Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-28

developments in the ofice here yesterday.
A great deal Cf surprise was expressed
yesterday by --a>~borg ef the -E-ehass=s
upon receipt of the following letter, and
where they were before inclined 10 bear with
the company they are now disposed TO insisl
upon the ful6llment OF their contract:
QUEER QUESTION.
MEMPHIS. July p, 1888.
Z. C. La Hache, Esq, Assistant Secretary and Su
perintendent Memphis Cotton Exchange:
DEAR SIR-Referring TO the resolution
passed by the Cotton Exchange al a called
meeting on the 26th inatant, in relation to
the telegraph service OF this company, will
you please state in what measure the COM
pany has failed in handling your busines,
aud what your grievance nov il, in order
that a remedy may bs applied if there is any
csuse of complaint? Yours, truly,
E. HOWARD. Manager.
To the above Secretary La Hsche IN ade the
following reply:
MEMPHIS COTTON EXCHANGE,
MEMPHIS, TENN, July q, 1888.
e. Howard Esq General Manager Western Union
Telegraph Company, City:
DEAR SIR-Your favor of to-day duly re-
ceived and noted. 10 reply, would state that
our grievances are too numerous 10 mention.
In the first place, we ere not receiving our
rsquisite daily e. N. DE-. as contracted for /;
some days receiving about one-eighth and
again one-fourtb, and some days about one
half the neEs, but in ne instance sioce the
18th instant have We received our full allot-
nent, and il seems strange TO me that you
re not aware OF this fac. Secondly, the C..
Y. d.. which you do send, are from one TO
Ihree hours Tor even more) behind their
ftzt1a 4 and for thav ara
aot TO be relied upop. The Cotton Exchange
)ore it all for awhilp, trusting on the morrow
Tor some amicable settlement being made;
1at patience has ceased 10 be a virtne, hence
jur meeting Of yesterday and The sd)ption OF
ahe resolutions referred to- Your very truly,
< c. LA HACHF. Acting Secretary.
A similar letter from Mr.. How ard was re-
ceived by s, cretsry E. A Keeling, OF the
Merchants Exchange, 10 which the follow
ing reply was sent:
MEaPHIs, July q, 1sss
& Howard, Esq, Manager Western Union Tele-
graph Company, Memphis:
DEAR SIR-Your communication of this
late, referring to the resolutions passed by
his Exchangs, and asking me 10 name
sriev snces 80 that you may apply a remedy,
lefore me. | an surprised 10 recsivI such
20 inquiry from the manager # this teie-
graph Office, as he is supposed to kGow the
Kind of service hIs comptoy is rendering.
he should knos that his G n. d. business is
very much mixed, and oftentimej entirely
Ininielligihle. He shoul know lnat about
)ne-halt of The cjpy he furnish's us is 10
.uch shape that il cannot be used, aud he
Jog nesrly always several hours late is con.
'idered by The business community as un e.
liable. Never having bsen able to effect
satisfactory arrangements with your COM
psny TO furnish us cash quotations Of Cui-
csgo provisions, you are we'll aware OF the
f4ct that tbose reports are nj us by priv ate
messages ('hr,e daily, we paying for them at
egular tar fl rates; those ssssges are now
received by US two, three, four, and sometimes
i've hours late, always arriving after our
business, sni conseq aently US less 10 us.
surely, these are grievances, aud last caus.
for complain. AS the grievances are now
made known to you, we sincerely hope you
will not delay in applying the remedy, and
give us good reliable ssrvice, as 10 time gone
by. E. A. KEELING.
Secretary Memphis Merchants Exchange.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN.
The daily ststement Of the Western Union
is as follows, for yesterday:
NASHVILLE, July 81, 1888.
<. Howard, Manager, Memphis:
New YORK, july 27-Yesterdsy after
neou busints' throughout the E tsr was
handled promptly; business to the West fifteen
to thirty minutes delay; New Orleans, one
hour, on account of bad working wires. The
Whsat stone and Boston re por 8 from the di-
vision uperinteudent show gratifying im-
provemt Mt in the condition of things gsner-
ally. New York-everytbi1g 10 good shape
this morning; wires clear, and busi1ets il
being handled promptly; no defections
but one or two accessions. The r ipid
Company has advanced lis rates, III. IN n
sgsr announcing his company as Sired" Of
working for fun. sUMMERvILLE.
: RIcHMoaD, Va, July 27.-Tne dismissa al
of seven men at Washington yesterday, fol
disloy to the company, seems to have
facilitated the transmission of press reports
We closed at midnight with the 6l,s clear
Matters generally are improving. The stu
alton at other points is unchanged, auC
everything is working smoothly.
G. w. TRABUE, General Superintendent.
JAMES COMPTON, District Superintendent.
MORE FROM THE MANAGER.
Manager Howard s nds the following:
NEW YORK, July %, 1883.
Four sfrikers returned to work at Chicago
to-day.
G. W. TRABUE, General superintendent.
ANOTHER OPERATOR,
Wright, Of Mayfield, who wss ordered her,
some days ago, will return home at 8 o'clccl
this morning. 1t is stated that the busioes'
of the office Yesterday was fifty per ceui. les
than it has bsen since the inauguration o
the strike. The corresponding secretary her
has received
NUMBER OF LETTERS
from various poin's, all of which are writer
in the most resolute ard cheerful spirit. Th'
folowin: ID copy of cue dated at Little
Rock yesterday:
"The manager, two chief OPERATOR, Que
'scab,' and line repairer who knows par
Of the alphsb1t and makes a copy like 8
section hand, compose the force here. Tee
graph reports iu regard to our NJ W seut
from here Tbursdsy night last, we're manu-.
fscturad by the Western Union and are false
We are prepared to stay out until our poin
is gained. Public ooinion is solid with us
We are daily in recsipt OF good news, bu
can never hear too much OF il. Therefore
lei us hear from you of.eo. We are as 6rn
a. steel and adding our mite by daily ad
dition of one or more to the list No m after
how our struggle terminates, the benz d Il
which accrue therefrom will be appreciated il
days to come. The necessary sfhlistiou at 10,
present time will bind us more closely 10
gether through ali time to come than eve
before. impress th 8 strongly ou the doubt
ing ones, as an inducement for them to b
with u. A continuatio Of our last ten day
conduct will insure succesz.~
Also the followiog from Atlanta, Ga
"rhe fight goes braveIy on. We are csp'ur
irg the ambitious ONES SIS fast as they come
in. The 'scsbs' working here are abou
played out, AID CAM hold out much longer
FL. IL. W.
see to it that no additions will be made t,
the force now on duty here. As the wal
continues, we feel more and more encouraged
God bless you all in the noble work you ar
doing"
Nashville saws: ave are in rsceip, Of en-
couragipg news from all section. of The couu
try to day. The prospects are 80 hitterinj
that they exceed our most sans uine expects
tions, especially the inform alton from Me-
York, Chicago, PitisbuFg, Cincinnati, Baf
falo, Baltimore, st. Louis, and all through
| out Canada. The situation at Nashville rs
mains unchanged. So far, not one Of on
railroad members has gone over to tn
Western UnioD, and it is our belief that the
will rema ain firm and steaifast. Reports froI
the Western Unicn Office TO day sat
| tha. things are moviog smoothly, an
business is very slow. Four OF th
renegade brothers have been hesrd,to say tbs
| they would desert the enemy il the olhs
three would, but it appears that each of thei
is afraid of the other, aud none are williu
to make the break; ali Of these men yolur
ter to give us Informatisp, thus proyiu
themselves gully OF perjury to the Brothel
hood and treachsry 10 the company. W
are better off without such men than wit
them. We effected settlement to-day wit
G. l. Morris, our financial secretary, and al