Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-26

second Day or the Siege.
UsYIvLpryo CORPORATIONS.


CHICAGO. July GA spirit of great
cheerfuiness prevails among the West
ern Union officials today. Said Colonel
Clowry: I'VE are all night and are 90
ing to win this fight. Why, We had
more operators last night than we could
use. There were 90 many Of them that
our business did not keep them busy
and We had to send them home. We
seemed to be fairly we'll filed with tele-
graphic talent, such as it is. Many were
newcomers, strangers alike to the CITY
and to the intricaoies Of handling oom,
mercial business in large offices. The
Wheatstone system is in operation. MT
not TO its full capacity. At the receiy-
ing department business ia still taken
subject to delsy. Ths volume of bosi
ness offered is very small. il being oen-
orally understood by the public that the
company Is net 10 very good shape to
handle much matter.
MEETING OF STRIKERS.
The striking operators met TODAY at
Uhlich's hall, where speeches were
made and reports read. The hall was
filled during the morning by a transit
DRY crowd of strikers and their friends.
and the general sentiment was one of
hope.
The strikers appointed press COM
mlttee, which went into session at Uhl-
ish's hall and has furnished to the pa
psxs their side of the story. They cav
that the reports that on leaving their
desks they gave expression to feelings
OF regret in parting with their chiefs
were entirely false. They had been
ground down too long BY the Western
Union Telegraph Company to feel any
regret in leaving them, and were only
sorry That the separation was Temporary
and not permanent. The committee
also claim they have learned by actual
investigation that the telegraph com
pany last night purchased $500 worth
OF postage stamps-an amount that
would ordinarily last the company q
year-for the purpose of mailing mes.
sages which they had received "subiect
to delay" and that there are now en-.
ployed in the Western Union office in
this city twenty-five or thirty clerks who
are not operators, whose entire duty is
to copy mess lges transmitted BY mail
and inclose them in telegraphic en-
yelopes.
The Public Grain and Stock Exchange
today ordered William Sanderson, their
operator, to take one Of the Western
Union instruments. On his refusal tn
do SO they at once ordered his dis.
charge. The Brotherhood committee at
once informed the Exchange that un-
less SandersOn was retained they would
order all operators in their Office out;
but at noon no reply had been made.
Manager Mccullough of the Balti-
more and Ohio Company takes
gloomy view of the situation and de-
clares that his company is practically at
q standstill in this city, st. Louis and
Cincinnati. A number of applications
have been made for situations, and the
applicants, as rule, proved incompe-
tent. He asserts it as his view that the
operators will win in the pending con-
trovsrsv.
The meeting of the striking operators
this afternoon was largely attended,
and there was considerable enthusiasm.
Ninety-four new members were initi-
ated, including number brought to
the city to take the places of those who
left the offices on Thursday. The men,
bers OF the brotherhood expressed Bit
terness at reports given by portion Of
the press as to the situation in other
cities, and claimed that they were col
ored for the benefit of the company.
They say their advices from every large
city showed that the company was in
hard straits, and was making show of
activity while in reality badly crippled.
None OF the Chicago strikers had asked
to return to their places.
STRIKE OF CHECK BOYS.
At the time of the shift from the day
70 the night force, this evening, the
Western, Union check bows, under the
influence Of the striking teleQraphers
and with q boyish notion of helping
the strikers, quit work, to the number
OF fifty, and marched in body to the
hall where the striking operators were
holding q meeting. Four girls and one
boy were left to do the work. Messen-
gers were brought from the delivery
office and in a few minutes business was
proceeding as usual.
The Western Union officials TONIGHT
report larger force on duty here than
usual. considerable number of day
railroad operators came ia during the
evening and were put to work. Busi-
ness is kept pretty veil clear, except TO
ofhCe9 at which there ia not sufficient
receiving force. Considerable trouble
has been experienced during the day on
Q number of circuits through Interrupt
tons by railroad operators who sympa-
thize with the strikers, who manifest
their sympathy by taking the wire to
call to the operator at Chicago: Get
out your SCALE" etc., and opening the
key and breaking the circuit. One or
two Of these spmpathizers have been
cauQht at IL and diacharO~d