The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-04
SANTA FE OPEN
All the Way Between Chicago
and Denver,
EmphatieallySays General Man
ager Frey Today.
WON'T MEET DEBS.
The General Managers Will Not
Talk With Him.
The Outlook on the Santa Fe
Seems Brighter.
STRIK ERS ASSEMBLE E.
They Are Addressed by Clemens
and Others.
A CaliforniaFruit TrainFinally
Gets Through.
The General Managers Will Not
Talk With Him.
The Outlook on the Santa Fe
Seems Brighter
STRIKERS ASSEMBLE
They Are Addressed by Clemens
and Others.
A CaliforniaFruit TrainF inally
Gets Through.

Il wish you would emphatically state
for me THAI our road IS open all the way
between Chicago and Denver, and that
our passenger trains are running prac-
tically without interruption" said Gen
eraI Manager J. J. Frey of the Santa Fe
to a STATE JOURNAL reporter this morn
ing.
Continuing he said: @In regard to a
statement in this mornings dispatches
from Chicago in which Alr. Debs said that
the strike would likely be settled by
the last of the week as he would hold a
conference today with the general man
ayers association; / wish you would say
emphatically for me and the general
managers association that no such con-
ference will be held We do not pro-
pose to hold any conference with Mr.
Debs or his crowd
Everything is quiet Oh the Chicago
division and in Kansas. while our trains
are now running out of Denver as usual.
The switchmen are out on d strike at
Grand Junction on the Colorado Nj i'd I
land and the A. r. U. men who ordered
the strike are to be arrested on the order
Of Judge Hallett of Denver. Fifty dep
uties left Denver last night for Grand
junction.
..The United States troops on the way
from Santa Fe are expected to arrive at
Ration this afternoon They were to have
arrived there last night, but the engine
has given out twice and they now expect
to reach Ration this afternoon. Every
thing is quiet at Trinidad"
Dir. Frey showed the reporter a circu-
lar he had just received from the broth
erhood Of track foremen.
This circular WAS dated at st. Louis.
May II. and was signed by John T. Will
son G. +. 1t urged the members of that
organization to refuse to strike until
i
to the managers of the roads and all
hopes of arbitration had failed. Mr..
Frey said he regarded it as a very sensi-
bic circular.
A fruit train of seventeen cars went
through Topeka during the night and
reached Kansas City this morning. This
train carried California fruit and was the
first consignment from California to
reach Kansas City since the strike was
declared on. Part of the fruit was from
northern California and part from south
ern California
Last Evenings Meeting.
Last evening was cool and pleasant and
about four hundred people waived their
Fourth OF July desires in favor Of the
railroad meeting at Metropolitan hall.
The first speaker was Albert Griffin
and he succeeded in getting the crowd in
splendid condition to appreciate the en-
couragine remarks made by the speak
ers following Mr.. Griffin reviewed the
history of strikes and in speaking of the
present one said, "This j. the grandest.
most meaning conflict that the world has
ever beheld between capital and organ
lied labor and the latter must win or die.
We must win this fight or submit forever
to BE- trampled under the heel Of mon
Opoly."
The speaker was often interrupted bv
loud and prolonged applause. 1t seemed
as if the men present were loaded with
cheers and could restrain them only with
the greatest difficulty until a good point
IN speech would call them fourth. The
audience WAS largely composed of women
and they were as enthusiastic as those of
the opposite sex present.
At the finish Of Mr. Grifin's speech
there were loud cries for Clemens" and
the lawyer patriot'' was glad to respond.
He had hardly got well under way. how
ever, when the Flambeau club came up
the street and much of The crowd made
a break for the street t. see the bigger
display. The noise SO great thai
the speaker was compelled to desist. and
when the crowd had returned he was
again introduced and made a speech
bristling with patriotism and love for
the worklnRmen
Among other things he said: 'sThis
strike means death or victory
to organized labor. 1t must be
made 20 mean victory. If this
conflict fails could anv man again have
'-o 'oH- 10y - Seon0 DSlOlo the AAcEi-
can workingInan and ask him to strike?
This has ceased TO be mere strike. 1t
has become the fight Of the American
people against capital, against govern
ment that tramples unheedingly upon
the rights Of the people. This is a fact
If you haven't seen that it is. open your
eyes For years the attorney generals
OF this great government have sat upon
their cushioned chairs with an inter
state commerce law before them and
refused to use IL against the railroads
even though the people have asked 10
have it done time and time again. And
now what does the attorney general do
but turn the same interstate commerce
law against the people and use it in the
interest Of the railroads.
'.lhere is a United States army NOV
Ing IN COloracos there is another one NOV
ing in Illinois. Why's You know why
no gain the ends Of capital and make its