The sun., 1900-12-09
SANTA FE STRIKE SPREADS.
TELEGRAPHERS AIONG TIE ENTIRE
sYSJEM CAIIED OUT.
The Texas Movement TO BrinE the Company
to Terms Now Takes In the Entire sys-
TEN Trains Seem to He Moving Along
All Risht Despite the order to Strike.

GALVESTON Tex, Dec Sin consequences
Of the non agreement OF the management
Of the Gulf, Colorad and Sante Fe Railroad
and President Dolphin Of the order OF Rail-
way Tesgraphers on the wage scale ana
rule regulating the hours of employment
OF the telesr aphers. President Dolphin Is
sued an order calling out at noon to-day
zoo mon OF the order employed on the At
lantio and Paoifio divisions west OF Alou-
oueraue.
Scarcely had President Dolphin received
notice that his order had been complied with
before he issued another order calling out
the 1900 men of the order in the employ OF the
Atchison and Topeka and Santa F. systems.
ATOP. NJ. 1t is asserted. by President Dolphin.
that more than 2.2OO telegraphcrs are out and
from dispatches he Is constantly receiving
from various places on the Santa Fe, he says
that the tie-up is complete and that the opera
tors will remain out until their demands for
a more equitable wage and less hours OF em-
ployment are complied with.
The effect Of the strike Is scarcely appar-
ent. All trains are arriving and departing
on schedule time. The places Of tho striking
operators are being rapidly filled and Uen-
eral Manager Polk asserted tonight that
all stations on the line between Galveston
and Purcell, and all branches OF the Gulf'
Colorado and Santa Fe would be fully manned
By Tomorrow night. lie exhibited te'e-
gram from General Superintendent Nixon
at Cleburne that he had transferred twenty
one stations to new agents and agents had
remained at eleven"
Dolphin Is confident that the telcgraphers
will win.
General Manager Polk late tonight rave out
this sta ement outlining the strike situau on
the Gulf. olorldo and SANTA fe road
The situtuon to-day very maternity IN
prove on both tue nor htrn ana southern
divisions a great many more men hens NJ
work In ee hun red loaded cars were u Owed
GU, Of ebnrue duri tie twenty,iour hoIr'
one cars oi slocN from san Angelo or n II as
City anu II Louis. whoa ls making exc 'l''ht
tim; lhir,y-w iteght train wrre run on on
southern division. ali OF when are nIo, .hs
promptly. ~ conge tion whatever exists IN
any yard On either div son.
''Sornr lawles sness il b ginning TO crop out, as
evidenced by the oil wing telegra.! that !
have receiv, frou D,yi ion up; sGott II, Mop
out OF town. Viii coWmunG ate with Sh riil,
y b. Scott, TO this telegram ! replied IL
points on Gro d mot protect our men sent
OUT to relieve agents a d opera ors Who VIII
not worR tr IN the laniess "seaui'I o. nos
t. have il done
Il feels tIsiisd hat the local authoritie' will
exhaust every means at th,r comm nd TO
protect 10th our men aud property and their
failure 10 40 20 at San Anna was doubtless
que to ,hs act mat 80 oo,sa lem in Ce,s te @u
In time 10 take necessary action il the
premises. ~
~ st m are quite as well prepared TO and viii
axe care Of themselves a. well a. this road Is
dong, aad In "a event Is @ sn,e ,erSs,ns 10 ass ns
to uaf,ic. either ireisht or passe ser. ro,or,,,
There Il "A rurnOr that the conductors, iTe-
men. switchmen and yard forces generally
are going 10 Join the operators IN SYM
st'ike leaders declare that the enti,e system
will be tied up BY to;morlroT night ,.tirnn An
impGrtban J., meeting a. Iy,nT adton nfI az
1t is also said that the engineers are likely
TO quit work at the same time the other forces
do. Committees are in Dallas tonight plan.
ming to extend the strike. 1t Is asserted that
the railroad management is laying on freight
train crews aud that tho trainmen have other
grievances which they wall demand be ad.
The officials Of the company. on the other
hand say that the traffiC OF the system Is not
suffering so Tar passenger trains have ar
rived at Dallas approximately on schedule
TOPEKA Kan. Dec. s-rneasiness 1, mani
lest along tIewhole Snrte Fe system ~ a
result Of the strike Of IL Essranherr on tn Galfi
Genera sn s Msnassr sssq Auds @ on Friday 70
SUSPEND all MaTk not absolutely ;. nee SAY to
A rumo. Is current that the men are pre- arei
to strike n sympathy 4 the strike on lhe Gulf
The situation IA the same on the Santa Fe lines
west Of Albuquerque
A santa le of.icial said tonight:
"a contract entered INTO a executed be-
tween the operators on the Santa Fe, Pacific,
s uthcrn cali ornia and San Francisco and
weeks is 0ny 10 be cancelled on thr, days
notice II cannot be violaiedby hete egraphers
eXcept at he sacrfiee 81 their integrity The
on these lines would b one of symTa'hy. Just
now the freieh traffic OF the Santa Feis pie |
Mi,miiA. nan. Dec. s.---As. a result of
statsmen,s issued by officials Of the railway |
order, telegralh"rs OF the sante fs system.
Afternoon. Ate General Chairman j.. 4, New
man q the santa re telegraphers in this city |
All Agents and Orerotors. Santa Fs System. |
In accordance with the action Of your |
ton. on this date you viii cease work and
hereafter refuse to perform any duty until |
the said strike is deGsred of BY me- per
boards red for tho protection Of life and
permanently. carefuily protect ali COMPANY
property In your possession. This action Is |
made necessary to secure for YOU reasonable
All train despatchers. clerks and other EN-
ployees are earnestly requested to give US
their assistance, y. a. NEWMAN
National President Dolphin issued this |
statement to Mr.. Newman as describing the
Gulf. Colorado and Santa FA operators griev-
ances
sWe protest against the nrorosed elimina-
ton OF twelve stations for schedule and pro-
posed reduction In wages Mt nineteen other |
stations To avoid the strike our committee |
agreed TO ACCEPT Santa 70 rules amended by |
providing for eight consecutive hours rest in |
each twcnty-four, eNCelting In cases OF |
emergency. The clause deriving men Of a
hearing when discharged for iusubordination |
was also 10 he eliminated. Another demand |
made was that there was not to be any reduc-
tion In wages at any of the stations for the
1 resent"
CHICAGO, Dec s-Offcials here Of the Atch-
son, Topeka and Santa IA system estimate
that 81 Ter cent OF the telegraphers on the
eystem, or bout 60. are out. The operators
assert that 81 Per cent or nearly 100. Quit
work.
Tho strike is called in symp,thy. with the
operators pmbo ring 100. n the Gull branch OF
the Santa Fe .ystenl, W ohave been on strike
si O. ThurSday.
"A a on a. he Telegram rrs went out to-day
the railroad officials Immediately sent ont an
order livinc OF rs per cent OF Tia force. eln-
plo we'd In car shops along the system. These
men " Il be witiou work so long rs the rail-
ro1d system suffers through the strike of the
teeCr pliers
The FIRST train leavi'c Chi ago after the |
strike was ordered was the passenger train
leaving Chicago at8P NJ l. train WAS sent
out in two -eotions The first seci ion cons sted
Of dummy" an engn' and boo1e This