New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-13
they retired from the Office to the great satisfaction
of the Register.
TELEGRAPH-MEN DISSATISFIED.
HOW THE COMPANY'S ORDER is REGARDED.
CONCESSION THAT DOES NOT CoNcEpE-PRos-
PECTs OF A STRIKE.

HOW THE COMPANY'S ORDER Is REGARDED
CONCESSION THAT DOES NOT CoNCEpE-PRos-
PECTs OF A STRIKE.
The order issued by the Western Union Telegraph
Company rearrauging the hours of labor does not
meet with the unqualified approval OF INC opers
tors. "Why, it's no concession at ALL sara QUE VI
them to n TRIBUNE reporter. 1.-The day men now
only work nine hours q day The only difference u
makes to them Is i'll the matter OF SUNDAY Wors, anu
as are only required 10 work QUO Sanrso -,
eight that part of 1t makes very little dlhercDce.
CO fr as the night men are concerned, their position
is absolutely unchanged. The talk about It's beng
q concession is nonsense. ~ I'll,
graph Operators said ia answer to inquiries: 90
not think there will be any strike Inc operators
undoubtedly have grievances. and presentation oi
their grievances will be made to the companies
The entire matter in the hands OF committee oi
the Brotherhood and outside OF the mtInoes OF Inas
committee nobody knows what demands VIII DO
made l can say this much: that they Will be so
iuat and reasonable that refusal Will Daidly DO
possible without the companies putting themselves
In " very bad light before the public we DO not
erneot 10 demand our rights in an offensive way,
but will prepare plain statement OF the iacts vi
the and submit it. In case OF refusal there
might be a STRIKE but of that can say nothing
positive that the whole matter IL III the Lands
of the committee. The committee Is not in Now
York lust at present but will be here very likely
next week when the demand on the company may
be made Any positive information as TO the
action of the committee is ont OF the question: rs us
sessions are secret from members OF the Broth
erhood All this talk about strike | regard rs
premature to SAY the least. Our principal grey
ances are the Sunday work for night men, and the
INEQUALITY of ray between the men ana women
operators. The average pay OF men Is now from
S65 to $40 month, while the wOmens average Is
little il any, above $40 Work that man wouid
get 800 for Il woman does for $50. There are some
women operators In the Western Union service VINO
do not receive more than S25 y month Inc natural
result of this if continued, Will be that ethcr the
MEN will have to leave the business or tLelr pay
will be scaled down to that OF the women lnelr
idea is to have the cqualizlng process carried out
now and have the women paid the same as the men,
don't know whether or not the committee WI
take up the question of hours or OF higher paw for
the men. but it is possible The order OF the west
ern Union Company is sop to Cerberus that doesh I
amount to ANYTHING and will not have the least
enecU on the work OF the Brotherhood. Should
we be forced IT, strike don't think the strike Will
be of long duration. A great majority of the oP-
orators throughout the United states anu Canada
are members of the order and the business oil the
country wOuld be a complete stanGstill ana as
we intend to he moderate, public opinion would
sOvn force the company TO give IN. however, II
we are treated as skilled wOrkmen should be
treated | regard the prospects OF STRIKE as very
remote" 500 . l.. :.
CONCESSION be hanged" said an operator IN
amount to a hill of beans 1t strikes me that the
COMPANY is trying to play the society, put IL mas
GOT TO give us something more Void than that be-
fore we get through with II. Wb want ednal pay
for equal work right straight through. nave 10
work hero for 500 month and do more work than
man at the main Office would Tor 300 or F9o;
That may be all right, but do not think II 49, and
neither does the Brotherhood / think the news
papers will have something TO write about before
this time next week. unless the company issues a
better order than that ono and makes some ar
rangemont about pay too"