The Portland daily press., 1883-08-11
THE LONG STRIKE.
Opsrnsors Returning TO Work Wires Cut
IN the West

Opsrnsors Returning to Work Wires Cut
ia the West.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-It was stated on
good authority this morning that the striking
telegraphers last night practically decided to
abandon the strike. 1t is understood the leadss
ers of the Telegraphers' Brotherhood acknowl-
edge that the strike is virtually failure, and
that committee of strikers who were in the
employ of the Western Union will wait upon
General Manager Eckert today to ascertain
upon what terms they will be allowed to re-
sumo their positions. The Western Union
wires were Undsturbed during the night. -Four
operators have returied to work this forenoon.
AT the headquarters the strikers committee
consisting of O'Connor, Campbell and Orr,
was in session all the morning They had lit
tie to say in regard TO the strike but expressed
themselves satisfied with the condition of af-
fairs They confidently believed in the ulti-
mate success of the strike and thought that
the telegraph companies were re-
sorting to to every expedient to conceal
the real condition. Up to . o'clock no
committee of strikers had waited upon Mr..
Eckert One of the officers of the Brother
hood stated this afternoon, 1--WE are just as
the srike is a failure, will get other. work
rather than return to the service of the COM
pany. AT the meeting last night it was unan-
imously resolved not to yield to the company,
and the men were instructed to get work in
some other business il they could. We are all
resolved never to go back TO our desks in the
Western Union buildings at the terms dictated
by the latter"
Seven frst-class operators have been taken
back by the Western Union in this city today,
on their own application.
Western Union officials at Chicago this
morning stated that all wires on the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad, numbering
IA, has been cut.
In the stock market rally has set in and
shorts are covering, on report that the strike
among the teleg graph operators is over.
NEWARK, o., Aug. 10-The railroad opera
tors, with but few exceptions, on the Trans
Ohio division of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road quit work at noon today, as did also oper-
ators on ihe Lake Erie division OF the same
road. Most of the places were filled and
trains were not delayed.
PrTTsBURa, August 10.-At o'clock this
evening the threatened strike of the telegra-
pliers employed by the Pittsburg, Cincinnati
and st. Louis railroad company was inaugural
ed. The company decided to insist that COM
mercial business shauld be received, and sum
marily discharged Assistant Superintendent
Deyern, who was known TO be in sympathy
with the Brotherhood. This determination
was communicated to the operators and was
Immediately followed by AN order to strike at
D O'CLOCK, Wnlcn was sent out by Master
Workman Eagan. The order was obeyed by
all operators in this city, including the chief
train dispatcher, and seems to have been gen.
orally observed along the line. Superintend-
ent Taylor admits this, but says the strike has
not extended beyond Dennison, Ohio and that
by tomorrow the principal offices will be sup
piled. In the meantime trains will be- run by
schedule.
1t is stated that the operators on the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago road will be
ordered out tomorrow.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.--At q meeting of the
executive committee of the Brotherhood this
evening it was stated that at o'clock this
evening $50 operators on the Pittsburg, Ciu-
cinnati & st. Louis railroad went out on strike,
leaving but two men at work.
A despatch from Chicago stated that only
nine men went out, and that 500 have gone
back to work.
An Operator Assaulted by Strikers.
SOUTH BELLINGHAM Mass, Aug. 10.-The
night operator at the end of the double track at
South Bellingham, on the n. Y g. N. e. r. r.
was attacked by a number of masked men at
$50 tonight, Stones were thrown through
windows, and the operator, B. j. Ryder, was
assaulted, dragged out ordered to strike. He
refused and was dubbed by the gang and laid
on an east-bound track. He succeeded in get
ting a message to Franklin, aud an engine
went to his relief. Great excitement prevails
in the town, but none of the assaulting party
have yet been arrested