The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-26
THE TELECRAPHERS.

A Weak Brother Thinks OF Giving
In---Report Denied. General
Situation
CHICAGO, July 25-"Everything is NOV
ing along smoothly" said Supt Tubbs, 'and
will continue so to do. We are III better
shape on the board aud in the main office
Our new reporters are rapidly getting accus,
toned to their duties and naturally doing
more satisfactory service. In the operating
room we have all the men we want, Things
look as bright for US as they possibly could"
''Six Of our wires on the Wisconsin division
of the Northwestern road, about mile be
You'd Clybourn place, and nine on the Mil
waakee division OF the same road, about an
equal distance from the junction. were cut
shortly after midnight" said Mr.. M. C. Bris-
toll, superintendent OF construction Oh West
ern Union wires I'VE sent men out at once
and bad them repaired by 8 O'clock. These
wires comprise ali we had 90 both routes
You may depend on it we shall try and find.
out who is responsible for this vandalism
His severe punishment is u toregone conHlu
sion"
of thu Western Uniou has more messenger
boys than they ever bad before said one Of
the delivery clerks who quit ~osE last Satur-
day
"Orr situation Is unchanged said Mana
ger McCulloch Of the Baltimore & Ohio
company. Don't believe nything you hear
or see in regard TO rs until you get it direct
from headquarters
rue STRIKERS.
"The reports published crediting me with |
having received dispatch saying that the |
Western Union has accedsd to the demands |
OF the men. are false" said A J Morris |
No sucb dispatch has beeu received 10y the, |
and my belief is that the information eDa
rated from Western Union sources. with the |
object Of getting some of our men to 60 to |
work this morning in the belief that they |
we're authorized by the brotherhood to do 80 |
snd thereby breaking our ranks"
~ am convinced OF one thing teyood all |
doubt" said an expert Western Union opera
tor Dow OIL the strike, that we can never |
win on the existing proposition The com
pany cannot ba expected to throw up its |
hands and get them tied fast behind 81
think n settlement must come on some middle |
ground Both sides must yield something,
because both sides have grievances and both
sides arc being buTt--but we get the worst OF
it becAuse wa less able to stand it. OF
course. know the Western Union is more or
less embarrassed, but they are getting along,
and every day of the strike puts them In bet
ter condition | hate to have to acknowI
edge this thing. hut it's the truth | have
my family and my wifes mother and sister
Ia support, and have no money in reserve
Unless this thing is settled dnrlng the present
week shall go 10 work next Monday, strike
or no strike Principle is a good thing but
my fauily etut live on it"
ON CHANGE.
The public grain and stock exchange has
been compelled To suspend business until the
strike eudS, because they ordered their oper
ators tn take the place of Western Union
men on the bnard Of trade last Saturday As
all were meubers Of tue brotherhood they
fused aud we're ut onte discharged
" The Western Union is doing h-lter
work said rrcmher Of the board Of trade
g have got several prompt replies TO in
qIries which mado 10y telegraph regarding
inisiness interests in outside cities Nearly
twenty men were ut wnrk in the Western
Union branch offices On the hoard and a
great deal more telegrHphing is being done by
trndcrS than thore has been ut any time siuce
the strike began
Inquiry among the commission men as they
vent on and of tho floor brought forth SINH
lar opinions as 10 the Improvement Of bust
u"Ss
A SOCIALISTS VIEW.
Joe Greenhut the socialist who holds the
place OF tener;ent-bouse inspector, said: "This
strike of the telegraph operators, for one
thing Is the last ditch of the native American
| wage workers OF this country They are fight
| ing their last fight and if they go down I've.
fore the corporation, then COOP bye native
| American wage workeri The landlords, the
| transportation companies, and the land
| porations have, to great extent succeeded
| in filling the places which native American
wagc-workers occupied with French Cana
dams, Scandinavians, Bohemians Poles, Irish,
| Germans, and other nationaIities The native
| Americans have been driven out Of these &C.
| equations"
NEWSPAPER OPINION.
The News says: This thing has gone far
enough. II is now time to do something The
! Western Union telegraph company Is not
| private business concern, conducted solely for
the profit of its stockholders. 1t is a public
corporation, endowed by the people with GER
tain enormously valuable rights and priv.
legss. The company has contracted with the
people to serve them faithfully and expedi-
| tiously, and, moreover, on its own terms. it
Is not fulfilling this contract. 1t is not trans
mirtiBg messages promptly or properly. The
officers OF the company say that it is all right !;
that it has plenty of competent operators, and
| is prepared to handle all business that may
| be offered This is idle talk The
experience of every newspaper in Chicago
| pr owes that it is not all right. Its press ser
vice, at no time within the past year or two
much to boast Of is now worse than ever,
and the condition of affairs does not seem to
be improving But the Inconvenience to the
newspapers is as nothing compared with the
damage to general business. Transactions
Involving thousands OF dollars are at stand
still, and merchants are losing time nnJ
money waiting for the strike TO end
1t is time to settle the dispute 1t is evi-
dent that the company cannot do without the
men any better than the men can do without
the company. They are both necessary TO
eaeb other. Under the circumstances the
best way is to split the difference Probably
the men ask too much Doubtless the com
pany offers too little Let them arbitrate.
|
nttse, and we venture to assert that the
trouble will be over in less than twenty four
hours.
AT NEW YORK AND ELSEWHERE.
NEW YORK, July Is Gen. Eckert, being
shown the Chicago dispatch, stating that DR.
Green was reported to have cabled him to
concede to toe demands of the the strikers
said at once. and empbatically, that no,
only bad DO such dispatch been received, bul
that DR. Green bad In bis last cablegran ex
pressed Numerically an opposite sentiment
A week of the strike has passed, and the
pesceabIe disposition and orderly conduct of
the strikers has called out universal common
datlon. They have made many friend.
among the general public and in busiDess cir
cles In private conversation they talk very
decidedly and positively of their expecta
TONS and seem to have no intention Of
wsvering, and their determination is the srb
ject Of comment, and even at the executive
Offices the greatest surprise is expressed thai
] they should, in view of the situation be De