New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-29
THE TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE
MESSAGES NO LONGER SUBJECT TO DELAY.
OPERATORS CHARGE THE WESTERN UNION WITH
sBLUPFISG" THEM

they have shown since the day they left their keys
While there Is some disappointment at the Official
denial that the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Con-
pany was negotiating with representatives OF tne
| brotherhood. there no Irresoution apparent I'D
! consequence among the men. Their funds are being
increased by contributions and their spirit Is Kept
| ND by public meetings and encouraging addresses
from leading industrial and social reformers III rs
still asserted by the officers of the brotherhood that
the affairs Of the panies are not as faVoraoie as
| the official bulletins represent them to DO.
"suBJEcT To DELAY" NOTICES TAKEN DOWN.
The only new development yesterday among the
| companies was the abandonment by the Western
Union of the restriction placed by it on the reo'p
| tion of messages after tho strike began. About
noon The signs Messages received subject to delay
or to mailing en- route if necessary" were taken
down from the conspicuous posts they have hereto
fore occupied in the ,any's Offices The officers
| said that such condition was not necessary ior
the protection of the public. Business was declared
| to be moving practically without delay. fresS
| Agent Somerville said that so far rs he know the
delay qualification had been abandoned at all OF
| the companys offices throughout the country ii
| admitted, however, that at few Western points
il was possible hat the was not yet so sat
isfactory as to permit tho offices TO dispense with
| the notice. No bulletins OF details were
| issu,d during tho day. Mr.. SomervllIe
| said that of tho fortv-fve points from which
weather reports had been omitted on Friday In The
Signal Service Bureaus statement, eight only were
| covered by the Western Union, reports from the
| other places being furnished by the Governments
own telegraph Inca 1t was denied that any more
| English operators had arrived Mr. SOmeryile re-
ported the return OF two strikers IN Newly ana
| two in Bradford. Penn. Dispatches We're received
BY the company from Washington as to the salts
4 ..ft aa
| mout departments.
HOW THE ACTION IS REGARDED by THE STRIKERS
The operators profess that the taking down OF the
suicct to delay" notices is not any indication of
the ability OF the Western Union to render satisac
ton 10 the public. Some of them suggested that 1t
| might result in "a pressure of business which
| would Increase tho compauy's embarrassment In
ealing the meeting of the operators 10 order Mas
| ter Workman Mitchell announced the taking
down of the notices, and declared shis to be trlck
on the part of the company to brighten the opera
tors Let us wait" he said. until Monday night;
by that time there will be Developments that will
put an entirely different face on affairs"
| The usual cOngraulatory and encouraging letters
and dispatches from different parts of the country
were read From New Orleans it was reported that
not a single operator bad gone back to work. The
s,me state of affairs existed in other parts Of the
South From Memphis II was reported that the
swltch-boards were badly mixed and business
consequently aim ut completely blocked A note
signed "l.p received stating That an order nad
been received at the main Office OF the American
Rapii Company directing the men not 10 receive
Baltimore aud Ohio business. From Little Rock,
ARK. news came: We are all o. X. Railroad men
refuse to do Yves en Union business At this place
the force comprises the MANAGER two chief opera
tors aud TWO scsbs'' Local Assembly No. 2,O3f,
knights Of Labor of Rome, n. ", sont
pro.irr OF aid. From Baltimore the worl
came: .'Sun solid Baltimore and Oho
,ft iafs tfir
To- get them 10 60 bscS. IL Is failure chicago
and the West were reported to bn undaunted ana
confident Accessious from Western Union ranks
every day. No assertions" AT Charleston The
force consists OF the manager AM one opera or
business almost completely paTah zed.. A DISPATCH
from Milwaukee stated We bayo been offered
800 month Tor I'VE years TO come back. but none
have done SO We nave plenty o. =, money IN I the
Ing 10 New York Nearly all the dispatches spoke
%. constant accesslons from the railroad men.
II circnar setting forth the advantages of the or
ganlZaLiOn has been extensively circulated among
ncn.memDers more particularly IN the ives, ana
is u is said. bearing good fruit The news from the
main Office of the Western Union Company as read
at the meeting, was as follows:
An denomination OF the New orleans messages OF the
% snow. that flied 10 II was sent al
1897 D. m-a de ay o. niue hours hled at lll0 SO at
6:30 AT IL scnt at a. 1855 at 1884; at 1890
sent 636 Last evening he cable department re-
any, hing the oldest IN could nave conceived OF ON
THURSDAY the number o messages handled was $1,000
instead Of 10000 wnch u about the NUMBER Ihey Ou.ht
to handle AT tins season Of the year
Henry GEORGE APPROVES THE STRIKE
The Rev. Charles =. Mccarthy made address
of encouragement. Mr. Jansen said that il the
Western Union was doing one-half to two-thIrds of
the usual business it sending 1t either by mail
or express Henry Georgs was introduced and
received with continued cheering. He denounced
the Western Union Company az typical monopoly
and gave his experiences with II when lie was New
York correspondent Of San Francisco paper, aud
told how through breach OF contract 1t H. al com
Had he al
You arc the first organization that ever got the West
Union Company IN corner nope to God your
great inevitable battle be- ween capital aud labor Your
Will be Stimulation for labor 10 organize
everywhere.
Mr. George then gave an exposition Of his po-
liical views, and spoke in regard TO woman's suf-
frnge the nobility OF labor. etc. Mr. George was fol-
lowed by Mr.. Saunders. president of the Central
News Company, OF London, who stated that IN
London n Geographic operator received about 30 n
week. and that The success OF tins movement lore
shadowed a SINH ar movement there George H.
rlery, late president of the Franklin Telegraph
Company, was introduced as "a syDpathlzing friend,
and wished the operators success.
Master Workman Mitchell stated that 1t would
be necessary to mold "A secret meeting and he doors
were closed on outsiders. Ii Was decided IN the
secret meeting 10 bold the future meetings III secret
and give out whatever Information 10 Is deemed
advisable to make public through the medium of
COMMITTEES.
DENYING THAT THERE WAS A CONFERENCE.
The statement that the Baltimore and Ohio Tce-
graph Company had held any conferences with
Representative of the Brotherhood since the strike
was officially denied yesterday Similar denials
were made by the American Rapid up to the moment
that company was ready TO announce that 1t had |
made terms with the strikers which were |
mutually satisfactory" No information |
whatever could be obtained at the main |
office of the Baltimore and Ohio. In another quarter
it was stated that the only hitch in tho negotiations
between that company and the strikers was due to |
the nome one urIence of Mr. Garrett with the terms
of settlement agreed upon by his subordinate Off
GERS and the committee OF the Brotherhood. Dir.
Garrett had refused to recognize the Brotherhood
as au organization and there the matter was left.
A telegraph official said ho knew Mr.. Garrett we'll