Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-16
EASTERN NEW s.
...oc,ArEp PRESS DISPATCHES
s..re.sful Female snaugxIer.

CHICAGO, August l5.-Ine feoerai au-
.no,ities here today seized dress and
s1Ssr wearing apparel in the possession
~ Mrs. T.. N. Parrish, on the ground
shat they had been imported IN defiance
~ the customs laws. The woman has
made twenty trips across the ocean, by
hsr own confession, TO purchase dresses
from the nobility, and succeeded In hav-
90 "a. trunks in which they we're con-
tsined passed free of duty. Offering as
exclamation that they were Q portion Of
hsr wearing apparel. The authorities
hers assert that the case Is not an iso-
isssd one, and in addition to the seizure
have sworn cot warrant for her arrest
on the ground Of perjury.
Masonic Election.
DrSyKR, August l5.-An election of
oaieers of the General Grand Council of
RoyaI and Select Masons at the Trieu-
NAL Assembly now in session, was held
18th the following result: d. +. GenAr-
.IGrand Master. q. II. OsgoOd, Boffs-
h. II. p. General Grand Deputy Mas
tsr. Geo. ]. Ruckard, New Orleans; N.
p. General Grand p. c. Of w., Geo. w.
CooIey. Minneapolis; +. General Grand
Treasurer; Orestes A. b. Senter, Colum-
hus. Ohio; z. General Grand Recorder,
BENJAMIN +. Haller, Memphis; p. Gen
sral Grand Captain OF Guard, Robert
Van Reasater, indiana: z. General
Grand Conductor Of the Council. John
Haioh, Somerville, Mass; p. General
Grand Marshal, Henry 8. Grim, Los
Angeles; =. General Grand Steward,
Geo. L. McCapen, Baltimore. This Of
fcers we're instructed by Z. N. /: Grand
Master Alfred Chapman, General Grand
Hiah Priest, of Boston.
Will sac the City.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE Western
Upion Telegraph Co. have sent letter
70 Mayor Edison, setting forth the iOases
sustained by them by cutting their
wires and notifying him that they will
bring suit against the city for damages.
The mayor has consulted with the
superintsndent Of police TO prevent fur
ther cutting of wires. The superintend-
emit informed the mayor that special in
structions we're given the captains of
the several precincts of the city. and no
eaors would be spared to detect and ar
ret all guilty OF tampering with the
wires.
seeking the Presidency.
A Times Washington special says
conferences are being held daily at
0raystone between Tilden and his
trusted lieutenants, and the sage of
Gramercy Park is putting his best foot
forward to carry the next years CON
vention. This discovery has filled Nc
Donald with alarm, and he Is doing his
best to patch mp the broken places in
his forces.
o-~-a.>-s r.1>~~~uA~~~ Te~aafv ne
Geee the senate Csoaliiee On Labor.
New YORK, August 1.-THE United
Gtatss Senatorial Committee on Labor
and Education re-Assembled today. j.
Mcclellan, Of the Brotherhood of Tele
RYaphers, resumed his testimony. He
said the estimated cost Of the telegraph
Inns for 1900 miles would be $725, 965;
Telegraph operators were generally
yeung men and lived in boarding
houses; they usually came from the bet
tsr slass Of society. The morals of opera.
tara - class, had greatly improved
within the last ten years, and this was
onA result Of the organization which
he'd been effected. Most Of them we're
sinals, bot some of them were married.
Wiensss thought $50 was reasonable
estimate for food and lodgings
for Q single man. Only one in a
hundred ever saved any money. The
highest paid operators did not receive
enough 70 snahIe them to lay by any
thing for thdf support in old age. In
1870 the. Western Union company re-
quised ss6ev man coming into its en-
Vloy 70 tAke On oath that he would
nsver connect hlmself with Q trade or
labor organixstion. This was called the
Iron Glad oath, and wss administered
10 every pseyou WHO took part in the
Strike Of 1870. AftGe he existence of
~ telegraph brotherhood Was made
knovn recently. the Western Union
superintendent issued cirsular, which
vas sont 70 every employee Of the COM
any f0Sbidding him 70 counoot himself
! q 5oe D Dismissal. A day operator
worked from 3 O'clock in the morning
b O'Clock at night, and had but tWo
OF three hours 10 devote 70 amusaments.
HiGht operators had more time a. their
aiSposaL. No such thing AZ vacation
va6 known in the telegraph business.
wHRArsroNE oPERAross-
Orsilly, telegraph operator Of twelve
years expsrience, has charge Of the
Wheatstous instruments In the Western
Union ofllee. He hRd been an operator
In that system for ten years In Scotland.
He came here about a year ago. The
Western Union Company gave him 81
. month as q retaining fee until the
Wheatstone instruments should arrive.
Promises were repeatedly made that the
Wheatstone men should receive ~
mneh a. first class Morse operators. On
~ 18th OF last February u was an
uounoed that the Wheatstone system
would begin operations. and Wheat
some operators we're told that their sal
aries would be 80 q month. Operators
en- the other aide we're better paid, and
they had three weeks vacation each
yoar, with salary, and during sickness
resolved half pay. After being certain
number Of years in service, and their
geeosd being good, operators reCeive .
poQsion f0r life-s0metines at full pay
-vasu - becomes superanuuated.
'tf oTHEn WITNESSES.
~ Associato1 Press, oon6rn,sd the
tsstimony = previous wispssses In re-
u. Il. on q Philadelphia, . member
Z the Brolhsehood of 'CSlsgraphsrs,
6alphia r6Iood eEe1 90 = $50 per
ruth. O. - ~ oAjects Of shc
Bsuthsrhood ~ TO eG1a6lish com
pany oua eo-opogo11yo qyu1em, by which
operators sAeGild oun thsir lines, and
tkns - snsbIsd 10 project themselves
aQninse THAR employer. Evidence Of
~ hostility Of the Weaeern Union
Company towards il employees was the
syslsmasio policy of reducing the sal
axies Of ~ operators during the past
tn ysars. witness also teseiAsA % tho
peaetics Of the Weatsru Union In black
Iissina msn found Organizing union
or aasooiation Of operatoss.
EnQoue j. OOounog OF Boston gave
Statistics Of the growth Of the Western
Uuiou Company since 1866.
A0estcaa -. EAgllsA Newspapess-
NV Yosx, August 10.-During Uncle
Rufus Hatch's picnic yesterday, savage,
q the Loudou Telegraph, said: Il do
nol think interviewing viii ever become
common in England. because ne are too
mnGh afraid of toochiuQ private Affairs.
For inseancs. did The TslsgrapA vish to
puhliah Giadstnnsh opinions, this would
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