New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-08
TROUBLE WITH THE WIRES.
NO PROGRESS IN THE STRIKE.
4 POOR RESPONSE TO THE BRoTHERHoOD's SUM-
MONs--AN OPERATOR ASSAULTED,


The complacency of the officials in this city of
the various railways on which strikes Of operators
have been ordered by the Executive Committee of
the Telegraphers Brotherhood, the usual
stolidity on the part of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company and
considerable show of Encouragement on the part
OF the strikers combined to give the impression yes
terday that little IL any progress had been made In
favor Of the Brotherhood by the effort from which so
much was expected They still insisted that they
would win in the end. and spoke darkly of things
they were holding in reserve that would put diff
ferent face the whole situation On the other hand,
it asserted that the ordering out of the railroad
operators was tho last trump" of the strikers
which had incontinently failed to take "a trick"
and that the men who are out will be ready to re-
new their allegiance and resume work for the
Western Union before the end Of the present week.
There was renewal ON Monday night of inter-
ference with the wires of the West
ern Union, by the striking lnemen
1t was alleged, and the trouble In this
direction was Of q most serious character. All
damage, however. it was said at the Western Union
Office. was promptly repaired and yesterday the
company's business was handled with less delay
than at any time since July 10.
MORE CUTTING OF THE WIRES.
On Monday night and yesterday morning another
attack was made the wires Of the Western Union,
principally on lines running east from New-York.
The location and character of these troubles were
described In detail to TRIBUNE reporter by Circuit
Manager Bogart. AT Coscob, Conn.,, at 10 o'clock
last night" he said, all the Western Union wires
40 IN number-failel TO work. They were cut
Several wires were cut off the poles, in foot
lengths, near West Farms, and eight wires
were cut nine miles east OF Norwalk. Conn. Three
wires were cut on the American Union and eight on
the Mutual Union lines south Of Mt Vernon. N. "
this morning. They cut the cable box at Coscob,
destroyed the lightning arrester. and cut of the
cable conductors clear to the armor They
also destroyed all the tags but We had
tbirty-sx of these wires working again at
0:l5 a. m. to-day, and all the circuits going at 10
o'clock. The Atlantic and Pacific WIRES IN
number were cut down at West Farms and several
sections of wire were earned away. Several sec
TONS of Western Union wire were carried away
near Jerome Park. but these all IN working
order again at l1:55 in the morning. On the east
side twentW Mutual Union wires were tied together
IN places with tine coppeF-wre and cut down
Union wires were tied together in four places--two
IN this city and two Others this side OF Scarsdale.
At the test box in Trenton. n. j., tho lightning
arrester and tugs torn ont. disabling seven
wires nj o'clock Monday afternoon"
Special precautions now being taken to guard
the Western Union lines from farther damage aad
NOTICE.
1t has come to our knowledge that In connection with
the srke OF operators ana inemen, organized plan
Of cutting and crossing the wires OF the Western Union
add otaer companies in.New York city aud vicinity
has been agreed upon and - now peng carried
NJ orr wires have been cut during the past week.
and hftyuine cut last night IN New, YORK
CIV aud Vicinity showing all the marks Of nav
ing been done by skilled hands. one Thousand dollars
reward will be paid ey this company 0r tne arres and
conviction Of osch and person wully dsplacing
njirng destroying any part OF this companys tee'
graph lines or appurtenance.. - ,,
THOMAS r. EcKEKr. Acting President
FEW OPERATORS OBEY THE BROTHERHOOD.
From interviews with railroad officials. and infor-
nation obtained from the private reports TO tho
telegraph companies. 10 learned that the Or
dered strike Of railroad telegraph operators had re-
shifted IN failure. On the Wabash road Only SIX
operators obeyed the order aud about
tho same number on tho chicago ana
Alton. There was very litto trouble on tho roads
in what IL known as the Gould system" and on
the Iron Mountain Railroad only few men went
out or refused Western Union business. and they
were promptly replac ed By other Operators. ~ was
under stood that the railroad operators oil the Bait
more and Ono were 90 DO ordered out At noon yeser-
dsy An Official OF the company said that
the order was not gwen and one OF the operators at
tb. main oaicc, No. 90 Broadway SAID that the
Brot pod delayed giving the order TIL they re-
ceIved an Official reply IRON Mr. jarrett
Superintendent smith. OF the firo Department
Telegraph Bureau, yesterday sent Foreman " nAie
IN ook the erection of new telegraph pole In
Eightecnth-st between Broadway and Fourth
ave on which lre-alarm wires we're 10 Do placed
Ihe work ofeXcaya,ing for the pole was Deguh oy
several linemcn IN the employ OF the Metropolitan
Telephone Company. Tney had not got TAR with
the work when large number oil striking lhemch
gathered a the pacs and nteTInP.ea sllo; IT. w., w."
men would not proceed with the work OF excaVa-
ton Foreman OHare sent word to superintendent
Smith that tho police threatened 10 arrest
him for atiempting 10 have tho work comp eted
IN spite Of tho strikerA Mr.. smith learned alter
ward that o. Hare had Decn arrested Oy Policeman
| of tho Twenty -ninth Precinct lie went 10 Police
Ueadouarters and asked superintendent Waliing 10
| interfere OHare was released soon afterwari'
Nr Wailing said that the police must protect en-
| pOyes of the Fire Department III sucn cases
OPERATORS ATTACKED BY STRIKERS.
Ahout 10 o'clock on Monday night as T. lesson. who
~ n work ON cable trouble" in the WesternUnion
Office. was going home no was accosed by striking
oner,tors In Fulton-si. who tried TO induce him to
ION them This he refused to do. Two or three men
| spoke to him aud one OF them insisted zee
moi know him As they were passing Dntch-si.
TWO or three mon sprang our, and one oil them ut
| lessen blow that knocked him sensoiess. w neh
be had partially recovered. he called usuly Ior .ne
| nnI,ce Two dotectiyrs came to his rescue ana one
of them assisted hun TO tho ferry. HIS assaii"h's
| escaped. -,, .oli,;o, ~
His home No 337 Wyckoii-5t Brooklyn. last even
ing Ihe side of his head and lace was Daoiy
swollen and he had great difhculty III sWaii,ow'ts
and speaking His physician said, however tnat NO
might hope for speedy recovery. In view 0t the as
saalf tho pr, sident OF the Western Union Company
| issued the following notice:
$1,000 REWARD.
rv1.r,c, y Je,sen An operator the employ OF this
,nnv VIVA while returning homo from nls Work a.
II O'clock on the evening OF the 6tn Instant asi.eu
ana acrtously Injured near tue corner oI suton
and 1iod .ts H. this city, by sundry persons, III par
identified a. inemen and operators now on slriks, Us
comnany hereby offers "a reward Of 0ne thodsalu uo
for lie arres and conviction OF the perpetrators OF Sue
| assault -, -. 49,, 20 on an m.
clent 20 Irusrate punt any future attempt "
or lntimidate any person or persons III inc o"P'o' "
Wv iHE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CG nsllsa.,
Nv THOMAS I. ECKERT Acting fresldent
Dated Eew-YOrk, Aug. z, 1883.
....nor,p .cING IuEMsELYES WITH REPORrS