The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-07-12

local organization is making preparations
| Of the summer.
| Locomotive 243, which came in the ma
had p9 q be-
for fxings at their hands. has been re-
turned to the machinists-
T. e. Prout, general secretary of the
Railroad 7. NJ. c. A. left Friday for
junket about the summer resorts of Col
orado for two weeks or longer. Mr. Prout
was accompanied by his wife and son.
Edward Mcintyre. foreman of the sheet
| iron boys. has obeyed a mandate issued
design, a credit to himself ana the trade
and atep IN the o alex df the the
around the shops Friday DAY He IS now trsv-
Supply company of the Windy City.
Fred Austin of the boiler shop who used
to play behind the stick for the Red, is
ocratic Flambeau club. John Smith of the
boilermaking department too, is holding
third sack with the same organization.
General Storekeeper Hilton, is slowly gain
ach trouble which has detained . him from
work already several weeks. He will not
be able to take his place for some time
| General Manager Nudge came in from
| Chicago Friday. Mr.. Nudge has been in
that city lending his assistance. toward an
adjustment Of the strike troubles which
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| out of there.
Fred McKinzie who runs a slotting ma
chine chine Just south Of the office Of Foreman IN
place for few days while his eyes get
in good order It may be week before
he will be in shape to work again.
Blacksmith Samuel Florence struck one
hand against an emery wheel that was
running rapidly. the result being that the
skin was seraped off in one place. The
member is considerably swollen and Flor
| ence will not be ready to go on duty for
| Another of the oil fue welding furnaces
similar to the one invented by Foreman
operation a few weeks ago. is being con-
structed and will be ready for service soon.
The one now IN use has proven highly sue e:o
| flues hour.
| E. Pushback Of Ottawa, Mich. has come
here and has taken charge of one. of the
new stud-lathes which were set up last
| week. Mr.. Pushback is said to be an ex.
Rac in rye and and his empioyment f here is
| considered a valuable addition to the San
| ia Fe force.
brake apparatus on the east side of the
| tracks but who has not been drawing pay
it is said that he intends tieing up to
one of the young women OF that town to
! shops a little later.
If the shopman who holds ticket 161 for
the dance of the Leather Workers union
| set of harness. 1t is supposed that a man
pons were sold at Atchison picnic day.
The purchaser of that number got away
before his name was registered.
Thomas Hannigan, machinist gradu-
Hannigan has been employed by the Union
but owing to the labor difficulties there
has withdrawn until matters have settled
that as he came down to Topeka a day or
| two ago he saw farmers in the vicinity of
Manhattan rescuing bundles OF wheat in
/ boats along the Blue river
Mrs. Amos Beeler, wife of the popular
engineer, has received a letter from the
Hilary of that brotherhood announcing the
death of two of the delegates who labored
with her in the recent general convention
nication further states that two more OF
them are lying at deaths door. Typhoid
ana is the illness with which the others
are affected.
Business car PA is taking the route of
ment: the scrap yard Until last fall it
was used by OFFICIALS in California, at
which time it was brought to Topeka and
stood in the yards for number of months
before the decision was finally reached on
general overhau1ing or put out of service.
Nearly all of the woodwork will be burn
ed. The inside fnishings are Of old style;
black walnut, but it is chiefly veneered
and will be fired along with the body of
of the car.
Beginning at once gang of ten men il
fhe % q
This move has been made because large
handled handled with the apparatus of the shops
that is busy in the. day time have accu-
disposed of the force will work on then
nights Three Of the men viii cone from
6eth Of he shop and
Martins gang. in the south wing. It is
being proposed further Ter, tn that all ALL nigh s
1rday nights instead of Sunday nights. az
| has been the rule heretofore.
| Up to this morning no further informa-
ton had been received concerning the ma
chinists strike on the lines of the Gulf
IS honss to
throughout the south being particularly
that shops and offices of the. road be. 10
| Gated within its borders and this is takeT
by some to mean that repairs machin.
cry will have to be made at some of the
company would be unable to get relie1
from it's workmen in other states by send
ing away its engines for Overhauling.
| About third of the concreting for the
power house foundation has been finished
and considerable more would WOULD haxe beer
around the. proposed site. the supply OF
scarcity of material has been experienced
by the contractors of the new shop The
that the test which was mentioned in this
paper few days age as holding the fac.
| present shortage. Five or six car loads
of brick for that structure have arrived
| Three workmen came in from Chicago Fri
day and will be ready to begin construct
ing the new smokestack Monday if their
| plans carry.
| There has been such scarcity of white
| labor along the Santa Fe that it has been
| found necessary to employ gang of elev-
en- Mexicans to help unload the coal which
the company is storing at Dodge City.
| The contractors for awhile were able to
| get Americans, but there was such an
| abundance of work to their liking that
they could not be held for any length of
tigne, SO that the foreigners Were import.