The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-07-18
GENERAL TElEGRAMS.
THE THREATENED TELEGRAPH
TROUBLES.
The New York DaIlIes on the Situa-
ton Wall Street Spectators
Offering Money to the 0per
ators- Forged Letters.
TRIAL OF THE TENNESSEE TREASURER.
HERALD oN THE SITUATION.

NEW York. July H. The Herald, ed.
itoriully, says II the threatened strike Of
the brotherhood Of tclcgraphcrs TINT,
although their petition il couchcd IN
respectful terms, II loRycs the impress
sion of asking too much, 1t request
that II days work be made eight
Instead ot nine hours. and q nights work
nj seven instead OF eight hours rcduC- !
ton OF Onc-ninth in one case and one
eighth In the other Al the slmc time it
wants all wages increased IL per cent,
irrespective OF age, SIKH and position OF
the operator, besides extra compensation
tor sunday work. lbr real effects OF thcsc
demands will be- best illutrat,d By
example Day operators nov receive !
so per month or, counting nlu' hours !
tO "a dHY. and six DAYS in "a week wages are !
about 80 cents per hour. Under the pro-
posed rate the monthly wages will be
gSG.2i, A day work win he eight hours !
during six day in the week, ur about II
cents per hour; an actual increase II more
than y per cent In regard To the Wheat |
stone operator an increase of 80 per cent .
Is demanded. Ca the whole II Is t. bc
doubted whether the operators have
prCst MED strong UusC That ]
evils exist can not br questioned, but they
will not be remcdicl by the course taken
The executive committee of the Western
l. Mon e lcgrtph company viii meet tn-
morrow and the petition Ol the operators
will then he brought To their con-idcra
ton. one at The officers OF the company
.uid to-day 1t Was impossible to say
what action would be taken. The gen
rIal opinion was that the demand WAS
excessive and unreasonable No action
has yet been taken By lhr Mutual Union,
Amcr AN Rapid OF Baltimore ~ Ohio
companies.
New NoWK July 1.-THE newspapers
are giving considerable snuCc To the
threatened telegraph trouble though IN
thu untury Of the interviews aud editorial
comments. From the "Nlail and Expro4s:"
The situutIou tx one that deserves 10 hc
very carefully scanned aud thoroughly
understood by all directly aud indirectly
Interested THAT tx to say. by cvcrybudy
The electric wires are the nervous system
Oi the country. Their functions are 80
vital that no corporation or a>suCiHtiun OF
men would long he allowed Ia control
them IN disregard OF tn" public interests.
/ The CiNiliI uiou and business of tn cpu l-
try having been developed ON bisi- ul
universal trcpmphy. the basis mus BE-
preserved without Interruption. Tho pub
lie In, rights that Will somehow be en-
| forced, and there Il u limit To the natural
/ right ~ employees to rlke. II TX our
I belief that the directors are The grout
employ ~ Of Inc telegraph operators.
/ The Western luiuu are Disposed to deal
squuroly aud generously with it's en-
uiu,cs whenever they drput,2o ANY one
ar mora Ia nrrsrut The rumlrs IF thrir
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