Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-07-18
The TeIegraptaic situation.


CHICAGO, July 17th.-The telephone com
| pany officials to-day seDt for tbs foremen Of
| thsir gang Of repairers and line men, anG
! asked them what the men wanted. The fore
men, in reply, referred them TO the Execu.
| tive Committee Of tins Ielegraphsrs' Brother.
hood. Ths Cfficials refused to recognize that
committee, aud it is stated that st subse,
| quent meeting i. was decided to strike st
| o'clock to-morTOT morning.
SECOND DISPATCH]
NEW YORK, July 17th.-The Commercial
says Ithas been an open secret on Wall
street for several days psst that the extensive
publications as to the possibility OF strike
| by telegraph operators was the work of cer-
tain Wall-street operators, who have at
| tempted by this means to cause a break in
| Western Union stock. It is also known that
these same parties have been stirring Gp the
| operators through several channels. and have
even gene so far "a 10 offsr pecunisry assist-
ance il they INDUCED il a strike. It is nov
known beyond doubt that tie Brotherhood
/ had, before deciding upoa their courss Of
action, been assured OF tha sympathy and
forthcoming aid of sc veral Wsil-street opdr-
ators, who sought this means to depress
Western Union stoct and make turn.
The Post says: Mr.. Somervills, repr- sent
ipg General Ecksrt, slid to-day: The com-
pdEy ilENS IlOJ yCJ T5StiESG from tuE CDlN~
mittee the names of shoss operators in the
employ of the company whoGn they claim TO
represent. If this Information is not received
by noon Tomorrow, it is probable that tie
company will send q rfp'y 20 the conm;stee.
declining to treat with them. I have talked
with number Of opefst0rs, Including many
members OK the Brotherhood, aud every ons
with whom [ have talked expressed the
opinion that the demands were unjust and
unreasonable. Fully one-third of the opera.
tors eYo.oyed by this company will refuse TO
join il the strike. should one be declared,
and in twenty-four hours sfterEard we would
have one-haif of the regular number OF opsrat-
ors at work. The alleged dispatches froEu
Ex-Governor Cornell and T. L Amss, advis-
ing that concessions BIS granted to the operst-
orr, are forgeries."
THIRD DISPATCHl
ST. LOUIS, July 17th.-Msmbers of tie
Brotherhood of Telegrsphsrs assert tonight
that unless the Western UGion replies favor.
ably before noon tomorrow TO the memorial
presented TO General Manager Eckort yesser-
day. the Executive Committee will order .
strike that at Il O'Clock sharp. NeR York
time, every member Of tbs Brotherhood 10
the country will stop work. and quietly aban-
don his post. The telegraph officials do rot
seem TO be worried about the matter.
FOURTH DISPATCH.l
BosToN. July 17th.-With few uRirnpor-
tant exceptions, every telegraph operator IL
New England will 60 out to-mcErow if a
strike is ordered. Il is estimated that 1900
men and women are employed in telegraph
ing in New England.
GFIFTH DIsPATCH.l
WASHINGTON, July 17th.-The Western
Union and other companies here employ
about one hundred operators, only few of
whom belong to the Brotherhood but nearly
sll of them are ready for strike, and are
pledged to do so.
[sIXTH DISPATCH.l
DEs MONIES. July l7th.-The telegraph
operators of Iowa, as whole, are fairly well
organized. Members Of the Brotherhood
from Chicago have been trsversinB the State
for the past five months, enrolling numerous
SEVENTH DIsPATCRI
CHICAGO, July 17tb.-Ths general impres.
sion here tonight is that the telegraph strike
will begin tomorrow az noon, New York
time, or q quarter TO 9, San Francisco time,
all operators quitting their keys simultane-
eusly, at q preconcerted signal, from one end
of the country to the other. This opinion is
based on the fact that the company shows Do
sign of yielding. This afternoon President
Thomas T. Eckelt, of the Western Union,
sent long dispatch to Colonel r. G. Clowry.
General Superintendent, which seems q
pretty plain indication thst the company
does not intend to sccede 20 the operators
demands.
Brutal Outrage at the Nations Capital.
WASHINGTON, July 17th.-This morning q
man gained admission TO the house of q
family named Spein, near the Capitol, on
i f1% h. H..
and brutslly assaulted young lady, the only
person in the house. He choked her into in
sensibility, and accomplished his purpose.
The victim was seriously injured, ard may
die. Her sssailant was not srrested. Under
law passed by the last Con ress the class
of officials created as Water INSPECTORS were
authorized to enter the houses of citizens for
the purpose of Inspecting the water fixtures,
to ascertain if water was wasted There was
some outcry at the time about the license to
invade domestic dwellings, which the law
gave, but did not prevent its enactment. In
the case of the assault to-day, the man took
advantage Of this license, and entering the
house and finding the young lady alone, IS.
saultsd her as stated.
singular letter OF an Ex-sTeihOdIst.
NEW YORK, July 17th.-1he Tribune prints
a letter addressed to the editor by j. G.
Mobiles, asking the insertion of his death
notice, as he is about to drown himself, and
another and longer letter TO editor Buckley
of the Christian AdrOCdte, announcing the
same intention. He says: :" No one but
myself is blaTneahle in any degree for this
dreadful ending. Il is the logical result fore
doomed by .he Great Head of the ChuTch for
the voluntary desertion under various pur-
quits of my calling to the holy ministry, and
all this to make money" He says he wss
successful in various schemes, but fell into
evil company and habits, and is now utterly
destitute. Inquiry at the Methedist Book
Concern elioited I'll 6 information that Mobiles
was formerly Methodist. Love Of liquar
caused his fall. He married an excallent
woman, who pariially reclaimed hiol. Il is
believed among his acquaintsuces that he has
taken his life.
Eapid judicial Work.
MAYsvILLE (Ky.l, July 17th.-This after
Noon, as soon as the jury i1 the Cooper case
retired, the Emmet Guards escorted Samuel
Bulger from the Jail TO the Court thouse, amid
o great crowd Of people on the streets, where
he was to be arrsigned for rape In tbs
Court room the indictment was read 70 him,
when his attorneys told him not to crimiuate
himself unless his miud was perfectly clear
He replied that his mind was perfectly ciear
He was guilty, and he wanted TO be hanged,
legally, not by mob, and wsnted to cause az
little trouble So possible in his trial A jury
wgs impaneled, and he repeated his plea be-
fore them. In ten minutes thsy returned q
verdict of guilty, with sentence Of death.
Bulger Teceived tho verdict unmoved. He
was returned TO the jail, and in hour from
that time be was taken out and hanged.
Opening OF the Colorado Exposition.
DENVER, July 17th.-This was gala day
in Denver, the occasion being the opening Of
the tTenty.second annual exhibition Of The
National Mining ard Industrial Exposition.
From early morning the city hss been
thronged with visitors from all parts Of the
country. At sunrise the people all over the
city were busily engaged in decorating build
ings, and business was generally suspended.
The ceremonies began at noon.
Woman Knocked Down and Robbed.
BURLINGTON us.l July 18th. This morn
ing two men attacked Bridget Fox, an &C.
ceatric old maid, in her yard, knocked her
down and took from her clothing, where 1t
was secretsd, 81, 500 and escaped. She 10 q
miser, and had habit Of carrying every
thing about her.
Railroad Accident.
SHAMoKIS tPs.l July 17sh.-A freight
train on the Reading Railroad, about q mile
from here, was badly wrecked to-day, Twelve
cars bsing thrown from the track BY striking
COW. William Thomas. Of this place, was
killed, and james Huffman, brakeman, sc.
riously injured.
An American Consulate hob5ed by Mex-
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