The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-07-27
Telegraphic.
JUBILANT TELEGRAPHERS.
Satisfied With the Compromise With
the American Rapid.
kumors That The Western Union Will
Soon Giye-In-Threatened Strike
Of the Railroad Operators
The General Situation.

NEW YORK, July 20. Manager Ptttln-
gill, OF the American Rapid Telegraph com
pany, stood at the door Of the operating
room at ten O'Clock Wednesday night,
busily shaking hand, with the returning
strikers. The men went In 10 their desks
and begun work. One OF the operators
said: 1--WE had nothing TO do with the
compromise. We knew nothing OF II until
we were ordered by the Executive com.
| mittee OF the Brotherhood to report for
work this evening"" The committee
managed the matter The striking opera
tors and linemen met In Clarendon hall at
haif.past twelve O'Clock yesterday. Chair.
man Mitchell blew his whistle and
announced that he did 30 to call them in,
and not TO call them out, ~ Frank Philips
did. he then read encouraging reports
from Baltimore, Philadelphia, Wash ington
and other cities, and introduced Mr.. W.
Kingsley, who left the Western Union
| Tuceday evening. Mr.. Kingey said: "A
most startling state Of affairs existed in the
operating-room OF the Western Union. |
had been on duty since Thursday, and ate
and slept at the Western Union hotel
also smoked some OF their cigars. can
safely say that none OF you would know the
place. At 10 a. m. Wednesday was on the
first Chicago duplex, l was receiving.
There were then from 800
to 800 red messages on the hook,
and took them off. | wanted to see what
a clear hook looked like. On the st. Louis
wire, which / also tended by turns, were
200 red messages and 800 black messages,
all dated 2lSt and 22d, but let me tell YOU OF
the man had helping me. / was receiving
on the duplex and be was sending. Well,
/ could hear when Chicago would break on
aimI TO repeat, and would tell him, and he
said TO me: We'll, the transmit,er
makes such noise that | can't
send told him to hold the transmltter
down and he did and sent sixteen messages
that way, and Chicago was asking me ali
the time what he was doing that he did not
send the rest OF the message. Mr.. Brewer
! from the Stock Exchange, said that the
lnemen we're the most solid men, and
hoped the operators would not go hack
without them. tCries OF 'No, never! we
will stand by themV'l He then said the
company btAuu ny t0eLl.
THE SURRENDER.
BY a majority OF persons the surrender n,
the American Rapid Telegraph comp7py TO
the demands OF the strikers Is regarded AZ a
certain indication that the strike is nearing
Us end. 1t is rumored that the Baltimore
and Ohio company will be the next TO give
in, and that negotiations are now pendjnc
looking toward a consolidation with tho
American Rapid company, thus forming a
| combination against the Western Union
company.
II was stated this morning at the offices ~
the Baltimore and Ohio company that II was
| the intention OF the company to remain
| firm, At the Offices Of the American Rand
company 1866 operators were on duty. in
Guiding the ll6 men that went out on tho
dsv strike. Ninety five out-of-town fices
opened, and 400 operators in all
had returned to the employ Of the com.
pa,y, Thirty eight branch Offices in mi.
city have also reopened, and large amount
Of business is reported to have been
handled. The Western Union comnanv
still remains firm, however, in the posi.
ton assumed since the beginning OF the
strike, and shows no intention Of veal.
ming. The large force OF operators an
duty Wednesday returned again, and
the reports OF the managers n,
the operatives showed business being
handled promptly. The press agent AZ
somerville said that the action OF the
American Rapid Transit comnanv
would have no effect upon the policy of the
Western Union.
TALK WITH BROWN.
On the subject Of the threatened strike of
railroad telegraphers. Manager E, n,
Brown, Of the Western Union here, said
'Iet them strike. The railroads can get
on without them. They did 30 before and
they can do it again. The fact OF the mat.
ter is that there are five times as many tel
egrsphers In this country as are needed for
the business vnd the more of
them that strike the better for The business.
Wherever It is essential for a railroad to
have an operator we shall be able to supply
one with ease. The Brotherhood have been
claiming that they still remain a trump card
to play which would paralyze us. Won
der II 1t is this railroad telegrapher's strike.
II that is their only remaining card I Am
sorry for them. You can say, however.
that whatevet their card Is the Western
Union will able to discount IT,
"It is reportd that the Brotherhood are
awaiting proposition Of compromise to be
made by the Western Union. Is there
anything In this, to your knowledge 20
Mr.. Brown seemed either staggered stthe
knowledge or at the reporters possession
OF 1t. He failed, however, to make ns
prompt a denial Of the rumor. AZ. nossi.
bly,, would have been the case had il been
absolutely without foundation, and further
gave the reporter to understand that there
might be something In It.. After few mo.
ments of careful conference with himself
he said:
sob, there's nothing In 1t. A compro.
mise offered by the company"
"No, no; simply an offer 20 compro mise,
not an offered compromise
Mr.. Brown again studied his inner con.
seriousness and then assured the reporte
that, In bis opiuion. he did not believe the
report was true.
ST. LOUIS, July 28.-The strikers were
very much encouraged this morning by the
receipt of news that the American Rapid
company had settled their difficulties with
their operatives. The opinion was freely
expressed that the B. 4 o. would follow In
day or so. The action Of tho American