Morning journal and courier., 1883-07-20
The Strike in New Haven.
The Situation at the Various Telegraph Omces In New Haven Last Evening.

The Situation at the Various Telegraph
 Omces I'm New Haven Last Evening.
 Two small boys appeared to be holding the fort' at the Western Union office last evening Business seemed dull. little in- quiry, however, revealed the fact that there were enough competent operators at hand to carry on all the business that would be put upon them. The strike was inaugurated in this city by 8 mysterious cipher dispatch which was received shortly after midnight Wednesday by the operator on duty. This dispatch was passed around among the other operators who were members of the brotherhood and it read as follows:
 TTnlesz otherwise notified, all members working for the Western Union Telegraph company, including Mutual Union, American Rapid, Baltimore and Ohio western company of Canada, will strike at noon,
 Washington, D. C., time Thursday, July 19. Com panies .ne E RGS treat ~l'n District Master WorIman
 In obedience to the above three operators
 left the office about ten minutes past twelve vesterday noon. They were J. M. Howard, uuadruplex operator, and M. o. Dennison and Michael J. Fahey, general operators. Night Operator T. F. Ford IS at present hl- | ing a position in Providence, but as he is one l of the brotherhood he will strike also. | Chief Operator Fred. Fairchild has charge of | the office at present in the absence of man. 1 ager Harris. He closed the Church street l office and transferred the lady operator to
 the general office. Operator Hubbard also
 came from the telegraph office in the Union
 depot. Mir. Weaver, in charge of the Asso- I ciated Press wire remained on duty, as he l is in the employ of the New England Asso- 1 ciated Press. A son of MT. Hubbard is at the ] Union depot-
 Mr. Fairchild yesterday morning received 1 a letter of instruction from Thomas Roche, | of 0f | trict of the Western Union Telegraph com pany. It was dated yesterday and with re- | ference to the impending strike had this to 1 say:
 l s'In such an event all salaries will at once be
 stopped until the business of their company be
 transacted without interference. This order
 sariIy applies to those remaining at the posts of d ty All such employees, however, remaining in their
 position will be protected by every of the I com pany and will receive compensation commensu- 1 rate with the value of their service"
 The three operators in the employ of the American Rapid Telegraph company are not ! members of the brotherhood and consequent | Iy remained at their posts yesterday. Man 8 1 ger Page stated that at 1915 yesterday he
 had received word from headquarters to re, | fuse all business for New York.untH the
 strike is over. The operators at
 Meriden, Hartford, Norwich, Waterbury and New London and other towns are among the strikers. The Bridge port office employs ladies, who do not be 1 long to the brotherhood, and they therefore
 did not leave the wires. At the main off ce there are now seven operators, they being l really one man short, so that they can trans l act all business as before. But the ChurcI
 street office is closed and they are short a 1 the depot. While the sympathy of the pub lie generally seems to be on the side of thu | strikers, those operators who do not belong | to the brotherhood express doubts as to thu
 necessity or advisability of the strike.