Daily Republican., 1883-08-18
AT AN END.
The Telegraph Operators Surren.
der,

The Telegraph OpoFoSOFD 0uTEeMs
der.
llPITTsBURG, Pa, August 17.-Thomas
II. Hughes. Secretary of the Brother
hood Of Telegraphers, received the fol-
lowing from New York this afternoon !:
Send the followingto to all assemblies.
The Executive Board of the Brother
hood regrets to say that the strike is a
failure. All members who can may re.
turn to work Immediately. A circular
follows by mail. JOHN CAMPBELL.
NEW YORK, August 1.-THE state
ment is made on the best authority that
Master Workman Campbell, Of the
Brotherhood, to day informed the mem
bers of the organization to look out for
themselves and make as good terms
with the Western Union Telegraph
Company as they could secure. Each
man looked out for himself. The female
operators came in body (thirty in alD.
Twelve were accepted and the rest re-
jected, their positions having been fill
cd. Forty-tve male operators were ac-
cepted out of sixty-twO who applied.
The order to assemblies in other cities
does not appear to have reached them
until this evening.
II is learned from Pttsburg, Boston
and Chicago that the operators are com
ing back on The run.
In addition to the seventeen striking
telegraphers ho returned to work yes
terday for the Western Union Company
ten more returned to-day, three Of whom
were ladies. AL are required TO take
the iron-clad" oath to Withdraw from
the Brothe rhood and never again join u
similar organization.
WAsHINGToN, Aug. IA commit
tee from the telegraphers' Brotherhood
called at the War Department to-day
and presented the following communl-
cation:
WAsHINGToN, d. c., August IT,
Robert T. Lincoln, Secretary of War
Sir: This committee has been ap-
pointed by the local assembly of tele-
graph.rs to invite your attention to the
case of William NJ. Ashe, IN employee
of the Adjutant General $ office of the
War Department, William NJ. Ashe,
in company with bis brother, James H.
Ashe, a clerk in the post-otfice Depart
ment has, we are informed, been grant
ed leave Of abs. nee by the Government,
and has availed himself Of such leave OF
absence to enter the service of the West
ern Union Telegraph Company, at
Philadelphia, where be is now at work.
1t is earnestly hoped by the assembly
that as William NJ Ashe is an employee
of the Government, under pay, his ac-
tion in takin. the places of men who
are contending for recognition and JUS
tice will meet with your swift and ST.
we're condemnation.
RoBERTL. DEAKERs,
A. j. LOMBARD,
Committee.
A similar letter was handed by the
committee to Postmasttr-General Ores
ham.
ALBANY, n. V, August l7.-Eigh-
teen of the Western Union strikers will
resume their places here tomorrow
morning. Five Of those taken on dur
ing the strike will be retained.
ST. LOUIS, August 17.-Five Of the
striking tclegraphers returned to service
yesterday on the Company's terms.
Three of them return to duty in this
office, one goes to Sedalia and one to
Little Rock, Ark.
ST. LOUIS, August I'm. F. Shaw,
chict officer of the brotherhood in this
district, is or dited with having yester-
day made l. e .Dilu" UMs ~, Inent
:" suspect We will have o 90 back
Iagain-say about the is'-HMd work
| for about six months Wcwi!I nave to
disband the Brotherhood, hut will or
ganize under a new name. After
working six months we will strike
again, and Keep striking till we make
our point. We will make it yet, sure as
| fate"
MEMPHIS, August 1.-The striking
telegraph operators here have asked II
| they could reruIn TO work in a body.
The Manager replied that each individ-
,lal must make appiira ion, and further
stated that all important positions III
the office were already filled. The strik-
ers are not disposed to return except in
a body.