Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-10
TIE SANTA F[ S|R|R[.
Telegraphers' Strike Extends to San
Joaquin Valley Branch Of
the System
ctlicers Of the Road Claim the Men
Are Returning to Work
Today.
Strike Leaders Deny This and Say
Prospects For Victory Are
Good.

Good
Stockton. Cal, Dec. 1O.-The strike of
the telegraph operators on the Santa
l'e has extended to the San Francisco
/ & San joaquin Valley road, but not
over a third of the men went out.
Chicago, Dec. 10.F'rom advices re-
lsceived today the officials of the Santa
Fe are fully convinced that the tele-
graphers' strike is nearly over. Third
Isviee President Barr this morning re-
|;ceived from General Manager Nudge, at
Topeka, the following message: New
man is sending message to all the op-
orators telling them they have agreed
with President Ripley to arbitrate and
! that they can return to work, subject TO
l.cail, again"
| President Ripley denied the assertion
that there had beensan Agreement to ar
/ bitrate.
| President Ripley charaSSwizea as
absurd and wholly untruthfSs hair
man NeWnan's clargss that &ailroad
Officials have been forging ms nAue to
bogus teiegrams 10 striking operators
'sIt might be pcssib.e" said Ripley
for some one 10 impose upon Mr.
| Nudge, but ii is ridiculous 10 accuse
! Nudge or any other official Of resorting
! 10 forgery and bogus telegra,ns in this
scentroversy.
| Vide President Barr declare! the
operators strike was not effective west
or Albuquerque or on the Galveston
| Colorado g. Santa F'e road. Advices
| from the officials of those divisions
/ today state that traffic is moving as
usual. Between 400 and 500 were still
lsout, he said. on the Southern Kansas,
soklahona an d ives tern divisions.
We are having no trouble, he said
Tin getting men. A hundred men from
| here and as many more from other
|citie.s have been sent To Topeka. from
| which place they VIII be sent to other
! points as needed j feel sure the:e viii
8be no sympathetic strikes Of the men
LIN other branches of the service.
The TeIe. RIA piers Side.
wichita, Kas. Dec 1o!-In state
rnent issued at noon by General Chair
imam Newman, of til, Santa Re tele-
! graphei.s, he says the situation is bright
er now than it has been since the strike
was inaugurated.
Word has come. he states. from
different sources that the Santa F'e otti-
cials are sending out bogus kilograms
der the men to return to work, as the
strike is temporarily adjusted. brand
! this ard similar statements as base lies,
/ made use Of by the officials to deceive
/ operators and get them to return to
work. in order that the congested condi-
tion of freight and passenger traffic may
be relieved. During the last eighteen
1 hours fifty men quit who did not belong
| to the union, but were taken 10 fill the
places of strikers. Many officials who
are ex-telegraphers are at the various
/ points handling the keys. personally, as
no operators can be procured. The
4 Missouri Pacific Will give lis moral and
/ financial assistance and if the attempt is
made the road will strike Immediately.
! say this after consultation with rep
resentatives of that SYSTEM
GENERAL sTIKE PREDICTED.
Engineers, Fircmen, Conductors and
I'rntnmen May join photographers
1 Strike.
Kansas City, Dec. lo.-The Times to-
/ day says:
Within the next forty ight hours the
walkout of the Santa Fe operators may
lwiden into a general strike and the
members OF the Order of Railway Tele-
graplers be Joined by those of the Bro
therhood of Locomotive Engineers, the
Order of Railway Conductors. the Bro
itherhood of Locomotive Fireman and
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Railway
Trainmen.
Such is the danger that telegraphers
say now threatens the great passenger
and freight business from Chicago to the
\ Pacific coast and the Gulf of Mexico
Before President Dolphin of the ma
Itional Order of Railway Telegra pliers
sent out the cipher message over the
Wires calling out the operators on the
|line OF the Santa Fe proper, in support
of those of the Gulf. Colorado &Asanta
Fe, he. it is said by the operators vas
guaranteed help by the heads of the
other big railroad organizations This
is why a general strike is probable 1t
is declared to be inevitable unless the
Santa Fe management decides to accede
to the demands of the Gulf line tele-
graph operators.
/ X. G. Clapp. general chairman of the
Ordev of Railway Telegraphers, on the
Missouri Pacific, came to Kansas City
yesterday from Atchison. He has been
delegated by President Dolphin to act
as his representative at this point. Last
| night he said:
IL the Santa Fe officials continue in
their refusal TO grant the demands of
the Texas operators general strike
will result. Before the men We're or
dered out We had an agreement with the
other orders guaranteeing us their sup
port We are likely to demand this
support either today or tomorrow. The
operators mean to fight the company to
a finish and force 1t to come to our
terms"
Big Coast shops Close.
| San Bernardino, Cal, Dec l0.-As a
result of the strike of the Santa Fe tele-
graphers 325 men in this city have been
thrown out of work In the large ma
|