The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-12
RAILROAD NEWS.
Santa Fe Strike at Pueblo
Nearing an End.
ssTrouble is About Over" Says
Mr.. Nudge.
QUIET ON d. & r. G.
Backbone Of Switchmen's Strike
is Broken.
Other Railroad Unions Refuse
to Aid SWitchmen.

General Manager Nudge says that he
has been notified that al majority of the
Santa F'e switchmen who are out on
strike at Pueblo are not even members
of the Switchmen's union, which is
striking against the Denver & Rio
Grande. The Santa Fe strike at Pu-
eblo is a sympathy strike, brought on
by the refusal of the men to handle
cars transferred to the Santa Fe from
the D. & r. G.
Il think the trouble at Pueblo is about
over. There are no indications of fur
Their spread of the trouble" was Mr..
Mudge's comment.
The officials of the Santa Fe general
ly believe that the Santa Fe men at
Pueblo were induced to strike by Den
yer & Rio Grande agitatCrS, and that
there will come a reaction to the pres
ent attitude of the men, Men to take
the places of the strikers are being rush
ed to Pueblo as rapidly as possible.
A dispatch from Denver relative to
the condition of affairs on the Denver
& Rio Grande, says:
There have been no developments of
importance today in the strike of mem
berS of the SWitchmen'S Union of North
America on the Denver & Rio Grande-
The company is operating with full
crews of yardmen at practically all
points on the system and trains are
running time.
Manager Herbert expresses satisfac-
ton with conditions over the system.
Advices from division superintendent
are to the effect that no further diff
Guilty is anticipated as result of the
strike The trainmen called to take the
places of yardmen who did not return
to work have nearly all been installed
in their new situations
The defeat of the Switchmen's union
is due largely to the hostile attitude of
other labor organizations.
THE strike is at an end so far as the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and
the Order of Railway Conductors are
concerned" said Vice Grand Master
Lee of the former organization last ev-
ening. 1T may be continued Indefinite
ly by the switchmen just as the A. r.
U. strike has been continued by never
to prevent the switchmen continuing
to strike long as they want to but
the road is operating as though it had
never occurred
Due to some representations that
have been made / fear the public mas
an erroneous impression of the position
of our orders in this matter. We are
not opposed to the Switchmen's Union
of North America, but our contract with
the railroad company must be protect
ed. We can not permit anybody to
step in and set aside a contract which
we have protected and paid for during
the years since it was first signed in
1892 1t is the property of the organiza-
lions and has been paid for by their
members and is of value If the rail-
road company, had made an attempt to
abrogate the contract we should have
resisted it with all of our strength, and
SO must we when another organization |
tries to come in and interfere with it's
operation. The railroad company would
not set it aside for them because it had
too high regard for the rights of the |
larger proportion of employees represent |
ed in the orders that made the con- |
tracts"