The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-07-20
Telegraphic.
THE STRIKE.
Teleuraphers All Over the Country
Quit Work simultaneously.
Scenes at Different Places Almost a
Panic in Chicago 0therl Operators
Taking the Places Of the
Strikers.

master workman, at ll;l0 this a. m. Ii
$1,000 on the southwest corner OF Third an,
oilVe streets and looked up TO member O
the brotherhood who stood at the windoy
IN the operating room, which is on the TO,
noor OF the Western Union building. Tn
operators were then notified to quit thei
Keys. The order was obeyed immediately
Ihree minutes later over eighty operator
came down out Of the building, two by two
Inc young women taking the arms Of tb
men. A dense throng was about the build
Ing, and the scene was intensely excit.
! ing.
Inc operators In the B. a 0. Office re.
ceIVed word at 10 O'Clock to quit At noon,
New York time, and when the clock point.
ca al u 10 they turned their keys and LEFT
their tables. All went out except the man.
aS@r and chief operator. The men er.
pressed their sorrow al being ordered out,
say ny that they had no complaints 10 make,
and were sstisfied with the manner in which
they had been treated. Still they said thew
had TO obey the orders OF the Brotherhood.
They seem TO think that the execu i've com
ml'tee made great mistake In cutting off
all sources OF communication.
IN TIE OPERATING ROOMS.
Areporter visited the operating room. in
the fourth story OF the Western Union
Telegraph Office for the purpose OF ascer
tanning by actual inspection how many 3D.
orators were really at work. Chief Oper.
aor TopIiffe was seated at his desk head
over ears in business reorganizing the force
AZ the top OF the reT orter's head appeared
over the stairway the chief operator began
to make wild restculations, which evident.
~ meant that be had no time 10 talk 10 any,
body.
"l'ye nothing TO say, nothing At all, and
couidn I say II II had, because pve no
time. See Brown: he'll tell you all. -
''Wil you be able to handle all the bus,.
ness to.dayp
Certainly, certainly. I've got a good
force, and more are coming in every min.
ute. We will not be behind at all. - and
Mr.. Topliffe ran of to see to something in
another corner Of the room. The resortar
took birds eye view Of the situation. and
by actual count there were lust forty.tyo
persons sitting before instruments working
on these twenty seven were men and Young
boys and fifteen women. One old lady sat
near the stairway handling Chicago wire
With great defuess. The otice looked half
deserted, all its instruments In the center q,
the room being Idle. At the foo, OF the
stairs Manager Brown was found in
hs shirt sleeves and sweating at ey.
cry pore.
1--WE are right, he says. We were like .
man who was bilious and needed A big dose
Of ealomel. We needed big dose ofstrike
TO clear out the distractions. We have ~.
1t and 1t will do us good. "
"You will be able to get along all
right"
Eyes; certainly. We have a list Of night
men whom we have sent for and who Will
be here pretty SOON"
As Mr.. Brown was saying this. two
strau gers came up and asked: .'Do Won
need OPERATORS
eyes" said Dir, Brown and they were
Immediately shown up stairs.
on CHANGE.
The operators wore thoughtful er.
preston all morning. Those who were
not engaged at the keys seemed absorbed
in thought. A number OF telegraphers
who quit work several days ago visited
those engaged on Change and were oh.
served In earnest conversation. Nothing
could be learned from them, however
While one was receiving message few
minutes before II O'Clock he remarked
that the sender would better hurry up AZ
he had only few more minutes left There
was large amount OF business during the
carly hours IN consequence Of gen.
eral belief among the merchants that II
O'Clock was the hour set for telegraph IA
cilities to cease.