Show THE TROUBLE As anticipated by the dispatches from the east in our last issue the kee telegraph graph operators have commenced open war with the western union telegraph company at noon washington time or a m local time all the members of the brotherhood of telegraphers numbering about nine tenths of the men employed at morse keys left their inspru instruments ments a and nd went out of work tho the strike has extended from san francisco to io york frem from portland me ale to portland oregon it hi has a also affected the W U office in this city I 1 at the appointed time which the officials of t the he brotherhood were ere naturally able to to arrange t to a at t having the wires in their co control atrol seventeen of the lightning strikers etri kere in the dooly block left their d desks and red retired ired to privacy 1 on inquiry our lepor reporter i ter learned from mr A J pattison that the disturbance ia is altogether of eastern origin the relations between the operators 0 and the officials here having been uniform uniformly lir pleasant and peaceful there are now five men neu at the keys next door to the of fice besides mr pattison the indefatigable de manager who ia astrain strain ing every berye to supply the deficiency at least insomuch as to prevent any serious loss to busin business es through the retirement of tile regular operators the pla places ces of the missing men are being filled as rapidly as circumstances cum stances admit of by tomorrow to morrow noon mr pattison expects to havo have his desks occupied and his instruments clicking as before meanwhile some obstruction in the communication of current news and business information but the trouble will soon be over and everything I 1 is hone ilone to tide trade and its necessities safely over the chasm the greatest inconvenience is the one realized by the newspapers ne shapers and they can stand it or at least try to |