Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-08-24
THE STAMPEDE.
A Lively Foot Race of the
Strikers to Get Back to
the Keys.
Every One for Himself"


ment is made on the best of authority
that Master Workman Campbell. of
the brotherhood of telegraphers, to-
/ day Informed the members of the Or
ganization to look out for themselves
and make as good terms with the
Western Union com pany as they
could secure Each man looked out
for himself. The fe male operators,
thirty in all, came in a body, and
twelve We're accepted while the rest
4 were rejected, their positions having
been filled. Forty-five male opera
tors were accepted out of sixty
two who applied The order to
assemblies in other cities does not ap-
pear to have reached them until this
evening 1t is learned from Pitts
/ burg, Boston, and Chicago that opera
/ tors are coming back on the run
! COLD COMFORT.
! The Evening Post says: There
was good deal of popular sympathy
at the beginning with the strikers as
an oppressed class, but It rapidly sub
sided when it was discovered q the
strikers We're, as one of their spokes-
men described them before the senate
! committee, mostly young, unmarried
living in comfortable boarding houses.
The woes of young unmarried men
who persist III sticking to sedentary
occupation in which they say they are
lnsufficiently paid, do not touch the
American Imagination very long
Popular sympathy for the underpaid
is reserved for men with families in
callings laboriously acquired through
long training and cannot be readily
changed. Telegraphy does not belong
to this class. The truth is the bust
ness of telegraphing properly belongs
to women, and any sympathy the
public has to spare in the matter is
due to women whom these young fell
lows keep out of it, or to women now
in it, whose wages their competition
keeps down.
At the meeting of the assembly of
the brotherhood of telegraphers to-
day, there were some expressions of
dissatisfaction at any further continu-
ance of the struggle; and there were
also some manifestations of disapprov-
al with the management of the strike
Disruption seemed imminent, vet a
majority were still determined to
abide by their obligation when becom-
ing members of the brotherhood. The
order of Master Workman Campbell
was about this time issued declaring
the strike ended, and authoriz-
ing the members to resume work.
1t was then decided by those
present that the young women en-
gagged in the strike be given the first
nnTAnptl1J1Jtp 10 o,1,,Dlo,,,,o,,{
The men not to apply for reinstate-
ment before Saturday. The women
Immediately came trooping down to
the Office of the Western Union Tele-
5r"PL COMPANY ana Tipped lightly
into the elevator to be talso.a - +ho
rooms Of Suporin tendent HumIstone.
Some nasculineS anticipated them.
These had taken the rapid elevated
railroad and meeting members of the
fraternity informed them of the
the order of their going but went at
once for the office. Mr.. Humistone
anticipating the girls, the fourth floor
was quickly taken possession of and
held firmly until Mr.. Humistone,
late in the evening, announced
that he could not receive
more tonight, but would be
entirely free to give further audience
tomorrow Each person, as a pre-
liminary of unemployment, signs a
paper agreeing to abandon the present
brotherhood of telegraphers and not
again become q member of any SIM
liar brotherhood while in the employ
of the Western Union company.
THIS ENDS IT.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 17.-Thomas III.
Hughes, secretary of the brotherhood
of telegraphers, received the following
from New York this evening:
Send the following to all assemblies: The ex-
ecutive board of the brotherhood regrets TO say
tnat the strike is failure. All members who can
may return to work Immediately. Circulars will
follow by mail.
Signed. JOHN CAMPBELL.
RESOLUTIONS TO WAR DEPARTMENT.
A committee from the telegraphers
brotherhood called at the war depart
ment to-day and presented the follow
ing communication:
WASHINGTON, II. c.. Aug. L.
To Robert l. Lincoln. Secretary of War
/ This committee has been appointed by the local
assembly of telegrapherS to invite your attention
adiutant generals office in the war department
/ Vim. NJ. Ashe in company with his brother. Jas
R AShe clerk in the post office department. has
/ we are informed, been granted leave OF absence
/ by the government, and availed himself of such
leave to enter the service of the Western Union
| telegraph company where he is now engaged at
work 1t is earnestly hoped by the assembly that
VIM. VI. AShe is emplOye of the government
under pay. his action in taking the place of men
who are contending for recognition and justice,
will meet with your swift and severe condemna-
Z tion.
4 tSignedl RoB'T L. DEAKESs.
A. j. LOMBARD
Committee.
+ 4 similar letter was handed by the
committee to Postmaster General
Gresham.
New YORK, Aug. 17.-One of the
most prominent striking telegraph
operators said to-day that the strike
was practically at an end. He be-
lieved in the brotherhood and stuck
by it as long as he could, but they
Were beaten and might as well give
up first as last. He had signed the
iron clad oath and would return to
work tomorrow. He knew of many
other operators who would endeavor
to return to work at once. The iron
clad oath referred to compels the tel
egrapher to pledge himself to with
draw from the brotherhood and never
again join any similar organization.
Press Agent Somerville, of the
Western Union compony, said that
no wires were tampered with last
night, and all the circuits We're work
ing nicely. In addition to the seven
teen telegraphers who returned to
work yesterday, ten more returned to-
day. three of whom were ladies.
IN ST. LOUIS.
ST. Louis, Aug. 17.-Three more
striking telegraphers We're restored to
positions here to-day, and four addi-
tional applica ,ons received by Super
intendent Baker, which he favorably
considered Fourteen in all have
left the ranks of the brotherhood
within the past two days, one-half Of
whom will take positions outside the
city. 1t begins to look as though the
strike has failed in this locality.
N. T. Shaw, chief officer of the
brotherhood in this district is credited
with having made the following
statement: Il suspect we vii
have to go back again say
about the 1st, and work fol
,,onthS. xr-a rr-il1 har-<. +a dis