The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-09

pany made a contract with the operators
In service on the Atchison. Topeka and
Santa Fe proper July I, and with those in
service on the lines west Of Albuquerque
November Is last, under the terms or which
they bound themselves through their or
Ganizatfon TO give the company thirty days
notice of any dissatisfaction"
IMPORTING OPERATORS TO TEXAS.
REI'CBI.IC SrEtTAI.
Fort Worth. Tex, Dec s-The strike OF
the Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe teIegra-
pliers is serious. Advices received here as
sert that all of the union operators OF the
Atlantic and Pacific and Santa Fe system
were called out to-day. Chief Dispatcher
Mcllheney OF CIeburne has been brought
here 10 handle the key in the Fort Worth
office
All the office men who can be SHARED are
being sent out on the line to stations de-
serted by operators. From here Colonel "
5. X. Parker. commercial agent went to
Cresson: Ell Remington assistant city tick-
ct agent. has gone to Gainesville. and :.
g. Dickerson. chief clerk and soliciting
freight agent. went to Wcatherford.
From all over the line similar drafts are
made. Thirty tel, graphers from the North
passed through tonight on their way TO
Galveston. whence they will be distributed
to stations as needed.
Passenger trains are on time and freishts
run on schedules. In spite Of assertions to
TO other railway brotherhoods this after
noon.
CHARGE VIOLATION OF AGREEMENT
Chicago. III. Dec. s.-J. VI. Barr. third
vice president of the Santa Fe system. to-
night made the following statement regard
Ing the strike OF operators on the Santa
Fe lines:
The telegraph operators on the Santa
Fe system were called cut on strike by or
DER oil NJ. NJ Dolphin. president OF the
order OF Railway Telegraphers. at 4 o'clock
this afternoon. in support of the strike of
operators on the Gluf Line Gulf Colorado
ana Santa Fe RailroadD of the Santa Fe
system. inauyurated December .. As nearly
as We now know. approximately 20 per cent
OF the operators employed quit work I'm
response to the order.
There was no grievance existing be-
tween the company and the operators on
any Of the lines of the system other than
The Gulf Line. The operators emplo e1 On
the lines west OF Albuquerque were work
Ing under an agreement; made with the
company November il. 1850: the operators
employed on the lines east of Albuquerque
nhe Gulf Line not included were working
under an agreement made July l, 1900. Tn
der both of these agreements the COMPANY
was enetitled to thirty days notice of q
desire on the part of the operators to can
Gel them. No notice of strike was served
on the company.
we expect to he able to r1oye all pas-
senger and through freight trains without
interruption. The operators are being en-
ployed to replace the men who quit work"
ALL OKLAHOMA OPERATORS QUIT.
Guthrie, Ok, Dec. s-All Santa Fe opera
tors on the Oklahoma lines quit work
promptly at O'Clock to-day. Trains are
running on time-card rights.
TROUBLE At SANTA ANA. TEX.
REPCBLI,, SPECIAL
Galveston, Tex, Dec. S-Cieneral Manager
Polk has just given out the following state
ment outlining the strike situation on the
Gulf. Colorado ard Santa Fe Railway:
The situation to-day is very materially
improved on both the northern and south
ern divisions, a great many more men being
at work. Three hundred loaded cars were
moved out of Cclburne during the twenty
four hours ending al midnight last night.
We nave thirty-one cars of stock from San
Angelo for Kansas City and st Louis
two freight trains were run on the north
crn division and enty-nine on the south h
ern division, all of which are moving
promptly. No congestion whatever exists in
any yard on either division.
Some lawlcssness is beginning to crop
out, "a evidenced by the following telegram
received from Division Superintendent
Scott:
. Temple. Dec 81 ]. Polk: Mob at
Santa Ana ran Travelling Auditor Brown
out or Town. VIII communicate with Sher-
if. W. B. SCOTT
ITO this telegram / replied as follows:
wv. Il. Temple: IL local authoritips at
Santa Ana and ether points on the road
cannot protect our men sent out to relieve
agents and operators who will not work
from lawless assaults of mobS. advise nlt,
promptly and / will take other means 10
have IT done. l.. j. POLK"