The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-09
EVERY MAN WENT OUT
At Last the Great Santa Fe
Strike Has Come.
The Men Did Not Expect to Quit
Work, but They Obeyed Orders
Silently.


TOPEKA, Kan, April 6.-Eleven hundred
macbinists, bOiler-makers, blacksmiths and
helpers in the shops of the Santa Fe road
struck this afternoon for an advance in
wages and .other demands, with fellow
workmen in the same lines along the entire
system, their demands having been
definitely rejected by the management
They are: An increase of % cents per day
in wages; that inexperienced men shall
not be required to do the work of skilled
mechanics, and that when the expenses are
to be reduced the men are not to he dis
charged, but the hours reduced. The strike
was wholly unexpected, except by the men
themselves. as no hint of the trouble had
reached the public.
The strike. however. has been brewing
several weeks and the demands have been
the subject Of numerous meetings of griev-
ance committees and of much cOrrespon-
dence with the management. Finally. on
Thursday, the ultmatum of the men was
placed in writing and copies were sent to
General Superintendent Nickersnn and
Superin tendent of Machinery john Player
The management was notified that unless
the company signed the proposed schedule
of wages at noon to-day the men would
quit. No attention was paid to the notice
The men had been led 10 believe until
the very hour when they quit that the
management would sign the new schedule
and VIXEN they were ordered by the COM
mittee chairman not to resume work at 1
o'clock the order was UNEXPECTED, but the
men made no protest.
Trains are running as usual this after
noon, and are manned by their regular
crews.
Port MADISON, Iowa. April S.-One hun
dred and twenty employees OF the Santa Fe
boiler. machine and blacksmith shops here
left work al P. NJ. in response TO a general
order all along the line to strike for 10 per
cent advance in schedule wages. Three
unions are holding meetings tonight
There is no excitement, and no trouble is
anticipated at this point.
DENVER, April S.-PIivate advice from
Albuquerque, n. NJ, is TO the effect that all
mechanics in the employ of the Santa Fe
road and of the Atlantic and Pacific struck
This morning. This point is of considerable
importance, as it is the junction of the roads
named
ALBUQUERQUE, N. NJ, April s.-For some
time the machnists. mechanics and boiler
makers on the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
here have been dissatisfied and they will
likely go out at any hour, although such a
move is diScredited at the general offices
here.
No strike occurred among the mechanics
in the Atchson, Topeka and Santa Fe shops
here to-day The men employed at this
point finished their days work as usual, and
if they intend to Participate in the general
strike they are unwilling 10 acknowledge it
until the time for quitting arrives.
RATION, n. NJ. April S-The machinists.
boiler-makers ard blacksmiths OF the Atchi-
son. Topeka and Santa Fe road at this
place went out on a strike to-day at /
o'clock.
LA JUNTA, Colo. April s.--An the ma
chinists. blacksmiths and bOiler-makers
employed by the Athison, Topeka and
Santa Fe at this point went out to-day.
Trains are running on time and the effect
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