The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-08-09
FAR AND NEAR
Impu liant News Of The s'rIkes-The
End Not Yet
Hereditary NIurderous Insanlfy-in'
Gnence OF That Failure.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.



NEW YORK. Aug. IA Times editorial
this morning says 1t Is likely to weaken the
brotherhood to call out the railroad oper-
ators. To call them out now would SAVIOR
of compusion; that 1t is clear they are not
inclined of their own notion to leave their
instruments.
The sun SAYS tie brotherhood's action In
calling out the railroad operators IS wrong
and unjusiifiable, and says the fact that
they have ordered them out. amounts 70
declaration that their strike has failed.
The following has Just been issued from
the executive office of the Western Union
Telegraph company
NoTIoE-It has come to our knowledge
that in connection with the strike OF the
operators and linemenorganizlng, the plans
of emitting and crossing the wires OF the
Western Union and other companies in
New York city and vicinity, have been
agreed upon, aud is now being carried out.
In pursuance of such plan large num-
Der of our wires have been cut during the
past week, and fifty-nine were cut last
night in New York and vicinity, the work
showing all the marks OF having peen
done by skilled hands. One thousand dol
lars reward will be paid by
this company for the arrest and conviction
of each and every person wilfnlly dlsplac-
ing, iniurng or DESTROYING any part OF this
company's telegraph lines or appurtenaces'
THOMAS T. ECKERT,
Acting President.
Oficers of the company saw the cable box
was destroyed last night ana the cables cut;
that twenty six out of twenty.nine Mutual
Union wires were rendered useless at Scarce
dale. and that the Atlantic u Union and
Atlantic g. Pacific routes to Boston were In
terrupted with the evident intention OF
preventing the Boston papers from getting
full reports of the Sullivan-Slade affair AT
the Madison Square garden.
PITTsBURG, Aug. 7. : Superintendent
King, of the Baltimore g. Ohio railway re.
ports that at o'clock about one-third, OF
the telegraph operators, working on the
Pittsburg division, quit work and are now
out.
CHICAGO, Aug. Tt appears very few
operators have left the employ OF the
1t was expected the full effect would be
felt at noon to-day on these roads, but az
cording to the version of the officials in this
city, not to exceed ten have quit on both
roads.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 7.-Officers of the main
Baltimore g. Ohio telegraph company make
the following statement: All operators at
Camden station quit work to-day. Not
one remained. They have heard from
nearly every station along the lines OF the
road and the number of striking
s1d leaving their posts does not exceed
half a dozen and their places have been sup
piled. The strike at Camden station, they
nv. is not of serious moment, as the main
office at Baltimore and Calvert station can
be used for all work.
NEW YORK, Aug. 7.-[Special. General
Eckert is reported to have sent in his
RESIGNATION as president of the Western
Union, to accept the presidency OF the Iron
The National Cigar Manufacturers as
tociation hold a meeting to-day to settle
the strike question permanently. They
are determined to act at once. SIX nrms
were represented, and if they decide tc
leck out, the trade will be completely par
alyzed. mi ~. !.
RICHMOND, VA, Aug. THE strike O.
the operators on the Chesapeake d OHIO
causes no inconvenience to the company
only a small proportion of the men having
operators west of White ;Splphul
Springs remain at their posts. Tnt
places of the strikers between
Strings were easily filled
There are no interruptions to the move.
ments of trains, and everything
is working smoothly. None o.
the GENERATORS on the eastern divis
ion of the road left their places. The busi
ness of the Western Union office is moving
,iopc an nnthlv