Morning journal and courier., 1883-07-27
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. NO SIGN OF SURRENDER On the Side of the West
 ern Union. THE STRIKERS STILL HOPEFUL A New Company Formed by
 Operators. THE SPREAD OF THE CHOLERA. Fatal Gases Among the
 British Soldiers.
THE STRIKERS STILL HOPEFUL
THE SPREAD OF THE CHOLERA

Fatal Cases Among the
 British Soldiers.
 THE TELEGRAPH STRIKE. | No Surrender Yet-The Western Union
 Holding Out Famously-But the Str1k-
 CTS Hold the FOrt-A New Company in
 Which Operators Wtn Hold the Stock. NEW YORK, July 26.-At Clarendon Hall this afternoon the strikers still showed an
 unbroken front, and the absorbing topic of conversation among the groups that gather ed in the railways and about the entrance was the victoryrover the American Rapid company. It was said that some of the lady operators were averss to returning to work until all the brotherhood were taken back, but that the executive commit
 tee had considered it best that they should | go back, and it's commands must be obeyed.
 When Chairman Mitchell called the meeting to order at 12:30 o'clock he made no mention of the subject, and merely announced that the reports which had been received from all over the country showed 8 continual im- l HAO'S~AASN~S N@ sions to the ranks of the strikers. He ex- cused himself for the remainder of the day, saying that he had some business connected with the brotherhood to attend to, and that he would probably have some important communications to make upon his return. It it's understood that he referred to negotia- tions which are said to be pending between the committee of the brotherhood and the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph company look ing toward compromise. The meeting was left in charge of MT. Joucep, who said he had visited local assembly in Connecticut which had failed to strike. He found that 1t was owing to the neglect of the master workman to properly post his members, and that since then all had left work except the manager. The Western Union, he said, showed that it meant to fight, but the brotherhood would give it enough if that was what it was looking for. The strikers could hold out till the snow came. Among the messages re-
 ceived was one from Black Rock, watering place on the Sound, in Connecticut. It stated that many New York bankers and brokers who were staying there had offered financial aid to the strikers whenever they should need it. From Philadelphia the word came that large body of the strikers escorted the | employees of the American Rapid to the cen tral office in that city this morn | ing. The whole force of thirty-flve had gone out, and all had returned. During the week five men had re- turned to work in the Western Union office, but six had been captured, and sixteen who had come to the city were intercepted on kl kl.as. kok k1,o Trfa 0f4i or1d had all been persuaded to join the brother hood. The ranks were still solid, in spite of the contrary statements which had been made. At Detroit it was reported that only small force was at work, and that all busl- ness, except to 8 very few points, had been refused by the Western Union company. A telegram from John Jarrett president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers at Pittsburg, was received this morning, expressing sympathy with the strikers, and urging them to hold out to the last and ample assistance would be given. A telegram from Milwaukee read | t'The force on duty here consists of @ man ager and chiefs. Bribes have been offered, but the ranks are still firm. Twenty-six new members initiated. Business is on the hooks that was filed before the strike be- gan." The word from Buffalo was that four operators in the Western Union ofice there quit work yesterday:.and joined the strikers. The situation at St. Louis was given in 8 despatch received this morning as fol- lows: ''Force consists of eleven chiefs, four girls and four male scabs, with seventeen students" These forty one persons are at
 tempting to do the work of 200 skilled oper- ators, with what success may be imagined. Encouraging reports were also received from Baltimore, Oil City, Montreal Elmira, Bing- hamton, Nashville and Cleveland, and many offers of assistance by organization and business men had been received. Tba odi Qk A.30 hnfnra the adjournment Master Workman Mitchell read 8 dispatch from the main office of the Rapid company to the effect that on the re- turn to work this morning of the regular striking operators the t'scabs'' who had been employed in their stead were by order of the directors paid off in full and discharged from the company's service. The announce ment was greeted with great applause. The | linemen reported that the employees of the Baltimore and Ohio company were expected | to join them tomorrow as well as the Amer ican District linemen of Brooklyn.
 The latest outcome of the telegraphers' strike is the organization of the Merchants and Telegraphists' association, an enterprise which has been in contemplation since the absorption of the Mutual Union by the Wes- 1 tern Union company, but which received it's vital impetus when the telegraphers went
 out upon their strike. To-day the plans were completed for enlisting the great army of operators throughout the country in the work of organizing the new association and ] prospectuses, circulars, instructions, etc., were sent out by t1e thousand from the brotherhood headquarters. The project 8 wealthy silk manufacturer, and l is understood to have the support of the Thurbers and nearly all those rich merchants who have become anti-monop
 ofists because of railroad and telegraph man. agement and tyranny. The following Is ,11oRon 4Iav ,e kIoaT aT1ka
 The association is to be formed for the pur- pose of securing telegraphic facilities for merchants and the press, which shall be i'm partial and inviolate and which cannot be
 sold out, consolidated or fall into the hands of spectators. The capital is to
 by by f;VO0''tR, fifty thousand n members at $2O0 each. When ten thousand members are secured an organization is to be effected. l Subsequent applications for membership are l to be approved by the directors. Member ships are not transferable. No assessments | upon members, no liability. Each member 1 is to receive annually frank for telegraph 1 ing to the amount of $2O per annum upou each share, the franks to be trans | ferable from those who do not use the | telegraph to those that do This frank will | be ten per cent. dividend on each share of stock available from the beginning of the as- sociation's operation either in actual tele- | graphing or in cash or sale of the frank. In
 case of the death of 8 member during the fiscal year the cost of his share is to be paid | to his heirs After the first year the death
 payment shall be the actual value of the shares as shown by the last annual report of | the board of directors whenever such ! value shall not exceed $220, that is ! whenever the accumulated surplus of assets ] does not exceed 10 per cent. upon the capi- tai When the surplus does exceed 10 per cent. of the capital the death payment for the year shall be $500 When it exceeds 20 per cent the death payment shall be $400, and thus for each 10 per cent. of accumulated l surplus $1oo shall be added to the death payment.
 ABalIdozfng manager at Washington. WASHINGTON, July 26--A crisis was reach 1 ed to-day when seven of the remaining oper- l ators quit work. This action was decided upon several days ago unless the company adjusted the difficulty with the strikers by the 26th inst. For several hours business in 1 the Western Union office here was practically at @ stanastill and tonight there Is barely half dozen operators at work. The cir cumstances attending this movement on the