The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-29
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the least hostile toward the Santa Fe
company. Our fight is not with the
Santa Fe; il is with the Pullman COM
pany. The only thing we will refuse to
do is to handle Pullman cars. No mem
Der of the A. r .. will consent to go out
of the yards with train or handle it in
any way that has Pullman cars at
tached"
allow do you account for the fact that
Pullman cars went through all right last
night?"
81 hat is all right enough. We don't
expect to stop any trains or any cars.
This strike so far as we are concerned
will be perfectly peaceful one. So
long as / am president of the union here
not the slightest demonstra shall be
made against any of the company's prop
erty. None of the men that belong to
the union will refuse to obey the order
of the company during this trouble IN
less their orders require them 10 handle
the boycotted cars. Men may handle
these cars and so long as they do they
will run, but no good union man
will handle them. l see that Thomas
Burke has issued an order to the firemen
to remain at work. We haven't asked
the fremen to quit work. But anyway,
II they took a notion to go out they
wouldn't be likely to consult mis- wishes
in the natter
FIr-men Not Strong, Says slOat.
$50 far as his opinion or MIR. ]. F.
Roddy's of the b. of L E. affects the sit
uation here, 1 will say that the two
lodges combined do not number over
eighty mem bers, while the A. r. U. con-
trolls directly 500 railway employees in the
city OF Topeka. You can easily see
where the prestige lies. Nearly all the
A K U. men on this division, however,
are station, shop and yard men. We
have very few trainmen. That's how
they move the Pullmans"
MIR. Sloat was discharged yesterday for
refusing to take No. . out with Pullman
cars attached. Asked about this he said:
1T is true. As president of the union
here l could not take a Pullman car out
and the company ordered me to simply
put me on record if possible as an A. R.
Y. man wilO would not obey A r. U. or
derS. OF course l wouldn't take it out.
The run did not rightly belOng to me.
here were other extra passenger con-
ductcrs who should have had chance at
the run before il was offered TO me. l
was discharged here for refusing to take
No. out fully nine hours before the train
left Kansas City. l think the order TO try
me and discharge me came from the
general manager. The idea was to deal
the union here death blow if possible,
and they have failed. I shall stick to
the union now and viii make it my bust
ness to stay here and build IL up if
have to take work at one dollar a day to
keep me alive while l am doing it."
As to SIOat't Rein aaasmens.
E'Do you think there is any possibility
that you Will be reinstatedT"
the o. r. C. will attend to that My
case is in their hands. According to the
rules of the order the company VIII have
ten days in which to reinstate me-"
'And if they do not, what then?"
'tYou will hear that later" said Mr..
Sloat and that is all he would say on that
subject.
Il do not know that any of the
separate organizations Will be or
dered out They have not heard
from their national chiefs yet.
As to the firemen l do not think there
will be much trouble. From what l have
heard. the firemen discharged at La Jun
ia will be taken back. If they are not it
is proba BILE that the B. of L. F. will follow
the A X. Z.
There will be no further trouble if we
avoid it. All who have charge of
the matter are very conservative men,
and, as 1 said before, we have no fight to
make on the Santa Fe-nOt now"
Deputies Along the Road.
]. J. Kinney, chief of the Santa Fe
detective force, said this morning that
he has about fifty deputies scattered along
the road to protect the cOmpany's prop
erty and that Marshal Medley is at Ar
gentine with twenty-five men. Deputy
George ontgomery with eX-POlicemen
Doc Ward, Arthur Wellman and Doc.
Wilkerson went from Topeka last night
to Dodge City.