Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-18
THE STRIKE AT AMEND.
CAMPBELL ORDERS THE MEN
TO CAPITUnATE.

! A Rush for Employment t~NIany of the
| Strikers Left Out in the COld-The Men
Told TO Make the Best Terms Possible
The Brotherhood to be Abandoned
and then ReOrganIzed.
PITTsBURG, August 1S.-Thomas H.
Hughes, Secretary of the Brotherhood of
Ielegraphers, received the following from
New York this afternoon: "Send the fol-
lowing to all assemblies: The Executive
Board of the Brotherhood regrets to say
that the strike is failure. All members
who can may return to work Immediate
ly.' A circular follows by mail.
Signed John CAMPBELL
NEW YORK, August 1.-THE statement
is made, on the best authority, that Master
1 Workman John Campbell, OF the Brother
hood, to-day informed the members of the
organization to look out for themselves.
and make as good terms with the West
ern Union Telegraph Company as they
could secure. Each man looked for him
self. The female operators came in in q
body, thirty in all, and twelve were ac-
cepted and the rest rejected. their posi-
tiOns having been filled. Forty-fye male
operators were accepted out of siXty-two
who applied. The order to the assem-
blies in other cities does not appear TO
is learned from Pittsburg, Boston and
Chicago that the operators are coming
back on run
one OF the most prominent of the strik-
ing telegraph operators said today that
the strike of the telegraphers was practi-
cally ended. He said that he believed in
the Brotherhood and stuck by it as long
as he could, but they were beaten and
may as well give up first as last. He had
signed the ironclad oath, and would re-
turn to work tomorrow. He knew Of
many other operators who would endeayor
to return to their keys at once. The
''irOnclad OATH referred to compeIs the
telegrapher to pledge himself TO with
draw from the Brotherhood, and never
again join similar organization.
ST. LOUIS, August 17.-Three more of
the striking telegraphers were restored TO
their positions here to-day, and four addi-
tional applications were received and
favOrably considered. Fourteen in all
have left the ranks of the Brotherhood
within the past two days, half of whom
Will take positions outside of
chief officer of the brotherhood.
in this district, is credited with having
made the following statement: 81 sus-
pect that we will have to go back again,
say about the first, and work for about
six months. We will have to disband the
Brotherhood, but will organize under a
new name. After working about six
months we will strike again and keep
striking till we make our point: we will
make it yet sure as fate"
Press Agent SOmeryille said this morn
ing that no wires were tampered with last
night, and that all the circuits were work
ing nicely. In addition to the seventeen
telegraphers who returned to work yes
terday ten more returned to-day, three of
whom were ladies.
PHILADELPHIA, August 1.-THE fail
ure of the telegraphers' strike was first
announced by the Master Workman at a
meeting of the Brotherhood held this
evening. The men received the news
very quietly. About thirty-ffye Of the
strikers called upon Manager Jones, of
the Western Union, during the evening,
and made personal application for rein
statement, but all of them were told to
make application in the regular way in
the morning. Mr.. Jones says that he has
but thirty vacancies in the city, and he
believes there are siXty-five Of the strikers
still out.
MEMPHIS, August 1.-THE striking
telegraph operators here have asked il
they could return to work in a body. The
manager stated that each individual must
make application, and further stated that
all the important positions in the office
were already filled. The strikers are not
disposed to return except in body.
BALTIMORE, August IA number of
striking operators made application and
were taken back to-day in the Western
Union and Baltimore and Ohio telegraph
offices.
ALBANY, MY, August 17.-Eighteen of
the Western Union strikers will resume
their places here tomorrow morning.
Five OF those taken on during the strike
will be retained.