The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-09
NUMBER IS PROBABLY LESS
ONLY 600 REPORTED TO HAVE
0BEYED NEWMAN'S ORDER.
Trains Moving Last Night with Pilot
Engine in Advance-Statement
by Company officials.

CHICAGO. Dec. Six hundred tele-
& Santa Fe Railroad struck to-day in sym
pathy with the operators on the Gulf. Colo
rado & Santa Re Railroad, a branch of the
Atchison system, who went out last Thurs
day. The foregoing statement is according
TO the best information obtainable from
the company's officials tonight. The en-
tire number of operators on the system
is 1.20O OF which 800 are said TO be union
men. OF the 900 members of the union
800. it is stated. refused to strike, leaving
the system with about one-half of its men
at work. The officials of the road declare
that under no circumstances will they
yield to the strikers. and that none of
them viii ever again be allowed to work
for the company in any capacity.
The operators on the main lines of the
Atchison system demanded some weeks ago
IN increase in pay ard some changes in
rules. The negotiations with the company
had reached an acute stage when the com
pany conceded the demands of the men and
the trouble was averted. The new order
of things did not prevail on the Gulf. Colo
rado & Santa Fe, and the operators there
demanded an increase of pay amounting
IL is stated, to approximately slG0 per an
rum for each man and alterations in the
rules whereby men were compelled to act
as telegraph operators and station agents
also. The demand was refused and the
men went out. Tonight the men on the
main system went out in sympathy.
The strike at this end of the line did not
take effect until 4:SO this afternoon. and to-
night despite the scarcity of operators
all trains pulled out for the West on
schedule time. As soon as the company
knew of the trouble it was compelled to
face word was sent along the lines TO set
the danger signal at all switches, and to-
night ahead Of all passenger trains a pilot
train was sent out. jhe crew looking after
al switches and setting the proper signals
tor The train behind. 1t was announced to-
trains would continue to be run in this
way. ard in stretches of the country where
there were no operators they would be run
on schedule time the engineer regulating
his speed by the time card.
President f. P. Ripley. of the Atchison
road. when he learned of the strike of the
main ike operators. said: ''These men have
broken their contract and left our employ
without cause and without notice, and will
not BE re-employed This action was taken
Notwithstanding the fact that the company
maCe a contract with the operators in
service on the .Atchison. Topeka & Santa
Fe proper on July /, and with those in
Service on the lines west of Albuquerque
on Nov. Is last, under the terms OF which
they bourd themselves. through their or
gauization. 10 give the company thirty
days notice of any dissatisfaction"
J. N. Barr. third vice president OF the
Santa Fe system. tonight made the follow
Ing statement regarding the strike of
operators on the Santa Fc lines:
INC teleBIdpn operators Oh tiS CoAe"
Fe system were called out on strike by or
Ger Of NJ NJ Dolphin. president OF the Or
Ger Of Railway Telegraphers, at o'clock
this afternoon, in support of the strike OF
operators on the Gulf line Gulf. Colorado
& Santa Fe RailrOad) of the Santa Fe sys-
TEN, inaugurated Dec 6. AS nearly as we
now know approximately so per cent. of
the operators employed quit work In re-
sponse TO the order. There was no griev-
snee existing between the company and
the operators any OF the lines of the
system, other than the Gulf line. The
operators employed on the lines west of
Mouquerque were working under an
agreement made with the company Nov.
10 800; the operators employed on the line
east OF Albuquerque (the Gulf line in
eiudec) were working under an agreement
mace July l. 1900. Under both OF these
agreements the company was entitled to
tniriy days notice OF a desire en- the part
OF operators TO cancel them. No notice of
s''lAe was served on the company. We
expect to be able to moss all passenger