Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-20

of the onerators. and then, from time TO
time have supplied their places by otner
men. and the business interests oi ILe
country would not have been lmperllleu.
The following is some OF Ine .gos s4I.;I ~
washington day or two before the strike
occurred. 1t appeared in a special 10 the
New York EUening Post:
ssNord has been received here that 1t IS
the purpose of the Baltimore ana ONO
Railroad Company to accede to the de-
mands at once, hoping, in the event OF
resistance on the part of the western
Union, to derive very considerable ad-
vantage from new business, which VIII
come to 1t when it is known that its lines
are in working order. The Western
Union managers have been examln-
ing the situation to see how large
reserve force can be found to do needed
business. They find very considerable
number of telegraph operators IN the CITY,
not membere of the Brotherhood and not
actively engaged in telegraphing, who, In
an emergency. can be relied on. Some of
the wires of the stock brokers are man.
aged BY OperatOis who do not belong to
the Brotherhood. A piece of gossip comes
here from New York that Jay Gould and
those most interested in Western Union
have not been correctly informed
as to the membership OF the
brotherhood and were surprised to hear
instead of 1000, as it was reported to
them would be the case.
ssThe understanding here is that the tele-
graph operators will tender their reslgna-
tions to-day, to take effect tomorrow at
II O'Clock, and that every man belonging
to the Brotherhood Will then leave his
key. unless the demands of the Brother
hood Committee should be complied with.
The fOrmality of resigning instead of
striking is said to be due TO the fact that
il is contrary to the rules Of the Brother
hood to strike. This fact cannot be With
out its significance, as some OF the opera
tors claim that they were misled in join
ing this Brotherhood, it having been rep
resented to them that it was entirely
benevolent organization, not having any
power to order strikes.
'sThe managers of the companies IN
Washington have made very thorough
canvass of every man, so far as 1t was
possible to do so in view of the Oath-bOund
secrecy of the Brotherhood, and have
ascertained that there are from ten to
fifteen men in the Western Union Com
pany who can be relied upon.
Operators of the Baltimore and Ohio
Company say that they have intimations
that the company will accede to their
demands to-day, and will make extensive
preparations for doing an enlarged busl-
ness. They say that the poles Of the
proposed new line between Baltimore and
New York are all set, and that nine new
wires can be strung as fast as man can
walk, and that the company expects to
secure a large amount of business by
making an early and friendly arrange
ment with the operators.
"A dispatch received from Chicago says
that there is a probability that but ten
men out OF the three hundred operators
there can be relied upon to work in the
event of a strike. Committees of the
Brotherhood here spent yesterday in going
about the departments and banking
houses, where a good many telegraphers
and photographers are employed, en-
deavOring to induce them to agree not to
work any of the instruments in event
of a strike. These efforts in many cases
were successful. Most of the ex-operatOrs
who hold government positions and who
are in private employment assured the
committee that under no circumstances
would they work against the Brotherhood.
The only exceptions were the operators OF
some stock wires who draw double sala-
ries, one from the company and the other
from the bankers, and who are not men,
bers of the Brotherhood. These operators
gave the committee assurance that they
would not work for any of the corpora
lions, but would stick closely to their own
private wires, and would not send cor
pOration messages. 1t is said to be the
purpose of the linemen to cut the cables
if necessary which carry the wires North
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