, 1900-12-12
THE BIC STRIKE
BOTH SIDES CLAIM THAT THEY
HAVE THE BEST OF THE
SITUATION.
Trainmen Said to Be in Favor of a
Sympathetic Strike If Necessary
Dolphin Says That Officers of the
Company Sent Out a Bogus Report
That Strike Was Of.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. l1.-AnOtner Dulle-
tin containing an encouraging view
from the strikers standpoint of the
situation along the Santa Fe was sent
today to striking telegraph operators
by II. G. Perham, secretary of the or
der. In effect the bulletin says the sit
uation is unchanged and that President
Dolphin received messages during the
night from Texas, saying the Santa
FEES freight traffic in the far west was
paralyzed, while passenger trains
were running practically empty. The
operators were cautioned against state
entirely Enthusiastically and made sole
ly for the purpose of d~iscouraging
strikers.
The bulletin added that there were
absolutely no breaks in the ranks of
the strikers and that all efforts to fill
vacancies had failed.
Trainmen in Sympathy.
Secretary Perham said that meetings
of trainmen We're held all along the
lines last night and that the men were
a unit in favor of a general sympa.
thetic strike if necessary. He added
that the strike was costing the Santa
Fee at least $4,000 a day in loss of pas,
senger traffc and inability to run
freights. Union telegraphers. he said,
were keeping close lookout for appli-
cants for strikers positions. even to
the extent Of travelling On Santa Fe
trains to head off a delegation OF new
men taken from Cleveland by one
Frank Ross.
Both Sides Confident.
Chicago, Dec. 11.-Reports received
this morning by local officials of the
Order of Railway Telegraphers show
the strike on the Santa Fe system is
more effective now than at any other
time since its Inauguration.
Secretary Perham has sent a tele,
gram here in which he states that a
bogus message purporting to come
from General Chairman Newman has
had but little effect.
President Ripley of the Santa Fe,
says that it is probable that by to-
night all Of the places made vacant by
the striking t~elegraphers would be
filed and that within a few days his
road would be running its whole bust
ness in a normal manner
Strikers Places Taken.
San Francisco, Dec. 1l.-New opera
tors have been placed in every office
made vacant by the strike of the o. r
T. men between this point and Rich
mond and Fresno.
Says the Strike is Over.
Third Vice President Barr this morn
ing expressed himself to the effect that
the strike was practically a thing OF
the past.
Passenger trains on the Chicago di.
vision came in and departed on sched'
ule time, all important offices having
been supplied with operators, 1t was
claimed. Perishable freight, which
the road makes a specially of from its
California points, is moving with all
necessary regularity.
Barr took occasion to deny many OF
the reports from Texas and Kansas
that trains had been lost"
Statement From Strikers.
Trinidad, Dec. I'm. NJ. Ulfers,
chairman Of the New Mexico division,
o. r. T., gave out the following at /
O'Clock today:
"All out between Las Vegas and Ell
Paso, and the lei are in good spirits
and all say they will stand until a salts
factory compromise is agreed to by the
Santa Fe company. Division Superin'
tendent j. G. Hurley worked a dis,
%patcher's trick at Las Vegas last night
another dispatcher having gone out at
that place. Mrs. c. H. Bristol, wife of
a trainmaster. is helping in the office
at Ration. One scab went to work at
Lynn, but has since re--sed to work
until the strike is settled.
President NJ. M. Dolphin wires me
money to hold out on and promises
good returns for strike ..
1.-THE company Is circulating rumors