The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-10
Order Closing the Shops Is
COuntGTnandGd Sunday.
Men Go Back to Work This
Morning.
TRAINS ARE RUNNING
Officials Say TeIegraphStrike
Is a Failure.
Only a Small Proportion of
Men Are Out.
UNIONISTS ARE FIRM
Say That the Strike Is by
No Means Over.
Trains Running Today on
Schedule Time.
Only a Small Proportion of
Men Are Out.
UNIONISTS ARE FIRM
Say That the Strike Is by
No Means Over.
Trains Running Today on
Schedule Time.

The Santa Fe officials say the tele-
graph strike is practically over. Officers
of the o. r T. insist that it is a success.
The Topeka shops were reopened this
morning.
Santa F7e officials were ready to class
ify the telegrapher's strike a failure by
Sunday afternoon. The first move indi-
eating that the officials considered they
held the situation well in hand was
when the order to close the Topeka
shops was countermanded.
General Manager Nudge notified As
sistant superintendent Of Machinery R.
P. c. Sanderson to continue work as
usual Monday morning. The notice
posted late Saturday evening was ac-
cordingly taken down and the order to
work took its place. Callers were sent
out TO notify the men of the change in
plans and tell them to report for work.
This determination was reached Sun
day.
Concerning the revocation of his gen.
era1 order to heads o. departments, is
sued before the strike, General Manager
Nudge said:
The strike amounts to so little and
the situation is so favorable that to
shut down the shops is not necessary.
told Mr.. Sanderson that such was the
case and it was decided TO open the
shops as usual Mr. Sanderson sent for
the men in order to have a full force on
hand in the morning
Mr.. Storey, the chief engineer, had
also suspended some work under his
jurisdiction He recalled his men also.
These orders were not drafted" he
said in answer to a question. Il gave
them verbally.
If the operators had succeeded in
tieing up the system and prevented the
operations of trains we would have had
nothing for the men in the shops to do.
As it Is, with our trains running very
close to schedule md no practical in
terruption to our business, there will be
the regular work to do and no reason
why it should not be done.
We have word that on the California
lines the operators are back to work:
on the Southern California and Sar.
Joaquin Valley there are none out.
Ihey went out when the order to strike
was sent but came back shortly after
ward. They have no grievance and are
under contract On the Santa Fe Pa
cinc there are about so operators out,
is our information. One hundred and
twetny-three fen went out on the Gulr
line in the original strike, which was the
whole number employed"
From the division reports a cOmpiIa-
ton Of the number Of operators who
went on strike on the A T & S F.
proper was made. OF the 566 operators
On the main line and branches from
Snlcago to the western terminus. 22S
Went out according to this statement
issuing from the general superintend-
ent's Office
On Chicago division 81 out of 14.
eastern division out of los. Oklahoma
ulNlslQn - out of 81, Middle division
IMAM IMAM alne and Hutchinson branch) "a
Gut q o. Western division &c out Of rs
New Mexico 20 out Of 81 Rio C,ranf5a z
out of %. Southern Kansas IF r-a--ss ,
out of s. Panhandle (main Hnel 8 o11t If
y, %; Kansas tmain line and Girard
branch) II out Of Al
On the whole Santa Fe svstem tbars
are about IZOO operators EMPLOYED C1f
this number the reports given o11+ -,
the officials account for 4O2 being On
strike. ="
Il never saw such a hzzle of . s+r;1-,.
IN all my experience" said General g.
perintendent Resseguie The fie,1ras
show the detection TO have been strone9
est on the Oklahoma division and The
western division. On the other divisions
was very light Proportionately more on
orators went out on the western than
on the eastern divisions
Vacancies were nearly all filled on
the Chicago division yesterday and half
of those on the middle division were
filed up by last night. Some Of the men
who went out were applying to be taken
back Sunday morning. 1 understand. /
don't know that any have been re-
employed President Ripley is firm on
that point.
''As far as the operation Of trains is
concerned. we have kept them running