Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-03-31
The Telephone War.

70 COEFERENCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
The executive committee OF the Telephone
Subscribers Protective Association met at TIRE
efree OF Mr. 4. S. Pratt, Lincoln Hall, yester-
day afternoon. Messrs j. $. Edwards lin the
Ell air. Fred. Pratt 5 cretaTy), L. q. Hine, w.
Gait, T. f.. White and Frank Hume present,
kr. Pratt read two letters wlich had pa5sod
between The Telephone company and himself.
The first was FCceiT61 by him from HesSrS. E.
b. Copger and J. Is. EjmOnts. the newly cleo
ted trustees. asking that he should come 10
their OfflceS for consultation. Mir. Pratt replied
that he was not authorized to speak for the
subscribers individually, our was a member Of
their executive committee. which held m9et-
avg Wednesday at his Office. at 4:3l O'clock
when they would DC pleased 10 see anT repre-
fentatiSeS OF the company TO cOnfeT on the
matters in dispute. NOreply has been received
10 hs The committee approved the action
or the secret r. ana waited until O'clock
without TeceIvlIg any notice from the OH .efS
or IAe company. While waiting they saw MIR
Barnard, che secretary Of the COMPANY. pIss
BY without even looking In the d'rectto1n OF
thG Office WhCi" The committee waited
I Is stated today that the teie phone coDplny
CID uCI meet win Gtie execU. i've committee. IN
consequence Of m.spnd Est 4IdDg-fha som
PAW otlnS HLGrr me impression that a. the
mte'iES yesterday tCiDr meeting vas 70 be
ATrarg d for TIE eX CURVE con0itrCe ne &
again tui5 81 CTn001, am an i1tlm atIGn iias
been received by sons OF the members thar the
telephone COUpapy'S TepTescr arIve5 viii then
tr pTest nj. To-mofr0H IS tn3 day TO ''pIIg
ZIP" 10 case soIe satisfactory arrangement Is
not made, and theTeis every Indication OF firm
ness on the part OF the Sub cTiCcr5- AsSoCi Ition
NETTING or TIE THE TELFFHoNE TRUSTEES THIS
AFTERNOONS ARRASGHN8sT PROBABLE.
There y as d nesting CT the trustees % the
Tcit phone company this afternoon. There
raS gene al tails over the matters "a differ
tLcC wiki ta9 subscribers union. &c WAS stated
that the reason 10 Ole representing the COM
Iany was Present aJ the meeting OF the SUD-
keTCefS committee yes eT3aE. was b1caiSs NJ
notice that their presence there was Wautei
had been received. TnC Re7T management OF
tae company, as expressed ct the e'tlng. was
II favor OF consulting with the subscribers
association and arranging the dun.
Guilty. Tie company, Il waS statel Is
willing 10 compromise, and steps looking 20 a
TettI[ OF be officer, With the members Of
1he executive committee. late this afternoon or
tDiS evening 10 - cure q ta5iS Of agreement
were taken. MT. EdmundS, OF the trustees
t.li THS STAR reporter that the company
would give the very lowest terms possible fGI
the use OF the telephone consistent
with far profit. They would give ScAeIlis
OF rates On the basis OF payment FOR the ser
vice L. the amount OF business Carried on over
tfe WIS. They would o1er Tote5 On basis
Mat certainly ought 10 satisfy. IL = expected
tI;tI an arrangement which VIII preVear the
''2UgS going in tO-mofFOT VII ne reached In
THE course Of 10 day. The new ma. cement OF
liz company seems TO be veTy aaxio Is 10 ac-
eommO1aIe their subscribers. There VIII be
10 successor To Mr- Maynard as general mana
ger. TIE trustees VIII manage the cJnpauy'5
Affairs themselves.