The Topeka state journal., 1902-08-12

hired.
Cleburne, Tex, to take the places of some
of those who went out at the time of the |
strike there
obliged to give up Saturday night and go
home at u, was ready for business again !
Monday night.
classed as a blacksmith helper. turned in
his time Monday.
George Devlin, hammer driver in the
blacksmith shop. is at his post of duty
after making flying trip to the summer
resorts of Colorado.
who fell q week ago. injuring his left side
reported for duty Monday.
knocked OF company work Monday and
was reported as spending the day In the
delightful diversion of moving.
sence from work Saturday night and
broke piston rod. Repairs were still in
progress on it Monday afternoon.
L. l.. Summers. the Chicago electrical
contractor who will equip the new plant
with its electrical apparatus, was in To-
peka Monday looking over the situation.
Of K. r. Stewart, foreman of the store
house, has gone to Ration. N M, to be
away until the latter part of the week.
Mespelt's tank gang which has been in
months work in Colorado, took the plug
this morning for Ottawa, where they are
to erect a 43-foot reservoir.
F'orty-five acetylene gas headlights which
have been used on the Prairie type pas
vii ibe removed at once and in their places
will be put the ney Pyle National electric
lights which were decided upon some days
ago.
John Plath, a cab carpenter who was
taken down last week with what was
thought to be typhoid fever. is now said
to ha rf~.rr
an unexpected relapse will be out for
vice in a few days.
The wife. of William Havens, a truck
workman, has returned from a visit of
three weeks in California. Most of her
time was spent in and about Los Angeles.
her. will remain until a little later
All the machinery for the new boiler and
machine shop has been ordered and will
place for it. There has been SO % much de-
lay in the construction of the building that
this part OF the plan has not been carried
out as was intended.
Considerable quantities of cinders, stone
and other material calculated to better
the condition of the track at Lake View.
WOrkmen which also finds some business in
Topeka, goes out there occasionally to
make whatever repairs are expedient-
Nate Cafferty and George Bradshaw,
young graduates OF Topeka shops, who left
here few months ago for western rail
is understood that they contemplate going
to Parsons. where they will take up their
trade as machinists for the Katy.
The wife of John Lowry of the f1ue room
in the boiler shop and his daughter Eliza
beth will leave this week for a months
visit with sister of Mr.. Lowry. At the
end of about two weeks time he plans to
join them for the remainder of their vaca-
ton. y
At the regular meeting Of the local order
next Saturday evening at 40 Kansas ave
nue., forty-nine candidates will be inducted
into membership. Besides the regular work
of the lodge there will be social hour.
| Owing to the return of Dispatcher Frank
Patterson to his old trick. Operator Giles
sitiOn at Edgerton on the cut off and L
c.. Messick, who has been doing the work
of dispatching,. has returned to the day
managerShip of the PIX" telegraph Of
| flee.
Usage county Republicans are to be ac-
commodated with special train service to-
DAY, a special being made up at Carbon
dale and running through to Lyndon the
county seat, where the county convention
hundred people will attend from that
place.
Fuel and Ice Contractor Cosson has
men to work in the coal chute there. This
department has experienced considerable
diHvity s,v nv IN securing la6orers but in pras
coal to keep running, and it Is believed
that the conditions viii change for the
better before long.
-
Of the store department and himself
week for a vacation visit, left for his
home at Logan, Monday. He will not re-
turn east before the first of September
1t was stated that according to the agree
ment between the striking boilermakers
and the coast lines and the company, only
union foremen would be employed. There
statements Of the officials, for Foreman
MADDEN at San BernardinO and the. boss
Of q hniler ms af Nop6laa OF 70
be both non-union.
Joseph Dubeck a concreter In the water
service. is laid UP with an attack of blood
poisoning. The other day his shoe wore
small sore place on one foot: somehow
1t was SO affected that it soon began to
much beyond It's natural size
! A. T. Parf1tt, foreman of the boiler shop,
and James Hogan, holding a like position
mittee which has just completed trip east
in the interests or the Santa Fe. They
a o sa ss IN IN
for boiler work, which can be referred to
at times in the future when purchases of
the same are to be made. Their duties
kept them in the east about a month.
James Madden, foreman of the San .Ber
served with Mr. Parf1tt and Mr. Hogan.
It impracticable for him to do SO.
w. H. Wilson, chief clerk to Roundhouse
Foreman Deveny, left today for Childress,
Tex. where he becomes chief clerk to Will
liam b. Hoeck general foreman for the
Fort Worth and Denver road. Mr.. Wilson
began his term of service with the Santa
| Fe five years ago week ago last Sunday
working In the ash pit at the roundhouse.
| He has since served In almost every capac-
| now relinqufshes He is about the nth
man to quit the Santa Fe in Topeka and
take place with the Fort Worth line
since Milton Player, formerly master me-
lchanic of the Santa Fe eastern division,
succeeded to the office of master mechanic
of that road.
At the meeting between the officials and
| the Argentine car workers last Saturday
afternoon the differences which existed be-
tween the foremen of the department at
/ that point and the men were adjusted sat
! isfactorfly. The carmen asked for a COM
| It being the case that they were often
/ Obliged to labor on Sunday Foreman Tref-
fry did not understand the stipulation as