Omaha daily bee., 1900-12-10
POLK CLAIMS ALL IS SERENE
Manager of Gulf. Colorado and Santa
Fc Amrms That Everything
Runs Smoothly.

GALVESTON, Tex, Dec. 9.-L. j. Polk,
manager OF the Gulf, Colorado & Santa
Fe railroad. tonight made the following re-
port:
"At 3 clock this afternoon everything
was running smoothly. We are gaining
ground rapidly in the matter OF installing
new agents and operators and will continue
TO do so even more rapidly from now one.
Our business Is not suffering in the slight
est degree. For Sunday our business has
been very good indeed We are running
tv venty-one trains on the Northern and
Twelve on the Southern division. SO far
as the volume OF business handled is con-
ccrned 1t would never be known that there
was a strike on. Today put nineteen
new operators to work. Seven new men
came to us yesterday and twenty last night.
OF the first lot four deserted and Of the
second lot nine. The deserters, / am in
formed, were Order of Railway Telegraph
men, who simply came down here to har-
ass us. This mornings mall brought me
a large number OF letters from all over
the state. making applications for posi-
tions as operators and agents. In addition
10 this we expect to receive enough men
from other quarters within the next two
days to operate our road with competent
men from one end to the other"
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Dec. 9.--Local Santa
Fe ofIcials gave out the following state
ment OF the strike situation tonight:
Chicago division had 15O operators.
Seventy seven Of them went on strike,
twenty-five new operators we're placed to-
day. The eastern division had 105 and lost
twenty. The middle division. the main
line and the Hutchinson cut off had sixty
five and lost twenty four. The western
division had seventy-slx and lost sixty-six
Nearly all important points are supplied
with operators today. The New Mexico
division had fifty-seven and lost twenty
four. All places were filled between Ration
and Albuquerque today. The Rio Grande
division had twenty three and lost seven.
The Oklahoma division. main line between
Wichita and Purcell, had forty-five and
lost thirty Ave, All important places ex-
cept Purcell are provided for today and
Purcell will be taken care of early in the
morning The Southern Kansas division
main line and Girard branch had forty -one
and lost thirty three. The Panhandle di-
vision main line had fifteen and lost nine
All important places are provided for to-
day. The Southern Kansas n Texas had six
and lost two, Business has moved today in
very good shape. Passenger trains are
running practically on time with no more
delay tnan IL usual. STOCK trains are being
handled and there is no accumulation Of
cars at aEy point. All shops will be open
and work resume as usual tomorrow.
A telegram from the general superintend-
ent' of the Gulf. Colorado g. Santa Fe at
Cleburne, Tex, states that thlrty-two
freight trains ran on the northern division
Of the road yesterday and twenty nine
trains on the southern division. which
equals the average daily traffic Of the road
during the last month.
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. 9.-Regarding
the strike situation, General Manager W.
q. Nevin Of the Santa Fe railroad today
made the following statement:
80 far as the strike OF the telegraphers
on the Sarta Fe railroad west OF Albuquer-
que Is concerned, IL has been failure since
the order was issued. On our valley di-
vision every telegrapher Ia either at his
post OF duty or his position has been salts
factorily filled by new employe. On tho
southt rn California division all vacancies
are filled with the exception OF at four un =
important stations which have been tenn
porarily closed. On the Albuquerque d.
vision the striking operators practically
stampeded this morning to regain their
forsaken places All but four OF the
Offices on this division have been filled with
the old employees and those stations will
be supplied with new men at once. On
the Arizona division the tefpgrapers at the
terminal and important points did not quit