The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-07-22
YET A GENERAL BLOCKADE.

YET A GENERAL BLOCKADE.
TKLE0RAPHIN0 WITHOUT TELEGRAPH-
kRs GETS ON VERY BADLY.
A Easrusus Decrease IL the vsluae q
Business-Twe versisns Of Abeut Every.
thins-Chicago Tiekers ssiens-Nstses frsa
the Washingtoa Non.U aIsa TeleGrapAers.
The situation Of the opposing forces In the
telegraphers strike was not materially changed
In this city Yesterday 30 far ~ Western Union
Is affected. and such changes as were noted
tended to show that the company was worse
OF than its officers wore willing to admit.
rule was established that no reporter should
be admitted to tho operating room. but 1t was
broken in few instances. Manager Dealy.
who has been In charge OF the operating room
constantly since the strike began. was obliged
to take rest. He was in tho receiving room
In the basement nearly all day. He said he had
had a good sleep the night before. but was
pretty well used up physically.
A general order was issued yesterday direct
ing that the salaries OF all operators who had
remained with the company or who have since
gone to work be doubled. This Is to keep tho
Brotherhood from coaxing them away. The
double pay begins with last Thursday. and will
continue during tho strike Deserters from
the Brotherhood will receive the double pay.
In addition to this q substantial concession
was made to the American District boys who
deliver Western Union messages from tho
main building. Beginning with yesterday. the
boys will receive ten cents an hour for the
night and the Sunday work. which tho COM
pany has hitherto demanded Of them as Q
gratuity. The boys have to work several hours
on three nights week. In addition. they will
get az cents for each message delivered during
those hours.
1T is worth rs cents a night to u.s." said one
OF the boys.
The officers said that the company was In
better condition yesterday than 1t had been In
the day before. and that victory was assured
we arc very comfortable. Notwithstanding
contrary reports" said Mr.. Humstone. In the
| forenoon 1t was said that no striker had re-
| turned to work except the two reported by the
| company tho day before. In the afternoon 1t
Guiry eIicitoi the, statement that the woman
had been sick. and had not been striker:
The money order business was sttli closed .S
company. tho charges being double rates for
the message and one per cent. on the amount
No branch offices were. reopened. The opera
tors said the company, dared not risk their op-
erhood capture them. II was stated that the
| purpose Of providing cots n the building was
fssp Il. s:aS tSs
ninety operators used the cots every night:
The free meals were continued: Operators
REPORTS OF WESTERN UNIONS CONDITION.
| Mr. Dealy was asked II the working operators
were not rs badly exhausted from the pro;
longed strain as he was. He said he had heard
all very enthusiastic in their work. He assert
cd positively TINT tho number Of frst-cla.s op-
was much larger than the limit Of oishteen set
by the check girls tho night before. and that
send and i receive e messages. The Whole mum.
ber. he said. was larger than y was the day DO;
| distribute messages about the operating room
work who were first class men. but they were
1ifteen who could be called good operators In
statements previously printed regarding the
striking operators did not class the chiefs a.
| operators when they. said but six hryt-olsss
| operators were at work.
| ESTIMATES OF THE BUSINESS DONE.
e nv witt. ss.
fourth 70 two-thirds Of the ordinary Iamount
Dealy. From various Conversations. the re-
| porter concluded that the amount OF business
tue ma wq about
amount offered from 'front.' the whole city was worry
all leading points the wires were clear about all
day. and that the business had not been do
check boys assorted that i Was from one to Six
hours behind all day. One boy said that he
forwarded yesterday and that several OF Fri.
days messages ,eas besides large batch Of
Chicago press reports were left over Thursday
for the company from Wall street private
wire rode up in an elevated railroad car at
he left the Office there WAS stack OF press re-
ports six inches high Az officer Of the Postal
| knew DOSitivey that not word OF mat
ter had been received at Chicago IN! o'clock
m a9 tina. q hs
When asked about tne Chicago business Later
that small delay had occurred They denied
that matter WAS left over.
philadsphis to-day. We usually have Mi nine o.
gT; said ShsSk bGy That s why v:
few page. from Long Branch. Af Tiers vas 8
average OF ten breaks to each message. The St
right beside the, pneumatic tubes. The poise
!sid him out. He cSpldnt receive anything
Mr.. Humstone said emph.tically that no com
promise was thought oi that only TnC9ad!
Attornsy Carey said that no complaints had
been RECEIVED Tor error, ,S growing cut OF the
The reason none had been received no thought
WAS because tho cipher business. in which mos
|
A broker said he got a plain message from
Chicago ordering him to sell a large number o.
barrels" Mt n certain price. He asked the
company to hnd out what his customer wanted
| to sell. The message came back with bonds
OF a certain kind instead Of barrels" The
price was then way of. and he asked tho com
| pany to try again.
RIVAL COMPANIES PRoFITINa.
The Bankers and Merchants and the South
ern Telegraph Companies report a large In
crease In their business Said Manager Stunr
OF tho Southern: We are crowded by the nal
and the lame-cripnes made by the strike
They come here with messages which til,
Western Union could not forward. One mar
said he had given a message to the Western
Union for q Southern point the day before
He found day that it had not been received
by his correspondent. We have hired foul
| new men here. They are members of the
Brotherhood We will soon be in the Produce
Superintendent Leslie OF the Postal Tele.
graph Company said that over one Thousand
messages had been sent over his wires to Chi.
cago alone during the day. His wires fur.
nished hve.minute quotations. to the PRODUCES
Exchanges in New York and Chicago. No otheI
company was able to supply these Exchanges
When Western Union was sending to Chicago
the day before. the Postal beat II by an hour II
| the time required. In q few urgent cases mes
| sages had been sent to Cleveland.
COMPLAINT BY TELEPHONE COMPANY.