Morning journal and courier., 1883-08-07
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. IA CRIPPLED SERVICE. The Western Unions East- ern Wires Down. RAILROAD OPERATORS 50 OUT. Others to Follow at Noon
 To-day. DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN KENTUCKY The Maori Knocked Out by
 Sullivan.
IEMOGRATIG VICTORY IN KENTUCKY
THE TELEGRAPH STRIKE.


 Railroad Operators Out-More to Go Out at Noon TO-aaV-The Western Union
 Wires Down in the East.
 NEW YORK Aug. 6.--The officers of the Western Union Telegraph company at New York stated to-day that the aspect of affairs regarding the strike was entirely unchanged They say that matters are improving, that their operators are doing welI and that busi- ness is kept moving. With the exception of few short wires between New York and Albany everything is reported in excellent condition.
 MT. Samuel Sloan, the president of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad, this morning sent the following reply to Messrs. O'Connor, Campbell and Orr, the committee of the Photographers Brotherhood who on Saturday presented Q bill of grievan- ces' on behalf of the railroad operators:
 DEL, LAoK. < WEST R. R. Co,
 PRESIDENTS OFFICE, 2s EXCHANGE PLACE,
 .sirs: Your letter 4th inst Wss left at my ofcs the day it was written. The peremptory tone of the request to imply consequences that not fail to understand aud appreciate, asking for prompt reply and that the changes proposed must II not that our operators are dissatisfied with their salaries or hours of labor; demand, far as am informed, has been made for any change in either Knowing as do many of operators, I hesitate to believe you fairly represent them all in "MAuy. if not most of them, have been years in the service ef the company their pay increased and promotion made without solicitation.
 "AR operator has become superintendent of telegraph system In all branches of the service ability and devotion to the interests of the pany are recognized. The master mechanics of our shops have risen from hremen and engineers. The general superintendent of the company has risen from a brakeman. Men look forward to promotion and are not disappointed.
 tHaviDg for uSre than thirty years been actively employed working hard executive officer, close R watching all these great interests symPathzing in communication you have Bont me mistake your part. therefore promptly reply and decline to ao- your requets stated in your letter referred to. Yours, etc.,
 SAM sLeAN President"
 The latest information received at the headquarters of the Telegraphers' Brother hood in this city tonight regarding the progress of the strike among the railroad op- orators is to the effect that all the operators on the western division of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western and Chesapeake and Ohio struck promptly at noon to-day, that the operators on the western divisions of those roads will go out at noon tomorrow as the operators of the St. Louis and Iron Mountain road. bill of griev- ances was presented to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad officials to-day, and refusal to accede to the operators demand was prompt Iy returned. Consequently strike along the entire Baltimore and Ohio system has been ordered for tomorrow noon.
 NEW YORK, Aug. z, 2:15 a. m.-An the eastern wires of the Western Union company are down and have been imperative since Il o'clock last night. Ono result of this has been the prostration of the land lines leading from the cable company's station to New York which are strung on the Western Union poles, causing delay in the regular cable dispatches of the United Press association.