The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-12-11
BOTH CLAIM A VICTORY.
Officials of the Santa Fe Say
Strike is About Over.
VIEWS OF THE STRIKERS
Chairman Newman Says Company Must
Yield--General Manager Mudge's State
nent--shops at Topeka ordered Re-

opened--Detailed Statement of Situation.
& Topeka, Dec. 1.-THE officials of
the Santa Fe railroad say that the
strike of the telegraph operators is
practically over. The operators them
selves continue in the belief that their
case is winning one, and say the
prospects look better now than they
have been any time yet
The men in the Santa Fee shops here
went to work as usual yesterday
morning. An order had been issued
closing the shops as result of the
strike. The officials later decided it
to be useless for the shops to be kept
closed, as they say the strike will be
Of small proportions.
General Manager Nudge processes to
be sanguine that the strike is at an
end, and talks as follows regarding the
revocation of the order for closing the
shops:
1.-THE strike amounts to so little and
the situation is so favorable that to
shut down the shops is not necessary.
If the operators had succeeded in tie
ing up the system and prevented the
operations of trains we could have had
nothing for the men in the shops to do.
AS it is, with our trains running very
close to schedule and no practical in
terruption to our business, there will
be the regular work to do and no rea
son why it should not be done
1--WE have word that on the Califor-
MIA lines the operators are back to
work; on the Southern California and
San Joaquin Valley there are none
out. They went out when the order
to strike was sent. but came back
shortly afterward. They have no
grievance, and are under contract On
the Santa Fe-Pacific there are about
SO operators out, according to our in
formation. One hundred and twenty
three men went out on the Gulf line
In the original strike, which was the
whole number Employed
Detailed Statement of the Situation.
A statement was issued from the
general superintendent Office giving
the number of striking men at 4O2,
distributed as follows: On Chicago
division, 57Aout of 141; Eastern divi-
sion, 6 out of los: Oklahoma division,
% out of 81; Middle division, "a out of
65; Western division, 66 out Of 76; New
Mexico division, 20 out of 81; Rio
Grande, 3 out of %; Southern Kansas
and Texas, . out of 6; Panhandle, G
out of Is; Southern Kansas, II out OF
Il.
The figures given out by the strikers
materially differ from the above.
=. G.. Badgely, local chairman of the
Order of Railway Telegraphers, made
the following statement:
1--WE have information that all the
regular operators on the Chicago di
vision are out with only six non-unior
men at work. Other organization.
here are said to he willing to join us
On the Eastern division, out of 95 WI
have 4S. Here is where a fake ordel
was issued. and our men, therefore
have not become convinced of our cor
rect position. The Oklahoma division
is solid. with all out but two. On tn,
Western division. - out of 76 are out
On the New Mexico division, so out o
Il 81 are out, only three remain on TIL,
Rio Grande division and six on thu
Southern Kansas division ant
branches"