The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-11
Alleged TO Have Sent Ont Dispatches
which stated the Strike Had
Been Declared on.
STATEMENTS NOT IN ACCORD
STRIKERS SIDE OF THE CASE PRE-
sENTED BY THREE o. R. It. MEN.
Santa Fe Company Said to Have
Broken Its Agreement-Passen-
ger Trains Nearly ON Time.


ability OF the engineers, firemen, conduc-
tors and trainmen of the Atchison & Santa
Fe Railway system striking in sympathy
with the telegraph operators. Grand Mas
ter Sargent, OF the Firemen's Brother
hood. E. e. Clark, grand chief CT the con-
ductors' organization and Grand Chief
Morrisey. OF the Trainmen's Association.
all deny there is any intention of striking.
Grand Chief p. NJ. Arthur, of the Brother
hood OF Locomotive Engineers, when asked,
at Cleveland. yesterday, if the engineers
were likely to become involved i'm the
strike. said he knew nothing about the
matter further than what he had read in
the newspapers.
At the headquarters of the Santa Fe
Company here the officials said to-day the
strike OF the OPERA tors IS nearly over. II
was reported that the strikers chairman
was weakening and preparing to ask for
arbitration. President Z. p. Ripley said
there had been TO agreement to arbitrate.
and he emphatically reiterated his state
Inent Of Saturday that mo operators who
had joined this strike. In violation of the
agreement with the company. would be
re-employed."
general chairman of the Santa Fe division
of the o. r. T.. said: THE company is
sending the following message out broad
cast all over the system; Newman has
declared the strike off and ordered the
operators to return to work. This is alb
solutely false. We are winning and the
nen are standing firm. This shows the
desperate straits in which the company
stands"
Later in the day Mr.. Newman sent the
following personal message 10 III. T.
Nudge, at Topeka: Am surprised tha.
the officials of the Santa Fe would re-
sort to such disreputable tactics as forging
my name TO kilograms endeavoring to get
the men back 10 work"
President Ripley characterized as lab
surd and wholly untruthful' Chairman
Newman's charge that the railroad officials
had been forging his name to bogus tele-
grams to the striking operators. 1T might
be possible" said Mr.. Ripley, 'for some
one 10 impose on Mr. Nudge, but IL Is
ridiculous TO accuse Mr.. Nudge or any
other Official OF resorting TO forgery and
bogus te'ssrams in this controversy
Third Vice President Barr, the official
most active in adjusting the operation of
the road during the strike of the operators,
made this statement tonight:
1--WE have all the men we want west OF
Albuquerque, but are short from $50 to
500 men on the lines east of that point We
have been hiring men all day and at the
present rate viii have full complement
within three days. The train due here ut
$50 q. m. to-day was the only train that
was late and that but twenty minutes
On the average our passenger trains have
reached Chicago as nearly on time as
though there had not been strike. We
are accepting all freight offered and are
moving most of it. Fruit shippers have
been notified of our ability to handle ship
ments up 10 the capacity OF our equipment.
All OF the important Offices have been filled
and all through business is beina; handled
by orders from these points. We have nc
quarrel with the organization known as
the Order OF Railway Telegraphe-s. Our
fight Is with the individuals Who went
out. Seventy-five per cent. Ga the men who
refused to strike were members of the
order, and viii be retained and promoted
Those who struck will not bs re e-engages.
although some who went back TO work I'M
mediately Will be retained"
Union pickets stationed at the foot OF
the elevator of the Great Northern build
ing to-day were thrown out Ivy Detectives
Smith and Cummings. OF the Pink@rton
ngency, after couple OF wordy quarrels.
Smith told the three men that they must
not interfere with men going up to the
Santa Fe Company's Offices. The pickets
said they had as good right 10 be where
they were as did the detectives Smith
thereupon sent for his partner and the
two showed the piekets out into the street.
The pickets had resorted only to the but
ton-holing process to keep operators from
hiring TO the company.