Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-20
Memphis ONCE Leaves His Desk and
Walks Out, Leaving Manager How
ard Alone, and
Virtually stopping All Business-COn-
siderable Uneasiness Felt In Com
msrcial Circles.
What the Operators Say Of the Strike
and Their Chances for Ulti.
mate Success.
The Official Statement Of the Brother.
h0od-The General Situation-The
strike Elsewhere.

Yesterday at II O'Clock sharp, Washington
time, the vast army of telegraph operators
4 nployed in the United States and Canada
quit their instruments and went out on the
most extensive strike ever inaugurated in
/ lis country. The time in Memphis was
precisely IL :08 O'Clock, and thirteen opera
1 RS employed gin the Office here left Nam
= ger Howard
ALONE IN HIS GLORY
xsctly at that moment. Several messages
we're received during the morning OF a pri-
' lte nature, but the following was the extent
OF the press work:
LONDON, July 19.-The London local gov
rnment boards have issued memor and um
NJ 0ining measures OF precaution az ainst the
production of cholera into the cities and
lwns of Great Britain. A dispatch from
AlexaUdria states that the panic in that city
Yer the appearance of cholera is increasing.
The followiBg WAS written on the bottom
{ The sheet: Good bye, Mr.. Ledger, Ava-
niche and APPEAL. The die is cest, etc.
,5rry couldn't get more news for you.
N.s.G.
THE NEWS FLEW
YER the city like wildfre aud the greatest
iarm was manifested in commercial circles,
Ir Though it had been expected and dreaded
n several days il was hoped by many that
Ne differences between the company and its
nployes would not come to any such an
farming crisis. Immediately before the in-
.aguration of the strike the report of the
associated Press agent was handed in an
,ouncing i. to he inevitable here, anu il was
luly numbered and received, but it was no.
iced at 8 O'Clock IN the afternoon h angling on
THE DEAD HOOK.
A receiving clerk was on duty ia the
flee attended by \ messenger boy or two
IN the OPERATOR room Manager Howard
nd several other boys were fouud, fogering
ne keys in diseonsolate, hap-hszard sort Of
xaY.-and crealing an aupeerance of excee9-
ag industry. A number of the instruments
gere clicking away at lively rate, calling
vlrious places on the line, but no answers
aere made. Every now and then fresh
ssuEder chimed in, called away a few mo
neuts and quit again. When the operators
left the office the
GUARDS AND DUPLExEs
were singled, and the manager contended
with the difficulty some time before he dis
covered II. Finally, ho wever, he got dowr
to work, and took off pretty fair quantity
OF press dispatches. About ii 80 O'Clock ar
operator who stood outside the lelegrsp sph of
fee heard Milan say there was only one
operator at Nashville and one at Memphis
that both were managers, and both were ter
ribly disconnected. At noon The operation
held a meeting and passed the following
RESOLUTION:
ResoEved, That we condemn one imputatioi
conveyed IN message received at this ofic
from l.. c. Baker, general superintendent o
tha Waefarn TIni0n Cnn 81 Tf,uis
that it wonld be necessary to place guard
place.
Resolved, Thai we further hereby declsr
that we will discounteuarce any movemen
looking TO interfere with the business o
destruction Of the property OF said company
The following, which has been in tn
hands of c. A. CASTOR, the chief of tn
Brotherhood here, for several days, was ais