Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-07-24
DO 70 ACT.-

TUESDAY ..--.---. JULY "A. 1883
% no UNLAWFUL ACT.-
A uss expected, re begin to get news
Of the strike among the telegraph opera
tors which does not agree with the dis
MATCHES seat by the Western Union
Company. Last Wednesday, the com
pasy t<lsgrsphed that all had been
arranged and that it, employees were
satis6ed- We lsarn iron nevspapsrs re-
ceived by mail that the very reverse Of
this d true The striking operators At
s.crznsuto, for instance, are determined
to hold oat TO the last. Reliable in
formation comes from San Francisco that
las. Friday evening there were only four
regular operators At work besides the
ladies, who did not strike. The rest OF
the force At work there was composed Of
studenss from the telegraph school on
Clay street. and . few rsgbag operators
picked up here and there, whose services,
under ordinary circumstances, would NOT
be accepted 1t any price, The Record
Union Of Sscramento says the statement
Of the San Francisco Chronicle that busi-
ness Vas being easily handled in the lat
ter city il absolutely false. In eonhrma-
ton Of which il states that At s o'clock
Friday evening San Praocisco had sent
only IS messages 70 Osdsn for the East,
while the number usually sent Il 700 or
more. The substitutes picked up to I'LL
the places Of the veteran strikers go to
the wires with . grand fairy, but fall ~
the vayside very soon Three men AZ
rived from San Francisco aod went 70
work in the Sacramento Office Friday
night, one Of whom had some ~expsnence,
the other two being mere studenfs-
They threw up the sponge At 9 O'Clock
r. n. and sought the society OF b
strikers. They could. they sAid, do
ordinary commercial business, but press
reporting was - little too tough for
plugs-"
In fact, the gain has been 20 great and
the success Of the strikers looks 50 favora-
BILE that the prospect encourages opposi-
tion.
A movement was i~naugurated in Sacra-
mento Friday by prominent citizens and
business men to bald an opposition line
from Sacramento to San Francisco, via
Stockton, Alameda, Oakland, San jose,
Santa Clara and Redwood City. Another
line will also be built to the north A. far
- Portland, taking en- route Msrysville.
Grass Valley. Nevada City and all promi-
nent points. The line viii be operated
by the Sacramento strikers, with the
assurance Of all the business men that
they viii patronize no other line The
articles of Incorporation, j. Is under
stood, were TO have been drawn and fled
either Saturday or yesterday. Sush a
line can be cheaply built, and wcald be
the nucleus Of = powerful opposition to
the monopoly.
OF course, concerning anything like
this we shall receive no news over the
wires manipulated by the Western
Union.
1t looks decidedly - though the
strikers have the best Of the situation
Tney seem well organized for the strike,
and the make-shifts that have been put
in their vacant places are falling down
and coming into the ranks
The outcome is uncertain and de-
ponds altogether upon how long they
can do without their wages, or what
amount Of punishment Jay Gould will
stand before he makes any concession
That be is being fearfully punished
now there il NO doubt. While il costa
the strikers their p~ittances individually,
the loss he sustains daily is hard to
estimate. That it 10 immense there il
NO doubt.
The strikers commend themselves very
strongly to the sympathy of the public
by their cooler temper and respect for
law. Not . single case Of harm done
yet by them to the company's prop
erty. Every Office has been left in
good working order and not . line cut.
though they could easily have done
tremendous damage 1t little danger TO
themselves and at many An important
point crippled the Western Union Com
pany and Left il utterly helpless.
The public sympathiss With the
strikerA Il Il the almost universal
hope that they will win and b allowed
to earn . fair living in rstarn for their
long hours Of skilled labor.
Bat whether they win or not in bat.
ting against the monopoly for bread and
butter, they have already won the
hearts Of their countrymen by their
superior regard for peace and order.
Their motto in the present fight teis-
graphed in cipher from headquarters At
Pittsburg would read we'll on the ban
ner Of the Brothsrhood Of Tslegraphsrs
forever. do NO unlawful act."
GOV. DUTLE8'1 SPEECH.
On the whois. Gov. Butiss's enemies
have not made much by their deter
mined and malignant fight in defense Of
the crueltiss and thievsries Of the State
Almshouss. They assumed that If it
should Be proved that the Governors