New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-26
the manager himself had not yet been 1niorme a.
All we know about 1t is that we were ordereu W
resume work by the Executive Committee"
OPERATORS AT WORK AND AT PLAY.
WHAT THEY HEAR ABOUT THE WESTERN UNION
A GAME OF BALL.


WHAT THEY HEAR ABOUT THE WESTERN ONioN-
GAME OF BALL
The whistle calling the striking telegraph oper-
ators to order was blown at 1890 yesterday after
noon bv Master Workman Mitchell. After a rev
conqratulatory remarks on the fatterlng OUTLOOK
of the strike. Mr.. Mitchell introduced w. H. Kings
lev. who had left the Western Union employ In 'no
morning Mr.. Kingsley SAID that he had Deeh
working before no left the office for twenty-io
and one balf hours on a stretch. He had asked lor
relief but could not get it, as the superintendent
said he had no competent man to put in his place.
On Tuesday morning, he said, there were between
600 and 500 messages the first chicago DOOR,
He took them off, and when ne was
asked why he had done so he replied that ne
wanted to see the wire clear for once. On the 81.
Louis hook there were messages dated as Tar Dack
as July %.
The committees reports from the Western Union
office stated that there was no wire to Cincinnati
and no operator; 600 messages were on the NOOK
Men sleep from IL pm. to $50 pm. There is impor-
tant business on file dated July 10. BUSINESS
is behindhand "a hours to St. Louis, AS hours 10
New-Orleans, "a hours to Montreal, hours 10
Boston and "a hours to Pttsburg The total Iorce
night and day is la operators.
The following gains of membership to the Broth
erhood were reported At Rochester, 20; Baltl-
more 81. At OIL City the assembly has Increased
in membership from go to 600; large proportion
of these are railroad men. In Chicago
the membership is 1000; OF these
about 800 commercial men, tne o'hers
being railroad men. Mr. Mitchell said that the
Brotherhood would be sorry to call out the railroad
men, but should become necessary it would do so.
A number of messages giving hours of the fling
transmission and reception of messages were read
to prove that the Western Union behind with
its work.
The announcement that Rufus Hatch had taken
100 tickets to the baseball match was greeted with
applause After speeches had been made by L. ID.
Mcguire and P. j. Mcguire the meeting adjourned,
and most of the operators went to the Polo Grounds
to see the ball game
There were about 1000 people at the Polo
Grounds when the game between Mines composed
of the linemen and operators on ctrike was called
at 4:3O p. m. The game was rather slow,
although there were some rather pretty PLAYS In
the first inning Coogan the catcher for the oper,
ators and the first at the bat, drove the Dali
clean over the centre feders head and made nome
run. In the ninth inning Wh0rty, the llnemens
pitcher, did the same thing. The operators took
the lead from the first and held it throughout. AT
the end of the eighth inning the game stood is TO
III favor of the operators. In the ninth inning
the hnemen made nine runs making the game Mt
the finish Is to II Ill favor OF the operators. In
attempting to throw the ball from first base TO
who was manager OF the Western Union office
at No. 666 Sixth-ave and who was playing first
base for the lInemen, broke his arm above the
elbow.
In the course of the game, Court Cunningham an-
nounced that compromsehad been made with the
American Rapid Telegraph Company and requested
the operators and linemen who have been working
for this company to present at the meeting TO be
held in the evening when they were TO receive
further instructions The announcement was re-
ceived with enthusiastic applause.
1t was reported at the headquarters OF the Execu-
tive Board last night at the Manhattan Hotel that
negotiations were pending with the Baltimore and
Ohio Company and that there was PROBABILITY
of an arrangement being reached shortly.
4 sub-committee of the Executive Board,
consisting of Messrs. OConnor. of Boston; Orr. of
Philadelphia aud Campbell, of Pittsburg. has been
appointed to take charge OF affairs In New-fork.
The members will remain here until the strlke Is
settled and their decisions will be final IN all mat
tiers affecting the Brotherhood.
A largely attended meeting of the Local Assembly
of the brotherhood was held last night at
Eighteenth-st. aud Eighth-ave. The meeting was
flvron