The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-07-25
The Striking Operators Holding
Out NObly.
Business Greatly Delayed, Though the
Company Claims to be Filling Its
Vacant Desks.
Gould Has a Stormy Interview with
Eckert-The Situation at All Cities
home News.
THE BROKEN CIRCUIT.

The Non Union Men threaten to Quit Work
The IL. and O. Men Refer Their Employers
to the Executives Committee.
WASHINGTON, July - The following ac-
tion was taken to-day by the non-members
of the Brotherhood now at work in the
Western Union office here: I'VE, majority
of operators who have remained at work
here, have signed a paper pledging ourselves
TO withdraw our services from the Western
Union Company at stated time during the
the coming week unless the Executive Com
mittee of said Company shows a disposition
to negotiate with the operators with view
TO an amicable adjustment of the pending
difficulties. Although not members we are
heartily in sympathy with the movement in
augurated by the Brotherhood here, and re-
quest assemblies in other cities to take such
steps as Will lead nOn-uniOn men now at
work to take similar action.
Columbia Typographical Union, NJ 101,
held a special meeting tonight and passed
resolutions of sympathy with the striking
teiegraphers and appropriated 800 subject
10 their order.
Senator Blair, Chairman OF the Sub-Com-
mittee of the Senate Committee on Z lucation
and Labor, has summoned the Committee to
meet in New York at once to consider the
pTesC Mt strike of telegraphers.
Manager Young of the Wes -ern Union
Office here reports no material change in
the situation; he says there is
good force on for Sunday night and
everything is all right for the West.
The Il cal branch OF the Telegraphers' Broth
erhood was in session here to-day with a
large attends ncs OF operators TC-light it was
stated by one Cf the members OF the Brother
hood II at at the meeting encou aging re-
ports we've received from Philadelphia, Bal
timore and the South. In this city the
Brotherhood relied on written pledges
signed by seven operators now OH duty in
the Western Union office tbat they would
quit work at g certain time IL the Company
refused to arbitrate with the strikers. Two
men who came here to-day from ElktOn,
Nd, TO 90 10 work were persuaded ID j)in
the Brotherhood, and were sworn in tonight.
The Brotherhood report tonight that Su-
peIintendent /sublIn, who has charge of
The Western Union service between Wash
ingtOn and New York, came here to day in
response to dispatch from Manager Whit
ney, the latter having summoned him be-
cause of the published statement that the
operators remaining on duty in the Western
Union Office would leave at a certain time if
the grievances of those who had struck were
not redressed. On his arrival he had con-
ference with five operate now on duty
at the Office, at which, by his
permission two members of the Brotherhood
were present. The Brotherhood reports he
told operators, who had signed that paper,
10 bad done the Western Union Com pany
greet damage, far more than anything that
had happened since the strike began; that
he endeavOred 10 have them withdra their
names from it. but he left without effecting
any change in their opinion. 1t was also
stated on the authority Of the Brotherhood
that he had repeated the statement hereto
fore msde that the Western Union Company
was willing 10 treat with the operators indi-
vidually; that he was informed the operators
could receive no communication from the
Western Union Company except through the
Executive Committee of the Brotherhood,
at New York; also that having
stated one of the principal reasons why the
Company had refused TO recognize the Ex-
ecutive Committee was that only one of them
was employed Oy the Company, he was
shown that three members of the Committee
Ewing. COnper and Ford, were employed by
the Western Union Company at New Or
leans, Boston ard Nashville respectively.
The striking employees of the Baltimore and
Ohio Company, OF this city, met Man
aRer Clarke, OF the local office, this
city, at his request this afternoon, and 1.-THE
Brotherhood reports he told them if they
would return 10 duty be would give them
even higher salary than asked for in the
bill of grievances and let them arrange the
hours of lacOr themselves, but the operators
referred him to the Executive Committee
which presented the bill of grievances to the
CffceIs Of the Company at Baltimore.