The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-08-03
THE STRIKE.

The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany claims to be in good shape to
handle all dispatches offered. Superin-
tendent Wright, of Cleveland, tele-
graphs the offices in his district were in
good shape, and fully prepared for all
usual business. Two operators from
Cleveland and one from Chicago had
gone to work at Detroit, and five more
were expected there from the Wabash
Road. One first-clsss operator, strik-
er from Buffalo, had just gone to work
at Cleveland, and more were to follow.
superintendent Parker, of st. Louis,
represents matters in his district in ia
vorable condition, and business well
no. The forces at st. Louis, Houston,
Kansas City. Dallas, Galveston and
Little Rock all were doing well and i'm
proving. The delay notices had been
taken down in the Merchants Ex-
change at st. Louis. Superintendent
Clowry, of Chicago, said: "All circuits
are clear and business is all up. We
have more operators than we know
what to do with"
A strikerwho has deserted the Broth
erhood and gone back to work for the
Western Union said that when he re-
turned he was very much surprised to
The business Of the company was being
well done, and there was no disputing
it. The business to and from New
York was even greater than before the
strike, and it was being handled all
right. He thought good deal of the
Baltimore and Ohio business with New
York had been diverted to the Western
Union. When he went out with the
strikers he was as confident of success
as any of them. He thought the Broth
erhood the strongest organization in
the country. After he had been out two
or three days he began to think differ
emily. He saw the Brotherhood had
no money. and so he thought that was
no place for him. He found that there
was but S96 in the treasury. He under
stood that he was to be paid his regular
salary, and he saw that that couldn't be
done. He heard some of the boys TALK
ing and thought that they intended to
return to work, and he thought that the
first one back would be the best served,
so he decided to go back. The ones he
had heard talking had afterwards back
ed out, and had not gone back to work.
Money considerations constituted one
of the chief reasons for his return
ing to work. The reporter stated that
the boys appeared to have plenty of
money, and the operator replied that
he didn't know anything about that.
He thought the boys were weakening
very fast, and that there would be
q stampede before the day was over.
He had heard the reports from other
places read to the boys, and he thought
the same reports were read over and
over again, with perhaps some slight
changes. He almost knew the reports
by heart.
The press committee of the Brother
hood have a dispatch denying that fiji
teen operators have abandoned the
strikers and returned to their work.
\ member of the Chicago Board of
Trade claims the Western Union are
misrepresenting the state Of affairs and
says:
Not one message in ten is received
on time, and the company is not at all
fixed to carry on even the small amount
of business the people are willing to
trust them with. 1t is true the Situa-
ton has improved, for there was time
when we might just as well have sent
on messages by courier as by wire, but
TO say that the business is all right, or
TO say that there has been any great
Improvement in the last few days is to
say what is not so. We are fearfully
bothered. With the exception of st.
Louis and New York there are no lines
working 50 perfectly that our messages
come as we have been accustomed to
receive them. The order business is
dead on Change. Just imagine orders
coming in one, two, three hours, half a
day. yes, in some instances, an entire
day behind time. Why, it has paral-
yZed the trade. Of course 1 wish they
would settle the matter, but my sympa-
thies are with the boys, as are all of the
folks on the Board, and we put up with
more than we would if it was not for
them"