The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-08-09
Telegraphic.
FAITHFUL STRIKERS.
The War Against the Great Corpo,
ration Continues.
The Cutting Of the Wires in the East =
Strikers Say They Did Not Do
1t 49, Confidence at St.
Louis Both Sides.

ST. LouIs, August s. Notwithstanding
the seeming partial failure OF the railroad
operators strike, there was no decrease in
the attendance Of the Brotherhood at Light.
stones Hall this morning. The mail
brought number Of letters from points In
Texas and Louisiana, urging the strikers TO
be steadfast. oae writer said "Three.
fourths OF the Morgan men are enthusiastic
and ready for the call" Several were
from non-members OF the order, saying
they were ready to Join the Broth.
erhood. From along the lines
Of the Iron Mountain and Pacific roa Is a
number Of encouraging communications
were received. There were present at the
meeting two Iron Mountain railroad oper-
ators who had left their stations Tuesday
night and arrived here this morning.
From them il was learned that twenty
operators quit work between ST, Louis ami
Bismarck.
The railroad officials OF this city say that
but an inlinitessimal parto OF their operators
have responded 10 the Brotherhood call
On the Iron Mountain only fifteen out OF
Nlneland, Glen Allen, Carondelet (2), Ca
Diet, Mineral Point, Summit, Lute.Ville,
Frederlcktown aud AllenWlle, and include
both the nisht and day force. All places
were promptly filed except Vineland. No
trouble occurred. The Wabash road claims
10 have lost bat eight men out Of 500. The
Chicago a Alton road reports only
eleven desertons, while the Brotherhood
insist that that number LEFT in Decatur
alone. No defections have been reported
upon the Nandala, Frisco or Missouri
Pacific, The call not having been issued yet
on these lines.
II II c aimed by the Brotherhood that
every man on the Piusburg division OF the
B. & o. struck on time. This is con.
tradiced by officers Of the road. Twenty.
nine OF the officers are known to
have struck and the rest were TO follow
to-day. In Nation, H., Western Union
man left his key; none Of the railroaders
have yet done 80. on the Chesapeake a.
Ohio only a small proportion struck, and
the ,vacancie were quickly Hlled. But six
strikers are reported % the Eastern line OF
the b. Il o.. while every operator at
Camden went out. No movement has been
made or called for at Louisville.
Members Of the Brotherhood Indignantly
deny the inference that any OF their
order were connected with the cut.
ting OF wires near Rosedale, on the
Wabash road or elsewhere. They say it has
always been against their principle
aud policy to countenance such proceed.
ings, and they will in no case shield the
perpetrators. They do not credit the re
port and say that the railroad and telegraph
officials, are paid to make these and similar
reports 10 bring the Broth
crhood into dsrepute. officers Of the or
der asserted that the railroad people mis-
represented the number Of their operators
who joined in Tuesdays stri lie at much
less than 1t really is. They claim TO
know thoroughly the sentiment
Of the railroad men, and are
confident that a far greater number went
out. The chairman OF the correspondence
committee said they would not have full
returns from the Iron Mountain railway
men before o-morrow, as their advices had
to come by mail,