Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-07-21

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Il TuE WEES TO oPxS roDAT.
0 Portland, Ore, July 20, 1883.
d To G. d. Snow. Manager Western Uniol
Office, Seattle, W.T.:
You can announce that the lines vii
be working to San Francisco tomorrow
night Dispatches have come through
from New York today. Western Unios
stock is not affected BY the strike.
II FL LAMB.
WHAT srPERINTENDKNT LAMB
II SAYS OF TEE strike.
(Oreeonian.l
The reporter called on Superinten
dent Lamb last evening at his Office il
the Western Union building. Nosvith
standing the annoyance and vexationa
OF the day, the plumba9o destroyer
found Mr.. Lamb in very affable stats
OF mind. He received the scribe With q
bland smile. and in answer TO squestion
said be would Be very glad to furnish
1
porter said he desired to present both
aides of the question fairly, and foz
that reason would be pleased TO hear
Mr.. Lamb make any statement be
thought proper and right. or give his
views In regard TO the present situation.
Substantially Mr.. Lamb said:
This strike was as great surprise 70
the operators as il was to me. Wednes-
day evening the operators held meet
Ing, discussed the matter, and conolud-
ed not to quit. So far a. / could Judge,
they bad no intention Of joining the
strike. But il seems that as soon as
the order came over TIE lines they con-
cluded to join the brotherhood. Think
the boys have acted in q foolish manner
in thus abandoning their posts. They
do not complain of the treatment which
| they have received from the company
here. They have not the same grisvan-
ces that operators have East; they had
certainly NO personal grounds on which
to base their present action. They
could not be affected by the strike East,
or in California. Under the present
condition of the wire, and owing 70 the
strike IN San Francisco, they could not
have any communication whatever with
that Office. Business here must neces
sariiy be of local nature.
Now, Why could not the operators
here work ahead regardless of the order
given. They would only be required to
handle the local news, which Is not af-
footed by the trouble elsewhere. But l
suppose they thought it would be dis
honorable to do otherwise than they
hnve done. am strongly of.the opin-
ion that number of the more weak
Enaod -opo fopnoA into nn;kksnu vvno~<
through fear of the public opinion of
the brotherhood than through any act
i've sympathy with the movement. l
have sent orders to all the country
offices inssructing the operators to re-
fuse TO receive messages for California
and the East. After tomorrow We shall
have four men certain-pr0bably more
and am positive We can handle all
the local news.
More than that We cannot expect or
hope to accomplish while this trouble
lasts. II the strike continues more than
two days I shall 30 able to bring from
neiRhboriug offices all the force neces-
sary to manage the business of this
Office. 1t Is simply impossible for me
to predict, with the remOtest degree of
certainty, the result of the present diff
Guilty. The duration Of this strike will
depend upon two circumstances: First,
the staying qualities" Of the striking
0perat0rs-their ability to stand out
and, second, the. backbone of the
telegraph company. One side or the
other must ultimately yield. How il
will end is difficult to conjecture. The
effects Of this strike ON all departments
Of business, particularly the CONNER
cial interests, will be very heavy. Mer-
chants, bankers, brokers and business
men generally may not feel the full
force Of this Geographic stagnation for
few days. But it will soon be felt with
an effect that will be most marked and
intense. ! shall expect that the mer-
chants and business men Of this couu-
try will bring most tremendous
pressure to bear on the company, should
the strike last long, to force il to yield
to the demands of the Brotherhood, or
to end in some manner the present Diff
Union stock has taken q big tumble in
Wall street.
am unable to give You any idea Of the
state OF Affairs in San Francisco. All
know 10 obtained from the operators.
When first came down to the Office
this morning found it deserted. Some
one was calling from San Francisco. ]
went over to tho instrument intending
to find cut ali the particulars / could.
The operator at the other end al quickly
a. he found ont what il was stopped.
ALI l could get out Of him was, ''0ood
day, SIR" So You zee am in ignorance
Of how matters stand. Ny own opinion
IL that II the strikers hold out any
length of time the difficulty will be OBJ
waited TO Q certain extent BY the various
railway companies.
utsrelations are intimate with all
the railroad companies, and our inter-
ests identical. The railway companies
will probably take enough Of their own
operators all over the country and do
the bulk Of the most urgent and impor-
tant business. when this il done a
great many Of the weakened strikers
those who do not belong to the broth.
erh0od, bat have joined out of sympa-
thy-will come In and 90 70 work.
Small outlying posts must suffer under
such An arrangement. but that cannot
be helped. All the available operators
will be massed In the principal points,
and the smaller points be neglected in
consequences. feel sure that some of
the moro lukewarm operators will soon
b willing TO como back. The company
Will 70 voIy ktoo W R0b Suom w.
| When the trouble at Yreka Is rome
died We may Be able to get something
through from San Francisco. Mr..
Jaynes, the superintendent there. il an
operator. Several other employees in
the ofice arc also operators. Among
them they viii probably be able to "rus-
tie" over some news.
| OF the justice Of this strike; of the
uuautisxn NJ ysuht m wrnuo do mot
presume TO judge. On that point I
have no opinion 10 offer. The affairs
Of the telegraph company are managed
BY much ablsr and wiser AsadA How
ever, have this much 10 nv: Every
person has right 10 his own opinions;
be has right 70 follow out his own con-
vicsiona. and while that 10 true he doea
mot have The right 70 force his views
down the throats Of others. II an en-
ployee does not like the treatment he
!, receives from the oomnnnv: IL hA In dia-