People's voice., 1900-12-20
The Railroad Strike

Superintendent G. E. Aver of the
Panhandle division reports all tele-
graph stations On his division open
today with the exception OF the one at
Sawyer, Pratt county, on the En- lie
WOJd branch. Tbs office will open
without delay, as man nas been en-
pl0yed 10 take The place OF the
striker there.
The places Of the three Wellington
strikers have not yet been flied, and
the road is apparently 10 DO hurry TO
fill them. Better operators are re-
quired at Wellington than at other
points on the diyisI0n, and the road
viii pick Its men fcr this point. In
tine meantime, .. traffic is being
handled without deiay and there Is
no interference whatever with uas-
senger CT freight ftie. The situ-
alton on other III As Of tGe road Is
equally encouraging.
After a secret meeting OF the tele-
graphers at st. Joe yesterday, lasting
the greater part OF the day, the gen-
eral grievance committee OF the o r
7. gave II out thav the strike was by
~ means ended and that a surprise
will be sprung ca the company very
sOOu-probably within twenty-four
hours. The meeting yesterday was a
secret one. and it was not intended
that the presence Of the telegraphers
iC St. Joe should be known. The
peeting was '.' -. s. D escape the
officials Of tHe camDduy aud their
spoilers. Members Of the Commit ae
refused to divulge any Of the details
O. the surprise they say they have 10
sdi, 60 They 60 hey have per
su' .e most q = len hired TO take
pl"ces # 9're'- ''serI their posts.
n. N. Dnllhi resident Of the o.
R.T., has taken Up his headquarters
10 Topeka and threatens TO do few
things to the Santa Fe in a few
days Tla SInts Fe officials say
they are not sc,rna qnl declare that
"the str kP ioaidaSt is closed"
G. + Hoffman, who took the place
OF a striking Opucator at Solomon,
this state, was waited on by crowd
OF t0ughs one night and or
dered to leave town. The sheriff Is
protecting him, AMI he is still at bis
psf.
A dispatch from Topeka, bearing
on the stnke situation, says:
Should the Santa Fe officials per-
si,t in refusing TO arbitrate the ditfeT-
eucts with The Order Of Railway
TelegrapDers, systematic bJycOtt,
it IS said, will be sprung by the mem
bers Of uhe order all over the Cunt y
AID and an effort made tO bring the
road TO time By cutting of its busi-
ae The Order of Railway Tele-
grsphers has about l2,000 members,
Comprising telegraphers and station
agents on every road 10 the United
States. If no agreement Can be
reached, ali order will 90 out TO all
members OF the order to route all
passengers and freight business, both
from the east and west, by some othl r
line than the Sauta Fe. East, IN
agents, instead OF routing California
ira tfic O,er the Santa Fe, will turn il
20 either the Southern Pacific or
Union Pacific. The former, however,
will be given the preference as the
JeIegrapheTs have very advantage.
nus schedule with that road. Freight
business will be handled in the same
manner.
ave can bring the Santa Fe to
terms" said a prominent striking
telegrapher today, "if we are COM
3eled To adopt this method. We
nave tried it before in Colorado and
in the east on the Chicago, Burlington
Il Quiucy. In each instance we were
>ucc sSful, as We ruined the business
I tie company for the time being
We have it in our power to take away
from tn Santa Fe practically all It's
hrough freight anG passenger bust.
ness, and We have assurances from
The men on the roads that they will
act 10 our Interests as soon as notified.
Representatives Of the trslnmen
conductors, engineers and fremen
held a conference last evening with
General Manager Nudge OF the Ssnts
Fe, for the purpose Of attempting to
mediate the trouble between the road
and the Order OF Railway Telegraph
ers. While no agreement wasreached
he board Of mediaters was encour-
1ged by Mr.. Nudge TO hold a confer
ence with Third Vice President Barr,
which will probably be done Monday
or Tuesday at Chicago.