The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-10
TRAINS RUN IN CALIFORNIA
Striking Operators Deny Any Direct
Grievance.

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Grievance.
Los Angeles, Cal, Dee. 9.-Tka local
train dispatcher of the Santa Fe an
nOunced that all trains were on time,
and that the strike would in no way
interfe with traffice. He declared
that in all less than sixty operators
had gone out west of Albuquerque,
and of these forty belonged to the di-
vision between Albuquerque and Mo
1aVe, six TO the San Joaquin valley di-
vision and five or six only to the
Southern California division.
In this city only four operators quit
work. The strikers places have been
filed in every instance.
The strikers have issued the follow
ing SJetement;
I'VE. the telegraphers of the Santa
Fe system, that are under the direc-
ton of General Manager Nevin, feel
that while we are being treated all
right on this division. the condi-
tons are altogether different from
those which exist on the Gulf, Color
ado & Santa Fe branch. This branch,
being a part of the Santa Fe system,
division No. % of the Order of Railroad
Telegraphers, a blow struck at any
portion of this division affects the en-
tire body constituting the division
General Manager NeVIn states that
we are violating our contract with
them by a sympathetic strike in behalf
of our fellow wOTkmen on the Gulf,
Colorado & San F'e branch, which is a
part Of our division He errs in this.
for We are absolutely violating no pOr-
ton of the contract recently entered
into with him. There is no part Ct the
contract which provides for an occas-
ion of this kind. The schedule merely
provides that a thirty days notice
shan be given should either party re-
quest a change of any article incor-
pOrat ted therein"
General Manager w. G. Nevin, of the
Santa Fe railroad, today made the fol-
lowing statement:
so ear as the strike of the telegraph
operators on the Santa Fe railroad
west of Albuquerque is concerned, it
has been a failure since the order was
issued. On our valley division every
feiegrapheT is either at his post of duty
or his position has been satisfactorily
filed by a new employee. On the
Southern California division, all va
cancies are filed, with the exception of
ct four unimpOrtant stations, which
have been temporarily closed. On the
Albuquerque division, the striking Op-
orators I lctically stampeded this
morning to regain their fOrssken
places. All but four of the Offices on
this division have been filed with the
old employees, and these stations viii be
supplied with new men at once. on
the Arizona division, the telegraphers
al the terminal and important points
did not quit work and the places of
the strikers at the other telegraph Of
fees either have been filled or will be
by Monday.
''Ali passenger and freight trains are
running on schedule time, with no in
terruptiOns to traffic. Last night we
moved ninety-fOur cars Of oranges and
vegeta bles from San BeFnardinC
through the CajOn pass on our fast
fruit trains practically on time, and
these, with all other cars of peTishable
freight, which were en- route at the
time strike order became effective
viii be given prompt handling We art
in a position to receive and transport
promptly al fruit and vegetables thai
may be offered up to the capacity Of
our equipment. and growers and ship
pers therefore need have no fear thai
their shipments viii be delayed. The
conditions are 50 satisfactory with us
that none of our shop forces or other
employees viii be suspended, and work
at all points viii be resumed in the US
uai manner on Monday morning"