New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-20
ON STRIKE
Continued from Second PAGE.

0InOef U1 The DTOlntTHOou ntlu SoiO SN"i'
Tho other members of the Executive Com
mittee, with the exception OF Mr.. Ewing. of New
Orleans had started for their inspection districts
in order 10 better look out for the interests OF the
Brotherhood. Mr.. Campbell found bhslly
looking messages and letters that hal been re-
eeivcd frem different parts Of the country one
dispatch dated stanton. Va, said: "367 MEM
bers of the Brotherhood IN Virginia and
West Virginia demand that YOU gut fooling and
strike to-day" Adispatch from w ishmgton. where
the Brotherhood is weaker than in of the large
| cities. SAID: Harmony positive and complete
| Membership increasing honriy." Twenty-Five men
were initiated INTO the Brotherhood Yesterday A
letter received from John Jarrett president o1
| the Amalgamaled Associatlon of Iron and Steel
Workers, IN which he wished the telographers god
speed in their effort aud offered the active and and
sympathy OF his association He sags In closing:
| Your position is presen trying one and may
issue the word and the telegraph Communication both
as concerns the marts OF trade aud IN our OWL
great responsibility rests upon you and your orgnza
duty Jt ia no worse or srsatr crime Tor sociey to
suffer for sake than for you to suer Tor socieys
| sake.
! STATEMENT OF MASTER WORKMAN CAMPBELL
| Mr. Campbell said IN the afternoon: 81 sent at
midnight last night instructions to the operators
4 that unless they heard from me in the meantime
they were strike at IL o'clock to-day Washington
time. AT $3.50 TINS morning sent the letter to Mr.
Eckert with the view of countermanding the gen.
eral suspension of business if there any prospect
| OF arriving at a settlement. j though that he
4 would have ample time before u o'clock to send
an answer 10 this last appeal. 1 patiently waited
| for HIM from that time and still waiting i
had no alternative excspt 10 allow matter to take
4 their course. The commercial operators In this
city and 200 other citles not receiving further III
| slruct4ens, stopped work. Therefore at no0u.
The Executive Committee was bound to present
4 the bull of grievances TO the directors sUnetlme
between June 10 aud August 10. The bull OF
grievances ratified anonymously by all the local
/ assemblies IN the United States and Canada. We
had the power to arbrtrate, but beyond that we mad
| TO follow instructions given us by the different
| asse snl,fies. Our duty was merely to fix The
1 time for giving the signal ana arrange Inc
| minor details In addition to the Operators.
| the elephone, telegraph and electric light line
men. some 400 in number have struck IN this city.
| While the operators have no Pehecal fund, they
are pretty well of az rule and the order 10r tne
appeal for ald has been drawn up to be ISSUED 10
| the different local assemblies of the knights OF
Labor. We expect to be plentiIqlly sup9lied with
| funds though we do not expect that the strike Will
| last any length of time. Inc company cannot
possibly transact its business salts acl1rily wlCn
| any men that 1T may get III now. Inc railroad
| operators still at work and are instructed to
take the regular commercial business OF the oihces
| to which they are attached, but they VIII not
| Ia ndie business sent 10 Them In bulk from larger
| Offices to transmit The brotherhood VIII NOT
sanction any unlawful means OF The ieast suggestion
| of force or violence. In regard 10 the cable
business would say that we are informed lhal ony
FEW men are lett Galveston tue terminus OF tine
| Mexican cable Jacksonville, of the Cuban cable
| anu DuxbuIy Mass, OF the French cable. nave
not heard from the other &c fmiD but as we are well
ORGANIZED there it NAV be sand that tins country Is
ali interests and purposes shut OF from Inc out
side world"
A STATEMENT BY THE BROTHERHOOD.
TRYING TO JUSTIFY ITS ACTION IN MAKING IT'S
| DEMAND UPON TIE COMPANIES.
THE outcome OF the long session of the Committee
of the brotherhood OF Photographers at the Manhat-
| tan Hotel On Wednesday night was final
| letter addressed IN the name OF the
District Master Workman to General Eckert
! the perfection of the plans for strike throughput
the country, and a statement of the attitude OF the
| brotherhood whoh was designed for the publiceye
ThIsstaiementwasgiv given the newspapers yesterday
| morning 1t was described an "OticIal statement
| from the executive officers of the brotherhood OF
Photographers concerning the difficulties existing
| betw cen telegraph companies aud their employees"
| The document began with "a statement OF the sab
| mission OF the memorial and petition oil
| the operators and other employees OF
| the various telegraph companies oil the
| United States and Canada on July 16 The bill oil
| grievances if set out. 1t requested: ~ lie alb
olftion OF sunday work unless compensated as extra
| service (2) that eight hours should constitute
| remlar davis work and seven hours regular
| nights WORK, and that both sexes should receive
eunal pay for equal work; l3 universal increase
/ Of 8 per cent ON all salaries paid. The immortal
| of the Canadian Commercial Telegraph em1oyes Is
identical with that presented by the American EN-
ployes with the exception of Section l. which asks
/ tor a fixed compensation for Sunday work OF 40
| cents per hour; Section 3, that salaries now
| mid shall be increased according to the
| following schedule: Employees now receiving 500
| per month and upward, 10 per cent increase EN-
pl0yes receiving from $40 to go per month. 10 per
i cent increase; employees receiving $50 to $40 per
4 month 20 per cent increase, and that the lowest
4 salary paid shall be $50 per mon b. This applies to
l Ill, al teiaUrannic pmuoVeS Such
| tors clerks and huemcn. The American memorial
asks for the lluemen that eight hours shau c0nstl-
suite days work that compensation at the rate OF
two DAYS pay shall be allowed for all Sunday work
that the lowest salary paid regular lnenIan shell
| be S65 per month aud for helpers 40 per month,
4 and that the duties of hnemsn shall he confined
4 solely to their legitimate work The American
memorial petitions, in behalf of the first class
4 WhegtstOne operators, that they shall be pad at
the rate of 5 per month, and for the second-ctdss
operators S60 per month; that their working hours
4 shall be the same as the Morse operators
4 In justification of It's action the brotherhood as
serts that its organization is the result of the tyran-
A uical and unjust treatment melted ont 10 1t dur
ing the last ton years and that It's demands are not
unreasonable. The statement says that between
1870 and 1874 two general reductions took place
throughout the country, amounting to about 20 per
cent. In 1878 the Executive Officers ann onnced
"the famous Tor infamous sliding scale or
4 general reduction of from TO 20
per cent on all employees. This instrument
mad the qualrty of sliding but one way downward
4 and was followed by many contuinptlhle ana
4 underhand measures" Continuing. tbs statement
,wys chat IN 1876 a secret circular was sent ont
from the Executive department to the efsct
chat all VACANCIES must be nlied VI go
less per month than had bsen pad. DhdeI
i the IT, tIspce OF this order salaries dropped IN Six
toonths 10 ~ and $50 In the midst OF the gloomy
ouuIook OF 1880 Oompelingcompaniese compelled tae
Western Union to advance some salaries, but