Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-20

throphy II it would help them in the wa,
OF money policy. But the operators d.
this much willingly to impede their owl
battle for securing . decent human living
in order that their fellow-men may not b,
distressed during the struggle.
THE REsuLr.
As 10 how the fight will terminate on,
cannot tell, o can we speculate fairly
how long it will last. But that the strug
gle will be stubborn and bard there Is nc
doubt. The Brotherhood Of Telegraphers
will not starve during the fight. In New
York they have on deposit $140. 900. How
they got this magnificent sum to bacl
them we do not know. They did not gel
1t from dues accumulated. They are poor
men. It seems that the trades unions are
standing in with them probably to make
. test case. There lie doubtless an under.
standing general among the united labor.
ers all over the United States that their
sympathy and their money are in the
cause Of the striking operators.
AN OLD STORY.
The particular trouble is not Of recent
origin. 1t las been growing to its present
formidable head for . long time. In fact,
in anticipation Of this clash and for . bet
ter arrangement Of the telegraph business,
Q bill was introduced in the last Congress
by Anderson of Kansas for the establish
ment Of . Government postal telegraph to
be carried on under . system similar to
man ought TO be able, through Uncle
Sam, to send . dispatch in the same way
and with the same certainty and safeguard
that he sends . letter.
THE DEMOCRATIC
We are we'll aware that generally this
principle Is not in favor with the Democ-
racy, on the ground that it tends to GEN.
tralization Of the power in the hands Of
administration and makes 1t more difficult
for the people to assert themselves in
opposition thereto; that they are apt to be
ruled" from that quarter rather than
have the Government under their easy con-
troll. But nc are for it, nevertheless, on the
broad Democratic principle that the bes.
interests Of the people would be subserved
thereby; that by it they would be largely
released from the exactions of irresponsi-
BILE monopolists; that the telegraph service
would be cheapened thereby for them. and
be in every way made more satisfactory.
The New York Herald and other leading,
b~road-gsuged, popular papers have strsnu-
ously advocated the theory OF Government
telegraphy.
IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES.
The present and immediate result Of the
contest between labor and Jay Gould's
special monopoly is inconvenience and loss
to the public. This is always the case.
The laborer suffers along with the public.
The monopolist calculates in cold blood that
nothing Of this affects him. The resump-
ton Of work he speculates will boom his
enterprise and soon reimburse him for the
temporary stoppage.
The world runs nowadays on news, com
ment on which has fallen into discount.
People want the walk and conversation Of
the world, and are confident Of their
ability to discuss and digest the same.
The telegraphic portion Of . newspaper ia
the cream of il all. A newspaper without
telegraph ia fiat, stale and Improbable.
Everybody wants to know every morning
what all the world is doing and saying in
the live, immediate present. II the strike
holds and grows we shall not have . word,
not oven from San Francisco, in case the
operators at Virginia City, through which
we communicate, join the line.
In the matter of business. the import
ance and value Of telegraphic news can
hardly be appreciated. The speculation
on such . topic is immense, and we drop
1t with this intimation. The interest in
telegraphy now is intense everywhere. We
are not only hut off from our neighbors
in our own country, but the great events
of the old world will for the time have to
be reported to us, as many years ago, by
letter.
OUR ~sYMPATHIEs.
Tho Western Union Telegraph Company
ought to do the decent and human thing.
They have dragged" the operators and
the public. They are tremendously rich.
They can afford to be fair. Looks as
though Jay Gould might find . good tonic
for his wasted health in yielding fair terms
to his employees. Our sympathies go ont
with the operators.
POST scRIPTUM.
After the above had been written and
was in type our usual quantum of tele-
graphic news was received, excepting the
sfock renorta-