Connecticut western news., 1883-08-01
THE TELEGRAPH STRIKE.
What the Company and the Operators are
 Doing.
HARD AT WORK.

HARD AT WORK.
 On Friday reporter ill New York found 150 persons at the tables in the Western Union operating room. Many were young girls and boys of Is or whereabouts. These seemed to be doing nothing in particular. The rest were young and middle-aged men with Jagged out appearance. In the corner where | the Wheatstone apparatus is, there were plenty of operators, Ebut none were at work. One of them whispered that there was s'trouble in the lines again. , "How many of the old operators are now at work ?'' was asked of the report er's guide.
 "Not over ten," he said.
 "Is it true that dummies were put at the desks yesterday to make show ?" After 8 cautious look around the reply way:
 "Yes, and I'm mistaken if there are not a lot of them to-day. A good many of these kids that I've watched don't do anything. I'll tell you what it is, this thing can't last much longer. We've all been on the rack here since yesterday noon. Men can't keep on working night and day both. The company can't get men to take the places of the men who struck. They were the best operators in the world, and trained just for this work. These boys and girls at the desk can't do the work and can't learn to do it. There are a dozen men working around this floor now who are better operators than any of these new men but they won't take instruments because they sympathize with the men, and the too hol %r lIC- charge them for disobeying orders"
 On Monday the condition of affairs had in no degree improved. Master Workman Mitchell presided at a meet ing held in New York city and read Q number of encouraging letters and tele- grams received from various parts of the country which showed the men to be holding out steadily and making con- stant accessions to their ranks. All are confident of ultimate success; and that within short time. He thanked the operators and linemen for their orderly conduct and abstinence from the use of intoxicants, as such conduct had resulted in ''plaeing another peg in the switch board of public opinion.''
 On Monday the officers of the com pany still insisted that they had no idea of compromising with the Brotherhood, while the striking operators insisted that in all the offices through the coun- try the books were full of copy that could not be sent off. The company's officers insisted that they were only afew hours behind with their work.
 THE POSITION TUESDAY.
 The New York Sun gives the state of oH <,,, HN,1ooIov oo fo1lov,c.
 The Western Union business was in sonaewk katsbetserscondition Monday than 1t had been in before since the strike began. Nearly 300 operators of as- sorted abilities were said to be ill the operating room. Most of them were fresh after Sundays quite. The business was 8 little more than one- half its normal volume, so Press Agent Somerville said. The copy hooks were in most cases clear. The longest delay ing to the check boys, did not exceed one hour. These lads say, however, that alarge number of Western messages were received that were dated on Saturday. l They put the number of messages sent out in the daytime at over 10000. Irregular days work, according to MT. Somerville is 10000. A report made with great de. tail to the strikers says that work, ill | spite of the improvement, was much more thar an hour behind on number
 of specific wires.
 The strikers say that nothing like 300 operators were at work in the operating rooms.
 Mir. Jay Gould was in the building
 nearly all day. He frequently passed
 from one floor to another and from room
 to room. He was in the operating
 room about l o'clock. When asked
 what he thought of the situation h.
 said he was perfectly satisfied with 1t
 and that he thought the success of thu
 policy adopted by the company wa
 assured. The 300 operators wer
 enough, he said, to handle all tn
 business that was offered. The reasol
 why the company still keep out its nc
 tices that it was receiving business sub
 iect to delay was that some of it's West
 ern lines had suffered by the electrica
 storms and the company did not kno1
 at what moment they might be furthe
 interfered with. The business handle' by the company on Sunday was muc
 larger than he had expected it would be Mr. Gould had long conference wit Mir. Somerville in the afternoon. MT Somerville said it resulted in no chang ) of policy.
 LAW SUIT.
 The first to bring the machinery ( , the law to bear upon the Western Unio are the sugar reineries of Boston. The officers first notified the company l New York of their intended action, an ] Tuesday afternoon their representative 5 offerea message at 109 Stat
 street for New York. The r ceiving clerk proceeded to stan on it's face Accepted, subject to mai ing or other delay" The gentleme l refused to allow the message to renal l under such conditions, and it was r, f turned to them. Supt. Roche was col
 suited and said that he was powe :, less in the matter, being obliged to fo low instructions from New York. A s action will be begun at once in the Sl e preme Court to compel the company n resume its duties to the public. It r. believed that penalty of $100 and flu
 damages can be collected of the COT ;, pany for every message refused or d u layed.
 NEW PROJECT.
 Rufus Hatch, of New York city, in
 letter to the Brotherhood says :-The > are, I believe, about 10000 persol e represented by the Brotherhood ,f Photographers, nearly all of whom a N now out of employment. Suppose the > men and women could subscribe, on { Is average, $1OO each they would anna IS a capital of $1, ,O0O,O ,O0O. Each memb