tho Denver paeltle; nl1 tho lnra thu Cttl.
Ds,ldD Central. T,u Wateri U,ltun lines Oh tho
Unim Pacls'c ilnyu nut bccn s'Fs't'rbd, ,nd cnn-
INT t,e, III tic Union raui.l0 IL prevented from
| interference
nr 4 RESTRAINING onpEn
Issued iy .1tlEe McCrary Ut tllo Uuitcd stn.cs
Clrt,sit COURT"
"1he Atlantic s. racinc lines, however, woro
| tukenT'
ayes. They cxsc,ul from Omaha to Oytlen,
n,ltl we:1 heI.l uu.lur entrs,ut with tho Uinu
| puclItc by which they weru lcnsrtl pclpetunlly
t to tn Atln,ittc s. laeltIG IL, ,l,1liiIur suit le-
fhre 1tE1ge bteCrnrv, III injunction WIS Issued
preventing tho UnaJ, IlIriita fs1'm Interfering
will tho return III these lines to tho position IL,
Which they wnre hofs'ru they weru seizel
| This, III eUur~c+ dncs nut prevent
t'o!r uso by tho l.allr.,ml ctnl,.,ny far
rnilr,m,l purpl'ses Iu'cso they niu v.Itltc.f fn
tMt pr'ylls1o Her ,., ti,o so',,E,at u 9ny KlHaa
| ellie. Thcre l.. ,t,,otn1r injunction, pr,tnrel
frnnl J,!se Mct'sNry, rrsrs.li.|ng tho Uniun li.-
ei!ic from Interfering Il, Any iln!.t1'r with thu
Western. unlon !!ncs upon Its right Ut way md
,,:.i;,;. silSxs nll tho 'ujunetions Issued bren
NM, On tho lznrsns Pacific, It was fol,nsl
caIIcctc!i Ut byivor md Kal,sas Eiiy,
hs ues a' but, sy acr ic s'rc,,,s 5s% S.sf q W
ss S's s III III l' ss 'ss rss ff"'ss' II ssss s Of
"Gertainly"
"Whnt will l,o tl0nc with thcm3"
| "Ihnt rttnNtus IL g Rcesl."
"Whni nti,pr lilju,c.io,s h,,vu bccn ignorcd1"
kn,lxls raclr fru,u i, nsy wtsc Interfering witt,
| tho Western UnDH llt,es Mi'1it It's r.,sl; and II
sin,!Iurul.e was Issued ut bcnvur. 10th havu
@Mintt viii lilo Western unInn do a1nut !t9
"St9ps Mto hG!My thkeu n"t nnly IT, enforce