Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-07-30
A NEW MOVE
On the Part of The Striking Opera
tors.
Ar Appeal 10 the President by the Washing
ton Assembly Of Telegraphers~-
The Government Asked
10 lnterfer.

WARRINGTON, July 29.-A committee OF
three of the Brotherhood of Telegraphers
waited upon the President Of the United
States to-day, and not being able to see
him, left with mis- Secretary the following
communication:
T. lc President Of the Tnitcd States:
At meeting of the Washington Assem-
hly of The Brotherhood of Telegraphers,
Knights of Labor, held on the evening Of
JL!y 2S,h, il was resolved that committee
of thres he appointed to wait upon Your
EyCcllenCy end make the following repre-
sertations, which this organization stands
Prepared TO kub,tsntiate
ii given an opportunity so to do. 1t IS
re. pectfllly represented to the Executive
tL.t as a result OF the obstinate attitude
ss umed by the Western Union aud Biltl-
more and Ohio telegraph companies In
The matter pending, a practical suspen-
sion of telegraphic communication has
r. fsulted, and very important interests OF
the government are jeopardlzed. lt IS al
legged by this assembly that the telegraphlc
correspondence of the State, War, Navy,
Interior. Treasury and Postotfce Depart
ments have for the ten days last past been
subjected to delay and garbiing, growing
ont of the inability OF the corporations
above mentioned TO
Properly Handle
the dispatches of the national government.
II is further alleged by this Assembly that
necessary facilities for the prompt and in.
tellieent tran nsmission OF the reports aud
bulletins of the Signal Service Bureau OF
the War Department are withheld by the
Western Union Telegraph Company by
such withholding Of facilitates. 1t is also
believed by this Assembly that the aSri
cultural and mercantile industries are at
pTesept badly hampered, and their future
Seriously threatened. All this, it is repre-,
sented. is in direct violation OF the United
Sta'es Statutes.
cholera and Yellow FeYer
threaten us, and in such q juncture the
sanitsry arm of the government shcuia'
we believe, be strengthened and not para
lived. That prompt, accurate and cheer'
fI,l support in the matter OF easy commu'
nicstion between distant points is abso
lutely essential to strengthening that ser
vice Is a truth which passes without argu
mept. We hope and believe you will
Immediately instruct the law officers oil
he government to officially investigate
these allegations and take such steps q:
nav be necessary TO assert the rights o
the Government in the premises.
lSipnaIl hOBI L.. DEAhkhS.
FRER G. MAREAC,
ALES. J. GUsrIN,
Committee OF Washington Assembly Broth
erhOod Of Telegraphers, Knights Of Labor
RnlIy for the Printers
CIIcsso, July 29-Eyerything was II
good shape in the operating room OF the
| Western Union telegraph at IL o'clock 70
night. Two more strikers returned
| Wsrk to-day. Nine wires on the Galen'
| division of the Northwestern Railroad
were cut last night.
Tho local chapter Of the Typographical
| Union met tins afternoon and passed reso
lutions of sympathy with the strikin!
| tslesraphers and voted $1,000 IN their alo
Another Toot Of che Hern.
/ WAsHISGToS. d. c.. July 29.-Superin
| tenaent ZeubIin of the Western Un!o
telegraph Company, to day issued the TO
WAsHIsGroS, d. C., July S9
To L. Whitney, Manager. Washington:
| Under general instructions OF the actin
president OF this company, appointment
have been made filling all vacancies 1
this Office. The striking operators an
dismissed men should be given to unde
stand that they may seek employmen
elsewhere Il they 80 desire
J. z. ZEUDIIS, Sapt.