New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-18

entire business Of the country The strike has
further brought forcibly to the minds of the people
the control of half dozen men.
NOW that the time for lying has passed. think
acknowledge that they have been terribly hard
pushed As an instance of how the service stoday,
the message to the local assembly at Chicago Officially
declaring the strike at an end sent at o'clock.
AZ AZ $50 l received a dispatch from the Master
Workman there asking if the rumors: were true.
ihe probabilities are that matters will be worse
than eyer in the Western Union office and number
OF the best men will leave the business. The oper-
ators here have decided to allow the ladies to make
Application hrst, and they will do so tomorrow
morning, This has been the greatest strike that
ever took place in this country. not perhaps
effect on the business Of Se connrS on rs
in the extent of territory covered the systematic
arrangement of its details. and the amount of
Brotherhood failed to respond TO the call to come
out and we had more members at the end OF the
night night than than we had In the beginning We made 2
good hight. and every member of the brotherhood
SHOULD feel proud of his record. though we did
EFFECT OF DEFEAT on THE BROTHERHOOD.
"Master-Workman John Mitchell. of the Local
Assembly, said: Although we have lost the fight
our organization remains intact and defeat will
only tend to solidify us and make us
stronger for the struggle which will come again
sooner later. We did everything in our power to
win, aud 1T only after tho struggle became alb
soutely hopeless that we acknowledged defeat.
Even then large number of our men did not wish
to give it up and would have been willing to pro-
long it indefinitely, but we bad perfect confidence
in the Executive Board and when it said give up
we gave up. We shall retain our organization in
tact, though we will perhaps have TO be
even more secret about it than we. have
been heretofore. i have no word of con-
demnation for those who returned to work before
they were authorized to do so. | think though. II
they had not done might have tc- ced the
Western Union to terms. | am not ashamed Of the
part have taken in the strike and would do 1t
over again tomorrow"
Thomas O'Reilly, late chief Of the Wheastone
force had not lost all his cheerfnness though he
pressed himself as feeling pretty blue over the col
lapse of the strike. AS TO the ironcad OATH" he
said "the boys will not consider it in the least
binding and the stability of the Brotherhood will
and and were whipped by Jay Gould and his
millions He will find it has been costly victory
before he is through with it, though. The principal
desire of the boys now is the reinstatement OF the
ladies'"
John B. BTaltaval, Editor of The 1elegdph9S Adro
cate the organ of the Brotherhood SAID that wnlls
he was of the opinion that the Executive Board had
done all that was possible TO win the strike, In the
Judgment of a good many of the operators some
mistakes had been made in Its conduct lie
thought that all hanls-railroad men, news
paper men and Associated Press men-should
have been called out at first The American
Rapid arrangement should not be entered into, and
the recent attempt to call out the railroad men
sbonid not have been made until it was certain that
they would come out The Knights of Labor had
Brotherhood in the matter OF financial aid, the total
receipts from that source not having been $4,000.
James Smith, Master Workman of the Lnemen's
Assembly, was uttcry disgusted at the turn OF
affairs. The failure could, in his opinion, be at
triDuted solely to q lack of support that they had
every right to expect. The linemen were unanim-
ously opposed 10 the ending of the strike at taIs
time and he did not believe that they would 60 back
any way.
THE NEfFTcAcY OF STRIKES.
John ID. McClelland secretary of the Executive
No nf Tho Knin of ahnr nd
prominent member of the Brotherhood
of reegrapbers said: The failure OF the Br other
hood TO secure recognition of their demands,
furnishes convincing proof that strike
ls not the most eiiicacious way of settling DIFF
ferenccs between employer and employed. The
prime cause of the failure of the strike the Ia ack
Of funds. For this lack trade or labor
organization Is TO blame. We have met
with both sympathy and substantial aid
from all the organized workingmcn of New
enough or this fight would surely have been won
As to the knights OF Labor. against whom 80 many
harsh criticisms have been directed wish
TO say they have done all IN their power.
They nave responded cheertully to the calls made
upon their funds and deserve nothing but praise
for the work that they have accomplished: Had
the probability OF such an extended
struggle been anticipated q failure would
not now have to be recorded. In acknowledging
temporary defeat we earnestly hope that If victims
are 20 be selected thsy will be selected from the
ranks of the men and that the women Will DC per-
nitted to resume their former positions