New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-23

The women waved tner DdhuhelVhioAS $40
the men their hats. Long Branch was reached at
1890 p. m. The weather was excessively warm
and fully one-half of the merry-makers including
nearlv all the linemep concluded to remain over until
the O'Clock boat The PymouthRock left on her re-
turn trip at o'clock, bringing back about ooo
operators The return was enlivened by songs from
the Western Union Glee Club and other muslcal
efforts on the part of operators Arrangements had
been made with the manager OF the boat by winch
the sale of all intoxicating liquors was suspended
for the trim so that there was no drunkenness and
60 quarrels.
The dock at the foot of West Twenty-first-st. was
reached at 3:30p. and the strikers who returned
made their way to Irving Hail. where meet
ing was held for the purpose of making pubic
whatever news had been received since the meeting
of Saturday night. When the meet
ing was called to order by Master Workman
Mitchell there were nearly 800 persons IN
the room, and Others struggled in until the nan was
comfortably filled. Mr. Mitchell, III Gaming .I VIZ
meeting 10 order. stated that ne was s,u of the
Brotherhood had obeyed the injunction OF tne O I'm
mitee to abstain from the use or lhtoAlcaVlns
liquors. "By action to-day, he ssld We nar1
placed 10 our credit another key i'll the switchpoafd
of public opinion" He read dispatches iIon uh,a
delphia telling how confident the men tneIe W.,
and stating that the Brotherhood were lnltlalns
members at the rate of from ten TO forty uay, n
letter was read purporIing to come from gin mn1
did not strike on Thursday asking TO oe m ;
in the brotherhood. She said she had been IN nis
ery ever and could stand IL l0 lonseh. nn0
had had charge OF the Ne"-U 1as so great
that she was almost completely e&nausteu. ~
dispatch from Providence stated that every ma
with the exception OF the manager nau Ier' ~ tne
Office letter from Detroit stated that slxdX-uYe
men left the Western Union office there on ln9ls
day night and the check boys ana gris W no u is
stand biography had refused TO take their piaces
number of men who had been brought In from
the country to take the places Oh the strAers nau
joined their ranks
DENYING STORIES OF wRoNG-DoING.
]. b. Taltoval denied the stories that the
Inemen were tampering with the wires. We can
win this fight without pulling down wires" he said
"The truth of the matter is that only ten OF the
three hundred linemen employed 10y the Western
Union Company are at work, and the natural
trouble that aecumulates destroys the efficiency
of the wires. They wish to-day this trouble 10 the
linemen, but they can't do it,"
Eugene w. Drew, of Brooklyn, presented to the
young women = basket Oh Pon a hi Wcrtb ~
Forewomap said Z" We regard as these lines SYM
bolical of the purity of our motives. The flowers
may fade, but our zeal for the cause will never
flag"
JEERING AT THE LINE TROUBLES.
:Notice was received .fIom astriking neman that a
large number Of wires were down on account OF the
fire in Yandewater-st Chairman Mitchell ex-
pressed regret that majority OF the linemsn were
at Long Branch and couldn't fix the trouble. lie
was sorry for the owners of the building but -
Announcement was made that game OF baseball
would be played Wednesday at y. H., at the Polo
Grounds, between the hnemen and the operators.
Amotion to play the match in the operating room
of the Western Union Telegraph Company vas 70;
ceiyed with applause Speeches were made and
offers of assistance given by Messrs. M T.; frost.
district master workman OF District Moo knights
of Labor; Thomas ODonnell, OF Typographical
Union No. 8; T. NJ Jackson, delegate nom the
Newark Assembly Of the Brotherhood SAID that the
New-Jersey Railroad men were solid, and should 1t
be deemed necessary Tor them TO Striko tney VIII 80
our almost to a man.
REPORTS THAT ENCOURAGE THE STRIKERS.
At the headquarters of District Master Workman
Campbell az the Manhattan Hotel number OF tel
egrams were received. One from Philadelphia re-
ported that only twentythree men were lett IN the
Western Union Office, and they were expected to
leave there shortly. A dispatch from Rochester
asking the contradiction of a report that the strike
had failed was answered. A delegation from the
Central Labor Union presented resolution prom
Using moral and financial support. communica-
ton was also received from Local Assembly 1880
knights of Labor, stating that the Assembly had
set aside portion of its funds for the benefit of the
strikers and that the fund subject TO his orders
Mr.. Campbell said that at no time the out
look brighter than now. Already the Brotherhood
had gained 2, 0o0 members throughout the country
He said that they expected an important secession
from the Western Union Office to-day. Ia relation
to the probability of spread of the strike he said
sour resources not nearly exhausted and
should the strike continue another week
there is a possibility of its assuming
proportions that will dwarf the great
railroad strike of 1877. The Western Union Com
pany has connections with all the different railroads.
OF its 10000 offices probably 5000 are railroad
offices. When the Pennsylvania Railroad men re-
fused 20 handle Western Union messages 1t cut OH
from telegraphic communication between 500 and
600 towns Some railroad which has contract
with the Western Union Company will insist on It's
men handling Western Union matter, thereby pre-
cipitatine a strike and If one strikes all will strke
and instead of 500 towns cut of there will be 10 600
Then it's among the possibilities that the traInmen
will join us. If they force 10 IT, we may in the
next week or ten days show them that as yet the
strike is only in its infancy"