New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-22

pany will enable uS-wltn SOME uIincuius, az
mitto transact the great bulk OF our business anc
70 fight the strikers 10 the bitter end me leauer
of the strikers refuse 10 believe reports OF uescr
| tons from their ranks. Let them do So Inc vest
ern Union Company Is not to be invelged by any
such shallow device into betrayng the trust reposed
| in il by recalcitrant strikers"
REPORTS BY THE sUPERIYTENDENTs.
! IL was stated by the attorney of the company
| Clarence Cary, that no legal complications had
arisen out Of the delay Of messages. and that the
| complaints which had reached his department
were fewer in number than was ordinarily the case
for the obvious that the class OF business that
provoked most trouble was to a great extent sus-
pended. As to the general condition of the CONF
panys business throughout the country the follow
ing report issued by the Western Union officials
Superintendent Baldwin reports everything o. K,
with the exception OF some "red" business might mes
sages for Chicago Eastern wires o. X. Wires working
well from Long Island and Brooklyn. except cable to
Brooklyn. Slight trouble on Hunters Point wire
superintendent Gregory reports all wires South IN
coed shape Business well up except at far points One
hour behlnd The WheastOnes are working TO chicago
via Buffalo in good STYLE
superintendent Fem says wires to Cincinnati St.
Louis Pittsbarg Cleveland and Detroit In good share
slightly delayed and mail being used To forward to some
points.
shape except WilmantIc, where only operator has
been employ ed. and none now on duty.
no BRANCH OFFICES FOUND REoPENED.
A TRIBUNE reporter in the evening visited more
than thirty OF the company's branch offices. but
could find no confirmation of the statement to
the reopening of any of the Offices which
were closed at the beginning of the
strike. On tho contrary, with the exception
of the Aston House. Fifth Avenue Hotel, Windsor
TIotel and the principal piers aud railway depots,
all the branches were closed. When the fact that
no confirmation of the statement that several
branch offices had been reopened could be obtained
was pointed out to Mr.. HumstOne, he said: II do
not know which offices are closed or which are
open affairs here are 80 dlsorganlzed that l have
no means at hand FOR ascertainlng; In making q
personal canvass of them you have adopted the
only means of discovering the truth; But
can say this much, and that authOrltalyely sew
eral of the branches will be reopened the first thing
Monday morning. The company has perfected
arrangements which will enable It to transact tIe
principal volume of its business with tOlerable
smoothness on and after Monday without the aid OF
the strikers"
MIR j. Dealy said last night that the company
had a total Of $50 operators against 443 at the
time OF the strike. Four of the strikers had re-
turned to work and on Monday 1t was expected that
more of them would return. Superintendent James
Merrihew said "Of our present force there Is not
one who is not competent to 90 the work assigned"
TELEPHONE LINEMEN JOIN THE STRIKE.
OF the lO7 linemen of the Metropolitan Telephone
and Telegraph Company. only 23 remained at work
after the strike. w. II. Eckert, general superinten
dent of the company, said to a TRIBUNE reporter
yesterday. OuT llllclnen kllof dhu '1"
they went out simply because they belonged to the
Brotherhood. We have always treated them well.
paid them all that the strikers demanded, and even
more IN some cases Our linemen were paid $50
month"; and of them $75; all of our fOremen re-
ceved the latter price They demand $50 for helpers
and we have never paid less than $50 a
month. They insist on eight hours for a days
work; they have always begun at a. III. aud quit
at p. M, whether they on roofs or poles. As
to Sunday work. we have allowed days pay to
any man who did even an hours work. or reported
Tor duty on Sunday morning. What they mean by
being confined solely to their legitimate work, do
not know, as they have never made any complaints
at all. We were ready tn do everything that was
fair with our men, and feel that 10 going out rs
they did they have treated rs unfairly Ii they don't
talk business without delay we shall have to use
some other remedy, At present we are hiring all
[ he men who ask for work. We have 5000 sub
scribrrs and. fortunately for u.s. the weather has
been good since the strike began. III bad
weather should come We would be in hole The
Law Telephone Company leases its lines from us
At present we have stopped all construction ana
are Obliged tO refuse all new subscribers"
Manager Frank Shaw. of the Law Telephone
Company. At 40. 40 fulton-st. said: "The Sttlke
on the Metropolitan Telephone and elcgraph Com
pany was due TO their connection with Western
Union. which owns half their stock. We are not an
ally Of Western Union aud orr lincmen have not
struck. We have only abont eight hnemen and
600 subscribers. If the strike con nues, although
we pay them al The Brotherhood demands have
no rra ,on 10 suppose that our nemen may not join
the strikers"