Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-05-07
THE NEWTON SITUATION


THE SHOPS THERE CLOSED AND
RE.oPENED-rHE comPANY's
SIDE or THE PROPOSITION
on Monday morning tho Santa Fn
railway shops at newton kausna.
wore closed ou tuesday tHey were
fcun.u.1 luI tho klu.au Republican
or tN. uuI..' ha. the following to.
.ay.
when Goo mou employed n lha MA
chime shops 1f The Santa De 20 th.s
DIty reported Zoo work th.a morning.
fhoy we're told 100 tho office where
thoy called f1r their blogFs that the
shops wore closed Bud that thpy could
not be- admitted 90 thO buiIi.nr Na
.h.uIsta and their helpers i1 the
number of ihFiy b0.'ormakcrs and
.hoIr helpers ana others employees
To- me number of 100 were affected
hy This order ana were turned away
from tho block office 20 enter upon "a
vacation OF very indefinite length
Many of me mon had come with thoIr
buckets containing tholr monday
uneh and none srrmcd f0 He OK
nrr'Irr q unvo nf fhie character ou
tho part uf inc nlwty company
Turned away frrm me shops IhD mon
came 900 town uuI assembled In
groups at different places and talked
fhp matter over
committee of m1cB.u.sf aagD
t1a roportpfor lho Kansas the, side
NJ the question ttlJ morning They
arc uo. insisting upon tho CLOSED
hop condition ON thD Santa De-.
They have not asked that the mon.
union mon be denied the right of om.
nloymout On tho shops Thoy have
not asked tho company iu tho now
agreement one thing thrt was not
sraniod On the old agreement 0r ln
agreements Iu force Hf other timos in
The history OF Goo road Among the
things r., whish they arc contondlng
are more sanitary shops that thcy
may labor IN surroundings more
hoalthful than these now existing. lt
would seem the maChInist8 say az N
The road has been expecting strike
from tho start JOS thoy began 10 pre-
pare Tor trouble after the frs, con.
ference
Tho tompsny's Fido OF the PROPOSE
ton Is Foi forth In the following cir
cuiar,
First. inability or the officers oil
your organization to- control lts men.
aa evidenced la two important cases
n the experience OF This company in
Tho last two years. second the attl
iude of tho representative OF your or.
FanlEation in prosoiytinE among en-
ployos of this company during the
past nine months during which time
llttle was Gaid aud then only for ~
foct regarding the interests of this
road and much was said touching
upon tho entire pmcticahIlIty OF de-
str1yiug the CompanyH property. in|
case it failed 20 agree 90 the cond.
lions that were 90 be- prescribed
third because of the fact that the
shops OF thls e. stem must and shall
ho open in the true sense of the
word not only io union men. but 60
any artisan who can and will faith
fully and skillully DO hls part ln the
work incident 90 tho mechanical opC
ration ofsthe road The officers OF
this company do not feel that its ia.
forests would be- served by entering
into an agreement with an OFganlza.
tlon which has never been helpful On
any way; which publishes with con.
siderable regularity lGticoa 10 machn
lsts belonging 20 tho order 20 keep
away from tho road. which has
through its accredited Representatives
during tho past nine months adyo.
Gated doctrines proludlclal alike 20
tie interests and those of the mon
employed Boy it Tho company viii
guarantee 90 al workmon that are
now or may hereafter be employed
by a. fair compensation absolutely
Just treatment and advancement, On
accordance with their loyalty 10 lts IN.
forests, ana their individual capablli.
tics u reserves the ught-vhIch ls
the natural and inalienablo proroga.
tive OF an omployor-to Judge OF the
capabilities OF its mou and their
worth. according 90 the standard Of
wages which may be obtained from
time 90 time"