The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-07-27
be strong lever 10 compel them to take the

be strong lever 70 compel them to take the
operators back. At the Western Union
Office there Ia no change TO note. Mr..
Brown says the situation Ia improving daily.
AT the Baltimore and Ohio ONCE Mr..
Roberts has one assistant, and consequently
feels much relieved. This operator was
sent him by the superintendent. The
striking linomen this morning caught six
llnrmcn on their way to the Western Union
office and made them members OF the
Brotherhood.
Hall a dozen operators are still handling
the business on Change. Notices to the
effect That messages will he subject TO delay
ana mailing, II necessary, are still up IN
the receiving offices. There IA much dis
satisfaction among tho merchants and on
account OF delays, and mistakes that
have occurred through the In
Try order business Is to great extent CIV
en- up, as II IL essential for orders TO
be sent through with the least possible
delay.
private message was received by
striking operator this alorning saying that
Chicago was greatly In need Of operators,
the force having dwindled down until 1t was
very small. A number OF men had gone TO
work this morning, but they soon left.
DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED.
The leading officers OF the Brotherhood
bad long and earnest consultations with one
another, and the body at large was not slow
in finding out than something OF more than
usual importance was under discussion.
What II was, however, the leading officers
kept to themselves, and the others were
LEFT TO conjecture its import. Opinion gen.
orally was divided between the two reports
--onc that the Brotherhood was periecting
arrangements for strike Of railroad oper-
atOrs the other that they had received
reliable information that it was within the
possibilities that the Western Union COM
pany were on the point OF making an
offer Of compromise TO the Brotherhood.
Each OF these possible events is Of great
importance. That the strike Of railroad
operators was really threatened required no
better evidence than the fact that gentle.
man connected with the telegraphic depart
ment OF the Gould railroad system stated TO
a reporter that all train -dispatchers, di.
vision superintendent and all the heads OF
transportation departments had instructions
10 be ready to run trains under the old
tilne-card system. A member OF the
Brotherhood stated that the strikers had no
wish to interfere with the railroad BUSH
ness, but that some OF the railroad COM
panies were antagonzlng them by helping
the Western Union company to do its gen.
eral business. II the strike OF railroad tele-
graph operators was ordered all endeavor
would be made to abstain from interference
with such railroads as had confined their
Geographic employees to the performance OF
strictly railroad business.
THE COMPROMISE.
In conversation with striking operator
the reporter learned that the Brotherhood
had studied the result Of their compromise
with the American Rapid company and
were perfectly satisfied with it. Figured
out according TO arithmetical rules, II
meant an increase in the wages OF that
company's operatives Of about little
over twenty-one per cent. This compro-
mise was happy one, also, In that it
showed the Western Union people just the
basis upon which the strikers we're pre-
pared TO meet them. This would, pos
sibly, save 8 lot Of pickering when the
Brotherhood and the company came to.
gether in friendly arbitration. The West
crn Union were now able to see What 8
telegraph co npany were willing to pay,
and also what the operators were willing to
accept, and with this knowledge In their
possession they would not have any great
difficulty in coming to terms with the
strikers.