The daily gazette., 1883-07-20
WILMINGTON. DEL. FRIDAY. JULY 90 1883
Western Union Company in reference to the

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strike.
The following order was, however, sent
out from the Presidents Office, TO the West
ern Union superintendents throughout the
| country.
r. c. CIoUry, @. w. Trdbue, j. E. Zeublin, C.
| A. Tinker, General htperfntendents Please in
struct all officers by telegraph as follows: Until
otherwise instructed, ali offices will be careful
In receiving messages for transmission to notify
| the sender that the same can be taken only sub
sary to complete the transmission to point Of ad-
| dress. All such messages taken for transmits
sion shall have written or stamped on the face of
the same over the signature Of the sender, the
1 words. Accepted, subject to mailing or other
| delay"
Superintendents will cause to be printed and
posted in the principal Offices of their respective
districts piaeard bearing the following fnscrip-
Notiee-Messages taken to-day subject to
delay and to mailing en- route If necessary.
Acting President.
| THE TIcKERs AT OTHER POINTS.
CHICAGO, July 19.-Reports received by
| Western Union officials from various pt ints,
are to the following effect:
CINoINNATI-Everytbi ,wOrkiIg ele
gantly in this district. Every Office FUZZY
equipped.
ST. oUIR-working every circuit, so
operators, the full day force are on duty.
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duty at Cleveland, Detroit and Toledo, and
more men are coming in.
OMAHA-Will have nearly full force at
the principal points by tomorrow morning.
There are any number of volunteers. Don't
worry about this district.
SAN FRANcIsCo-- OF the full regular force
of % operators 16 Joined the strikers. All
vacancies will be filled tonight.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.-The full force has re-
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| out through a Misunderstanding.
DEs MONIES, IA.-There is only one
striker here.
A report from the Indianapolis district,
embracing Indiana, Eastern Ohio and West
ern Illino s, shows all points except three or
four with full forces.
Reports from the Chicago district, en-
bracing most of Illinois, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, Iowa and Dakota, show nearly full
forces at most points and business generally
clear
OswEGo, ,NY.-The men wentout at noon.
BosToN.-only two men and four out Of
25 women left.
| WmKEsBARRR.-All hands left but the
manager. The strike noticeably affects
business.
MILWAUKEE, WIs.-About go out, leaviu e
Manager Weller and his four chiefs at the
wires. .t
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out. All Western Union men at work and
business going on as usual.
WORCESTER, NASSAU the Western
Union and Rapid men out. Some of the
Office and messenger boys appear to be try
ing their hands at the instruments.
DETRoIT.-A majority of the operators
quietly left their desks. A small remaining
force dispOses of business as well as possible
under the circumstances.
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operators in the Western Union Office here
left their desks. Those remaining are the
manager and two non union men.
KANSAS CITY Thirty-one operators quit.
Twenty remained, of whom nine are women,
Six Of the night men reported for duty and
four extra men were procured.
PORTLAND, ME.-The lines are left with
out men, and the superintendent and man
ager are acting as operators. There are 81
members Of the Brotherhood IL this city.
SPRINGFIELD, MAss.-The manager and
bis brother were alone in the general Office
this afternoon. The branch Office at the
Union Depot is closed. At the Rapid office
the one operator is gone.
WEST CHESTER, Pa. - The American
Rapid operator has closed the office and has
gone out with his fellow operators. Mr..
Rose, the operator at the Western Union
office, has it open and is still sending mes
sages, but works under difficulties.
| CHATTANOOGA, TENN.-Out of the IL
operators employed In the Western Union
Office in this city only two have vacated theiI
desks. No interruption whatever in the
sending or receiving dispatches has occurred
or is likely to occur here.
LOUISVILLE, TENN.-The Baltimore and
Ohio office is deserted. OF over 80 opera
tors in the Western Union Office fou remain
Five more have been secured and more are
expected. The company announce tha
they will transact all neces sary business.
| LANCASTER, tA.-Tbe operators of thu
Rapid Company refused to receive or sent
messages. At the Office Of The Western
Union one of the operators went out, but
the manager and remaining operator dc
clined to strike, and the usual dispatches
, were received.
PETERSBURG, VA Notwithstanding tn al
there are several members of the Brother
hood In Petersburg. only one of them, al
operator in the Western Union Office, struck
: The other operators are still at work. Tht
strike affects Petersburg only in delaying
the receiving OF messages from other cities
CLBvELAND.-All the operators in th,
e Western Union office except five left thei
t KEYS. The company is steadily filling thi
vacancies at the tables and accepts all bust
ness offered. They expect to be in usua
a working condition within "a hours. Tn
e American Rapid Office is closed The Mutua
Union force is not affected.
AUGUSTA, GA.-Fourteen Western Union
v office men struck at noon, including two
number clerks. There are five men a
keys. The operators at the Planters Hote
have gone. Things under District Supet In
tendent Brenner are moving as smoothly al
n could be expected. The strikers walk to
: gether on the streets. They are orderly.
It NEW HAVEN, CoNN.-Three of the bes
b operators of the Western Union office her
e struck at noon, but by closing branch office
n in the city the main office has sufficien
operators for ordinary bust siNess. All thu
!. Rapid Company's operators are at work no
IS belonging to the Brotherhood, but are in
l. structed to refuse all messages for New
II York.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.-Promptly on re
= ceiying the signal, viz: General Gran
r dropped dead" two, thirds of the operator
In the Western Union office left their desks
There are now IS irst4class men on duty
and the ranks are filing up rapidly. A
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