Morning journal and courier., 1883-07-31
THE TELEGRAPH STRIKE.

Western Union office on July 31st, pay day, to collect the pay balances due them. The boast of the Western Union
 that it had secured the defection
 of five men from the ranks of the brother
 hood is offset by the fact that three opera
 tors and one Hneman to day left the employ of the Western Union and joined the strik- eas, making net loss to the latter of one
 The terms on which the operators of the American Rapid company returned to workRre stated by the brotherhood officials to have been as follows The operators to receive the full pay and allowance for extra labor
 named in the bill of grievances to date from the time of their return to work and with the further stipulation thatif in the final set clement with the Western Union and Balti- more and Ohio companies the operators of l the latter companies are to receive better pay or treatment than that now stipulated for on behalf of the Rapid men tken those operators are to share the benefits of the ad- 1 justment made with the other companies l The Western Union to day belittles the ef l feet of the order directing railroad operators | to refuse commercial business, but careful estimate of the 12,00O railroad telegraph offices in the country shows that three | fo urths of them are located in places which | have no other telegraphic communication ! and which are therefore, as far as telegraph | ing is concerned, isolated from the world. These eight thousand or nine thousand offices have moreover been I very important feeders of the Western Union I and contributors to it's revenues. AS rule ! they are on wires over which the Western Union has & monopoly and can therefore | charge whatever rates it pleases.
 No Change Made at Washington. WASHINGTON, July 3O-There has been no 1 change in the telegraph situation here since Saturday. More operators are out than on | Friday last the Western Union reports to | the contrary notwithstanding Yesterday | the Western Union officials here attempted l to break the ranks of the strikers by offer ! ing one of their number 8 position with greatly advanced salary, but the offer was at once rejected and reported to the brott ter- | hood meeting. This afternoon a match game of base ball between a newspaper nine \ and nine from the 'sOperatic Association" | of Washington for the benefit of the striking | telegraphers netted them handsomely. To- | night the strikers and their friends went l down the Potomac on an excursion. This
 afternoon Mir. Charles T. Murray, the corre- | spondent of the Philadelphia Times, address | ed Superintendent Zeublin of the Western Union, letter in reply to card from Zeub- ! lin published in the Times
 last Saturday charging Mir. Murray with falsifying the condition of the Western ! Union force here and the manner in which | work is done. Mir. Murray in his letter says | that zeubin's' assumption with relation to the management of the office here has made
 him tha laughing stock of everybody who knows anything about the service and that zeublin's course here is very properly con- | sidered as that of an impudent brsggart who would conceal the truth under the cloak of | impotence and adds If you mean by your
 card in the Times to convey the impression | that I have wantonly misstated news l from this post you add to the quality of the 1 iasolent braggart that of the contemptible l liar" MT. Murray admits that he has sym pathy with the strikers, but insists that ha | has never allowed his sympathies to color news nor made any statement in the Times
 with the inteation of refecting on Zeublin's
 personal honor. On this point he says: sI | do not know you, never saw you, you are no | more to me than the horse cars. I do not know what your reputation is for personal l honor in Philadelphia, but the reputation
 which you have established here in 8 remark | ably short time seems to indicate that it was
 a very small affair and not worth mention | ing" MT. Murray concludes by charging | that Zeublin has found ready tool in the Associated Press in wilfplly misrepresenting
 the state of affairs of the telegraphers here, | and recommends him before again going into l the press with personal cards referring to
 the strikers to fortify himself with the | truth
 l The Mnnage skiing Wives to Intsrcede | PORTLAND, Me, July 3O.-The strikers were paid of for the first week this morning.
 Superintendent Bedlow is making personal l fo onnraEors oufsida ha oikv fo okop5
 by him. He has ordered the manager of
 the Rockland office, Mrs. Mather, to Port l land, reducing the force in the Rockland l office to one. The strikers here have advices | this morning from Baltimore stating that the | officers of the Western Union in that city are
 visiting the wives of the strikers, trying to l get them to induce their husbands to return. The Strike on the Pacific Coast. BOSTON, July 3o.-At the meeting of the striking telegraphers to-day the first official
 information from San Francisco was re- ceived. A letter dated July 21 says: ''In
 this city of the twenty-five operators (male)
 twenty quit work at 9:10 Thursday nor ming,
 leaving only three of the regular day force
 and two of the night force on duty. These,
 including five lady operators, are all that re
 msined on duty of the regular San Francisco
 force In Sacramento the full force day and
 night left their desks. leaving only the man.
 ager and his wife in charge. The striking
 operators were not members of the brother
 hood since they have all joined our assem-
 ply. At Yreka, Gala, the principal repeat
 ing office for Oregon, Washington Territory
 and British Columbia business. the manager
 and his two assistants closed up the office.
 thus shutting of communication with prin
 cipal points on the Pacific coast. In Portland Oregon, the principal city of the Northwest.
 they all went out, including the chief opera 1 tor, with the exception of two inexperienced
 hands. We feel confident if our eastern
 brethren remain as firm and determined to
 fight it to the bitter end as we do in the
 golden State the victory is assured'' Other l encouraging letters of like nature were re-
 ceived from Jacksonville, Fla. Cleveland.
 Nashville, Pittsburg, Charleston, Buffalo. 1 Chicago, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Albany,
 Toledo and other parts of the co ntry.
 The Strike at Other Points.
 CINCINNATI, July 3O-The situation here
 in regard to the striking telegraphers still
 remains unchanged. The strikers are mak- ing preparations for grand picnic on the
 Hilltop Wednesday and are working like
 beavers to make it 8 success They will raise over $3,OOO. There
 is not likely to be any breaks
 in the ranks as there are no weak-kneed
 strikers here. All are as firm as the Rock ' of Gibraltar and wait the pleasure of Jay
 Gould to invite them back through the exe-
 cutive board of the brotherhood.
 CLEVELAND, July 30.-A large and
 enthusiastic mass meeting was held
 in the public square this evening. Ten
 thousand people were present and were ad-