Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-20
THOSE RESOLUTIONS.
They are Repudtated By the Santa
Fe,s California Employees.


Fe,s California Employees.
The following letter was handed into
the HERALD Office by a number of Santa
Fe men yesterday afternoon. The man.
ner in which the resolutions referred to
were brought to light in these columns
was as follows: The HERALD man re-
cived information at one Of the railroad
Offices in town that the Santa F. msn
had had their pay reduced, and that
they had passed resolutions regarding
the matter which could be found in the |
columns of the Rail,ray Age. A search |
in that journal revealed the matter re. |
fe-red to, which although placed on file |
in the general Office at Topeka was un- |
derstood to refer to the whole system.
EDIToRs HERALD-An article appeared |
in Yesterdays issue of the HERALD of
this city, purporting to be a series OF
resolutions passed by the employees OF
the Santa Fe Railroad Company and it
was not credited to any paper east. 1t
would naturally lead one to believe that
the lutions were passed by and REP
resented the sentiments of the employees
in this section of the country. AS to
article are thuse of the employees Of t. <e
Santa Fe system in the east, we are, of
course. unable to say. If so, ar d the
article in question was really Published
bv their authority, then it was an error
on the part of the HERALD in. failing to
mt in the name of the paper publishing
Il. for nothing could possibly be
more foreign to the real sentiments
maintained by tAe employees in
this part of the country than those
they are repree ented as expressing
in the article ia question, and it was
published entirely without the knowl
edge or sanction Of US as body. While
we fully sympathizs with the company
employing us in their financial straits,
and are ready and willing to aid them il
every reasonable manner to tide over tht
dali season, Gas our action during the re
cent retrenchments, which have pu
considerable extra labor and hours OF
us and put an extra stop to the very
liberal policy in vague here few months
ago in the treatment of train men, we
think will go far to prove) we have con
sidered the case in all its bearings, anG
while working for considerable less thar
are the employees of other Western
roads, We have not complained. We are
aware of the erroneous idea entertained
by some that men can work here for the
same wages that are paid by some roads
East; but few comparisons between
the prices of actual necessities O
life there and here will show
how ignorant or thoughtless are
those making any such assertions
For instance, here we pay for house te
live in from 100 to 200 per cent. en- it,
cost; coal is considered reasonable at 81:
per ton for roll of butter we pay from
80 cents to 81, 25; and much better mea
can be had in Chicago for Is cents thar
can be had here for %, and better
profit to the caterer. But of this enough
asked of US, for we are now gettin,
salary barely sufficient for poor living
and if we cannot be paid for our servicel
sufficient to feed and clothe our families
decently and bring them up in surround
ings other than poverty and want, thel
we do not care to continue longer in tn,
employ of company with every vestig
of appreciation gone. We do not writ
this in any spirit of dictation or chal
lenge, for we choose to think the articl
calling forth this reply mistake, a
are SO many items pretending to en-
tighten the public on railroad affairs
But if it is, as some suppose, a feeler pu
out by the company, then here is ou
reply. We feel and know that, so ia
as wages are concerned, the minimur
limit has been reached, and in all eai
nestness and sober Judgment, and will
s:deration for the company's wei
fare, born OF desire to be fair. we pre-
nounce the article referred to as who'll
false; for, in justice to ourselves an
families, we cannot work for less. W
close, fully believing the company ha
no such intentions as those imputed
them. and with firm belief in the justic
and fairness of their intentions towar
us. Respectfully.
SANTA FE EMPLOYEES IN CALIFORNIA.
Los Angeles, Nov. 10, 1888.