New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-24

contracts with itT
"Ths trouble has not been serious enough
10 cause any demand to be MADE, put inc
attention of some of the railroad authorltes mas
been called to the matter believe that mas oeen
.nficient TO remedy 1t. We do not anticipate any
great trouble from that cause"
WHAT RAILROAD MEN SAY.
General Superintendent Bowen, of the Ere
Railroad, said as to the extent OF the
trouhle on that line: "There has been some
trouble at q few points. In Paterson oil the
operators including the manager, went OUT,
and our operators do not like to do the business VI
the Western Union"
"Haye the operators refused to send messages ior
the Western Unionp
"No they do the business after a fashion, lnero
IA generally some trouble with the instruments Oh
the wires when Western Union message has 10 DO
SAINT Our own messages come through all ngh''
however"
"Do you anticipate any strike OF railroad opera
torsf"
do not feel altogether easy about IL 4; oue our
road is not at the mercy OF the bfotnernooo' a
strike might cause some little inconvenience. L
fear if the present strike continues that IL may eA
tsud." ~,
yice-President Oliver, of the Delaware and hud-
san Canal Company, said that he knew OF no com
plant of the work being done oy the opera'ois ""
that companys road. 49,, v,ar Pailroad
said: "Our operators receive all messages 0neIeu
we have a line communicating with the "es' I'll
Sah;t M sending messages there directly. But the
operators at the Western Union end OF our Line now
don't know enough 60 take MESSAGE ana we Lave
ceased TO try to communicate by wire. II.
President Little of the New-Jersey Centrai, salu.
Eve nav our own operators and TRANSACT our own
telegraph business have heard Oh no ''''''' w
Ut The chef operator at the Delaware and Laeka-
wanna Railroad Company's ofiiee SAID, WIN s sn
from the Western Union. We take MESSAGES o "a
usual l don't know how many OF our men mar, are
members of the Brotherhood. IL would De lnp0s
sible to find out We might get as badly ieit as ala
Superintendent Dealy, of the Western union' We
made any calculations on that score. ,5 Ind
At the Offices of the New-York Central and HUI
son River Railroad Company 1t was SAID lhat 10
complaint had been made In regard 10 western sosd
Union business On the Ne T rssd 70 r take
however, many OF the operators uau ioA"'e" w ~
Western Union messages.
VIEWS OF A WESTERN UNION DIRECTOR.
A director of the Western Union said The
interests of tho railroads and the telegraph COM
pauies are identical l do not thIuk the former
need to be reminded of their duty to the company.
II they were to countenance any interference with
the commercial business of the Western Union
they would simply be inviting combinations similar
to that of the telegraphers among their railroad
emuloyes. How natural it would be for teieg-
I
ing higher wages, to suggest to trainmen OF
eugpeers: Why don't you try a strike to get
hixher payf' Take the Baltimore and Ohio Com
papy for instance. What are It's telegraph interests
compared with its railroad lnterestsf Why, they
are mere bagatelle. don't believe the western
Union will be troubled greatly by the railroad
operators the roads VIII see that 'neiI men 40 H ~
possible development in the same spirit that tn"
Telegraph company has displayed"
Mr. Dwight. night chief at the western Union
operating-roorn said last night that their business
was never handled more satisfactorily on MONDAY
night There had been about SOC operatives at
work during the day, $50 up to O'Clock, ana aiter
that hour there were sixty or seventy.
There was trouble last night with the Sandy HOOK
wire no communication beng received after about
oeloek This was said to be not due to any inter
ference from the strikers, but to the probable
effects of the storm.
STRENGTH OF THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
yAcrs ABOUT THE NUMBER AND RESOURCES OF THE
ORGANIZATION.
TRIBUNE reporter called yesterday oc s. ID.
Pbelps to get some in regard to the Knights or
Labor and the support which they were likely to
rive the brotherhood of photographers. Mr.. Phelps
said
sIIearned last year. and believe now, that if
the constitution and bylaws and purposes OF that
organization were in all cases lived up to and
respected there would DO fewer strikes and fewer
misunderstanding between employers and employees.
telegraDlerB
the laws governing their Brotherhood; they did not
exhaust the remedies provided IN their institution
and bylaws before they struck"
aHow strong are the knights of Labor as an or
ganizatoE r
The teegraphers claim that the Knights OF
Labor have from SOC, 900 to 100000 members, and
II is from this great body that the poor and little
opsrators expect to derive their 50 or $1U ger week
Hare is the Record of the Proceedings Of the Sixth
Regular Session Of the General Assembly knights
of Labor, held in New-YorG September 5-12, 1852.
As appears on page 373, the total membership ae
reported, was 42,5l7 OH July l. 1882. but in fact
owing to the strikes in the Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania coal regions, the strikes among the Eas!
Liverpool glass workers. and the strike Of TIE iron
and steel workers, the membership in September
1882. was only about $4,000. Since the time OF
this official report the membership OF the order na'
been augmented by accessions mainly from the tel
egraphers but what has been gained from them has
.,en lost by secesslons on the part of shoemakers
iron aud steel workers aud glass-blowers. The
Knights of Labor to day cannot muster more than
$4,000 members. aud OF these 0ne-slxth are teleg
vapbers who will have to assess themselves FOL
snpport If they to get any from the knights
Here is the official report and roster OF memosrs al
the time of their last Genera Assembly 10 thS CITY
.iiow about the knights of Labor having $4,000
IN their treasury which they can devote TO tho sup
port of strikers like the teegraphersT
Such statements will do well enough for the wo
man and children no have been led into striking but
Campbell and Heaey and Price and Traphagen anC
McClslAnd and the remainder of the Executive
Board of the Knights OF Labor, VINO nave MADE
st-mortem Endorsement OF this strike, know bet
tar They have gone beyond their. constitution, but
that's no matter. Here few figures: As appear
from The Journal Of United Labor the secret oicia
organ of the Knights CT LaoorI, june number, 1882
the total receipts for the year preceding from tht
whole order were $S,917; and the balance on JuIt
\ 1852 in the treasury OF the order was 81, 10
In the October number of The Journal Of United
Labor 1882, 1t appears that Sue total receipts fo
the year preceding and ending with September
were los. and that on the date last named the
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