The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-19
THREAT OF STRIKE.
Santa Fe Employees Demand tho
Company's Ultimatum.
GOV. lEwElL,Mo's PROMISE.
1e Wni Nst Cail 0us Militia - RRetess
1sslseeA Prepsrty-TAs Un1sa
Psei6s Iroublo.

roprxA, April ia sensation Of con-
sjderable magnitude was created this at.
ternoou when il was noised about that
general strike Of Ill the tFAinmen on the
Santa Fe system would occur tomorrow.
IL has been discovered that . joint com.
mittee appointed by the i've organisations
Of trainmen this afternoon called
upon John Player, superintendent Of ms
chinery. and requested him to inform
them whether IL was true that the COM
pany had decided to annul - soon - pos
sibie eli contracts with the organisations
they represented and make no new ones,
intimating that II Q satisfactory reply
were not given the men would strike.
Player said he would surely respect ill
contracts in force with oil the trainmen's
organisations. Whether the men con-
slider the answer satisfactory 10 difai
cult TO tell, a. they are reticent on the
subject. Judging from the meager In
formation 1t hand. IL appears that the
strike will probably not take place tomor.
settled. Speaking Of the strike on the
Santa Fe road . railroad man today made
the following significant statement:
Inc okft8o Iuoo9ofopo0 ue1o Wo0k o80 W.
the beginning of trouble which IL 70 test the
relative strength Of railroads and organised
labor I'll over the country. It IL the understand.
ing among the men that the fsal
reason their contract was not signed BY the
Santa fe was on account OF an agreement
rscsntly entered into by the general managsrs
and Prssadsnts' Association of all the railroads
organised labor, - they said. for their own pro-
ill the roedS IL the United States 1t . meeting
held q Chicago about the time President Man
vel died. and We reached our conclusions about
the action taken at the meeting from
an article written directly after the
meeting BY President }. C. Clark,
Of the Mobile q Ohio This letter was published
In the ketleoy Age and the writer proved from
his standpoint that sha railroads must combine
% defeat the organisation Of labor - he said.
meet organised labor Many railroads. includ.
Ing the santa Fs, have contracts with other
organisations than ours and II 10 the under
standing Of tbe men that these contracts are -
b snnuiisd h the earliest possible moment
General Manager Frey was seen. but rs-
fused either TO deny or affirm the correct
ness Of the strikers opinions. He said:
am not member OF the General Manager
Assosiatioa and have nsvsr attended any Of
their meetings. - doa't know anything about
tAs matter.
The Trainmsn's Organization held .
word ~ to what they intended to do.
There il reason. however, to believe that .
strike 10 imminent
special to the Journal says that . COM
mittee Of Santa Fs strikers from Arssn-
time today received an emphatic assurance
fprv~ 1oU Ia - 3 k.A t. ~ T. ia
upon 70 furnish troops 70 protect the
railway property he will absolutely refuse
20 do %. il 10 said also that he promised
che striksfs that II they were In need Of
aid he would send Adjk Gen. Orts to
Argentine with instructions 70 insure the
rights Of the strikers proper protection.
La JuErA. COL. April M-Two men con-
stituts the entire force Of the Santa Fe
shops here. and eighteen engines are re-
ported dead" Freight traffic IL dwind-
ling away and hardly any freight trains
are running. La Junta business interests
are suffering. The strikers are determined
and arm. but the Santa Fs officials declare
that NO oompromiss viii b made.
OMAHA. April lA-Outside Of almost the
complete abandonment Of the boiler shop
In the Union Pacific yards. casual visitors
70 the different shops would hardly have
considered that one Of the largest walk
outs In the history Of the system had been
inaugurated. Several machinists who
went out yesterday went back 70 work
this morning. In the boiler shop appren.
tees and helpers. with . boilermsker
or two, remained at work. The refusal of
moulders and coremakers to Join the
strikers was so unexpected that it dased
the other iron workers. Maste. Mechanic
Manning thought that while the walkout
Was greatly to b regretted. 1t would ma
terially help to reduce expenses, which the
company would have been forced to do.
KAKsAs CrrY, NO., April 1S-There 10
nothing new in the strike Of Union Pacific
shopmen. The company IL not trying to
ill the strikers places.
CHEYRSrR Wyo., April IA meeting
OF shopmen was held last night at which
the boilermakers and machinist appren-
tices decided to Join the strikers. aud this
morning they did not go to work. The
strikers are still orderly aud quiet.
DENVER, April ls.--The boiiermakers.
machin,sts and blscksmiths, to the num-
Der of $50. employed at the Union Pacific
shops went out this evening. but in such q
manner that the facts did not become
pablo until late.