The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-27

suppose to-day the American Union and the
Mutual Union and the Atlantic and Pacific
companies were all independently serving
the public instead of having been swallowed
with great deal of water by the Western
Union spectators? In that case the public
would not suffer inconvenience and loss by
the refusal of the Western Union managers
to give respectful hearing to the grievances
of their work-peoplc. 1t is because the tele-
graph has been made the tool OF few I'M
scrupulous SPECTATORS who have piled up
great fortunes by making it a monopoly, that
the public now suffers.
WHAT ARBITRATION SHOULD BE-
Lafayette Journal.
The country will, ere long, demand some
remedy for the evil of strikes and of the
arbitrary course of corporations. The pub
lie will not submit much longer to the
arrangement OF business arising from
strikes. So far no remedy has been pro-
posed except arbitration. Should this be
adopted, the decision of the arbitrator must
be of a judicial character and be made
binding, and each side of the controversy
must be fairly represented Otherwise the
remedy will be no remedy at all.
DELAY NO BENEFIT TO STRIKES
Chicago Times.
Every days delay increases the difficulty
of an adjustment of di fferences, and the prob
ability is great that while the strikers are
amusing themselves with canards about de-
mand for their services at the terms and
prices namedby the brotherhood, the company
will have made arrangements that will bar
them out forever. These things are said with
no unkindly feeling to the telegraph frater-
nifty, but are bare statement of what all i'm
partial and thinking men see will soon be
accomplished facts.
OUGHT AT ONCE TO NEGOTIATE.
New York Herald
We can only repeat the expression of the
conviction, which we know to be that of the
great body of the business community, that
the companies ought Immediately to enter on
negotiations of practical character to re-
, iieve the public of the vast and unnecessary
loss which 1t is now suffering.
THE GOULD ORGANS NOT WISE.
vincennes Sun.
1t seems to us that the organs of Mr.. Jay
Gould are rot wise in compelling people to
contrast the behavior of the Brotherhood of
Telegraph Operators with that of the great
organizations which he controls.
ARBrTRATE ny ALL MEANS.
St. Louis Post Dispatch.
BY all means arbitrate and let the Western
Union company begin by recognizing the
right of its employees to organize peacefully
and honorably for the protection and main
tenanGe of their interests.
GRAPEVINE MUCH BETTER.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Compared with the present service, grape
vine telegraph would be double duplex
send-seveu messages in -as-many- languages
both-ways at the same time and -never-miss-
a-lick
ITS NECK WILL BE BROKEN.
Cincinnati News Journal.
The Western Union still maintains hard
heart and stiff neck, but both will proba-
bly, bend or be broken in few days
WHAT DOES IT PROPOSE TO 10?
Pfttsburg Dispatch.
The public has no desire to hurry matters
but it would be glad to know what the West
ern Union is going to do about it.
GETTING ITS EYES OPEN.
Philadelphia Press.
The telegraph monopoly is gradually wax
ing up to the fact that it does not own the
earth.