Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-08
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. TALES OF FHR STRIKE. The Wires that Have Been
 Cut Down. A REWARD FOR TIE VANDALS. The Cutting Laid on Both
 Sides.
 THE MARCH OF THE CHOLERA. Outbreak at Another PrOmi-
 nent Eastern Point.
THE MARCH OF THE CHOLERA.
THE TELEGRAPH STRIKE.

Who Cut the Wires Both Sides Laying the Blame On Each Other - And Both Offer Rewards for the Vandals - An- other Rum0r About Eckert's ResIgna- tiOn.
 NEW YORK, Aug. Wire cutting appears to have been introduced ss new feature in the strike of the telegraph operators since the failure of the programme laid out in or dering out the railroad operators. A large amount of business was being handled Mon day night over the eastern wires. The spe- cial newspaper despatches to Boston and all the New England cities in regard to the Sul- livan-slade fight had greatly increased the ordinary volume of the work. No inco D. venience was felt and there was little delay in transmission when suddenly, about 11:30 o'clock, the wires refused to work and there was for time cessation of all business. It was suspected that the wires had been cut, and linemen were sent out to discover the cause. About twenty-five wires to the east belonging to the circuits of the Mutual Union, the American Union and Atlantic and Pacific companies, but now belonging to the Western Union, were still at work, and the business was crowded upon them. Later how
 ever, these were also interrupted and there seemed to be no means of escaping disaster from every point. It was found. however, after considerable delay that the circuits by way of Albany could be utilized, and most of the business was transmitted by that route as well as by Toronto and Montreal. To day the linemen of the Western Union company found that the wires at Scarsdale, a point on the Harlem railroad about twenty-five miles from New York, to the number of twenty nine had been cut, evidently by exper- fenced hands. These wires comprised the old Mutual Union, American Union and Atlantic and Pacific telegraph lines
 now under the control of the Western Union company. They divide at this point, some going to the north and others to the | east. Only the latter were cut. At Cos Cob, where thirty-nipe wires of the Western Union company cross the river by means of cable, it was found that the cable box had been demolished and cable cut close to the armor. Other damage had also been done to 1 the property of the company. large force of lineEaen were sent out and the repairs | have been going rapidly forward. In this connection General Eekert issued 8 notice this morning offering $1 1000 reward for the dissection of any person, willfully displacing, injuring or destroying any part of this com
 
 The meeting of the telegraphers at Claren- don Hall to day was one of the largest and most enthusiastic held since the commence ment of the strike. The speakers declared 1 that matters never looked better for success and that they were sure of victory ln the end. A telegram was received from Chicago by the executive committee this afternoon stating that a majority of the railroad opera tors on the Chicago and Alton and Wabash roads had gone out and the rest would go out tomorrow. MT. F. S. Gilmore has tendered the services of l himself and his band of sixty.five pieces for 1 the concert of the brotherhood at the Madi- sen Square Garden tomorrow evening. The striking telegrRphers say tonight that the l men have gone out on the Pittsburg and ! Wheeling division of the Baltimore and Ohio | this evening and Master Workman Campbell \ says he understands that the men have gone [ out on the Washington division, but of that | he has no positive knowledge. They say all | the operators have gone out on the Chesa | peake and Ohio roads, the early day reports | being fully confirmed and that the locomotive ] engineers have refused to run trains on
 schedule in the absence of the operators The number of operators on these lines is not exactly known to the members of the executive committee here and much difficulty has been found in getting direct information from the local assemblies ! except by mail, the railroad companies hay, ing successfully lntertered. The men on the ! Watash lines, including the Iron Mountain and the Missouri Pacific, the whole Gould
 southwestern system, are believed to have struck. Some of them are known to have gone out. All have been ordered out and
 some of the members of the
 brotherhood are known to have
 refused orders. The members of the execu' tive committee of the brotherhood all claim
 to be ignorant of the cutting of any wires east or elsewhere and say they believe that If
 any have been cut the work has been done bJ
 Western Union employees with the object oi fixing the fault on the brotherhood. MT
 Campbell alluding to General Eckert's offer
 of $1,O0O reward says the brotherhood will .I give $1 1000 reward for the capture of any
 one of the Western Union employees who
 may be caught cutting wires. The managers
 of the strike reiterate tonight the statements
 of three days ago that heavy bribes have
 been offered to striking linemen to do llleglt
 innate work and have been refused. They
 are collecting evidence on the subject ane
 claim to be id possession of some startling
 facts. MT. Campbell says that there is {
 probability that men connected with th'
 brotherhood will strike on roads not ye
 mentioned. The rumor is reiterated in vari
 ous places and coming from variou
 sources tonight that General Eckert has re
 signed his position as general manocer ant
 vice president. Its latest version is that h.
 will assume the presidency of the Missour
 Pacific railr oad. ....