New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-14
THE TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE.
THE LOCAL SITUATION UNCHANGED.

THE LOCAL SITUATION UNCHANGED
,, no, THE srp.yrRs-RUMoRKD OBJECTION OF
,,srrp-woRKMeS OF THE BROTHERHOOD
Desnite the efforts of the Western Union Teie-
oranb Company to discover the inen
who are systematically cutting ther WIT,
the work of destruction continues between m'u-
night and o'clock yesterday morning MY WIS
,raro brokep of which twenty were Albany, twenty
four Southern. and two Pittsourg wires Az uas
break linemen were at work repairing INC o,oA
circuits and nearly all the wires were nenueu W
o'clock last evening. In speaking win ihrDo
reporter yesterday. Press Agent somer'iu0 VI
the Western Union said
eve have in our operating rooms 350 Operators
There are still SO branch offices winch foi"
closed. Six of the strikers returned W "o.
to-day 2 at the main office and at the pranoh
offices The situation out of town continues 70 iih
nrove One operator returned at Long BRANCH
at p,ttsburg-the first since the strike pegSn-
at Oswego, at Buffalo ana
Rochester. We are willing to take oacK suoh y,
the striking operators are irst-cass ehpefieu00
men There is no truth in the report that some Oh
the women GENERATORS have been Overworked oy th's
| company since the strike has been in progress
IINEMEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.
The Jersey City police believe that they nave
| succeeded in capturing two OF the men WHO haFo
been cutting the telegraph and telephone "i'es 4"
that city. After the wholesale cutting Oh Tue Wits
on last Friday night, Superintendent Andrew Di"s
Ter. of the New-York and New-Jersey Telephone
Germany reported the facts to Chief of Police
Mnrnhv. and Detectives Bowe and Dai-
ton were detailed to work up the
case Mr. Dingler informed the detectives that twoo
the company's lnemen who were on strike were 'he
only men 10 the employ of the company VINO knew
the exact situation of the seven trunk wires AZ o.
Paus and Nelson aves, the wires that were cut Oh
Friday night These were Thomas Dunn
chief lineman. and Thorne Williams. his assistant
| II was learned that Henry Morgan.
who was returning home between 1 and
| 2 o'clock Saturday morning heard wires cropping
4 in the street aud saw ole man standing on .ne
sidewalk near the telegraph pole taking 10 auo.uc
| who was up ON the pole While Morgan stool
| there the man on the pole descended ana ne anu
| his companion walked away mo n I'D
| served them as they passed under lamp, anu
| he believes that Dunn aud Williams are the
| men They were both arrested yesterday afternoon
| aud are held for examination. !. -
| City on sunday nIghL sIxty-seyen wires having
/ been found cut yesterday morning. rIoln 'no
nature of the WORK II is surmised that the cutters
| starred FROM Roselie and made their wav
| to South Elizabeth Between tnat po,n'
and jersey City the first wires cut were
| at the Jersey-ave. bridge of the New-Jersey
Central Railroad, and 1t is thought that the men
| who were doing the work boarded mllk-tran AZ
| EEzabeth
| Jams was arrested one-haf OF All excnrslon tlcket
| from Jersey Guy to Elizabeth on The New-Jersey
Central road was found III his possession. ihiity
| two wires were cut at Jersey-aye. Some OF thehl
were the ire-alarm wires. aud as these
| were cut blows were struck on the
fire-bells and gongs IN tho eng n,n"rn%S
| repaired the damage rs quickly as possible; FROM
| tae bridge tue cutters proceeded along the low
path OF the Morris Canal, where they cut tue nest
| ern Urion and Mutual Union wires. AT eacn
emf about thirty feet the wire was taken OIL 81
that the break could not be easily repaired
THE STRIKERS RECEIVING FINANCIAL AID.
The twenty-slxth day OF tho strike has passed
and the leaders of the photographers speak AS conf
IDENTIFY Of Its successful termination as ever Inc
usual secret meeting at Clarendon Hall yesterday
afternoon WAS largely attended. Encouraging
| speeches were made. and the finance committee
Maid ont money TO those OF the strikers who were III
| need Ii was reported at the Manhattan hoteI tna'
out of the LOO wires IRON Tue western on, ni
| operatng-room only thirty-nine were ID good work
| ing order and of these twenty were city or way
wires lt Is asserted That the iu force IN the oper
| Of these only fifty really goot
workmun. despatch was wed from Baitlinor'
stating that tive had been induced To leave th
| Wsster, Union Office there. No seceder was re
| ported from the ranks here. The maui piooicn
winch the strikers areendeavorng To is that
| finance The total amount OF the supscr'ptlV, on
was not given. but II was stated 10 Dc lul
as satisfactory as had been expected JOnh DC
, Clelland stated that numers OF the men are SEEK
INC sItnations ia other branches oil business, Ant
| eIght of the best men among the strikers ett yes
| terday for Jnelr homes IN CANADA, having uaue VI
their minds not To 20 bac6 TO telcgraphng IN any
| event Tine Girls are drawing very little money
| and there are about 200 oi tue men VINO VIII no
| appeal to the brotherhood Tor AID iof se'era
Mr.. McClelland said that while there was NJ
dnuht that the Western Union wires had Dcen Gu
in number of instances, ne thougnt .ua "a III ~, a
iority of the trouble was natura resulting from I'M
ok of lineen necessary To keep the lines IN 0Ider
D Toe strikers watch the STOCK market very clOsel
and are ,lated over the dropln estefn Union Oh
81 the nrou ,nent leaders strikers sal tnat ii
b case tho decline approached panic IL "odlu caus
a a demand for quick and accurate telegrapnic com
+ 4 ne manager of the W. j. Ferguson "Friend.
= | TIM combination aid Max StrakoSch, manage
OF the Twenty third street Theatre nave offered
p1yc a series OF benefit performances for the Sink
4 srs bppnulng September 3, TO continue Two weeks
The offer has been accepted.
, TWO MASTER woRKMEN GO BACK TO WORK.
Assistant General Manager Bates received dis
patch last night from Superintendent u. W. Irabu'
e at Nashville. stating that Master workman lar
It pIng of Wilmington, n. g., had said To Superir
tendent Tree 1T Richmond thai he had given up tn
: | contest and mad instructed his men at Whining %
and Charleston to do the same He had appeale
e to the executive council repeatedly for aid aud ha
d got only $50 to divide between nine men. Tw
q | men returned to work at Wilmington. n. u, an
~ the remainder were rejected. -
Superintendent Merrlhew telegraphed from New
" Orleans: A., ,,., ,.,
70 Pau lie LOup master workman, and Mr.. Borden hay
II iust Brotherhood and returned TO wor
: There IL considerable excitement among some o. u
strikers ana attempted to force MS way mo ~
/, Office Five additional permanent appointments WEI
Dr. made to-day. There will full force on dui
70 tomorrow without ex ira The men brougl
! from New-York can DO relieved Tomorrow.
Superint endent Rowe telegraphed from Pitt
burg that three men had returned at that pom
two at Erie Penn, and one at Janestow
al NJ. Y This is tho first break that has bee
made at Plttsburg since the strike began Manag'
y A. S. Brown stated that up TO II o'clock no wir'
had been cut last night, and that he thought u
60 | Uire=cutIinn huslneAs MAS ahnuL over.