The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23
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BACK TO THEIR FIRST LOVE.
First-Class Operators Only Rein
stated.
AT CINCINNATI.

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| CINCINNATI, August 1S.-Striking operators
received no official notice of abandonment OF
the strike yesterday, but they sent a commit
Zee to Superintendent Miller to ascertain on
what terms they could return. He showed them
| form OF contract they would be required tC
subscribe to- abjuring the brotherhood and
signed and gone to work. Superintendent
Miller viii act ON individual applications and
| MI vacancies according to the qualifications OF
applicants.
Striking operators held a meeting to-day and
| agreed to send in a ritten application for re.
| Ill tatement. This was done and then the one
rators made personal application afterward.
Nearly all the lady operators who struck will
filled
AT NEW YORK
New YORK, August Is.-The main office of
the Western Union telegraph company was
DeSleged from an early hour this morning by
nearly hundred operators seeking reinsTate-
m me with but a few Women and girls among
the number. superintendent liuhiSt0ne is
Duslly engaged discriminating between the ap-
pllcatlons from hist class wOrkmen and those
who were con idered second class and third
class. Only the hest workmen are heing taken
back, Operators who had been taken after the
strike commenced will be retainedhy the com
pany III their present positions.
Since the strike was declared ended yester-
day only twelve women have been received
bacii in the employ of the company. The total
number OF women who applied for reinState-
ment was over forty-ve. Superintendent
nuhlstOne sdlu lofUy-nVe men were taken back
yesterday evening and about thirty more first
class men were reinsrated this inQrhing. All
9rallcn olnceS VIII be open tnF business Mon
day morning. He could not promise that the
the operators, hut Thought large
number would be compelled To seek positions
elsewhere, as the company could not, in JUS
t1ce to Itself, discharge those operators who
stood by them in its difficulties. 1t is aid none
OF the lfnemen have yet applied for their old
positions, and # they did it was likely their ap-
Pncallohs would be rejected, as men taken on
during the strike Lave become proficient III
the duties, and will not now be discharged TO
make room for the strikers. " '"- ''. 90
Mr.; Somervillee said this afEefnopn that dur
ing the tIrSt Teek OF the strike the business of
the Company feN about 80 per cent, but after
that it was but Is RSrper cent, During the last
week It was only 16per cent lower than usual
amount AT cLES,sLAxn.-->-------
CLEVELAND. August 1s.-The strikers secret
~ agreed TINS morning not to apply for rein
statement IN the Western Union, but to wait
for John Campbell's signature to declare that
n Tne S1{tke Is iaiiare Nevertheless large
the forty-hSe places they left nearly three
weeks ago all have been Permanently filled ex-
cept nine, consequently thrty-six Of the local
strikers must seek situations elsewhere,
AT MEMPHIS
MEMPHIS, August 1S.-The telegraph strike
is ended. Nearly all striking operators have
applied for work and two have been rein
stated: The cotton exchange, merchants ex-
change and two bucket shops commenced this
morning to receive regular reports.
AT PITTsRURG. ~
PITTsBURG, August 1S.-ATanager Lloyd, of
the Western Union, was very busy ali the
morning. receiving applications from the
who quit work at the beginning of the strike,
all but fifteen were taken back, upon pr omis-
ing to denounce the brotherhood.
The Knights of LarbOr are severely de-
nOunced by the strikers, for failing to give
them the support promised.
This morning. the brotherhood issued a cir
cular which states that they will continue
been thrown out of EMPLOYMENT.
AT WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, August 1s,-AG l2il5 the
striking operators called in body upon Man
ager Clarke, of the Western Union and stated
as the. strike had been declared ended, they
were deslrOuS OF reSumlng work. Manager
Clarke receive them atfably and informed them
that all firSt-claSs positions were filed but few
second-rate places were opened. The men
would be designated by MIN from among the
strikers to occupy them, f so desired.
Clarke further said: The frst-clasS men
who came here have, in some cases, left vacan-
cieS i'll other offices of this company, where a
portion of the men can probably find positions.
am told they need operators IN PittSbllTg and
other places, and would advise you to accept
positions elsewhere than III Washington. If YOU
can secure them.
AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, August 49, - Striking telegraph
operators kept applying for work at the office
of the Western Union in small squads up TO
10 o'clock, when a stampede occurred, and
from that on till a late hour this afternoon the
hallway leading TO the office of superiiiten-
dent Tubbs was crowded A number of those
applying were refused places for reasons best
known to the officials.
Practically the entire working force of the
Baltimore and Ohio was taken back.
About 100 operators met this afternoon i'll
p D'cInQk when lAaH
acknowledged that the cause was lost and ad-
vising e men to seek work.
The Chicago office is now fully manned.
CHICAGO, August lS.-Despite the attl-
tude taken by the local assembly of telegraph
erS last night this morning witnessed what APP
pears to be decided break in the ranks Up
10 noon fifty had made personal application to
superintendent TnbbS for reinstatement and
thirty nine had been given places,
ION account OF the lateness of the hOur-3:3O
4. m, August lengthy reports from all
points of Importance, are omitted. All, how
ever, report full forces and by Monday all
branch offices will be opeu for business.-ED.