New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-09
PRICE FOUR CENTS
DELAYS FROM CUT WIRES.
INTERFERENCE WITH TELEGRAPH BUsr.
NESS


graph Company, in the way of cutting wires W.
moro successful on Tuesday night and
yesterday morning than on the night
previous. Nearly double the number of wires
were snapped apart, with eonsequsu1
increase in the difficulties the company in hand
ling business and repairing its lines Press Aeent
SOmervIlle said yesterday that eighty-two w,rss
had been cut. and many others were interrupted by
the broken wires falling others that were not
| touched by the tweezers. In all about $50 wires
we're interrupted Tuesday night They were ON
| important circuits in every direction At 11:30
p. m. Tuesday the wires to the east stopped work.
ing. Trouble soon afterward was experienced il
working the wires to the South. Eighteen wires
were cut on the line of the New-York New-Havsa
| and Hartford Railroad between Portchester, New.
York and Greenwich Conn.,, ten on the New-Yoek
Central and Hudson, between here and Tarrytown.
and twenty ON the Mutual Union lines q
Kngsbridge. At different places betweca
cut and fourteen others were cut betwesn
the same places another through routa.
In some cases. the officers of the Westcn
Union stated. the cross-arms Of the telegraph poes
were sawed off. short distance north of the rail-
road station at Tarrytown the railroad signal wires
were connected with tho Western Union wires by
crossing them with thin copper wire. The connee-
tion closed the crcat and let fall the danger signal
stopping freight train.
When asked regarding the interruption to buzz
ness caused by this damage to wires, the Western
Union officers replied that it had been material
The greater part of the lines were repaired by noou
yesterday. 1t was said by Mr. Somerville that
while the morning business had been somewhat de-
layed, it was caught up in the after
noon The business of the company. he declared.
hn,. l.skl~ J.Iox
ordinary times, considering the volume IL
business There had been no complaints Of delay
growing out of the STRIKE Clarence Cary. counsel
of the company, said that there had been no new
suits since the five begun for the application of the
legal penalty for the non-transmisslon of messagA
INTERFERING WITH woRKINGMES.
Press Agent Somerville said that tie
workmen who were repairing the cut wires
at Fort Washington had been interfesed
with by mob, and the foreman had been compelled
to call for police assistance He also sal that thrs
of the English operators who came from Hova
Scotia about two weeks ago had been stoned at
Recror-st and Broadway while they going
from the Western Union office to their lodglugsin in
the Stevens House. Two men were bruised by sto.as
thrown from the east side Of Broadway, aad
one man had bis coat cut by
sharp stone. The policeman on the beat, when tks
said to have replied: :Wel, if YOU have taken Tho
places Of the strikers you must expect this" Cex-
plant was made to Captain BerghOld at the New
Church Street Police Station, but he is said to have
replied that If the assailants the east SIDE
OF Broadway he lad no jurisdiction over the cass.
At the New Street Station house, below Exchange
place, no official complaint had been received %
the occurrence.
Railroad men denied that there had been any
serious detection Of their telegraph operators.
Vice-President A. L. Hopkins of the Gould South
iern railway SYSTEM stated that only four o,so
bad gone on strike on the wabash and that The
men who left their KEYS on the other Gould roads
were few in number and not sufficient to cause xay
serious embarrassment to the roads. The situation
on tue Delaware, Laekawsnna and Western, Ihs
be unchangeu from Tuesday No information
could DO obtained here TO the action of the rszt
road Telegraph operators the lines OF the Bait-
more and OHIO Company.
There was nothing done in relation 10 the tele-
graph strike at the regular weekly meeting OF tas
Union Telegraph Company Il Is stated
that the receipts of the company
last week showed falling off Of only l5 pcr
cent from the weekly receipts just preceding ths
At the Western Union building last night it wss
stated thai there was an unusual rush OF business
but that every thing was moving smoothly. No nsw
cutting OF wires had been discovered up to . lao
hour. The company has redonbled its ordinary
precautions, and patrols are made OF the lines all
tho time
STATEMENTS OF THE STRIKERS.
At the headquarters of tho Brotherhood, at the
Manhattan Hotel It was asserted that conf rmaterY
advlces had been received that the operators ths
Wabash system, the Baltimore aud Ohio. and ths
and Ohio roads had gone out pretty
,oidly, although the Associated Press dispatches
ieny it. Ii was further stated that ninety on
The Iron Mountain road had gone out. A LARGO
number of messages have been received bs the
managers of the strike from various sections of tho
,oN try and no important defectons from tss
srs ranks are reported anywhere. At the points
egarded as weakest everything Is reported salts
actory.
Mr. OCounor speaking for the Executive Com
nttee, said, when asked about the cutting of the
vires; Tho Executive Board offered the $1,000
eward for the apprehension and conviction Of any
ody found tampering with wires in perfect good
aith. We will not permit any such work. Ii Is
ny honest belief that the Western Union Company
as cut its own wires for the purpose of throwing
dium ON the Brotherhood. 1t may be for the pur-
ose of having an excuse for the delay Of business
hough believe that tho company can handle all
he business IL Is now receiving
"lt woud have perhaps been best for ms II ws
All DELAYED the strike until Congress was convened.
We can without doubt, however. continue the
len should fail TO- respond to the call OF
be- Brotherhood, 1t would have very
title effect On US. we have nes
eng discouraged, / never regarded the outlook
s more hopeful! than il Is to-day.
THE STRIKERS ENJOYING THEMSELVES.
The concert aud midsummer ngh1s festival in
id of the Brotherhood at tho Madison Square
arden last night was decided success. The ball
as comfortably filed there being between 5000
,d 1000 people present. Tho ONLY decoration
the hall was a circuit of wire extending all
ouud it. Nm tho circuit were about fifteen tele-
aph instruments member of the floor CON-
itee had charge of each instrument. aud from
me to time gave notice 10 the floor man sger that
gs In his section were 20 K" Floor Mana john
shurst said that tniugs were working smoothly
no wires were working well, and hs had more
,erators than he wanted. After a concert BY
Gorge Loessiers band. Thomas OReiliy made
lief address OF welcome. Frank Phillips blew the