The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-02
THE TELEGRApHSTS.
THE STRIKE SITUATION YESTERDAY.
4 New Movement Afoot-ProbnbIe
Strike Of Railroad Operators.
my telegraph to the Dispatch

= NEW YORK, August There was notl
ing new IN the strike Of the telegraph ope
g rators this morning. It was rumored
however, at the headquarters OF the strik
e rs That movement was on foot whcl
w. uid give an entirely new phase to th
fIgisA what this movement was to be wa
kept hHcret, but it Is supposed that tn
strike o. the railroad operators on th,
Gould line may be the outcome Of it.
The repoi { that the operators on the To
ledo and wa, ash railroad struck yester
day was confr,. ned by the officers OF the
Brotherhood vest. 'rday, and the remainder
OF the men, il il a. ought, will go out al
noon to-day. The U.fcers OF the Western
Union Company claim t'at this will have
no effect on their policy, ADD assert conf
IDENTITY that the backbone u The strike is
breaking. A larger number oil strikers
than usual were stationed at the Western
Union building at Dey street and Broad
way this morning. They said, in q mystic
rious way, that
SOMETHING WAS Up"
and that the fight would soon be won. One
said that II was time the strikers did some
thing. and that they were now preparing
to act To-day the strikers received their
first instalment from the striking fund.
Enough was given to each TO provide for
present necessities, and before the end OF
the week it is said that each will receive a
months paw. The superintendent OF the
Western Union Company reported this
morning that all the wires, with the excep-
| ton OF two or three circuits TO Elizabeth.
y. j., were working splendidly, and that
there was no delay in handling the business
-. Il
to be interrupted this morning, but whether
they had been cut or the break was the re-
suit OF IN accident has not yet been aScer-
tanned. All OF the operators who were paid
off Yesterday returned 10 work this morn
ing. There was no further accession,
| however, TO-DAY from the members OF the
Brotherhood. Mr.. Someryillc said this
morning that no information with regard
to the threatened strike OF railroad opera
tors in the West had been received, but
| that rlImors had reached them only through
the dispatches published i'm the morning
papers. lie did not anticipate much trout
bic from that source.
STRIKE AvERTED.
Superintendent Trabue, OF the southern
division, telegraphed that the Southern
Telegraph Company's operators in the
Richmond Office threatened to strike yes
terday because 4 chief operator had been
engaged there who was not member OF
the Brotherhood. The difficulty was
averted by the promise Of the chief to join
the organization.
Since the Western Union Company had
taken down its notices the business had
largely increased, and now the business
had almost reached the original volume.
REPORTED INTERFERENCE WITH LINEHEN.
Word was received at police headquar-
ters at noon to-day that number OF strik-
ing telegraph operators and linemen had
assembled uptown and were preventing
the linemen belonging to the department
OF charities and corrections from climbing
the poles to repair the wires. A force OF
police was sent to the scene OF
the disturbance. Early this morning
the police telegraph circuit, running
south from headquarters, refused to
work. When daylight came, lineman,
who was sent out by the department, found
that not far from headquarters some one
had climbed a pole and tied piece OF
heavy wire tightly around the forty or fifty
wires that run through lhe street, bunch
ing them all together. All the circuits were
thus disabled. The obstruction was re-
moved.
| LIVELY EPISODE OF THE STRIKE IN TEXAS.
GALVESTON, TEX, August 1.-1esterday
morning the case OF +. b. Ames, one Of the
brotherhood OF Telegraphers, who was
charged with striking William Gaines. who
was temporarily filling vacancy IN Gal
weston, was dismissed, the affidavit not
beng sustained. The costs were taxed
against the complainant, Manager Hall, OF
the Western Union Company. The latter
was much provoked at the action OF the
court in not conyicting Ames, and OCCASION
ed some excitement by putting on his hat in
the courtroom outside the railing, and by
making remarks disrespectfu 10 the Court.
He was fined go, and sentenced 10 Jail for
twenty-four hours. He was then placed
in the pen with several hard cases, and az
forwards marched to the sheritl's Office.
subsequently his lawyers succeeded in hav-
ing his fine RENTED. Mr.. Hall declined
to make personal apology to the Court,
: but was finally released through the efforts
OF his attorney.
AN UNFOUNDED REPORT.
NEW YORK. August 1.-When the police
arrived at the point where it was stated
that the linemen had been interfered with
by the strikers this afternoon it was ascer-
tanned that the report was unfOunded, and
that there had been no grounds Tor it.