Morning journal and courier., 1883-07-26
pay days just as though he was at work at his desk

pay days just as though he was at work al { his desk.
 The executive committee of the Western Union telegraph company met in General Eckert's office at half-past 12 o'clock. mum. Der of the members of the committee were asked by reporters, as they entered the room, If the question of a compromise of the troubles between the operators and the com- pany would be discussed, or whether the company would take any steps to remedy the existing troubles. In all cases information was refused, but it was positively asserted brotherhood would be considered. The com mittee adjourned at o'clock. The full com mittee were present. MT. Sage said: ''The committee simply transacted routine busi- ness. The question of the strike was not brought up in any way. There was no con- munlcation received from the brother hood or any of the men on strike, and the subcommittee of three appointed at the last meeting made no report.
 John Mitchell presided at the meeting of the striking operators, which was called to order at 12:30 to-day at Clarendon Hall, in Thirteenth street. Instead of reading any communications, he introduced MT. Kingsley to the audience, announcing that the gentleman had left the employ of the Wes- tern Union company last night, and would give some interesting details of the manner in which the business of the office was con- ducted. MT. Kingsley said that he had been steadily at.work for twenty-four and 8 half relieve him. The superintendent said he had no competent person to take his place, and could not grant his request. MT. Kingsley accordingly resigned. He stated that yesterday morning there were eight hundred messages on the hrst Chicago wire. and the business was steadily accommodating On the St. Louis wire the hooks were crowded still worse, and all the business was behind. This informa- tlon was received with lusty cheers by the strikers. Chairman Mitchell then read communication from an operator in the Western Union office, giving 8 statement as to the condition of the work at o'clock yes- terday afternoon. In the first place, there was important business which had been on file ever since noon of the 18th instant. On the St. Louis wire business was dated 4 D. m. on the day previous, and not yet sent. On the New Orleans hooks there were still $50 mess ages dated July 23. Montreal-Business timed II a. m., July 23, still on file. Boston Eight hours behind on all business. Pitts burg-All business dated July 23. Chicago Books all clear; five hundred messages which had been on file for several days had been stored away somewhere. Cincin- nat-No wire and no operator. Busi- ness dated July 22, and 600 messages still on file. Twenty four race messages on file. Washington business was timed 4 D. m., July 23, and the hooks crowded. By actual count there were 114 operators III the room. It was stated that the following had been working wires since o'clock a. m.: Assis- tant Superintendents Merrihew, Tinker, Bates; Superintendents Humstone, Erwin and A. s. Downer.
 THE BROTHERHOOD CALL IT FORGERY.
 The officers of the Brotherhood of Tele- graphers now in this city declare that the ob a,ak k1 s1 aG ternoon and purperting to be signed by Eugene O'Connor, chairman of the executive committee of the brotherhood, is a forgery put forth in the interest of the Western Union company. It pretends to be an order to the operators to return to work tomorrow morning coupled with 8 statement that the Western Union company had acceded to their demands. Both the order and statement are false, but their object is obvious, being to cause stampede among the weaker mem bers of the brotherhood and induce them to return to their work. The attempt, how ever, has been so clumsiy managed that it instantly defeated itself. Every mem- Der of the brotherhood knows that no such message, and especially no such signature, will ever be sent over the wires to recall the operators to work. The message whenever 1t goes will be in the now famous but well guarded cipher of the brotherhood and the signature will be the secret phrase which in that mysterious code stands for the name, not of Chairman O'Connor, who has now no power to issue orders to the operators, but that of John Campbell. the district master workman of the United States These two facts were of course unknown to the West eEn Union officials, and the shape in which the forged dispatch was sent at once revealed it's origin and defeated it's object.
 THE AMERICAN RAPID COMPANY GIVE IN.
 At conference of the executive committee of the Brotherhood of Photographers and the executive officers of the American Rapid company held this afternoon satisfactory adjustment of existing difficulties was reached and the force will resume work to morrow morning. No details of the agreement are given, but the company will make 8 supreme effort to handle the great volume of business now being withheld and will utilize both the Morse and automatic systems to this end, adding largely to it's original force from the ranks of the unemployed operators.
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