Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-07-16

'he SANTA re, WITH headquarters at Las
vegas, is in the city.
Resident Engineer Fred Nudge
passed through the city his morning
en- route for Las Vegas.
Freight Conductor G.. F. Cochran,
running on the Santa Fe Pacific, is En-
Joying a much needed vacation.
' Red Dennison, the night call boy,
mao the misfortune of having his ankle
sprained and is laid up at the hospital.
Thomas -iaddow. an employee of the
local railroad shops, leaves tonight for
a thirty days visit at his old home at
Pana, Ill.
G.. A. Williams, a freight conductor
running on the Santa Fe Pacific, is en-
Joying a thirty days lay off. Mr.. Will
liams will go to Pittsburg, Kan, for a
short visit.
The pay checks came this morning
and the boys report long ones. A good
many of the employees are enjoying
vacations and those who remain are
getting in good time.
Claude Schrott, a special apprentice
who came to Topeka two weeks &
from Cornell university, New York,
has been transferred to Albuquerque
shops. and Saturday had his release
from service at Topeka arranged. He
arrived here Monday night.
Conductor S. D.. Heady came in from
the west this morning on passenger
No. 2. He alighted with a smile on his
face and remarked that it would be
thirty days before he would punch an
other ticket. Mr.. Heady and family
will leave tomorrow for a months out
ing on the Pacific coast.
Harry and James Thomas, members
of the force of striking boilermakers at
Needles, Cal, have returned to Need
les fter a brief visit in Topeka with
their families. Harry Thomas Is prom
inent in the union there, being CORE
spending secretary and one of the
grievance committee which a number
of times has conferred with the Off
Gals of the company.
~Railroaders Enjoying Themselves
The dull season for this end of the
Santa Fe is on. The company's pas
senger agents are busy issuing trans
portatlon TO the railroad men and their
families. Those that have a few dol
lars ahead and can afford to lose a few
weeks are taking advantage of the
present slack in business n with
their families are enjoying themselves
on the many beaches of the great Pa
CHIC coast OF some OUUST pledSdnI
place. Such a large number of train
men from the local divisions are lay
ing off that the men that remain are
getting in good time and receiving fat
checks.
Another version.-The boilermakers'
strike at a Bernardino is not only
causing trouble in the usual manner OF
retardlng progress in railroad traffic,
but is a big inconvenience to the pleas
ure of some of the railroad ornciais. A.
G.. Wells, general manager of the
Santa Fe coast lines, for some time
past has been contemplating a pleas
ure trip east with his family. The
strike at San Bernardino has inter-
fered with Mr.. Wells pleasure until
his patience is sorely tried, 1t is said
by a few knowing ones, that if some
agreement is not made between the
strikers and the company within the
next few days, the company will make
som decided steps, to the L-spleasure
of the few fighting boilermakers.
A Conductor Slashed.-At Tucum-
carl the other night w. E. Copeland,
conductor on an Ell Paso-Rock con-
struction train become involved in a
difficulty with a brakeman named
IllHSlo. IlOl NOlho WIZ pooSNN "H'AN
upon the latter drew a long knife and
slashed Copeland across the breast in
melting a serious wound. 1t is evident
that Rivers believes in trimming them
down to his size. The conductor is laid
up for a few days.
Robinson Goes to London.-The To-
peka State Journal says: A. A. Rob
inson, president of the Mexican Cen
trail railroad, vas called to London,
England, Sunday by a cablegrram from
some of the owners of the road, h
desire to meet him there on important
business. Mr.. Robinson intended to
start yesterday for Colorado with his
family, but the call TO London prevent.
cd his proposed vacation trip. Mrs.
Robinson and Miss Robinson left for
Colorado. Immediately after the res
ignation of Superintendent Resseguie
from the Santa Fe is became rumored
that President Robinson would offer
him a position with the Mexican Cen
trail. A reporter for the State journal
interviewed Mr.. Robinson at that time
and Mr.. Robinson denied that Mr.. Res
seguie had been offered a position or
tnat he a any intention of offering
him a position.
Injured at Gallup.-Jack Myrick, the
day hostler at the round house, met
with a very painful accident last Mon
day morning, says the Gallup Repub-
lican. He was in the sand house and
had climbed up a adder to regulate
the feeding of sand. when the ladde
slipped and he was thrown violently 10
the ground. striking his head and
shoulders on some timbers as he fell.
Some time after the accident lad hap
pened Foreman Sanjule went TO the
sand house and found Mr.. Myrick on
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