The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-07-26
rELEaRAPH srKIKE.
some OF the New York Papers ON the
Situation

some OF the New York Papers ON the
SitaatlOn.
Mail and Express.
The situation is one that deserves to
be very carefully scanned and thorough
ly understood by all directly and indi-
rectly interested, that is TO say, by every
body. The electric wires are the ner-
vous system Ofthe country. Their func-
tiOns are 40 vital no corporation or as
sOclatiOn OF men would long be allowed
to control them in Disregard of public.
interests. The civilization and business
of the country having been developed
ON the hasis Of universal telegraphy,
the basis must be preserved without in
terruption. The public has rights
that will somehow be en-
forced, and there Is
limit to the natural right of employees to
strike" II Is our belief that the direct
ors, the great employers of telegraph
operators, OF the Western Union are dis
posed to deal squarely and geiIerOasly
with its employees, whenever they denu-
tie one or more TO present causes Of
complaint. The danger with ths new
eat OF "labOr organizations is, fifst, that
It Is secret and Oath-bOund, and liablet0
TALL into the hands of q few selfiskly
| ambitious ''wire-pulleTs;" aud, second,
that the capacity for wholesale. mischief
Possessed by the biographies Is liable
to turn the heads Of some of the leaders.
Operators cannot afford To allow
aeteW men with heads turned by sudden
| power and opportunity To prec!pitate a
conflict In public favor and private con-
sideration It will not be well for
the operators. if they so lose their heads
as TO provoke the lasting disfavor of in
telligent people for reckiessly using the
/ peculiar opportunities given them to
annoy the public Let them be prudent
and keep intelligent and just public
| opiHi,,h t,n their side. and tlieY Will got
| all To Which they are cntillN,i-
Evening Post.
/ That which interests the public most,
/ and which the public can form an opin-
ion about, is the means 81 which the
/ operators propose TO resort in order 10
enforce their demands. A strike of teIe
graphers now, when so large q proper
ton of the country in every department
In carried on by telegraph that credit IN
the commercial and financial world may
be said to rest on It, is very serious
matter indeed. Telegraphing Is q nys-
tery-a small mystery it is true, but one
which nobody can master in q
day or week-so that, tele-
II 6AoPA OtNl0SOA6 AAN0 IL
their power to inaiea enor.
nous loss and inconvenience
On the public by refusing
to do their work until their employees
comply with their demenda. Now, the
| question whether any body ofmen ought
90 be allowed for any purpose to infficl
lOSsS and Inconvenience on the public Il
one Of which the growing completely
Of modern society win soon compel /
per-emptory settlement The countrz
cannot allow strikes of employees il
these great public services any NOR.
than It can allow corporations them
selves 70 refuse 70 carry On their bushes
as . means OF extracting what fhel
think fair rates Of transportation.
C0mmercial Advertfssr.
The last Development in the telegraph
| trouble Is that spectators in Wall stsee
are offering money 20 the operators {.
strike. This Il the last phase Of the wa
; on telegraph companies, bat the pabli
cation OF the names Of the unscTupulOu
pereons WHO are urging on 8 struggl
hat would produce incslcusable loss .
/. the country may not be 30 pleasant q
them IS beating Western Union sGDcl
, down Wonld. These people tread Of
dangerous ground when they make hi
attempt.
On the whole u may bs doubae
whether the operators have presented
strong case. That evils exist can not b
questioned. bat they viii not be rems
died By the course taken
!, 1Ae5 WenE.
Il NEW YoRR. July 1s.--At precisely ]
: O'Clock, WaahingsDa tins, several hnr
3 ldred operators inthe sRestern Union te
! | egraph roosns laid down their pencils &c