Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 25, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 July 1883 — Page 1

1 Ail vT rrT YOL. XXXI. XO. 25. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY. JULT 2o, 1883L WHOLE XO. L5S5.

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THE GREAT STRIKE.

The Striking Operators Holding Ont Nobly. Easiness Greatly Delayed, Though the Company Claims to be Filling Its Vacant Desks. Gould Has a Stormy Interview with Eckert Tee Situation at AU Cities Home Kewa. THE BKOKK.V I KCl." IT. The Non-Union Meu inrun to Oalt Work Tb B. and O. Men Kefer Their Employers to the KxecutiTee Committee. Washington, July 22 Ibe following action was taken to-day by the non-members of the Brotherhood now at woik in the "Western Union cilice here: "We, a majority ot operators who have remained at work here, have signed a paper pledging ourselves to withdraw our services from the Western Union Company at a etated time daring the the coming week unless the Executive Committee of said Company shows a disposition to negotiate with the operators with a view to an amicable adjustment of the pending difhValties. Although not membsrs we are heartily in sympathy with the movement inaugurated by tbe Brotherhood here, and request assemblies in other cities to take such steps as will lead non-union men now at work to take similar action. Columbia Typograpbical Union, Nj. 101, held a special meeting to-night and pissed resolutions of sympathy witn. the striking telegraphers, and appropriated $1'X) subject to their order. Senator Blair, Chairman of the Sub-Com-mittee of the Senate Committee on K Juration aDd Labor, has summoned the Committee to meet in New York at onc2 to consider the present itrike of telegraphers. Manager Young of the Wes em Cnion office here reports no material change in the situation; hs says there is a good force on lor Sunday niht and emythiDS ia all right for the West. The h cal branch of the Telegraphers' Brotherhood vaa in session he' to-day, with a large attendsnea of operators Tc-night it wai stated by one of the members of the Brotherhood tl at at the meeting encru-aging rejorts weie received from Thilsdelptiia, Baltimore aDd the South. In this city the Brotherhood relied cn written pledges signed by seven operators now on duty in the Westtra Union oihee dat they would quit work at a certain time if the Company refused to arbitrate with tte strikers. Two men who came here to-day from Elkton, Md., to go to work were persuaded t3 pin the Brotherhood, and were sworn in to-night. The Brotherhood report to-night that Superintendent Zeublio, who has charge of ibe Western Union service between Washington and New York, came here to day in response to a dispatch from Manager Whitney, the latter having summoned him because of the published statement thu the operators remaining on duty in the Western Union ollice would leave at a certain time if the grievances of those who had struck were not redressed. On his arrival he had a conference with five operato s now on duty at the otüce, at which, by his permission, two members of the Brotherhood were present. The Brotherhood reports h! told op rotors, who had sipned thatpipsr, it bad done the Western Union Company great damage, far more than anything that had happened since the strike began; that he endeavored to have them withlra their names from it. bat he left without effecting ajjy cbarge in their opinion. It was also fated cn the authority of the Brotherhood that he had repeated the stateaien1: heretofore nirde that the Western Union Company was willir.g to treat with the operators individual;!; that he was informed the operators could receive no communication from the Western Urion Company excep. through the Executive Committee of the Brotherhood, at New York; also that having Mated one of the principal reasons why the Company had refused to recognize the Executive Committee was that only oe of them was employed by the Company, he wa3 shown that three members ot the Committee, Ewinp. Conner and Ford, were employed by the "Western Union Company at New Grieses, Boston and Nashville respectively. The Mriking tmployesof the Baltimore and Ohio Company, of this city, met Manager Clarke, of the local cilice, this city, at his request this afternoon, and the Brotherhood reports he told them if they would return to duty be would give then even a h'fcher sslary than asked for in the bill of grievance! and let them arrange Xuei hours of lacor tbemvlves, but the operators ref rred him to the Kxecntive Committee, which presented tbe bill of grievances to the cfÜceis of the Company at litltimore. CHIC4GO. lh Hoard of Trade to CoaMtler the Situatioo. CniCAfiS, July 11. President Dunham, of the Chicago Baard of Trade, states that he i3 in receipt of a rupest from members of the Milwaukee Chamber u? Commerce to call a meeting of tLe Chicago Bojird to consider the situation growicgout of the telegraph strike. In deference to this requf st, acd also the expressed desire of members of the Chicago Boird, Mr. Dunham says a special meeting of the,Board will prcbablv be called Monday or Tuesciay, ia case no change occurs in the situation. TbeWtstem Ucicn ar.d B. and 0. Telegraph Companies are making no attemot to do business, and the ofhrs of the la'.t?r Company was clobed during the greater portion of the day. At dinner three Baard of Trade imn were seated at tbe fame table, and they encouraged the faithful Western Union ollicial by iignriDg up about what amount of money could be raited on the Board of Traie ta help the boys throuzh. One man put it at $25.tX. another at $30,000. and the third said :" 000,0 JO could be raised in two days in Chicago. A leading man in the Kniebis of Labor suggf bted that this was tbe time for the Courts to interfere and make tbe Webern Union perform its duties as a common carrier In the manner contemplated, aal not by nicuris of the Istoflic8. A menir of the Board ot Trade said that lively damaces would soon be oiled for if something wa not done. Tae K. cf L.'s'ighed and said: "You ppsc-ma-rs wir.ee as soon as your pockets are touched, but you care nothing or starving ii tn. Thetimeis near at haul when th Government will be forced to take the teleegsapa cndfcx itscoatrol. This is but thee imraer remetit of the war on Jay G ould. aad he hud better Cx this up or he will hnl the Wahsb Kail road men joining forc?s with the Brotherhood." Some friend took tue K. of L. awey, but the idea has gne aVosi

that arrangements are being made to interest til who are employed by Gould et al. in securing better pay and treatment. - - sr. loiis.

ltoth Sides Firm and Confident. St. Lous, July --The situation regarding the strike is not materially changed here, to-day being Sunday and not a great amount of business oüering. A large number of operators were re'ieved from duty so they might obta'n res enl recreation, und iet irn to work again to-niorrow refreshed end recuperated. The telegraph officials assart every thing is moving aloDg smoothly at this point, aad that all business is being handled promptly. They said the force is constantly recsiving accessions, and that they not only have enough operators to perform full service here, but have been able to send several to other points not so well supplied. Superintendent Baker says his entire district is, now in very gnod ebape and that not a single important point in the Southwest is lacking in force to do the buiinees otfered. The strikers have held no meeting to-day, but they are active, and confident and very eanguins of winning their tight. One of the promlneat members of the Brotherhood says tiny h ive initiated new members every dy since the strike, and that tney have added 110 to their number since Thursday, giving them a total strength here of abDut 30. They also assert that several ex-opera-tor3 now engaged in other business have joined the Brotherhood in order to giv3 it their moral support. The sentiment of merchants on 'Change seems to be generally in favor of the strikers, but the opinion, of the press is against them. LOUIlVILLV. The ltrotherliooa urowing at the Falls City Public meeting Called. Lciisvillf, Ky.. July 22. The striking telegraph operators held a large meeting today. Ten new members were initiated, mostly country operators, who came to take the places of strikers. One was the best ! operator in the city who had been away on a vacation and returned yesterday. He did not belouc to tbe Brotherh'vid, and was counted on by tbe Western I'nion, but he refined to wort. resolutions were passed by the meeting reluettiag all sympathizers to refrain from any interference with the men now at work. At the reniifst nf hnsine; men a maca raceür.e will be held Wednesday night at tüe I Opera House to express sympathy with the j siiiktrs. Marker John Macamy has tende red the use ot his buildirg free. Promlj nentmen will address tbe meeting. The t Typographical Union met to-day, and profi feied sympathy and set aside a sum Of money lor the operators. The situation at the cilices is unchanged materially, though Manager Smith, of the Wes:ern Unioa, announces he has thirteen available men. The strikers have proffered aid to news pipers here. J saying they had no grudge against them, and were only lighting the Company. The operators are very con lident, and are abetted by the best class of business men. A SlMhb unUbiiEDi Report That tbe Operator on the Gould Koads and II. and O. Will He Called Oat. Chicago, July 23. A rumor is In circula tion here to-night that it has been determined by the Telegraphers' Brotherhood to order a strike by all of its members on all railroad lines whose management permits their operators to work for the Western Utien Company; that the call-out will becin cn the Gould Itoads at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon, and be followed probably on th Baltimore and Ohio. WIRKENDER. The T ltgraphera BoldlDg Oat Bravely TLe bltuatlou Practically Unchanged Advice to Gould. New York, July 23 The force of operators which reported for duty at the Western I'nion oihce this morning numbered about 200, and it was said that none oi those who were at work last week were missing from their posts. There was no business left over last night and this morning all wires were clear and there was no delay in handling all matters. One of the otlicers said the outlook was becoming more encouraging every dsy. He Eaid: "The force at our command is now more advantsgeoiuly distributed than at any time sinca the beginning of the strike, and everything is working much more smoothly than could have been expected under the circumstances. Under this arrangement of our forces, w e hope to avoid in fatura all those delays which necessarily resulted from tbe demoralization attending the s!rike last week. The number cf applications for sitcationa is increasing each day, and before the end of the week we hope to have most cf the empty desks filled. It certainly dee not seem as though we were tauch hampered, when we era able tosend and receive mesEases to and from all points in the bout ti and West. The statement that our busine-s in the Gulf States is completely blockaded is without foundation. This morning every wire is working clear and we are gettiDg along about as well as before the strike." The rumor that beys and girls employed as "check clerks" would join the striae thia morniDg is not CGEfirnitd by fact3, and all w ere at work as usual. Tre t.-ikinq telepraph operators held a iLfetin? this morning at Irving Hall, at wb'ch 'hairman John Mitchell presided. About .V.U persons were present, of whom til ty were ladie?. Gr at enthusiasm was Konifesttd. Kncouiagirg reports were rectived from many points, and dispatches frcm all over the South and West were read by the Chai'man. In several points In the nth tbe oüices are entirely vacated, as in the cae of Charlotte, N. C, where it was reported the manager, c hief operators anl all kandg struck. All lawlessness wai forbidden, and it was announced that ths Brotherhood would assist in tbe prosecution of any one found destroying telegraph property. Every one teemed to feel conhdent the strike will toon be brought to a close and the Company concede the demands of tha strikers. Addrei'cs wt-re made by eeveral membersof the I'rothf rhocd ar.d by John Goinpers, President cf the Trads and Libor Unions of this ti". In an art'e'e on Wall a'.reet, the Sun sys: "The efl'ectof the strike on Wall street a'lairs was what the shrewdest anticipated it would to. The; blow upon Mr. Gould was too Lard to bear without fhowing fight. He jumped ic at once to sustain the market; as Le wm s hort (n a great many Vjn lerblli and Yi lard stocks it was easy to buy them in without takinsr any additional load upoo his slo i'ders. Tbe room-traders, noticing bis jurtheics, b?gan to buy everything on th?

list, and the market was up two or three points, when in all reason it ought to have gone down then. It was reported that the rise in New York Central wa3 dne to Gould's purchases, but if be really did bay that stockatall.it was cirtainly not with any other object than that of covering shorts. He known too well that the future of the New York Central ia not bright. Its profits per stare in 18S0. when Yanderbilt saddled his Meek ui on the English public were equal to 11.82 per cent, in 1882 they were rqualto only 42 per cent He reduced the running expirees to the lowest posfible figure inlSSO for the showing of big net earnii-s. These expenses amounted to 03 per cent, of the gross earnings in 1SS0, and to 03 per cent, in 1882. This year they will foot up fully 07 percent The funded debt has increased from $13.081,000 in 1370 to $4S.47:),000 in IS 32. To this a floating djbt of over $3.500,000 has recently been added. These figures are not guesswork. They are taken from the official record of the Company published on the 30th of September last, and if the public docs not know Low to read these reports Gould does. The very fact that Jay Gould tries to belittle the significance of the strike and talks loud and bold on this subject is the best procf that he fteh weak. He has never anything to eay when he feels strong. He even changed his policy of remaining in the background, and cnnie boldly to the front. This is not wise. There are about 8,000 men on a strike, and ncbody can vouch that there is net a fanatic or lunatic among them. By tbowir.g too much individual harshness he may provoke a strike which will hurt him more than any reduction in the net earnings of his pet Company. A little business coolhead liberalism (nobody asks him for heart liberalism) might do a world of good in this emergency. Siaally fo' de lloss. New York Special: It ia useless, say the members of the Brotherhood, any longer to conceal the fact tbat a crisis in the trouble between the Western Union and the strikers is at hand. It is asserted that Mr. Jay Gould was entirely mistaken as to the numerical strength of the United Brotherhood of Telegraphers. He was of the opinion that it numbered in its ranks but 2,000 members, while in reality it has a membership of 15,000. and has received 2 0(0 additional since the strike begin. When tbe operating-room was left practically pimanned last Thursday the directors b trat ? to have their eyes opened. When they figured up their losses last DiRtjt, according to the Brotherhood, tbey found that they were at least $2C0,Ct0 a day on the wrong side of the ledprr, and there were many ani;y con-te'-tiots. To-day the trouble t altniaa'ed in an argry interview between Mr. JayGojld and General Thomas T. Kckert, the Ac:ing Pretident of the Company. The interview came about accidentally when tbe two tuen in a conidor of the Western Union Buildirg this morning, and a trustworthy informant states that it began by Mr. Gould's asking in a tone that indicated both chagrin and anger: "Mr. Kckert, when is this thing going to step? It is costing me money in Wall street and we are losing thousands by the hour here." General Eckert appeared to be taken by surprise, and began to explain that business was moving along in the operating room, wban he was interrupted by Mr. Gould, with the interjected remark: "Yes, it's moving along like a freight train." General Eckert attempted a reply, but was again cut short by Mr. Gould, who i3 reported to have said: "General Eckert, I don't want to say that you are a fool, or a knave, but wbat can I think? Either you did not kcow the situation well enough to keep us tested, or else I must think that you have been playing double." There was an ugly look upon the faces of both the men at this juncture, but their further talk was lost in the public by General Eckert'a leading Mr. Gould into the President's elegant office aad closing and lockiDg the door. The handsomely dressed colored tervitor who generally attends in the President's room, even during confidential interviews, came out very hurriedly a moment later, and, as he rearranged his sw'-low-tail coat and white necktie, remarked casually: "Looks tqually in there fo' de boss." In the llasiness Marts. New York Herald : The Situation at the Produce Exchange was unquestionably worse than it ha? hen

'at any time. Not a eingle quotation of the prices for grain on the Chicago Board of Trade was received by the Western Union wires, although they run direct from the i'.oor of one Exchange to the other, and shortly before noon the Tostai Telegraph Company had a single key on a table in the barley corner of the graia tloor working to Chicago, and a few grain quotations managed to get through. The New York prices were sent by this wire to Chicago and a few private messages, no charges being made for tbe service. This meagre channel was the only medium of communication between the two great grain centers. Tberewere rive operators out of twentythree at work in the Western Union office, including the manager himself at the keyboard. Only three cf the men were experienced. The manager himself looks pale and careworn. After working all day on 'Change he has been takin; a turn at the main office of the Company and working nearly all night. The Baltimore and Ohio office had one operator. The Mutual Union office was closed yesterday because there was only one clerk in attendance and no operators. The messenger boya were discharged, and as they filed out into the street they gave three cheers for the strike and were applauded by the assembled brokers, some of whom premised to see that the youngsters were given employment. Tbe maniger of the Mutual Union office Eaid that he would haegcne out Thursday with the r3t but for tbe faet that he had to settle up his accounts. He was ordered to work the biackb.id in place ot a striker, but prsmp'l refuted, and handed in his resignation. Ltte in the afternoon a petition was drawn up for circulation among members of the Excharge. The signers agree to subscribe the amiunta set opposite their names "to aid the employes of the Western Union Company id their contest with that Company," and say farther, "We have good reason to believe that their grievances are entitled to a fair bearing and consideration by the Western Union Company." Saturday is an early closing day, and the paper was not pref ented to many members, but nearly all who saw it signed itArbitration Called For. New York, July 23. The Executive Committee of the Board of Trade and Transportation asu tbat the differences between the Western Union Telegraph Company and employes be referred to arbitration. AT OTBEK POINTS. The Situation at Memphis. MFMriTis, July 2" There is an improved cordition of affairs at the Western Unioa Telegraph onics this mornirg. Manager Howard now has ten men at work, having been reinforced to day by thoroughly cotu petnit operators from Yicksburj. The eold and steck indicators at the Merchant' Exf barge and the two bucket shops are working this morning. All market reports going there freni Chicago had been received. The strikers continue to remain drm. At 1 o'clock this afternoon the operators

who were employed by the Cotton Exchange, Merchants' Exchange- two bucket shops struck, thus complicating matters and leaving the Eichangei without quotations, which the Western Union people had arranged to be sent Canadian Points. Tor.osTo, July 23. The vacancies in the Great Northwestern ' Telegraph Companv'a cilices aie being rapidly tilled up. At Ottawa the full complement of operators was obtained. At Toronto lilty operators are at work. Montreal had fourteen new accessions to-day. andexicct) to 11 the stair to-morrow. In the meantime public business and press dispatches are being txndied expeditiously and efficiently.

Baltimore. 4 Baltimore, July 2i The situation at the main cihee of thev ,rn Union and Baltimore and Ohio Tel, graph Companies seems unchanged rom what it was Saturday. The Managers both offices report sufficient force on hand to handle all buiineis coming in. The strikers show no signs of weakening. They meet every day at their headquarters in Factor street to talk over the situation. They teem' full informed of the movements of operators in all parts of the country. At the Corn and Flour Eichenge to-day telegraph tervice was very unsatisfactory. - Chicago. CniCGO, July 23. The Western Union Compa ly has recruited a new force for its gold and stock telegraph eenic8 in this city, and market quotations are reaching subscribers as usual to-day. The situation is otherwise unchanged. The situation in the Western Union cilice in thia City is being rapidly righted. There is a ; large force of good operators and business is being promptly handled. On the Wheatstone 1,700 messages were exchanged Saturday. The following telegram was read by Colonel Clo wry to-day: i Niw Yobk, July 2.1. To R. C. Clowry, Genertl Buperiatendent o! Chicago: A report is l.elng industriously circulate I by hostile Id t er est tbat there has been large withdrawals from tbe force ia New York and BosU n to-day. and that tbe cable operators at Dax-' bury and Nova Ecoila have also left their instru ments. There tutementa are wholly and mi- ' iioousiy irauauient, nothing ot the kind bavin? occurred, our force . being considerably strengthened at New York and Boston toJay, aad iheie is no indication of dlnÄtllctlon. At Philadelphia five accemiODB to the ofliue force have been made from the original strikers. All operators abe on regular duty at cable stations. Superintendent Clinch te'eersnhs to-dy:' "Onr force is atrongly loyal, ar d doing great work. None of the operators at cur cable Ft&tionsorlnCapel'retonhave fctlUtk." CHARLtS A. TlNK.KRI.YBR, Superintendent. Wire cuttirg has extended trom the tele phote to Ihe telegraph line. Two wires belonging to the Western Union and one to the Chicego and Milwaukee Company were cut last night. The Brotherhood claim their members had nothing to do with it and go the Western Union one better by offering a reward cf $001 for the detection of any person found guilty cf . thia kind of work. Meeting of etiikers held tc-nlghtand was eddretsed by members of the Board of Trade and others. Numerous telegrams and letters were read. One from New York said: "Tbe New Ycrk membership is over 1,8 this morning. Tbe order, is growing everywhere. Chief Operator Dillon, of Puiladel phia, has joined the strikers. Chief Opsrator CudlifT, of Itichmond, Ya., has joined the Brotherhood. New York papers concede we have won the battle." From Detroit ccmes the statement that the chief operator ard all others except the Superintendent's family quit work. Cleveland. Cleveland, O., July 23. A meeting of the strikers this afternoon was addressed by County Recorder Shellentrager, W. J. Glasoa and James Atkinson, President of the Molders' Union. Two more operators joined tbe Western Union force this afternoon. ExMayor Itose, republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, gave the strikers $100 this afternoon. The Western Union is working a force of thirty operators to-day, and disposing of business about as usual. Tho Etrikers receive encouraging messages from abroad, and claim with confidence that they are gaining ground. Springfield. SrRTifGFiELD, III., July 2). The telegraphers' strike remains unchanged. Business is somewhat returning to the Western Union Cilice, but there has been no increase. Washington. Wamhnoton, July 23. The Manager of the Western I'nion office here says the situation to day is not materially changed. Business is being marked off as usual and the force is sufficient to satisfy all demands. Albany. Albasy, N. Y., July 23. Western Union business was one-third less than last Monday. It is handled with the usual dispatch. One striker applied to-day for re instatement, but ihe Manager refuted. The force numbers 25, two more than Saturday. Detroit. Dethoit, July 23 A few additional operators have been secured here who, though somewhat inexperienced, make a helpful addition to the force, so tbat the management feels encouraged. Otherwise the situation remains ucchanged. Iloffalo. Buffalo, N. Y., July 23. The eitnation of the Strike at this point is unchanged. AU meefages are accepted subject to mailing or other delays. Louisville. Louisville, July 23 No new developments in regard to the strike. The Western Union announces it now has twenty-one available operators, which have been divided into a day and nfght force. More commercial business has been done to-day than at any time since the strike lgun. The stiikera continue enthusiastic and have not lost a men. IN THIS citr. If o tea of the Situation Vettcrdaj Communications. Tbe strike is still on, but beyond the enthusiasm among those directly interested on both sides, the matter was without incident during the day. Everything was as quiet as on previous dayB. No disturbances occurred, and HO boisterous conduct was observable. The boys still laugh and jest over the matter, but at the same time they reUizs the f eriousness of the situation, and deprecate the r.ecesiity for the strike. For Mr.Wallick they entertain the warmest regard, and be'ieve him to be their friend at heart. Last tveniiig between 0 and 10 o'clock about thirty of the strikers met Mr. Waliick on the trcet and had p'eaant chat with him. - He greettd them kindly ani pleasantly, ard ttowtd by his manner that he bore fcr tbem only the kindest feeling. Onecf tne boys said, "Mr. Wallick, I understand you aie goinc to join the Brotherhcod." "Wel" replied Mr. Wallick, laughingly, "I have not the time this moroing." "We might give him some of the preliminaries," suggested another. "Yes," laid Mr. Wallick, his facs gleaming

with mirth, "you might give me some of ths signals." It was announced heretofore that Rev. O. C. McCuUoch, of the riyruouth Church, would deliver m addws to the striking telegraphers at the Grand Opera House, and accordingly last night the house was comfortably lull, the sinker? attending in a b ody. From the following, which Mr. McCulloch delivered prior to his sermon, it will be aeen his intention waa not to deliver a sermon to the etrikers, although they evidently have his entire sympathy : , There seems to be an imrresfion that I would freak to the Etrlkiog telegraph cpe atora this evening. While I ympatliize with them I had no such imentioD, tccause the question Is a delicate one to treat, and required much stndy and thought. Yet, perhaps, it la beat that I should say a few words. It is part of the duty of the Cuurch of JesuaChriEt to speak on all questions that concern the people, it Is the Church of the poor, the oppressed, the laboring man. As to tbe causes in dispute I am cot able to judge. Whether there were grievances, or whemer the demands were wie. 1 leave for wise minds, öut that thee nen had a right to combine In a broifcertuod aad a :tht to strike for higher v aits, 1 1 trirm. It is only by combination that the weak are tble to renin the ei croctime .ta of the strong, and It la through combination, through I'tdoLs, broiberhooda that the laboring men tare learced lights and duiits. 1 grant that tnerels much Ignorance and much Id justice doueb Labor I nions, bnt they are educators and have la them the germs cf future g 1. The rlht to strike raust bo allowed rIko. It is but the right of the individual to (iiit work when higher wa;es are rot accorded him. Nor do I hud any advantage taken by thes3 mea It wa well ut derttood that tbey were about toast for higher waea and a reduction of haurs, and their method was courteous and wle, a Committee being appointed. The refusal to listen to this Cciomitteo see mi to me in the highest degree discourteous and nnwlie. Tbe iafcue of thia no one can foresee. I sincerely wish that they may succeed ia gaiuing, It not the exact demands, certainly an Increase in wages and redaction in hours. I regard thia as one of those struggles which the future is to aee more of, which will go on and on until the question ot waces (hallte settled by ihe rule of Christ "Whatsoever je would that men should do to you, do ye even ao to them " The great labor questions are to be determined not by might nor by balance of experltm, bat by balances cf jihtice. If I could have the ear of one of these young men, I would y: Kee together. Men, love ) onr Brotr erhood. Ia uidoa there is strength In divlKion therela weakness Review your schedule of demands, and tee that you are wise, he gocd-natured and temperate. Be real y to arbitrate. Let your self-control and good humor commend to the public yon position. The public are your fileods; y nothing alienate .them. If anyone Interfers.h the property of the Company puiiish him as fle to yonr interest. Anl laüy, war i tlently what will be the hardest with tho wbobave gone to work in the offices: let no one molett tawn. nor even bring moral force to bear; let tbem alone; you will win them the tarier. The Brotherhood are gaining accessions to their ranks from operators brought here to till their places. bmce Saturday night they Lave induced seven men to desert the Company and join their ranks. To day an operator who has been employed in the office ssveral years ard did not go out with tbe strikers refused to work longer, and joined the ranks of the Brotherhood. The Brotherhood of Loe-notive Engineerj in lession yesterday passed resolutions expressing their sympathy and promising aid. A number of communications have been received by the Sentinel which are given, as tbey show the feeling among the strikers while they explain the situation. . KAGER TO GIST TOE INSURANCE.

A Pair of Aged Kuralists Darn Diva Their Home and llaro, and When Arrested Con fesa tbe Crime. Som eeville, N. J., July 23. Boundbrook and Middlebush are excited over the case of a couple named Sullivan, each over sixty years old, who have been committed to the Jail in this place to await trial upon a charge of having burned the house and barn on their farm in the town of Middlebush, near Boundbrook. The Sullivans have lived on their farm for many years, and have been generally respected by their neighbors. They were regular Church-goers. On the Fourth of July they drove in the afternoon to Boundbrook for the purpose, they said, of hiring harvest hands. They did hire some men and tcok them back to the farm. When they arrived there, at about 10 o'clock at night, they found their house and barn in ruins. They professed astonishment, but the baste they were in to collect the insurance money $1.1)00 of the Readington Mutual Fire Insurance Company, aroused the suspicion of the officers of the Company, and the matter was given into the hands of a detective. A few days ego the latter discovered that a la'ge amount of furniture and other goods for which the Sullivans claimed compensation aa having been burned was concealed in the woods on their farm. Upon this evidence they were arrested, and arraigned before a Boundbrook Justice (of the Peace. They then confessed tbat they had set fire to their buildings for the purpose of obtaining the insurance money, being ignorant of the fact tbat that would go to the holder of a mortgage of $1,500 on the property. They said that before leaving home to goto Boundbrcok they arranged lighted candle3 in such a way tbat after burning for some time they would set fire to both the house and the barn. A NAKKUW tsüAl'Ä. New Ycrk Firemen Narrowly Escape From a Itarnios Haildlag. New York, July 22 Five upper lloors cf the Monroe building. 17 to 27 Vandewater street, were gutted by fire this afternoon. The floors below were Hooded with water, and every tenant suffered mor or less. The total loss is about $30,000. There were many nanow escapes, but no lives lest, and none seriously injured. Tbe building is eight stories high, and the firemen worked at great disadvantage. Tbe principal loss was sustained by George Monro. On stock and machinery, ilOO.OoO; on building, 3J.U0J; fully insured. Lovejy Son k Co., electrotypers, loss. fCO.000; partly insured. The Hub Publishing Co. and the Clay Manufacturing Co. lost f ".Cfo each. Several other tenants lost from .,t'C0 to $!" 000 eBcb, chietly by water. Peter Smith, William Wagn, John Morten, James McCann, William Tute, Stephen Kent, Assistant Fireman McCarty and six Other men of the hook and ladier truck were cut off by tbe fire and smoke on tbe eighth ncor. They were rejeued by means of a rope. Nine other firemen imprisoned on the same floor were also reicued in a similar way. The firemen on the roof were ordered ofT about a minute before it fell. The cause of tbe tire was stantaneous combustion. About 1,000 persons were employed in the buildirg. But few will be thrown out of employment Foulke Secure an Orean. Richmokd, Ind., July 22. Hen. William Foulke, cur State Senator, has bought James Vl. McNeely's interest in the Richmond Palltdinm. and tbe purchase is considered in roliiirsl circles very significant Mr. Foulkt's aspirations to supercede Hon. Thos, M. Browrr , cur member of Congress, being gereially known. And. with the Pa.llidiam ashisorgin, and the Richmond Telegram and moit of tbe other papers of this County very friendly, his prospects are by no means ditcouraging. He is rich, possesses the divers qualifications of a candidate tauunu3ua! degree, and should he be elected as our Representative in Congress he would be a reputable one. aa he is a very scholarly gentlemen, a good speaker and a worker.

VESSELS BURNED.

Destructive Fire at Harbeck Dock, New York. , 1 lie Ships Law rerce Delap, Adams ani Perseverance Burned to the Water's Edge. Twelve Firemen Juried Beneath the Ruins of the Burning Pier The Loss. l, 000,000 FIRE. Earnlnx of the Hr.rbeck Dock, New York, and Three phtpb Sereral Persers Killed and Wounded. , New York, July L At about 10:30 o'uicck this morning a spark from an engine f 11 into a pile 0 jute, which had just been ki:cVl on Harbeck's dock from the ship Lawrence E. Delay, from Calcutta. The dock was filled with hemp, jute ani coffee. The flames spread with incredible rapidity, and in a few minutes the entire dock was ablaze. . The Delap was tie firsl vessel to catch fire, and all her rigging was burned before she could be towed out. Next to her, on the south side of the dock, was tbe ship Perseverance, also from Calcutta, which arrived yesteiday, and on the north side lay .the ship Colonel Adams, from Calcutta. To both of these vessels the flames communicated, and the crews jumped overboard for safety. In the meantime a general alarm had been sent out, and five steamers and four hook and ladder trucks were soon on the spot. When the Cremen reached the docks the supports of the roof fell in with a terrific crash, burying over a a dozen firemen and dock hands beneath the ruins. A rescuing party was quickly formed and the men were dragged out from the blazing rauerj, none dead, bat all more or h es burned and bruised. Firemsn McNamara, McDonald and McDoual, of hook and ladder truck No. 3, were injured seriously. A commotion just then occirred in the crowd, and tbe Chief of the Bittalion gave orders to clear the dock as the ship, Lawrence Delap, which was no on fire atoveacd below, contained 45)OX) bags of raltpetre. A rush was made by the crowd to the farther end cf the dock. WnLe this was goiDg on tbe hoistiDg ot a derrick from which the supporters had been barned, fell over on the whatf with a cratb, knocking two docsmea overheard. Custom House Inspector Halrden, in attempting to escape from ths ship Colonel Adams, was severely burned about the face and hands. The 6hips Perseverance and Colonel Adams had by this time been towed far out in the stream, and the tugs poured stream into their holds. - The efTjrts of the fireman were mainly directed to extinguishing the flames on board the Lawrence E. Delap, on which it was momentarily feared an explosion would take place. At 11:30 the ..as still blading fiercely, but the extent of tbe losses is unknown, but is undoubtedly very heavy. Later. The Distrir Oftcer at Harbeck's dock stated that tne Captain of the Lawrence E. Delap with his wife and three children are reported drowned, and one sailor killed outright by falling timbers. The loss is now estimatsd between f 2,000.000 and $3,000,030. Three men were seen to throw the trunk of Captain Grove, of the ship of Lawrence Delap, overboard, containing 12,000 ($1,0 X)) worth of jewelry belonging to his wife, which was picaed up by river thieves who rifled it. The wife and child of Captain Groves was saved. Twelve firemen "were badly injured by falling in of ths burning roof Of the pier, but only one is thought to be fatally hurt. The ship Delap burned to the waters edge. She was valued with the carL'O at f 150.G00. The shio Colonel Ad ms j burned at the pier. The bark Perseverance I Heated into the stream and burned to the ! water's edge. The total loss is now estimated j $1.000,000. ÜAIÜOR'S THIRST FOR VENGEANCE. The Irish Patriot Who Thought lie Ilad Been Uetrayod 1y MfUermott ts Arranged lor Shooting That Patriot In tbe Face. New Yoek, July " 23 Jame3 Gaycor, an Irishman of recent arrival, yesterday shot James K. McDermott, the Irish agitator and Brooklyn politician, in tV.e face with a "British" bull-dog revolver, in the presence of Colonel Cavanaugu aad O'Donavan Bossa, in Ryan's saloon, on Chambers street. The would-be murderer was arrainged before Justice Smith at the Tcn:bj Police Court today. McDermott, who mysteriously disappeared after the shoo1 1 3g, did net appear, and Detective Connor reported tbat he could not find him. although he had searched every Hospital in New Ycrk and Brooklyn for him-. It was stated in Court that the prisoner was in the employ of the Fenian Bro'-heihood and the dy iamite pnrty, whoso bitter enmity McDeimott had incurred by betraying, it is alleged, the secrets of the Brotherhood to the English Government, and in consequence thereof Ollerlihy, Dealy, Feathers tone and Dalton were arrested in Ireland for conspirii g to blow up certain buildings. When these arrests were made McDermott wai in England. "What have yoa got to eay for yourself?"' asked the Court of the prisoner, who bears a fcti iking resemblance to "llughe3," the pedestrian. "I've got nothing to say," he replied in a decided Irish bropne. "Did vo-: shoot McDermott?" "No. sir." 1 . "Then why did you run ? the olilcer had to chase you for a block.' "1 ran because 1 E2W other people running," said the prisoner. In answer to fnrther questions, he admitted that he knew O'Donovai Ilossa, and that he ws In the saloon just prior to the aile;ed r hooting, when Ilossa and McDarmoit had a wordy warfare aboat the latrer'e conduct while in England. It is believed that Gaynor became so excited when McOerruot', denied the charges against hint that be drew a pistel and thot him. The accused was roinarded until to-morrow, by which tims the detectives expect to have McDermott in Court." BOLD ATTEMPT OF A BRUTE. lie Unter a Houte and Outraceouflf A 1saolts a Female Inmate, bat is frightened OA and Escape Arrest. Cmn.c OTHE, O.. Julj 21. Mrs. William r. S&aw. wife of a train dispatcher on the Ciucianati, Washington and Baltimore Railroad, -vas attacked last cvenicg by a colored man, or a man blacked up. with Ittsnt to rape- The assault was made about 10 o'clock. She was ljir.g ou the bed at home with ber child when the man entered the door nd Mired and (boked her. placing hl knee on Ler stemtcb. JJrs. Shaw wag so frightened that

she could not cry out, but the noie of t'oe cu f!e attracted tbe atieuilou of tier kuebauid, who was In the next room, f-reparii:; to go on amy at 11 o'clock. haw get up to l am the cause, of the ecuM'.e. ana as soon as the villain law him open tbe loor be rau out trie bick war. Ibe whole neighborhood was aroused and the police infoimed, but be has escaped arrest. Mrs. Shaw is a delicate woman, and is in a bad condition in consequence of tbe assault, tne fright cansirg spasms Tfcere is gieat excitement over the afTatr. coming, a it Joes, so near upon the assault made upon Misa McOinty last week, aud the report of a similar asiault nude upon a youns woman at KingEton. In tbe latter case it is reported that tbe scoundrel was arrested. Tbe man who mala the at sault cn Miss Shaw Is reported aa a large black man. with bu.by hair, but the -vornan wco cared for her, washing her wounds, suptctf it was a while man blacked np to disguise himself, as be left the black imprint of his Angers on her ceck when he choked ber.

THE PRESIDENT' TRIP. Details of His Proposed Visit to the Yellow btvne Park. Chicago, July 23 A representative of the Associatid Press called on General Sheridan to-day to ascertain the details of the contemplated trip of the President to the Yellow Stone region. The General ex plained that President Arthur hid now fully decided to undertake the journey, a decision that had only been reached within the last few dava. Tne party will consist of Secretary Lincoln, Sarrcgaie Rollins, of New York; Governor J. Schuyler Crosby, of Montana: Senator Vest and General Sheridan, end will 6tart from thia city August 3 on a special train tendered by tbe Northwestern and Union Tacific Reads. Green Hiver Station, on the Union Pacific, will be reached on the night cf August 5. At 7 o'clock on the morning of Auguit '. the psrty will take spring wagons and drive to Atlantic City, remain there over night and will arrive at Fort Wasakee August T. After visitirg at Wasakee one day, they will proceed on horseback, accompanied by Captain M. K. Hays' troops of United States Cavalry, up the valley of the Wind ltiver, across the main chain of the Rocky Mountains, into Tetcn lissin. near Jackson Lake, and from thence to tbe Upper Gyser Dasin, arriving theie about August 20. After remaining three or four ddjs in tbe National Park the partv will strike the Northern Pacific Kailrcadf at Livingston, whence a special tra n, tendered by the Northern Pacinc and Chicago and Northwestern aDd Northern Pacific llaifrcads, will meet them and brin; them back to Chicago. The camp ei'iip3re ard forty days' rati ins for ths efcert and equipage fjr the Presidential party, will be transported from Wasakee by peck mules. About twentx-tve hffd of mules will be used for headquarters, ar d (he remainder, comprising about 12-), will be used for the supply of the escort goiDg atd returuing. and for eurply o! tbe ccniier line that' will be dropped alon? the trail to keep the President in daily communication with Washington. General Sheridan's expedition will be bene5tial to the President and the Secretary in a way of healthful exercise, and in addition give tin 111 an opportunity to Bee something of the Wtstern frontier jeiple and miLtary ptj. Tbe'General has made pack trains ana cavalry will be on band, tbe pack trains b.-isg kept always in readiness in antlcipa ion of Indian trouble. The men recäve their ration?, horses their forage when at the losts. As guides are uauslly taken from those in the Government employ the matter cf expense is not greater than that which would occur shoull the President not go at all. "Ever since 1870," eaid the General, "I have almost without exception made one cf these exploring expeditions in my division in Texas, in New Mexico to the Dominion line in order to gain information from observation and to make reliable reports on the sections visited with a view to encouraging their settlement." Tbe Union League Club has about decided to tender President Arthur a banquet on his arrival here on his way to viBit the Yellow Stone Park, in company with General Sheridan end party cf friends. LKPKOSY Joins the Cholera In Its Kavages ia Egypt Los i ok, July 23 A serious outbre'.x of cholera is expected at Bombay, as there were thirty -seven sporadic cases of disease there during last week. Quarantine aeainst arrivals from infected and suspected ports has been renewed. Advices from Egypt state that, in addition to the outbreak of cholera at the town of Fares Kour, eight mile! southwest of Damietta, leprosy haa appeared tcere and iß spreading rapidly." Theie are neither doctors nor medici nes at Fares Kour. x Alhxaxpria, July 23. The report of deaths on Sunday, from cholera, is as follows: At Jdmietta, 17: Mansoureb, 10; Saniaroud, 23; Tantah, 17; Chobar. 17; Chibin, .03: at nine other places, 78. There were 2!i5 deaths from the disease at Cairo during tbe same time. fc-iMLA, July 2:". A doctor, with fortyassistant?, has been ordered to proceed 13 Egypt. London, July 23 The returns of tbe mortality from cholera in Evpt diilVr widely. A ditiatth to Keuter'a Telegram Company states that the cumber of death J at Cairo and the ruber bs in the twenty-four hours, enoing at this morning, were 427; Ghizjh, ;S; Cbibin, 1Ö0. The Lr-glirii Government will dispatch twelve decto-s, who are experts in rholeia, to Kgpt to-morrow. Washington," July 23 Tne United Stste Consul at l'rutr.a reported to the National oaid cf Health, under the dit cf Jaly", that quarantine established in Smyrna aaimt ell steamers and vessels arriving front ports in Eeypt had been rigidly enforced, ar d tbere is a panic over the repcrta of the rareres of cholera in Egypt. aDd he adds, not without cause, for thouid this scourge get a f ir Lold it would spread, and in all probability, sweep away half the inhabitants compdlid to K-main. Taking Precautions. Washington, July 23. The Secretary of the Treasury cabled instructions to tbe American Consul General at London, to the Consul at Liverpool, to eppoint etotcea Sanitary'lnspector whose duly it shall be to irspect all vessels leavirg the United Kjpgdcru for the 1'mted States ard notify by (able the health autbttities of this country of all such vessels tbat have disease on beard or which are liable to develop on the veyace. This action is taken in ccns(iuerce of the rumor which reached here that cholera has appeared in London decks. Danville, Ind , News. Special to the Sentinel: pANVii l e, Ind., July 21. The libel suit of Wilson, editor of the Hendricks County Gazette, vs. Cr lib and Tarker. editors o! the Republican, commenced on Tuet lay, tbe lTih Inst, and waxed weim until the 21st. when the Jury returned aad informed ihe Com t tbat an agreement never could ttf reached, ui,n which they were distharcel. A charge cf veiu:e was promptlv taken from the County, and Eis üoiior, Jud?e hepr.c-d, g-inted the same and sent tiie case to Juirion County, where it r.l be tried at tho next term of the Court. Much interest was manifested iu the trial. It was thought partisanship was having no iniluerce with Ite Juiy. but every Republican voted for the aoouittal oi the defendants. Hon. ieorge W. Ccoper, of Columbus, Ind., appeared for the plaintiff, Wilson, and made one of the f. net nntuments ever beard in old Hendricks. He wa continually applauded by the audience, and when through was congratulated by his opponents.