Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-08-16
KANSAS RAILROADS.

The Santa Fe shops at Ottawa are re-
suming operations gradually. Most of
those being employed are new men.
No one who struck is being taken back.
Emporia Gazette: No now men 60
ing into the employ Of the Santa Fe at
this point have been compelled to sign
contracts which stipulate that they
must renounce all labor organizations.
New men are employed just as they
always were, without any restrictions in
that line.
The Rock Island officials have figured
ont the exact number of men who struck
as a result of the action of the A. II. U.
Only thirty-four men went out. These
figures include brakemen, trackmen,
wipers and trainmen of all descriptions
west Of the Missouri river.
From Newton: Conductor Hank Wor-
temburg came in from the west shortly
after midnight and while on his way
home ives held up near East park by
two men, one a white man and the 9TH
er a colored man. A pistol was put to
his head and his watch and 500 In
money taken. The robbers, upon dis
covering what a rich haul they had
made in money, returned his watch to
him and allowed him to go.
Topeka special: In reference TO the
report in circulation at Kansas City and
elsewhere that the Santa Fe company's
contracts now in force with engi-
neers are to be annulled, GeorgeR. Peck
telegraphed A. A. Hurd here as follows:
"There is absolutely no truth in the ru-
NOR in respect to the cancellation of con-
tracts with employees who are members
of labor organizations. 1t is malicious
falsehood started by someone to dam
age the company"
Atchison Globe: The great ambition
Of men Of genius on the Central Branch
seems to be to invent weed cutter, and
every summer from one to half dozen
patents are applied for covering such
machine. The weeds on the Central
Branch are supposed to be worse than
anywhere else on earth, but the invent
ors seem determined to triumph. The
weed cutters are for use only along the
railroad tracks, where the weeds grow
over the rails and cause the wheels Of
the locomotive to slip. 1t costs the Mis-
souri, Pacific fortune every summer to
have the weeds cut along the Central
Branch. Heretofore all patent weed cut
ters have been failures.
The reorganized Kansas City North
western railroad company has placed on
file in the Office of the register Of deeds
in Kansas City, Kan, a mortgage for
$3,500,000 in favor of the Mercantile
Trust company, Of New York, as trus-
tee. The mortgage was executed to COW
er bonds issued by the company in ac-
cordance with the plan Of reorganiza-
ton. The bonds bear per cent. inter-
est and mature in 1888, being payable
in gold. OF the issue 100000 of the
bonds are preferred, constituting series
ga" and the proceeds Of these will be
used in paying the purchasing price OF
the road at the sale in January and 9th
or expenses under the receiyership. The
proceeds Of the remainder Of the issue
are to be used in betterments.
Kansas City, Mo-, Journal: From the
applications that are pouring in on the
officers of the Western Passenger associ-
alton at this point it is evident that
Kansas is to outdo herself this fall In the
matter of holding state and district and
county and neighborhood reunions. In
one day there were fourteen applications
asking for special rates to these gather
ings. To meet the demands and en-
courage travel the association has made
an open rate of one and one-third fares
for the round trip for the roads. This
rate is good for all points within radi-
us Of fifty miles. For the annual state
reunion to be held at Hutchinson,
August IA to IS, the association has
made rate of one fare for the round
trip from all points in the state of Kan
sas. 1t is expected that this will be a
large gathering, as there is already the
deepest interest felt in the matter all
over the state.