The Labor enquirer., 1883-07-21
DENVER COLORADO. SATURDAY. JULY p. 1888 PRICE,

hours of the Wheatstone operators be the
same as for Morse operators.
The memorial solicited as early reply as
possible, and was signed by each Of the COM
mittee.
CHICAGO, July 1.-THE telephone com
pany's officials to-day sent for the foreman
OF their gangs OF repairers and line men and
| asked what the men wanted, The foreman
in reply referred them to the executive com
mittee OF the Telegraphers' Brotherhood.
The officials refused to recognize that COM
bmittee, and it is stated, that at a subsequent
meeting it was decided to strike at O'Clock
tomorrow morning.
pSs,GsSa ST. 4Sog1as, ypl{ H1Membsrs OF Of the the
that unless the Western Union company re-
ply faVOrably before noon tomorrow to the
memorial presented to General Manager
Eckert yesterday, the executive committee
will order strike, and at II O'Clock sharp,
New York time, every member of the Broth
erhoOd in the country will stop work and
quietly abandon his post. i The telegraph
officials do not seem to be worried about the
matter. .
New YORK, July 1S.-At a meeting of
the executive committee Of the telegraph
company to-day a subcommittee was ap-
pointed to investigate the situation of the
impending strike OF operators, and to de-
eide upon the justice OF their demands. The
committee will report next Wednesday,.
Members of the Brotherhood claim that
all the Wheatstone men are willing to go out,
while the officers of the company say that
not more than two or three of the nineteen
local employees, and not large numbers of
those elsewhere, will consent to strike.
ST.. LOUIS, July 1S-The Brotherhood of
Telegraphers OF this district held a secret
meeting tonight The secretary of the ex
| tfnn ,iolyS fhnr will hn
any further action until the committee re-
| ports. He thinks compromise will be ef
fected which will be favorable to the ope-
ratOrS.
P1TTsBURG, July 18.-The threatened
strike of the operators and its effect upon
business was the universal topic of CONVEX
SatlOn III commercial and financial circles to-
day All day a crowd hung around the
| Western Union office, and great dissatis-
faction was manifested by members of the
| brotherhood that the strike was not inaugu-.
rated at II O'Clock. There is a general be
| lief that unless their demands are conceded
tomorrow all will quit work.
NEW YORK, July 49, There are no new
developments to-day in the csgarmakers'
strike. Members of the International union
employed by S. Gutenberg & Bros, are at
work, and unless they resign or are discharg-
ed to-day members of the Protective union
will not return to work. In that event the
Gutenberg shops and thirty-four others be-
longing to the Manufacturers union, will be
locked out tonight for all indefinite period.
| One result of the strike, it is said, will be
that the manufacturers who are not members
of the union and whose shops will not be
closed, will increase ,theirI working force
| Members Of the Protective union say they
| will remain firm to their determination, and
thus show their unwillingness to work with
twenty-siX men who they claim violated
promise to them. Over seven thousand per
sons, few OF whom are women, will thus
be thrown out of employment, and fifteen
cigar manufactures will be closed.
New YORK, July 19.-At precisely II
o'clock Washington time, several hundred
operators in the Western Union office laid
down their pencils and quietly filed out of
the building. A large number remained at
their work, and that force has been greatly
increased the new recruits being principally
women and girls. The managers say there
the wave successfully, while the operators
are equally confident feeling confident that
the ineXpel fenced persons who have taken
their places will be unable to perform their
duties.
The strike is pretty general, reaching from
Canada to Texas, and from Kansas City to
New York, inclnding all the principal cities
of the country. At some places there has
been little effect upon business, white at
others there is almost complete prostration.
The feeling is as varied as the situation.
In every city the strikers were met by large
crowds Of friends as they filed out of the
offices, and were greeted by cheers. AS the
operators left their work at the corn and
-four exchange in B fillmore, they were
warmly applauded by the members of the
exchange.
Matters are rather unsettled as we 60 to
press, but it looks as if the operators had a
fair show to win. Implicit reliance cannot
be placed in the press reports.-ED.
CHICAGO, July 19.-This afternoon the en-
ployes in the Bessimer steel works, at South
! Chicago, presented demand to the company