The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-06
THE DIFFICULTY
etween the Operators and the Com
panies Question of Recognition
.-sHow Matters Stand.

ell stated that a bill of grievances
had been presented to the officers of the-Del-
aware, Lackawanna &c Western railroad by
the telegrapners employed by that road, and
that bills Of grievances will also be presented
by the telegraphers employed by the roads
leading out of Chicago Mr. Mitchell said he
thought the telegraphers in the employ OF
the Chicago & Alton railroad would strike.
COOPERATIVE TELEdRAPHY. =.
NEW YORK, Aug 4-The special com.
mittee of the produce exchange appointed to
consider the feasibility of establishing an ex
change system of telegraph wires met
The whole matter was gone over in a general
way, and arguments pro and con were con-
sidered, but nothing definite was done except
to organize and to take steps to procure esti-
mates of the cost Of the proposed
system. One Of the chief arguments
against the scheme is that it cannot be estab
lished directly by the exchange itself, but
only through the medium of stock com
'pany, the stock Of which is to be held by the
members Of the exchange. But there could
he no guarantee that the members would not
dispose Of their stock to outside parties and
that in this way the control of the
system would not pass into the hands
of the Western Union. This would,
it is urged, destroy the chief end sought,
namely, "A line of telegraph wires owned
by the exchange and Independent of any out
side concern On Wall street it was reported
that Dr Norvin Green, president of the
Western Union, was to sail from Liverpool
Aug IL fhe troubles and changes in the
management Of the Postal Telegraph com
pany have caused, it is reported the resigna-
ton OF Mr.. Henry f. Fanshawe, the secre-
rary, and one of the original promoters of
the enterprise,
WHERE THE TROUBLE LIES.
CHICAGO, Aug 4-"The stumbling block
In the way OF II compromise" said one OF the
operators, who has worked most actively for
the telegraphers' brotherhood during the
campaign sis the fact that tie companies
refuse to recognize the brotherhood as body
We insist on it, aud there the matter stands
IL this one question could he overcome, you
would see compromise effected inside
of few hours What the Operators want
is rather protection for the future than
higher wages Tor tho present Let
mo explain what | mean by
this The busiest season Of the year in the
winter comes there is great falling off, and
the Western Union has in the past resorted to
all sorts of slim pretexJs. to get rid of its men,
when things get So that they think fewer
men can do the work When a man has
worked his way up to Il point of excellence
that brings him in n good salary he may some
morning make a slight mistake and the com
pany seize on the chance to discharge him
That Is what we want to guard against
We want the brotherhood recognized
so that we can protect our interests in the
future. Ii the men all went back penitent,
one by one, do you suppose they would not
ho fired, one by one, directly the Western
Union could do without them! They would
make it an object to weed out all the old
luen as fast as they could, aud get new ones
in their places rs fast as they were compe
tent No, there will be no efforts at com
promises made 10y until the brotherhood is
recognized"
CARICATURES.
ArtistiCally inclined operators have been
developing their talent in that line, and on
the walls at Uhlich hall are several humorous
sketches One of them represents Superin,
tendent rubhs literally buried III telegraph
messages, while lie is represented as saying,
Everything is rosy, and we are not
the least bit piled up" Another represents
the superintendent Of the Office at
st Louis resting his chin on a pile
of dispatches as high as himself An
other is a memorial monument, On the side of
of which are the words, Thomas Eckort
Gone to Join the Angels C. K. Zimmerman
IN;
like to be let down easy, now that Eckerr has
resigned .
BOARD OF TRADE MAN -
This thing has got to come to an end, ="
said the board of trade man who expressed
much Indignation and impatience with
reference to the strike "The quotations
from New York come i'll very slowly The
same may he said Of all my private messages
1t takes several hours for dispatch to get
here from any of the big eastern cities The
smaller place is the easier it is, as a rule, to
get replies to inquiries, as the business is not
80 far behind But everybody on the board Of
trade is of the opinion that the strike has
lasted long enough, and that no possible good
can come from its being carried on any
longer, The company will lose nothing by
granting some concessions, and every one
knows that the men would be satifled with a
great deal less than they asked for in their
bill Of grievances. OF course, the operators
are right in wanting to protect theirinter-
ests; no one can blame them for that"
THE COMPANIES.
The manager of the Baltimore & Ohio
company said there were no new develop
Iuents in their case, and that the situation
was practically unchanged. Mr. Sholes of
the Mutual Union, said he could only give
the stereotyped reply in answer to inquiries,
namely, that everything wns running
smoothly" He did not know what it was
that had caused business to drop off, but
thought it was because the public thought
the Mutual Union were unable to han
die it. At all events, the business that
was coming in was handled promptly and nc
complaints were being received as to delay
experienced in replies TO messages rsert from
Chicago
An official of the Western Union de-
nounced the report that was spread relative
to the resignation Of Gen. Eckert as ga con
| sprator's lie" As to any hope of a compro
mise, the official remarked that the company
were getting all the compromise they wanted
| in the shape of the good mel
| that were coming in every
day aud applying for positions
Hostile to the Jews.
| LONDON, Aug. There is great excite
ment in Hungary over the result of the tria
| of the Jews accused of numbering Esthe
Solyuosi At Presburg mob of anti-Semi
| tics gathered aud became so hostile in theil
demonstrations against the Jews that tn
! authorities were compelled to order out tn
| militia TO disperse hem