The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-15
to the Men

Chicago. Dec. PIT is said tina the
cause of the telegraphers will be cham
pioned by the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers. the Order of Railway
Conductors. the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen. The strikers
say they are confident of victory.
The exact status OF the situation
west of h Missouri river is a mystery
to the company officials just now, but
they express the belief that the fol-
lowing dispatch from Wichita, signed
by j. A. Newman, chairman of the
Santa Fe division of the o. r. T., is
overdrawn:
cit is reported to me from Albu-
querque that the trainmen west of
there have refused to work any longer
under the present conditions. and that
not a wheel is moving. The trainmen'
on the Grand Central and Santa Fe
have notified the officials that they
must settle the trouble with the tel.
egraphars to-day. otherwise they will
take action. Not only are the engi-
neefs in sympathy with us, but also
the train crews, and II
The Strike Continues
for any length of time they have
promised to take action"
General Chairman Newman made
public a dispatch from T. w. Barron,
chief of the Missouri Pacific division;
which reads:
Missouri Pacific division at your
service. Can we assist you? Do you
desire any action by board?"
Officials of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad assert that 1.-THE
strike of the telegraph operators that
began last Saturday and which serious
ly crippled its service for many hours,
is practically over so far as Chicago is,
concerned. They are willing to adj
nit that the situation at Wichita,
Kan, where three divisions have their
terminals, is still serious. All incom-
ing trains were reported considerably.
behind time, but outgoing trains were
dispatched on schedule time. Fruit
shippers in California have been noti-
fed that all the lines west of Albu-
querque, N. Mex, are
Running as Usual.
and consignments of fruit will be ae-
cepted up to the roads normal capaci-
ty. Third Vice President ]. NJ. Barry
says hat the strike will not be seri-
ously felt in Chicago, and that the re-
port that the shops would be closed
was false. However, if the business
of the company suffers to any great
tent a reduction Of force in the shops
will likely follow" he said. 81 re-
ceived a telegram from W. G. Nevin
the road west : of Albuquerque" he
a1ok,ol 1Seo1,;o- xIo< o~oro<1r, an
the Valley division have been replaced,
those on the Albuquerque division have
returned to work and that the Arizona
division would be working to-day.
Three short divisions centered around
Wichita, the Oklahoma. Southern
Kansas and Western divisions, are
still tied up.
Local operators who refused to go
base their refusal on the fact that
the trouble began on the far out
Southwestern divisions. Its too far
distant for US to mix in and lose u
jobs" they said.
Early Settlement Predicted. :
st. Louis, Dec. 12.-At the national
headquarters Of the o. r. T., this city,
it is claimed that the operators have
virtually. won their: strike on the Santa
Fe system. President Dolphin is in
Galveston directing affairs at that
point, and Chairman Newman is, at
Wichita conducting the strike on the
main line of the road. All advices re-
ceived at headquarters are favorable
to the men.
Say 1t 10 Practically Over.
Topeka, Kan, Dec. 12.-The officials
of the Santa Fe road. "a that the
strike of the telegraph operators is
practically over. The operators them
selves continue in the belief that their
case is q winning one, and say the
prospects look better now than they
have been any time yet.