New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-27

ne before the strike. We do the same with the
Southern and to-day the Postal offered TO help US
out il we cot rushed on our Chicago business AS 70
what the Baltimore and Ohio will do, OF course
know nothing. Mr. Campbell tod me the strikers
were in negotiation with that company, con'p NJ
Tee having gone TO Baltimore for the purpose. 10
one here in New-York Is authorized to act ior
the company and Mr.. Campbell SAID mat
some result would Proba45 oe reacee n Ola
not accessible to reporters Yesterday At the main
Office of the company il was SAID that business was
going Oh as usual me Ia III t n no,1 dn and
the BUSINESS # the Postal was good. The cables
were reported 20 be orking ali rlght. -.-
Tie opening Of the Offices OF the Rapid Company
at the Petroleum and Mining Exchanges exercised
beneficial effect on the speculation. win the res
toraiioD OF the suspended facilItes ana turther
Improvement in the Western Unions service tele-
graphic communication with the OIL regions was
greatly facilitated. The result was more active
trading the varying fluctuations ut the dl1ereht
oil region exchanges and the reception of orders
from outside persons who have been humorous ABOUT
trusting the telegraph lines since the strike Degah'
There was considerable Improvement IN the tee, ,
graph service at the Produce Exchange. The
Chicago quotations promptly received anu
business was rather DISK
REJoIcINGs o& THE OPERATORS,
The strikers feel that their victory in the case OF
the Rapid Company is tho first break III the
ranks Of the companies, and that the others Will
not be able TO hold out much longer. When Master
Workman Mitchell called the operators meeting
to order Yesterday he read denials of the reports
that members OF the Brotherhood had returned to
work from Master W Orkman Campbell and Score
tary Hfthes Mr.. Mitchell said that the state OF
affairs WAS highly encouragin e. and that he had
good ground for saving that the strike was nearly
ut an end. He was called down town,
and Master Workman Jansen. of the Brooklyn
local assembly, was called on to take the chair.
Mr. Jansen said that he had recently been through
Connecticut and found that State L" solid" In one
Office the Western Union Company had only the
manager and one operator. The announcement that
the American Rapid men had gone back to work
was greeted with cheers. 1t was reported that the
Western Union operator at No. 321 COurt-st.,
Brooklyn had joined the strike in the morning and
that that Office closed; in Detroit the
strikers we're initiating all the new coming in
and mad not had single detection from their ranks.
A letter of congratulation received from John
Jarrett, of the Amalgamated Association Of Iron
and Steel Workers.
From Milwaukee the news came: We
stand firm. The Western Union has a
manager and three men, and are mailing
messages. We have initiated twenty-six
since the strike began" At Buffalo the railroad
men were being rapidly organized At Philadelphia
the feeling was one of confidence. The dispatch
stated: I'VE have lost men and gained 9; 15
men coming in from the country have joined u.s.
". IL,
initiated Oh Wednesday night. The Oil City Typo
graphical Union offered financial aid, and If the
brotherhood desired 1t, would refuse to set up AS
sociated Press dispatches. The report from st.
LOUIS put the working force in the Western Union
main Office at IL chief operators girls, men and
IL stuuents: 200 operators had been on strike
since SUNDAY; 73 lInemen and 81 operators, priu-
clpally railroad men, have joined the strikers; the
local assembly now numbers 290 members. AT Bal
timore the Brotherhood had gained 81 members
lTrafsan had
men AT Cincinnati the Western Union had go
men, of them first class chiefs and 80 students. At
sspored dispatch Tom Garsad 'n n "s
said hat the operators s;,,oo on ot the New
Western Union work. A bulletin was posted on
the platform stating that seven irst-class men had
left the Western Union Office. In Toronto there |
were I05 strikers while only six men loyal to
the company The Associated Press in Washington |
sent request for a statement of the condition of
affairs here bv the Brotherhood.
The report of the member eff the Brotherhood |
who Is work III the Western Union office was |
read. 1t was dated July 20, and stated that New |
Orleans dispatches had been delayed since the |
24h aud that some of them had been taken from |
the hooks and stored away so as to make the hooks
look clear The average delay was thirty hours.
At a. m. Chicago Baiiaio ana ~. LOUIS were
back as the 21st had the date scratched |
out aud another substituted Al 4:3O Savannah
was piled up aud there were 40 messages on the
Chicago hook Tuesday night 30 OF them were
sent by Adams Express ST. Louis Was DineteeD
hours behind. There was no Chattanooga wire.
The officials still at work at the keys.
John McCieliand read note stating that the
American Rapid Company paid of and discharged
all tbose who had been wlth IL during the STRIKE
trouble of boy cottIng them, SAID ona OF the girls
Speeches made by John SwInton, +. Y.
and Others
AT midnight there had been no word received at
the headquarters of the Executive COMMITTEE III
the Manhattan Hotel relative 10 tine Baltimore con-
ference, and John CanpbelPs conclusion was that
no news good news.
The Executive Committee issued circular to
members OF the brotherhood through the country
presenting the plan OF 40 organization Tor a
mutual telegraph company OF merchants.
the plan Is for sort OF insurance..
sented by memberships that cannot be transferred |
or sold. Memberships are TO be secured for 300,
and certain privileges accrue to members, whose
heirs are also to receive the money PAID |
for the membership and such dividend as the sur
plus may permit at the time. The advantages are |
TO to the operators, who will be paid fairly
for their services, and TO the pubic that |
will get reduced rates. he members |
of the Brotherhood requested to secure suOscnp
$4,000 nas been obalued the Company Will Do |
organized The capital IS placed at @lO,OOOOOO |
to be contributed by $4,000 members.
WASHINGTON OPERATORS DISCHARGED.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-SX OF the Western |
Onion operators members OF tue Teegraphers Broth
erhood. sgned agreement last week TO strike by
action should be taken the Western
Union Executive Committee looking TO a promise of
the questions between the company and the |
strikers, discharged IL O'Clock to-day supern-
tendent Zeubn arrived here last DighC with four men,
one printing three Morse operators take the places
OF discharged to-day. who rsclass and
majority OF those WHO remained their
desks the strike began The discharged operators
say that superintendent Zeuolin appealed this morning
TO endeavored TO induce them to withdraw
their names from tue agreement referred He in
formed that he instructed to discharge them
unless they consented withdraw. Each replied |
that ne would keep his pledge to his fellows When the
operators were discharged they the headquar
tiers Of Brotherhood where they met with
Siasc reception, and meeting neld IL is supposed.
for tue purpose OF I'M Iating the new men,