Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-27
TELEGRAPHIC
Condition of the Tele-
graphers at the East.
SURRENDER OF THE AMERICAN RAPID
COMPANY 70 THE STRIKERS.
indications That the strike
Is Nearing the lind.
IT Is THOUGHT THAT CAPT.
WEBB WAS NOT DROWNED.
Masked Men Take Rigney From
Jail and Hang Him.
A VERDICT AGAINST Ex-TaEAsuRER
POLK FOE ENsEzz1rxENT.
ESPECIAL TO THE sEsr1NEL.l

morning reports tnat al tuo pusiuoee "
the Western Union Company in this city
is cleared up to all leading points but to
Winnipeg, to which the wires are all down.
All the wires in the Board OF Trade are
manned. He also reported that the day
and night forces in the main operating
room are now getting full rest. The wires
on the Northwestern roads we're cut again
last night, but were speedily repaired.
The officials OF the B. Il O. Co. have
been negotiating with the strikers for the
past two days, but as the latter demand q
recognition Of the Brotherhood as a pre-
liminary to settlement, no conclusion has
beenreached. The operators held a secret
.aeeting at Uhlich's Hall at 10 O'Clock.
with the object, it was whispered, Of dis
cussing some important information that
had come to hand from Pittsburg.
A member of the Brotherhood exhibited
to his fellow strikers previous to the meet
ing an unofficial letter, which he received
this morning from a friend in st. James,
Mich, saying that 81, 200 could easily be
raised in the writer's division OF the Mil
waukee 4 st. Paul Railroad alone should
Chicago men need assistance, and that
more would be forthcoming from other
divisions.
Mr.. McCulloch. the manager Of the B.
4 O., has declined to give any information
as to the probable action of the company,
further thar that the Brotherhood would
not be recognized as q body. II the men
negotiated individually they would proba-
bly, be we'll received, but. so far as he
knew, no signs of yielding to the mons
demands have been manifested by the
Directors.
NORWICH, July 26.-The entire force Of
telegraph operators, except the manager,
struck this morning.
New YORK, July 26.-By a majority Of
persons the surrender Of the American
Rapid Telegraph Company to the demands
of the strikers is regarded as a certain in
dication that the strike is nearing its end.
It il rumored that the Baltimore Il Ohio
Company will be the next to give in, and
that negotiations are now pending, looking
toward q consolidation with the American
Rapid Company, thus forming . combins-
ton against the Western Union.
II was stated this morning by the officers
Of the Baltimore & Ohio Company that II
was the intention Of the company to re-
main firm.
Al the office OF the American Rapid Com.
pany 1876 operators were on duty to-day,
Including the 116 men that went out OF
the day Of the strike. Nine hundred out
oil town offices have been opened, and 400
operators i1 all have returned to the en-.
ploy OF the company. Thirty-eight branch
Offices In this city have also reopened and
4 large amount Of business 10 reported to
have been handled. The Western Union.
however, still remains drm.
CHICAGO, July 2~6.-supt. Clowry il In
receipt Of . telegram from Acting Presi-
dent Eckert ct New York, sent at II this
forenoon, which reads ~ follows: "The
attislSe Of the Western Union, a. defined
in . pr svious communication. will not be
changed by any action taken by other com.
pauies. The condition Of our lines and
service Il most gratifying, and warrants
the belief that within adAy or two the gen.
ersl restriction upon the acceptance OF
messages may be discontinued"
Seven Western Union operators, not
membsrs OF the brotherhood Of Tele-
graphers. who last week signed An agree
ment 70 strike by . certain time IL no 90
ton should be taken by the Western Union
looking TO Q compromise Of the question 1t
issue between the company and the strik-
ers, were discharged Nt noon to-day. ALL
those discharged were hrst-class men. and
constitute Q majority OF those who re-
NAMED st the desks when the strike began.
Hung BY Masked Men.
81. PAUL, Mimi, July ga Miles City
special says . party Of masked men pro-
decided to the County Jail, o~verpowered tie
jailer. locked him in one Of the cells and
then seized . man named Rigney. whom
they took out Of town and hanged to .
projecting tie over . culvert on the rail-
road track. Rigney was Jailed the day be-
fore yesterday for disorderly conduct. and
bore the reputation OF . bad citizen. He
was . bartender In the saloon Of the Cosmo-
politsn Thester. About two hours after
the hanging the thester burst into flames
and vas completely destroyed with elk
other buildings, among which we're the
large drug store Of W. q. Savage 4 90.
The progress OF the Ore WAS arrested by the
brick building Of the First National Bank.
The total loss 10 estimated ct $50. 900. II
IL generally thought the FIRE was the work
Of an incendiary and . sequel to the hang
ing Of Rigney.
Cant. Webb's Foolish UNDERTAKINGS.
NIAGARA FALLS, July 26.-There are
some who believe that Capt. Webb suo
in his foolish undertaking, and
that be Is eonoealing himself to fan the
lame Of excitement, when he will make
appearance and . fresh trip. A great
many wsgers have been made on the
Imericsu side that he will be alive inside
4 Ave days, and bets have been made
YER. and two to one. that such will be the |
sse, but the general belief among the
lder residents is that Capt. Webb is no
nore. It is also the general belief that
Re was extinct before he had cleared the
spids. and that when he had reached the
his ~lifeless body was swallowed by An
nmense eddy, and that 1t 10 altogether
LaIv that bia body will never be re-.