Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1883-07-27
THE STRIKERS STRIFE
The Company in a Crippled
Condition. but Boasting of
its Strength.
Pete McGeOch Tells About the
Settlemen. of His Affairs.
The Plain Facts of the Day
THE STRIKE.
The Company Weakenins.

NEW YORK, July 24.-The Star to
day says: As the Star goes to press
the Western Union company is so
badly crippled as TO be incapable of
holding out much longer. Its usual
force of operators III the Day street
building on Sunday night is eighty
men. AT II o'clock last night rs We
learn from a thorough reliable source,
there We're but - men in the operat-
ing room, and of these only three who
manipulated wires to Washington,
Boston and Chicago We're kept busy
The other nineteen rested or made
sorry preteuse of being induStri-
ously At work. To-day consultation
will be held by the executive commit
tee of the Western Union, including
Mr. Clowery, the Chicago agent. 1t
is easy to foreshadow the result. The
public have virtually decided the mat
ter by rendering not only sympathy
but substantial aid to the strikers.
There is only one course open to the
Western Union. 1t must come down
and restore wages to living stand
ard. 1t cannot afford TO further dis
commode and incense the public from
whom its princely dividends have
been extracted.
CHICAGO, July 24.-A circular was
sent out from the headquarters of the
brotherhood i'll this city, today, TO
the superintendentS of railroads cen
tering here The gist of the circular
is that the brotherhood does not wish
to interfere with railroad traffic but
may be compelled to do SO i'll self-pro-
lection by calling out its members,
unless the railway managers cease
from aiding the telegraph company,
by sending their men to work for it.
The roads to which the circular was
sent are the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy; Chicago, Rock Island x Pa
citic; Chicago * Alton; Chicago &
Chicago * Northwestern, Chicago &
Western, Illinois Central and Chica
90, Milwaukee & St Paul 1t will
be noticed that none of the east bound
pool lines are included in the lists.
The telegraphers claim that of the
16, 600 members of the brotherhood
1900 or more half are employed by
the railroads, and assert they are pre-
pared, if absolutely pushed to it, to
call them all out. They de
cline to state openly what action
will be taken, or when, if the railroads
pay no attention to tbs circular. Supt.
Clowrv, of the Western Union com
pany, says a large proportion of the
telegraph operators distributed singly
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their duties as operators are but small
in proportion to their work, which
generally includes that of station
agent and express agent, that they are
men of standing in their communities,
and that very few of them would re
linquish their other duties, from
which they receive the most of their
pay, to come out, even at the call OF
the Brotherhood Supt. Flick, of the
B. & O. telegraph, is in the city.
Some of the operators who went out
from that office state that he held a
consultation with them and offered
them very satisfactory terms for re
turning to work, except i'll one par
ticular, refusing to recognize the
brotherhood The Chicago board of
trade executive committee passed a
resolution to-day i'll favor of submit
ting the question involved in the
strike to arbitration.
TORONTO, July 24-No special
change to note III the telegraph situa
ton. The service is being rapidly re
stored to the usual conditions, and
the great bulk of the business is being
done satisfactorily. The council of
the Montreal board of trade passed a
resolution unanimously denouncmg
the strike made at the dictation of the
Brotherhood i'll defiance of their en-
gagements. the law and public in
tereStS.
PHILADELPHIA, July 21-Fourtccn
branch offices of the American Rapid
company are closed. All business is
now conducted at the main Office,
which is deserted by all except the
manager and two female type writers.
At the office of the Baltimore &
Ohio company the same state
of affairs exist. All operators are on
the strike, except the chief, who says
business is at stand still. President
Chanely. of the branch brotherhood
of telegraphers, sends to the press a
circular addressed to the public, III
which he calls attention to an I'M
preston which prevails to some ex-
| tent that the executive board of tele-
graphers inexorably insists upon all
or nothing and that the strikers
| therefore are responsible for the
/ inconvenience which the public
is suffering. This, lie says, is
an erroneous impression, as the board
has always been ready to consider
proposals having in view the settle
ment of difficulties, but thus far the
telegraph companies have positively
refused to recognize the board as the
representatives. of their employees.
When the events of the past few days
have clearly shown that the board
does represent the telegraphers of the
country, a satisfactory adjustment OF
the difficulties it is claimed would be
quickly arrived at, if the several cor
porations would recognize and treat
with the executive board chosen by
the telegraphers for that purpose.
OswEGG, n. Y, July 24-This Of
flee is working well One old opera
tof who did not strike, two new oper-
Z dbDIS. anu lno opCLaSIlo 1io11A 1iAN
brokers Offices. None of the strikers
show any sign of yielding.
NEW YORK, July 24-The Western
Union company instructed It's repre-
sentative at Atlanta to offer a reward
of $1,000 for the conviction of the
man who fired the shot at their men
at Atlanta.
The meeting of the strikers was pro
Ionged during this afternoon at Clar-
endon hall. Dispatches from other
parts all contained expressions of the
greatest confidence in the success OF
the movement especially those from
Oswego, Worchester. New Orleans
and Detroit. Speeches were made
by several of the brotherhood and by
a number of Hnemen.
Chicago Brickiayers Gain a Point.
CHICAGO. July 24.-The Master Ma