The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-27
tn. strikers sru c,l.s to Their D,m.nd.-son'
Of the western usIoa Ofas.s Cripplsd-opsra.
tors at Washington City Discharged.
The HumOrs Of the Telegraph Strike.

strike Ia nearing Its end.
Itwas rumored that the Baltimore &
Ohio Company would be the next to give
In, and that negotiations are now pending
looking toward a consolidation with the
American Rapid Company. thus forming q.
combination against the Western Union
1t was stated this morning at the offices OF
the Baltimore & Ohio Company thatit was
the intention OF the company to remain.
firm. At. the ot1ica OF the Amert-.
can Rapid Company 1866 operators
were on duty to-day, including the ll6
men that went out on the day OF the
strike. Ninety.fve out-of-town offices
were opened and 400 operators in all had
returned TO the employ OF the company.
Thirty.eight branch Offices in this city have
also opened, and large amountof business
Is reported 10 have been handled. The
Western Union Company still remains firm,
however, in the position assumed aince the
beginning OF the strike, and shows no in-
dication Of weakening. The large force OF
operators on duty yesterday returned to-
day, and the reports OF the managers Of the
operating room showed business was being
handled promptly.
Press Agent Somerville said that the ac-
ton Of the American Rapid would have
no effect upon the policy Of the Western
Union. ans l
There seems to have been little i'm
provement at the Exchange this morning,
and no complaints have been made any
where, exceptat the Cotton and Prodace
Exchange. AT the latter place nine opera.
tors were at work. The Postal Telegraph
Company has-put in two Chicago wires
which have been quadrC picked.
No operators OF lie Western Union Com
pany are at the Cotton Exchange, aud
messages haveto be sent to the main Office
for transmission. At the Stock Exchange
there are nine Western Union operators,
and Il was reported that direct wires to
Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia and Balti.
more were entirely clear and no delay
would occur to-day in the transmission OF
messages to these points The Mutual
Union and Baltimore & Ohio offices are
closed, but the Merchants 4 Bankers was
doing a big business apparently.
SITUATION AT CHICAGO.
CncAGo,J July 2B.-Superintendent Glow.
ry this morning reports all business Of the
Western Union company in this city as
clear to all leading points but Winnipeg,
10 which place the wires are down, and that
all the main wires in the Board Of Trade
are manned to-day. He also reports that
the day and night forces in the main oper-
ating room ofthe company are now getting
full rest. The wires on the Northwestern
road were cut again last night, but were
speedily repaired, and are now working all
right. ,--.-..
Officials OF the Baltimore & Ohio COM
pany have been negotiating with the
strikers the past two days, but as the latter
demand the recognition of the Brother.
hood 40 preliminary TO settlement, no
conclusion has been reached.
sGN' OPERATORS DISCHARGED. IB
WASHINGTON, July 26.-The seven Yves.
tern Union operators, not members Of the
Telegraphers Brotherhood, who last week
signed an agreement to strike by certain
date, il no action should be taken by the
Western Union Executive Committee look
ing to compromise OF The questions at is-
sue between the company and the strikers,
were discharged at Il o'clock to day by
Superintendent X9ublin Superintendent
Zeublin arrived here last night with four
men-one printing aud three Morse opera
tors-to take the places Of the seven named.
All those discharged were frst.class men,
and constitute a majority OF those who re.
mained at their desks when the strike be-
gan.
itnowappears that only six men were
discharged fiom the Western Union main
office to-day. The seventh signer OF the
agreement to the strike has not been salts
iactorily accounted for, by either the strikers
or the Western Union officials. 1t was
given out to-day, however, that the entire
seven had gone. One member OF the
night force is absent tonight, but he Is re-
ported to be resting. Including this man
man there remains In the Western Union
main office only five men exclusive Of the
chiefs OF the entire day and night force
employed when the strike began. One OF
the five IL printing operator.
THE oPERAToR's STORY.
The six discharged operators gave to the
Associated Press tonight their story of the
circumstances leading up to their dismis.
sal. They said that at the time the strik-
ing operators left the Office they did not go |
with them because they were not members
Of the Brotherhood, and though they had |
discussed reasons for the strike and were
in sympathy with the strikers they had not |
decided what they thems tlves should do. |
Appeals were made to them by the |
brotherhood to come out, but up to last |
Saturday they had not determined what
they would do.
On Saturday afternoon notice was posted |
| In tue Western Union office informing |
operators then'1t work that double payi0 |
the time they worked would be given all |
those whose names were found on the pay |
roll at the end Of the month. This the |
operators looked upon as direct attempt
10 bribe them, and as q. result Of indigna
lion with which It was received, seven Of
them drew up and signed paper in which |
they pledged themselves that unless rea-
sonable and proper concessions were
made 10 the Brotherhood by Thursday,
July 20, at noon, they would withdraw
their Sc ces irJm the company. It was
intended during Saturday night and Sun.
uay 10 obtain additional signatures TO the |
pledge, but the fact that such n pledge had |
been agreed upon leaked out and was pub. |
lished Sunday morning. On Sunday Su. |
perintendent Zsublin came over from Phil. |
adelphia and wanted the seven signers OF |
the pledge to withdraw their signatures
iromit. They say he affected to consider
Il as threat against the company, but they
DENY that It was intended as such and as.
sert that It wassimply pledge to stand by |
each other in pusuinga certain line Of
conduct.
supt. Zeublin, they cay, dictated the
pledge TO them, which he wished them to
sign In the nature Of an Offset to the first
pledge, but II was Of such character that
they refused to sign Il. Then at his
request they drew up letter to Manager
Whitney, which some Of them signed, In
which they disclatmed any intention TO
threaten the company, and said ave do
desire the executive committee Of the