The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-07-21

business for several years. The chief o
the cable service reports there is no della!
Whatever there, and t6at everything 4
working tisiactorfly, w B. somervill'
said It was not true That any OF the chic
operators had gone out, but that ever!
one Of the twenty-five remained at thei
posts.
WILL FIGHT TO THE BITTER END.
Several Of the branch offices in the cit.
have beeR reopened.' Hsoiaerville stateC
positively thsgcompaps would not yielC
but would fght it out to the bitter end
ErasttS W inau, one Of The western Uniol
directors and president et, the Great North
ern company, which controls nearly all tn,
Canadian lines, said 40, far IS the Canadian
lines were conceriied any Compromise o
cpnCessiYn TO- o!thestYikers was simply an i'm
possibility. To increase the compensation
would destroy all the profits. Thi
was because Parliament regulated th'
rate at which q message wa
sent in Canada. Only twely,
offices paid for the salaries Of the men, ant
these were in large cities. All their EN-
ployes worked on commission, They em
ployed about, five thousand men and only
half of these Yees oil aistrikc:TTh Oil,
reason they struck was because they wert
compelled to join the Brotherhood, anc
their cooperation was secured by the oper
ators in the United Stdtesii order TO pre-
went their importation from Canada, such
las occurred IN ,lS7Q. Theyhad, nolgries,
ances a. they %efeI PAID extra lofiill Sun!
fday iwots, ahd tiefe lhad Sbeen a cbnstahi
increase OF wages instead OF reduction.
He did not believe in yielding single
point 70 thel strikers. He thought from
what he had seen that the strike would moi
be success Jay Gould said that they die
not tpropose ID fGcoRniZ3 any committee O.
the Btntharhhba Fand II The employees ol
the company persisted in the present actor
they would not get 9 cent, They had
already pisde fool! On themselSes and they
would realizs it before long.
The telegraph offices ut the Stock Ex
change were in operation this morning and
brokers say no inconSenience has yet re-
suited from the strike nlaccount Of delay
All their messages, as a general rrle, have
been ntfansnlitted promptly and repliesre.
ceived IN good time The Western Union
Company sent two operators 10 Boston and
one each to Hartford, Connecticut, and
Newark, New Jersey, where the force Il
badly crippled. Operators OF the Gold and
Stock Telegraph Company ut a meeting TO-
day determined TO resign II called upon tc
serveiths'Westen0U 0UhiSn.s IL
PRODUCE AND COTTON EXCHANGES SUFFER
y tAt the Produce ElcBdbgeN liz effect o.
the strike was more seriously ielt, and in
consequence Of a reduction in the force o.
operators the quotations received from Chi.
.cago and other western points were Very
smeagre. The Postal tTelegtR ptts Company
has put in some OF lis lwires and rendered
considerable Assistance. business, how.
ever, is unusually dull. Business at the
Cotton Exchange has also fallen off. In
consequenceofflie strike reports from the
South arrives slowly and there isgreat delay
In getting quotations.
A,meetiug of the striking telegrapbers
was held in Caledonian Hall this afternoon,
Over ont, thousand persons were present,
includingabout four hundred OF The striking
-linemen. John Mitchell presided, and
kilograms were read from different Assem-
-blies warning the men to put no faith in
newspaper reports; that the ranks Of the
Brotherhood remained solid.
A delegation Of the executive committee
OF the. Knights Of Lsborwas present, and
resolution which they had adopted in a
recent meeting expressing sympathy with
the strikers aud promising them aid In car.
rying out their movement, was read. The
strikers showed the greatest unanimity ol
sentiment throughout, and 1t was generally
believed the companies would soon come
to terms. It is reported that the telegraph.
era Of the elevated railroads would fointhe
strikers to'norrow
ENCOURAGING REPORTS.
Superintendent Clowry, ,ol Chicago, tele'
graphs; The situation is' Improving rapid.
ly. St. Louis has full force and the
Southwest is s'loyal. At principal points ih
Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana nobody
hasleit. The whole force retnfnedto work
at, sts JOSEPH, No., stating they tiad been
deceived. Five Of them will return at
Evansville, and fye.or Six will 90 back in
the morning at 0leyelan1. All the force
jn Columbus, Ohio, are in the union, but
they refused to Rtrike. -, a,
-SuperintendeSt clowfy adds I'VE have
more msn in Chicago itosaigN than we
can use, and they are still pouring in.'g
Z eThe following has been Issued by the
Western Union officials Five hundred
dollars reward, wfIl:be paid orthe arrest
and eonvic,ion Of any person unlawfully
OF malicipualy ipiuring, moleslipg or de-
stroying any OF the property, lines, posts,
wires or cables OF this Company, or In any
way obstruGting Or interfering with the
sending OF It's messages by injury to or inr
terferiug with the wires, batteries, currents
OF instruments on the lines Of this Compa.
ny.'alryi i tSSES 2 ri ~ f5r$ "a - -
N. B.-The iulLpenaity oof,imprisonment
and Ane provided BY Law iofi the above
named oHenses VII leentefcs q inIal lGcasees.
Z hey Notet, -.
AtHmtiord,, Conn, tlie sltGati6n Il 'unl
changed. Railroad operatorsrefuse TO do
Western Union bhsiness ~ "a &, ~ Ii ist} sJ,
seTbe, operators i at Worcester, Mass, are
sill absent, and remain tirmsIhs manager
isalone In the office, save b Reinforcement
pfone lady, who applied foF'wofk yester:
day morning. 'sol9 'ssi9 "a "a,
There was no change In the, situation
yesterday at Philadelphia. Everything
was working, smoothly, at the Western
Union eilice.T The Baltimore & Ohio office
has small force Of hands at work.
The Western Union offices at Providence
are working VitlpR Rfull'force OF men. One
man was discharged from the American
Rapid Office for refusing to go 10 work in
the Oompany's office in New York. q
The Western Union office at Cincinnati.
received q ppmbercm more operators yester-
day, and business ic being forwarded as
fast as received 70 all poiGts n9tGrippled,,
Two of,the striksts !haPys maae applics sloG
lbi Eeipstatemeht. ,'.,,'..,,si. ~. -,,,l !.
Y The situation al st Lolis yesterday