Morning journal and courier., 1883-07-19
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE KEYS STILL OPEN. No Strike Yet Of I'm. TeIe-
 graphers, BUT A CRISIS FAST APPROACHING. The Company's Answer To
 The Committee. ROSS R0WED DOWN BY HANLAN, A Quarter of a Mile Be-
 tween Them.
ROSS ROWED DOWN BY HANLAN,
A Quarter of a Mile Re.
 tween Them.
THE TELEGRAPHERS.

THE TELEGRAPHERS
 No Strike Yet-The COmpany's Answer
 to the Committee of Seven-Talks With
 Prominent OperatOrS-The Men Ready
 EveryvV here to Close the Keys
 NEW YORK, July 1S.-About half-past 12 o'clock the executive committee of the Vest ern Union company met in the committee room on the third floor of the building. The committee is made up as follows A. B. Cor nell, Russell Sage, Cyrus W. Field, Gen.
 Thos. T. Eckert, John T. Terry, John Van Horn, Jay Gould, Harrison Durkee, Sidney Dillon, Augustus Sehell, W. Morgan Green and George J. Gould. All were present ex- cept the three last named. The corridor outside the room was filled with reporters awaiting information, and the telegraph op- orators on the night force were gathered out side the building as anxious to get informa- tion as their fellow members of the day force
 who were at work upstairs. The meeting adjourned at 2:35 after adopting the follow
 ing resolution
 Resolved That committee consisting of Gov ernor Cornell, J. w. Csndenen and John T. Terry
 be appointed to inquire complaints of inc quail
 ties of compensation conditions of service y, II committee
 The sab committee will hold a meet
 ing at eleven o'clock tomorrow morning
 The report of the action of the directors of
 the Western Union company was promptly communicated this afternoon to the execu- tive committee of the Brotherhood of TeIe- graphers, which has been in continuous se- cret session at the Manhattan Hotel through out the day and evening. During a recess late in the evening United Press reporter
 succeeded in obtaining an interview with Mir. O'Connor, of Boston, chairman of the oom-
 mittee. Mir. O'Cohnor was very reticent and was dlsincllned at first to give any informa-
 tion to the press, stating that when their plans were definitely stated every paper would be furnished with the same report.
 After some urging he said, referring to the action of the Western Union: ssThe board of directors of the Western Union company seems to entirely ignore the brotherhood but that does not alter the situation. and when the proper time arrives we shall be able to dem- onstrate that we have the power to take | nearly every operator off and when matters | are satisfactorily adjusted to put them back
 again" When asked when, decisive action
 would be taken Mr. O'Connor begged to be excused and then said: ''As the Western Union directors have appointed 8 sub com-
 mittee to inquire into the grievances of the | Western Union employees alone we cannot as
 representing the entire brotherhood of the l Western Union confer with the commit l tee."
 In regard to the rumor that negotiations
 were in progress for the importation of tele- graphers from England to take the place of | possible strikers here prominent member of the brotherhood said that contingency had been foreseen and representatives of the brotherhood had been in communication
 with the telegraphers in England for nearly
 8 year past in anticipation of just such cri- sis as the present.
 From the attitude and tone of the execu
 tive committee the belief is general that some decisive action will be taken to morrow. In
 the meantime the operators are at work and
 business is proceeding in all the offices as usual.
 One of the highest officers of the Tele- graphers' Brotherhood was seen by Unite Press reporter this evening and freely gave his views regarding the situation. He said s'It is now quite certain that General Eckert and the executive committee of the Western
 Union Telegraph company are simply fenc' | ing for time. They want to gain time in or der to find men capable of filling the desks in l the stock, mining and produce exchanges, not only here but throughout the country.
 The operators for these places must be the best in the business, but if the company can
 manage to fill them efficiently it can and will
 compel the general public to await it's con- 1 venience. In the various exchanges of this 1 city alone there are about four hundred op- orators and in the speculative transactions they are constantly reporting mistake of | single figure may involve losses of thousands of dollars, as the company has learned before
 this through suits for damages"
 | The following is the reply of the American
 Rapid company to the demands of the Broth
 erhood of Photographers:
 NEW YORK, July Is, 1ss3 Executive Committee of ths Brotherhood of TeJe- graphers, Manhattan Hotel, New York:
 Gentlemen-Your communication of the 16th inst. addressed to the president of this company is
 ceived In his absence. and in view Of the impossi
 bility of proper conference with him. the officers of
 this company here only prepared to that they
 have received complaint on the part of their
 ployes upon the subject referred to evi- dence that you authorized to act for them in
 has ever disposed to do full justice to all in its
 service. and while of the demands made
 heved that they cannot fall to be recognized when
 the facts are fully known, the company quite will committee properly authorized act for them the
 several subjects to which your communication calls our attention. Very respectfully,
 Vice President and General Manager, American Rapid Telegraph Company. CINCINNATI O., July 19.-Intense excite
 ment has prevailed all day among business
 men as well as among the operators. The 1 telegraphers are anxiously waiting for news of the decision of the executive committee in
 New York and are prepared to leave their wires at any moment. They are very reti- | cent, but in the event of strike the silence which they have so closely observed will un- doubtedly be broken and they will then pre- sent their side of the story.
 PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 18.-About five
 hundred of the Telegraphers' Brotherhood met in this city this evening and discussed
 the situation of affairs Telegrams were re- ceived from various points telling them to
 remain firm. It is reported here that brok. CT in this city has offered the operators $1O, l GOO to strike. Other rumors are in circula- 1 tion. One is to the effect that the Western Union have tried to buy the executive com
 mittee of the operators; another that sub committee of the Western Union met 8 sub
 committee appointed by the operators exec
 utive committee this evening. The result of their deliberations was not learned, however. | CHICAGO, July IS There are no new fea- | lures in the impending strike of telegraphers | in this city Mir. Julian s. Rumsey, prom | inent commission merchant, to day voiced
 the sentiment of many largely interested in | the movements as follows: ''I do not think telegraph strike will do any material harm, | in fact it may do good. It will
 have the effect of showing us that we can
 get along without this promiscuous tele graphing that we are all indulging in and do | ing that will teach the telegraph company
 that they do not own the earth and all the | inhabitants therein. If there is any monopo- | ly in this country that ought to be crushed it is the Western Union Telegraph Co., In order l to pay dividends on stock Watered seven | times over it tries to starve it's operators, who
 are as class honest, intelligent, sober and
 hard workingmen, whose work is skilled Ia
 bor and who are intrusted with business
 amounting to millions of dollars day, the