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that they deserved the countena nee and sup
port Of every reasonable ami fair minded
man.
The feeling on Change was decidedly
shaky. There are about twenty brokers
of various kinds in this city, and they do
their entire business by wire. Indeed, the
whole business of the world is now based
upon telegraphy, and even that is no, fast
enough At times.
"Why, we are as anxious when we do not
receive an immediate reply to a message"
said leading broker yesterday, q as we would
be if the sale depended upon it, IS it oftea
does. l have my regular customers ard
know them and their ways, and while with
some of them silepcs is consent, with others
it is the opposite, or to say the least 1 am put
in an attitude of the greatest anxiety. 1t
will be an absolute impossibility to carry
on our business by mail. The prizes huc.
tuate too much. Say it lakes two days
for q letter to 90 and Two for an answer 10
come. In that case there would be no telling
how much the loss or the gain might be, aud
it would be sn impossibility for broker TO
sell at any 6Ied price. All We can do is to
take orders with the understanding that the
price which prevails when the order is re.
ceivsd is the price to be paid. That is
"AN oLD-TIME WAY
of doing business that the brokers Of this rapid
age could never grow accustomed TO. They
| would have TO close their doors, TINS ia 4
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Masouie Notice,

DESOTO LODGE, No. 2es, =. and AN. n
IL VIII hold stated communication ~
for July, 1888, this lFRIDAY) evening at~ ~
O'Clock, for the Transaction of monthly Nh
business. All n. Ms in good standing/ "
are internally invited BY order
B. +. PRICE, W. N.
Attest: r. C. WILLIAMSON, Secretary.
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OF the thirteen operators on duty here,
ten were engaged in receiving private dis
Seven did day duty and the rem ainder were
employed at night, The strike was as COM
piete as it could be. The Brotherhood are
we'll posted, and known their strength, and
give no credence to the reports which came
over the wires late yesterday evening. At
New York there are 66 in good standing, and
of this number 394 were employed in the
main ofices of the Western Union, and all
of these went out. At Boston, of 210, 181
were employed by the Western Union and
179 of these laid down their keys. The West
ern Union admits this The force
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At ss. Louis.

ST.. LOUIS, July 19.-Fifty.four of the
seventy five operators of the day force on
duty quit the telegraph office and left their
instruments promptly at ~ O'Clock, New
York time. They quietly left the building
and marched in procession TO the hall which
they will make their headquarters dpripg the
strike. There was no special manifestation
Of feeling on the part of the operators as
they fled out of the Office, but several of the
older employees Of the company evidently
LETT with much regret. o; the number who
abandoned their posts, about one half were
women aud girls. Those who did not joiu
the strikers quietly remained at their instru-
ments, and IN ten minutes the furry wss
over and the Office was again ready for busi-
ness. The force now in the Office numbers
about fifty, and business is moving with rea-
sonable celebrity to all the chief trsdscen-
ters OF the country, excepting New Orleans,
which has no; yet been heard from. Fully
sixty operators can be mustered here for
work, and this Office may be regarded as well
manned and able 10 transact all business
offered
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\ OLD-TIME WAY

of doing business that the brokers Of this rspid
age could never grow accustomed to. They
would have TO close their doors. TINS is q
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ON THE STREETS

was decidedly in favor Of the operators. Not
one man out of perhaps 100, with whom the
reporter spoke, expressed anything except
the kindliest sentiments for them. and hoped
they would win. The operators in the office
here were alluded TO in the highest terms,
and the demands of the Brotherhood were
pronounced fair and just. A good many
seemed to look upon 1t as war bstween
them and Jay Gould, the king of monopolists.
The prospect of his lo-ing few millions
brought tears 10 nobody's eyes. When it be-
came known that the average price paid was
but $54 month, this feeling became stronger
and manifested itself in various ways. They
were applauded for the ID anly way in which
they stood up for their rights and yet re =
solved to conduct themselves ss gentlemen
and not az ruff aps
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what the Op.ra,ors say.

An APPEAL reporter interviewed a num-
Der of the operators, and ali declared that
they had gone into the strike with their eyes
open, and after mature consideration, and
would stick it out to the last. A very nope
ful feeling prevailed, and all were sanguine
of success. They had received an order
from headquarters to do nothing of an un-
lawful character, but to quietly leave their
desks, which they did. Much indignation
was expressed at telegram received from
the manager at St. Louis suggesting that
guard be placed over the cable crossing the
river at this point, as it was feared the
strikers might cut it. The operators
say euoh thing never entered their
minds, and that they have no in
teution whatever of trying to injure the
property of the company in any way, but
propose TO fight the matter on u square basis
and to conduct themselves in such way as
to comm and the respect of the public, whose
good will they desire and without which they
cauno! hope to succeed. They also stated
that they were we'll provided with funds and
were in position to stand quite siege, be-
| sides which, they had received offers OF sub
stantial assistance from many members Of
| the busins 50 community,
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CHANGE OF FIRM.


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wHEATsTokE OPERATORS.
sTATISTICs.

The Brothsrho Telegrsphers has gen.
ersl sta,isticiaD, also a local ssatistician in
nearly every city and town il the United
States and Csnads. Complete statistics have
been gathered, and show the following gen.
ersl averages OF wages paid at present time.
The average pay for commercial operators
in toe United States is $54 43 per month; /;
average for commercial operators of Canada
is S37 49 per month; average of railroad
operators in the United States is S39 so; av-
ersge for railroad operators in Canada is
S29 II. 1t should be borne in mind that
operators are not allowed extra compensation
for Sunday work, and that railroad operators
at stations where but one man is employed
are required to work from fourteen to sixteen
hours per day, and on many roads are re-
quired to sleep in or convenient 10 their
Offices, so that they may be called to receive
orders for delayed, and obtain help for
wrs cked trains. Th.ss calls on many roads
are of frequent occurrence.
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WEAKEN OUR RESOLUTION,

and mould puslic sentiment in their favor
II is very easy matter TO see through their
schemes, but they cannot mislead u.s. The
very fact that they are enabled TO dc no more
than receive ore-third of the press aud no
other business is proof of the poverty of
their resources, aud the fact that they do re.
ceive nothing else proves the utter meanness
of their motive. They may pull the wool
over the public optics for while, but can
gain nothing In the end.n The feeling
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PRESS TELEGRAMs

gratuitously was discussed. They were nearly
all in favor of 50 doing, but concluded to
postpone fnai action, as by such action they
might bring the odium of The bu.iness COM
munity, who would be thus disc-imin 4ted
agai Dsf, upon them. After the adjournment
of the meeting committee, which waited
upon the city editor Of the APPEAL, was
questioned regarding their ultimate action
IN this regard and the reply received
was that it was more than probable no such
offer would be made. "You are receiving
some press, notice" said one of them, "and,
as am informed, the report will be at least
q third as large as common. The company
are refusing TO transact any other business,
and are concentrating their entire force on
this. We know exactly what it msans
They are enabled in that way to make just
such reports as they please, and will of course
pervert the facts, if necessary, in order to
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INnICATIONS.

For Tennessee and The OHIO VALLEY, fair weatser,
Utnds shifting 10 the south and eGst, ioOer barone-
ter, rising ternperattre
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ENGLAND,
ERKLY BANK STATEMENT

WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT.
LONDON, July 19. The weekly statement
Of the Bank of England shows a decresse In
bullion Of e87 900. Proportion of bank re-
serve 10 liabilities, Al 7-l6 per cent. Amount
OF bullion gone into bank on balance to day,
e17 f10O
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road, and two by the Memphis andlChsrles.
ton, four BY the Louisville and Nashville.
two by the Memphis and Little Rock ard
two by the Chesapeake and Ohio railroads;
also five by outside brokers' Joseph NJ. King,
OF the Louisville and Nashville, and Jake
MerrieD, Of Hernando, Miss. joined last
evening.
THE RAILROAD OPERATORS
are in many instances members of the Broth-
erhood, and though they do not join in the
strike have sigui6ed their intention to re-
main where they are and refuse to take the
places vacated in the Offices Of the Western
Union. Those who might be inclined to do
90 are being quietly notified to stay where
they are. The Brotherhood are willing to
admit all who are or have ever been opera
tors, and claim q handsome increase in mem.
bership since the strike was first inauguraied.
They claim q total membership of 1900.
"How did you receive the notice TO quii?"
asked reporter of an operator yesterday.
at came ct l O'Clock this morning
In CIPHER"
he answered.
"And what was its purport~
f'The chairman of the Executive Commit
tee at Pittsburg, John Campbell, notified us
that il settlement wac not reached aud
authoritatively made known at II o'clock,
Washington time, to quit work and await
further orders. When the moment arrived
We stopped accordingly. At soma OF the
Offices oar watches WIRE little off but there
was not two minutes difference between the
moment of striking between Washington and
other places"
@I suppose you intend to stick it out?"
"We certainly do. We have been badly
treated and if we do not stand up for our
rights now the
CHANCES FOR SUCCESS,
after having made the demand we did,
would grow beautifully less. We had good
reason to believe that the Western Union
would cut down our salaries in the fall, and
the move, at this particular time, was for
this reason made necessary. Our work is
laborious aud thankless, and il is also money
less. While crack operators receive $95
others receive $50 or $40, making the aver
sge price paid in the United States S54. Our
dem lands, it seems to me, ought to be willingly
acceded 10 BY company which declares an
annual dividend of twenty-five or thirty per
cent. Think of this on capital stock of
$50 700 900, and $40 ,000, 900 was waterej in
order to cut down our salaries before"
"Do you think it will be successful?"
II do not see why it should fail. 1t re-
quires on an average five years to
"LEARN THE BUSINESS
we'll enough to take an instrument in a regu-
lar office. The art cannot be learned in a
day. Manager Howards statement that he
wall fill our places in a day or two, or week
at most, and will keep US out if he has TO
put lot of boys in the efice to learn, is ab-
surd in ne extreme. The country won't
wait on the company long enough for lot
of boys to learn the business"
"Have you any assurance Of optside aid?"
"Ob, yes. The Knights OF Labor will con-
tribute 100000 if need be, and the Chicago
Board of Trade has offered S25, 900. A num-
Der of leading citizens of Memphis have as
cured the boys here OF support, but they are
generally abe to get along without aid, and
will not accept the kind Offer"
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HE AGREED.

Late in the afternoon two of the strikers
went up into the operators room aud found
Mr.. Claude Freeman, the architect, pegging
away at press for dear life. BE was once an
expert, and few minutes practice served to
freshen up his memory to such an extent SIS
to enable him TO take the press dispatches
with a considerable degree of facility. He
had several sheets lying before him when in
teiIGptsd, and a., at the moment n,,'s was re-
Ooe Of the operators told him he
was doing them an injury, and he
ought to quit. Mr.. Freeman said be certainly
had no desire to iDjure the Brotherhood, and,
after further remarks on both slider, he got
up, crushed the kilograms he had already
taken in his hands, and left the Office, lesv
ing Manager Howard again alone. At 6
o'clock in the evening meeting was held,
at which the advisability OF receiving the
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BRADLAUaH's LAST MOVE.

The Sereeaut-at-Arms of the House OF
Commons to-day reported TO that body that
Bradlaugh had brought an iDjunction
against him to restrain him from preventing
Bradlsugh from entering the House.
WANTS A HAND IN IT.
The goverament states that the Sultan OF
Turked claims the right TO sanction any
change in the character of the Suez canal.
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT.
A committee Of the International Literary
Association has prepared the draft of an
Internatienal Copyright. Convention for con-
ference in Berns is September.
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MISSISSIPPI Disrrhez Cordial never fails
cure.
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perious business. 1t is like Sunday to me-
/ have sent seversl kilograms this morning
but have received no answers te them"
At the Cotton and Merchant.'
EXCHANGES
everything was 70 quiet ss it could be, nd
except for an occasional remark about the
strike little was said. Members when ques-
TONED hoped compromise would soon be
effected, as their business wac at a complete
staudstiIl. Should it continue, they mus.
suffer considerable loss. There are no big
contracts on hand, 40 far as known, and il
business is resumed in day or two the losses
will be tiff ng. Snould ii continue, however,
there ia no telling what tho consequences
might b.. Tbers were some who expressed
the fear that panic might ensue bat nooe
cared 10 20 so far as that. The universal
opinion was that the operators could not
have selected a worse time for themselves
and q more opportune one for the public.
Because now in the dull season when bust
ness is at a comparative standstill, there is
not the same pressing need for full force of
telegrsphers as in the winter time when
everything is on the rush.
AT TWO O'CLOCK
this morning Manager Howard was found
working away manfully but soon after closed
the press reports. H has his cot in the
Office aud said be would take nap about 5
o'clock He predicted7fhat tomorrow would
see a marked change il the situation. All
the main offices were tolerabIy we'll supplied
with men and would be reinforced tenor
row. A number of private dispatches we're
received and forwarded last evening. The
office does about SIS, 900 business a year, OF
which, perhaps, threc-fonrths is private and
commercial and the balance press. Manager
Howard is a clever, big hearted fellow, and
clever business man and the boys have no
ill-will against him, and ihsy recognizs that
he consults his own interest by remaining
and has no excuse for joining the strike.
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THE STRIKE At OTHER POINTS.
Al New York.

NEW YORK, July ia survey of the
isld at 1 O'Clock revealed some striking
changes in the slate of sffairs. An unusual
number of people blocked the entrances TO the
building. This crowd wss composed of
curiosity seekers, strikers, busiDes, meH and
messenger boys in about equal pumbsrs
There was no use for the policemen who b sd
been summoned, the men that left being per
fectly good tempered and evincing no dispc-
sition TO interfere with those who mained,
or to make trouble of any sort. Many of the
operators went TO the headquarters on Court
land street, ana ii being fine day many
went off to the se acoast. 1t was a common
expression that they would take their sum
mer vacation ia the Catskiils. 10 the gen.
eral Office on the third floor nobody was to
be seen save the messengers and one or
two clerks. The reaeon was learned during
the visit 10 the operating room. There were
found Jay Gould, Gen. Eckert, General
Superintendent Tinker, Assistant General
Manager Bates, and others OF the general
Office. The officers we're making tour of
the room and of the gold and stock depart
ments. They gave valusbe aid and advice,
and expressed themselves much pleased ths
the situation was no worse. As one of the
officers remarked, "It looked sn hour ago ss
| if sleet-storm had struck the wires, but
now it seems to be entirely a rain.storm /"
156 at work. OF these, quite number were
girls and some were employees who had not
| for some time served at the wires. A few
| inquiries addressed to those who rem aimed
elected the fact that msny had been in the
last strike, and did not care 10 hszard
their chances in another one. They were
| for the most part the older grade of opera
tors. The messenger boys and girls remained,
and were fitting about as usual, none having
left. A large msjority of the Wheatsione
| operators remained. Out of ITO ladies en-
| pleyed, Manager Desly estimated that about
| twenty had lett their places. The night
force consists of from eighty to 100 opera.
tors, and it is expected by the managers tn at
not less than forty will appear for duty to-
night. One of the officers of the company,
| who has most feared the results OF the strike,
| said: I'VE shall have a hard time, but we
shaft get through So far it is much better
than / anticipated"
| A general order has been issued from the
Western Union Office, stating that all busi-
ness will be accepted, subject to delay.
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1t is almost unnecessary to call attention
to the well-knoBn fact that all branches of
labor, skilled and unskilled, when required
10 perform Sunday work, receive extra, and
in many cases double pay for such work,
which is not the case with telegraphic en-
pioyes, who are at present required TO perform
such service without extra compensation.
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At WashInyGon.

WASHINGTON, July 19.-At o'clock pm.
ten men of the Western Union Company's
dsy force in the Washington office had
stopped work. Nine were yet in the efice,
but Manager Whitney was no. sure all would
remain. He b ped they would. Nearly all
the members of the night force are conere-
gated on the sidewalk, st or near the cfics.
The members of the Brotherhood connected
with the company are out as we'll as those
of the Rapid Company. An active officer
of the Brotherhood is authority for the
statement that no strike is to be appr, headed
from operators working wires leased by
corporations, newspapers or private individ-
uals where such operators are employed and
paid by lessees, unless an attempt is made
BY the Western Usion Company 10 utilize
these operators, in handling matter connect
ed with the business of such private firms.
An authoritative statement from the strikers,
presenting the case from their standpoint, is
premeditated, and will probably be given out
this afternoon. Mansger Whitney says he
has q sufficient force to handle all business
offering thus far, and is confident of being
able to continue to hsndle it. 1t is rumored
here that the report that Gen. Grant had
dropped dead on the street in New York was
the signal agreed on to communicate to op-
orators to strike, it being Understood that the
public at large, as we'll as operators, might
be relied upon TO spread tbst story rapidly.
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AT NEW ORLEANS

was thlriy'seven strong, and thirty-lwo OF
these quit work, 0ae of those who remained
was expelled from the company several
months age. His name is Howe. A report
got out yesterday evening that the entire
force were at work at New Orleans, but one
Of the operstors managed in some way 10 get
message through railroad Office and
Learned thera were but five, and but two Of
these on duty. At Little Rock two chief
operators and The manager remained. just
before the strike it was learned that the man
sger OF the telegraph company at Helena
was telephoned by the president of the
Board of Trade that he waa authorized 10
ssy be would support him if he would go
out, and out he went.
THE MOVEMENT AT PTTTssURG
was almost as unanimous as it was here.
Some of the operators at that and other
pisces promised the managers 10 remsin in
erder to throw them off their guard, and
when it came to q crisis refused to do SO. On
this account the Western Union is said TO
have formed false estimate Of its strength.
The force al s.. Louis quit almost to msn.
A lady operator there wired an operator here,
a few minutes before IL O'Clock, that she was
not s. member of The union, but had on her
best silk dress and would go out with the
boys. Among all these messages from oper-
ator to operator, that were fsing over the
wires, was the following, sent from Chicago
TO ST. Louis:
"PAT-There is 8 rumor here that Gen
Grant
"FELL DEAD
on the streets OF New York. What do you
know about itr
The Brotherhood in the city and vicinity
numbers fifty. Besides those mentioned al
being employed at the Office, one eech is en-
ployed al the Cotton Exchange, Merchants
Exchange, Brokerage Association, B. c. Jolly
& Co. and Mississippi and Tennessee rail
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BALTIMORE, July 19.-At the maiu Office
Of the W,stern Union Company eleven of the
day force left. 1t is not yet known how
many have left the branch Offices. At l 80
o'clock p.w. there were twelve operators at
work in the main office. The superintendent
is of the opinion that he can call in a sufi.
cient number, probably tweniy-eight in all,
to handle messages coming in.
In the Baltimore ID Ohio Office the oper-
ato,s are at work, and their lines are kept
open. At all points along the Baltimore and
Oaio the operators are receiving rallrosd
mstter, but refusing all commercial business.
When the strike took place in the Corn
and Flour Exchange business was imme-
diately suspended, and as the men walked
from ihe Instruments of the Western Uoion
Company and Baltimore and Ohio Offices
there was sn open manifestation ofsympathy
from the members OF the Exchange.
From the American Rapid nine left, leav.
ing few fem ale operators.
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