Morning journal and courier., 1883-07-24
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. BUOYANT AND HOPFUII, The Operators Look For
 ward to Victory. LATEST PHASES OF THE STRIKE, Both Sides CIinging to Their
 Standard. THE sUEZ CANAL QUESTION An Awkward Problem for Premier Gladstone.
THE sUEz CANAL QUESTION
THE TELEGRAPH STRIKE.

| The Western Union Hold Out-In the | Face of Great DImculties-Other Conn panIes Disposed to YfeId-Several that | Have Already Surrendered-TwO Ina- pOrtant Conferences TO-day-The Latest Details of the Situation.
 NEW YORK, July 23.-The force of operat- ors who reported for duty at the Western Union office this morning numbered about POO, and it was said that none of those who were at work last week were missing from their posts Business is light and is still further diminished by the effect of the strike and the force at work is ample to attend to all business offered, so the Western Union officials say. There was no business left over Sunday night, and this morning all the wires were clear. One of the officials said that tie outlook was becoming more encour- aging every day. He said: ''The force at our command is now moro advantageously dis tributed than at any time since the beginning of the strike and everything is working much mere smoothly than could have been expect ed under the circumstances. The mum Der of applicants for situations is increasing. This morning every wire is working clear and we are getting along about as well as before the strike"
 The meeting of the striking tslegraphic op- eraters at Irving Hall was called to order at half past eleven o'clock this morning by Chairman Mitchell. The attendance was not as large as it has been on previous days, as many of the out of town members had re- turned to their homes. About five hundred persons were present, however; Of these about fifty were women. The chairman an- nounced, before reading any of the commu- nications, large batch of which he held in his hands, that it was the request of the executive committee that any mem bers of the brotherhood who were in need of money should apply which was in session all the time. This was for the benefit of those only who were in i'm mediate need, as the regular pay day would not come until August 1. All applications would be treated with secrecy. The brother hood had determined that none of it's mem- bers should be in want, and there were am- pie funds at it's disposal. Reports encourag- ing the men to remain firm and assuring them of success were read by the chairman. From Baltimore, Pittsburg, Norwich, Conn, Philadelphia, Chicago, Utica, Syracuse, Troy and Rochester came reports claiming that the company was utterly unable to handle the work.
 The chairman called particular attention to these reports as he said the Western Union company had stated that not a single man had gone out in any of the offices between New York and Buffalo. Thomas O'Reilly, the chief of the Wheatstone force of the Western Union office, said that the company had been making every effort to get the strikers back and had offered therI large bribes Every one of them, however, had remained firm, notwithstanding reports to the contrary The report circulated by the teIe- graph company that shiploads of operators were coming over from England was entirely false. As an Englishman he could say that not man of them would cross the Atlantic. They were watching the effect of the move ment here with interest, and their sympathies were all with the strikers. He said that he was going to England himself in the fall and that probably strike would be organized there just as it had been here, for the Eng fish operators were miserably paid. They were already organizing associations with this end in view.
 The Law Telephone company and the Edi- son Electric Lighting company to day acceed- ed to the demands of their linemen. having found it impossible to keep the wires in order without their services. The Southern Tele- graph company has also yielded and the brotherhood operators of the Postal Tele- graph company were directed to receive and transmit any messages offered by the former company, provided it did not attempt to send business which had been originally received
 
 or American Rapid companies. Eugene O'Connor, chairman of the executive con- mittee of the Brotherhood of Photographers, has been in town all day, and 1t is known that negotiations are pending with the Balti- more and Ohio and the Rapid companies, but the result has not yet been ascertained.
 MT. O'Connor 8 member of the executive committee of the Telegraphers' Brotherhood, arrived from Boston to-day and was this evening found in his quarters at the Man. haitian Hotel by 8 representative of the United Press. Mir. O'Connor expressed him self as being greatly pleased with his eastern trip, and said: ''I found not only Boston and Providence with us, but all New Eng land solid" With reference to the rumor that a conference would soon be he'd be- tween the executive committee of the broth erhood and the presidents of the Baltimore and Ohio and American Rapid Teles graph companies, he said that the committee men would have an important conference to mor- TOW with President Converse of the Rapid at the office of Kidder, Peabody $ Go. The Baltimore men will also have an impor- tant conference at Baltimore with the rep resentatives of the Baltimore and Ohio Go. What the result of these conferences might be Mir. O'Connor was unable to say. He garded the outlook as brighter to day than on the first day of the strike and said: '"Fhe Law and Southern Telegraph companies to- day acceded to the demands of the brother hood and tomorrow other companies are ex- pected to fall into line. We are growing in i strength every day For instance since the opening of the strike we have gained 250 new members in New York, POO, in Philadel- phia 25e new members in Chicago and 125 in St. Louis. We are now also beginning to receive mail matter from the West and South, showing large gains to our ranks. The situation is very satisfactory from all points and feel confident that victory will soon be ours"
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