Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-07-23
The Strikers in This City.
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THE ANIGHTS OF LABOR.
"Wnat are the facts about your connection with
the Knights Of Labor" asked reporter OF q mem
Der OF the brotherhood to-day.
Ihe facts are" said the operator, shat the Dis.
tr1ct circuit, brotherhood OF Telegraphers, is a
regular branch Of the Knights Of Labor: The
lar payroll, just as though we were at work. The
Knight, OF Labor pay OF as regularly as the w.
man win receive IS and each married man e s. s
week. Our pay day viii be Friday. That is
enough money, managed economical lily. to tide us
MANAGER WHITNEY SAID.
when STAR reporter dropped into the western
Union office this morning, tive are getting all the
work OIL and so far have not suffered any serious
delay; The situation has not changed at ALL"
Wnat Is there" asked the reporter. "about the
report that your men that are at work will leave
II the company does not concede to the strtkers7'
81 don't think any Of our men are going to leave.
believe they would leave without notifying me-" o'
"Have you received any 1ntimation from head
quarters about what is to be d0ne7" asked the
mo-" said Mr.. Whitney, sand the company will
not probably make known its intentions to its
omcers until It Is ready to make an announce
ment In general order"
OTHER ". o. OPERATORS TO LEAVE
Talking to one OF the prominent strikers about
the men still left in the W. u. Office he said zone
OF them left this morning. He was called away to
the death bed Of his mother. Others will leave or
there Will be little tornado We have it In black
and white"
: :When win they leaSe," asked the reporter:
''That Is something" said the operator ssthaf
we 90 not care to tell, or how many Will leaven
THE B. & o. OFFICE.
Manager Clarke, OF the Baltimore and Ohio line.
was handling key In the operators room to-day.
The operators room Is kept locked, and the man.
ager was therefore safe from the intrusion OF re.
p0rters STAR reporter ATTEMPTED to cOmmuni-
cate with him by telegraph from a neiphborin0
once. but the operator at the other end OF the
line would not bite. He then sent message
up through the speaking tube, and the
reply came back: ''Manager Clarke is in the
midst OF business and cannot leave now. There
Is nothing new"
KEY NOTES
reported quarrel between jay Gould and Gen
Eckert, acting president of the Western Union, on
account OF alleged Misrepresentation OF affairs
The marine hospital bureau having occasion to
notify Officers at seaport towns OF reported deaths
0y cholera In London, filed the dispatch by every
telegraph line, and in addition to that mailed the
notices so as to make sure OF them reaching their
Columbia Typographical Union, No. 1o1, satur-
day night adopted an expression OF sympathy with
the strikers and appropriated 500 to aid them,
propr1ate at one meeting. Members of the union
Informed the strikers that they were ready to give
N,0O0. necessary. to help the strike.
operators here to-day have report that all the
operators at Duxbury, Mass, and at Harris Com
tent, N f., the land ends of the French and Anglo
American companies, respectively, have gone on
strike.
MI: Morell Marean, the assistant manager OF
the western Union Office, In charge Of the operat-
ing room, suecumbed from nervous exhaustion
while on duty yesterday, and he Is still confined
to his room.
A message was sent through the south to-day
from the headquarters of the Brotherhood at the
National hotel encouraging the "BrOthers OF the
south" to stand firm and maintain the courage
shown in going out
Members OF the brotherhood emphatically deny
any Intention on their part OF cutting wires or
obstructing telegraph business by unlawful meas
ures. One member said that they feared the COM
panies would cut the wires, blame it upon the
public sentiment against the strikers In order
to meet such action the Brotherhood would offer
large reward for the conviction OF any one caught
ln1ur1ng the wires