Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-07-28

hours, the managers giving them all possible care by providing good meals in the operating rooms and furnishing | lodging near by in order to save time. | The striking operators continue conhd- ent. They are making arrangements for a mass meeting. The Cleveland striking operators have hsadquarters-meetings daily; this afternoon they were address ed by ex-police Judge Soldiers and con- gressman Foran, who sympGthize with this cause.
 CHICAGO, July 21.-Ulrich Hall was thronged all day and evening with en- thusiastic striking operators. They con- tlnue to evince providence, hope and comfort from Western Union offices in various ways. All accounts received concur m stating that work and busi- ness of ofies was in a very lad @haro- A very large and snthusiastic meeting was held in the forenoon and evening, at which President Morrls presided. At the evening meeting speeches were made by Messrs. E. Lamony, Dr. COllister and President Morris and others. Mir. Con nelly, not aa operator, made a ngratu- latory speech aud urged them to perse- were: Stand up for your rights he sad, "and they must come and sec you MT. Baqueall announced that Mrs. David Anderson wife of the Assistant General Manager had sent a dispatch to the strikers, sending her compliments and hoping the operators would get all they wanted. This was greeted with deafen- ing applause. President Morris read a note from a brother who had talked with the Assistant Chief Operator in the Western Union, and the operator said they were simply paralyzed; every hook was full, and stranger might think that they had plenty of operators, but those they hire were no good. Mir. Nor ris said that about forty new members had joined the Brotherhood, and during the day many telegrsms were received from various quarters, all assuring them of the fidelity of the men. General pa- ralysis of business throughout the coun- try.
 NEW YORK, July 23.-A force of oper- ators which reported for duty at the Western Union office thls morning were 200, and 1t was said none of these were at work last week There was no busi- ness left over last night, and this morn- ing the wires were clear and there was delay in handling the matter. One off, cial said the outlook was becoming more encouraging daily, and that the force at command was more advantageOusly dis tributed than at any other time since the beginning of the strike, and everything was working more smoothly than had been expected under the circumstances. | Under this arrangement our forces hope to avoid all those delays which resulted from the attend ing strike last week. The num- Der of applicants is on the increase each day, and before the week IS over we hope to have most of the empty desks filled.
 ST. LoUIs, July, 23.-Advices from h. dian Territory say that the result of the recent leasing by Arspshoes and Chey- | ennes of the western section of the res ervatinn for grazing, is likely to revolu- tionize the entire Indian question. The rental is nearly S63,OOO a year, payable semi-annually in cash and cattle The | first payment was made few days ago.
 MEMPHIS, July 22.-Tbe strikers are firm; they initiated II new members into the Brotherhood. srme of whom came here for the purpose of going to work, but were prevented by the strikers.
 Threats of suits against the Western Union Co. are freely made, though no action has been taken.
 CHICAGO, July 22.-The day force of messenger boys in the employment of the Western Union Telegraph Co. left the office m body shortly after 10 o'clock p. m.
 NEW YORK, July 2l.-The striking telegraph operators met to-day. They numbered 700, of whom 60 are ladies, and 10 inemen who were brought to the city last night by the Western Union Go. from Scranton, Pa, and New Jersey districts, and had been captured by skirmishing. The committee of strikers were initiated. A proposition was re- ceived from distributing clerks of the Western Union office, asking to be re- ceived into the ranks of the strikers. They will be initiated. They numbered about 40-15 boys and the rest girls. It is said 23O linemen and 50 operators had joined the ranks of the strikers yester- day.
 Later-The situation IS apparently unchanged. Superintendent Merrihew said everything was encouraging, and only n a few cases was there any delay in business
 CLEVELAND, July 22-The Western Union force is somewhat increased to- day. Affairs in the office are unchanged. Thirty operators said to have come here to-day to work for the Western Union, | joined the Brotherhood.
 WASHINGTON, July 24.-Another cirs cular has been issued by Commissioner Mcfarland of the General Land Office to registers and representatives of |. s. Land Offices special agents, calling their attention to the unlawful inclosure of public lands and directing them 10 promptly report the number and extent of all such cases with necessary corro- | borative evidence, that they may be transmitted to the chief justice. The circular concludes as follows: This department has no authority to remove fences or prosecute trespassers and when such cases have been reported to the Department of Justice for appro- priate action, the duty of this d, part ment is performed and it's jurisdiction | ceases.
 BALTIMORE, July 2l.-A terrible cal smity occurred at North Point last night by which many lives were lost. It IS estimated that between GO and 70 per | ished It was occasioned by the giving