New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-19
THE MEN HAD 40 GRIEVANCE.
AN AppRvss TO THE srGrKKE5 AT TOPEKA,
KANSAS

KANSAS.
TorrKA. kan. March Is.-Ihc following adj
dress has been issued to the Santa Fc strikers:
10 n, Enqine,rs a,m Fireman of tie A'e',son, Iop(ka
and fdaid IL HrRrDGd
am unwilling to believe that you have well con
,ldcrcd the position which you pacc yourselves ~
Joining ln the pending -irih" against thi, company
and / feel surr that # each man VIII luI'FrndcniY
think and act for himself there wiH be- no general
abandonment ~ this company, service by it' cn7I-
nccrs ami nrcmcn. The company desire, to retain
you In H., service and IS reluctant to under'ahc the
T., Il Of seeking fox aud employ ing other cOmp,tcnt
men to lake Your places. have therefore thought
best before undertaking to organize oHr force by en-
Ioylng men, to call your attention to the i"A""-
ing facts:
FIR. You have gflcvarco against this company
We have heard all your corrlatt, We have mot your
committee, Ia a slfIt which yod viii adm't 10 have
been fair AID iu,t, and have agreed with you upon
all matters relating to- your duties and compcn>aoi''
our agreement covering all these points Is Ia wilns
ami Is entirely satisfactory 10 YOU, We have even mp
to this date a,taiucd from ASKING any of you 80 hi"d'
Or freight, though Ia doing We have taken mo
risk Of violating the law which commands 10 aiorl
cuua. facilities to an competing hn., W. have main
ialn"d absolute neutrality a. To il' controversy be-
tween the Ia, ago, Burlington anl quincy Com
pany AMI #, engineers Al statements to
the contrary Absolutely fJ,c. We have treated
yon In all poets, you all admit, with perfect far
all our proin,cs 10 You. 1luc, We have not ic abo
to PROMISE yOI that We can ~ VIII d,oury ne Laws
Of tie ncd states and the state. We ia'" tho rii
IA better TO to frank with You and assure yon tnit IN
thp shall Oc scd to obey those lI"s a. try
has assured rs that they do a, TO violate law.
Nnn must know we'll that We could not, If We would.
comply with such a request, II IA tdo.
second ~ the terms Of the written contract
between TIL, company and Your Brotherhood, W
which according to- the rules OF your society You are
each individually bounh II /, provided that no one OF
tod shall be- dis hsi .cd without cause anu that where
charges preferred you shall In all cases b" en-
tilted to bearing before impartial board. and In
consideration OF this and other valuable privileges
secured to you by such contract you therein aSico
not to quit the service without giving us thirty days
notice.
March -, at , 80 p m notice that you would qn work
n ot iocK OF the day, 80 that Instead OF thirty
committee saw fit Ia give me exactly zen minutes.
We have been assured bl your committee that none
each man would be left free 10 act according TO his
own Judgment. do not believe you ought to regard
a. binding upon you any order from any committee
or any organization requiring you 10 'lola'n s, s""a
solemn contract with this company and to commit
great wrong. slnhlns an e,,p"yy". y,,, moaswre II
has not wrongcd you IN the slightest, S"ntI rni
therefore, such order had been issued Shoniu mo.'
trust, appeal to you IN van 10 ae'e So,'r nad ds
claim any purpose to deprive you OF freedom
which Of nl belongs to eve every 2 G1rI do rbo compsny
thc puilr Yourselves and many OF your co employees
great harm i win take time to .Gar Ii operae y"ae
tho road with other The opofai"h
of our lines he In measure Si0plru ior ,
The company will suffer heavy Ircnhaiy lo>sv';; it
public viii suffer also and WIFI In my Judgment Inssr ,
upon your giving a satisfactory reason Tor haN!nb
caused so much wrong and injury. III inc trains sup
we shall have for the time beng no nrcd ot inc SIT
vices OF largo number Of employees who are engaged
I'm tructlon with the operating and mechancal ue
partments. They will have to be dropped nn''i
can be restored, but the greatest evil WIZ fsli uloh l
Yourselves II you force to fll yonr places with
1ther competent mcn will bo impossible for us here
after TO remove those men without causS @ !" TeTr hsm
as we have treated you, and remove no man without
cause SO that you may permanently oSo your piaros.
that II is no small matter to stand before me con-, OIL
mnnty responsible for them without DclhH @ an,o
10 show that overwhelming necessity promp,ca your
Helm ronr c"mracs In their contest with tho chicago
burlington and Quincy but that VIII not 10 sumoleh,,
II IS no excuse 1t ~ worse ,ha r''0 not W. hurt the
that ySSr af.S" and Quincy
his arc business rivals wo operate comreung 'lno;
make II impossible for us TO handle freight. you VIII
Increase tho business OF tho chicago, burnng,oh anu
Quincy, by throwing into o.,vs, It's hands coms tns
to us How were you ever persuaded to believe that
Won could hurt the Chicago. Burlington ana
Quincy by striking down ono or its pnnciIa' co,, @
| II vour arion would njuTr tho Chicago, burlington
| md Quincy Il would afford You no lusttcailon no
cause II is either Lawful or r'ght 10 NrlNo
friend and benefactor in order to inlurc an enemy
Our company must paco itself In position to per.
form its wnoo duty a, common carr'or rs soon as as
FSsss,Sd FSsSnsd., On or 'pPsss'1 Pss'oo four YOU m Of
TSur"dav March 90 At tho expiration Of the tlme
limited az above the agreement between you ana mo
,ru terminats unless In tho meantime you have re-
suInod vour customary runs. and we VIII proceed 10
our forces by employing new men Wherever % yo
thcy can found to take tho piacos ot su"h Vi ~"
remain 0" W. SMITH. First vIco-prOsiaont
IF GODDARD, General Manager.