Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-04
TEN HOUR
SCHEDULE.
Santa Fe Yields to Request Of
Men and Abandsns Eight
Hour Plan
SITUATION CLEARING
Not Now Believed ANY Strike
will Be Ordered From
Topeka
SITUATION CLEARING

It is with much satisfaction that the
readers of The Optic will learn that
the eight hour time schedule put into
effect q couple OF weeks ago has been
annuled and that beginning this morn
ing the men have gone back to the
ten hour schedule. The cut In time
and consequent wages, affected the
machinists in Albuquerque, in La
Junta, In Newton and Winslow and In
San Bernardino and in other parts OF
the west.
There wa a great deal Of dissatis-
faction when the order was given let
ting out a number of men altogether
and reducing the time of the others.
In Albuquerque, especially, there was
a good deal Of talk of a strike. How
ever. the question is now happily set
tied. as the company has conceded the
point ef time and it Is also believed the
shops III the west will 500 be recruit
ed to their maximum capacity. Evil
dence OF that fact is furnished by the
shops here. where several new men
were taken Iii the morning.
Word also comes from Topeka that
the difficulty there over the question
OF an open shop IL likely to he set
tied by agreement.
Nowhere on the line is there any dis
satisfaction with the wages paid. and
it is hoped that as a result ofsfhe dis
~cussions Of the last few weeks, there
will be accorded that will cause a bet,
ter understanding between employer
and employees and harmony for a long
time to come. Speaking for Las
Vegas, The Optic can say that in no
shops on the system can there be
found q more intelligent, Industrious
and conservative lot Of workmen than
can be found here. The men have
quietly attended to their knitting dur
ing all the strike talk, loyal to their
principles. but taking little part In the
discussions, and believing and hoping
that all differences would be settled
by arbitration.
shop Notes.
Engineers Milroy, Davis and Martin
are subject to the doctors orders.
Firemen Holmes, Hunt and Wiggens
are reported under the weather.
W. II. Jones, d boiler maker helper,
and Isaac Hurst, a skilled machinst,
were added TO the shop list today.
The s25 is in the smoky palace I'M
~dergoing necessary treatment.
Business both in the shops and on
this division is improving materially.
Telegraphphones have been installed
In all the cabooses on The +. +. &
Northeastern. BY this means com.
m%unication may be had in a few mo
ments with any station along the road.
s. a.. Il. Newton, long time fore
man OF the Albuquerque car shops,
with his wife passed through the city
Saturday afternoon on their way to
Port Stevens, Wis, and Marsailles, Ill,
to visit with their relatives. Mr.. New.
ton gives the information that he has
resigned from the service Of the Santa
Fe to accept a position as foreman q
the planning department Of the Albu-
querque lumber mills.
Ben Williams, the Santa Fe special
officer, was here yesterday.
The whole shop force Is quite busy
at Alamogordo, the traffic on the road
keeping everything running to its full
capacity.
The blacksmiths and blacksmith's
helpers at A~lamogordo have been Civ.
en- a raise. The blacksmiths now re
ceive $40, $3.50 and $3.50; the help.
ers. $3.50, $3.50 and $3.50.
An arrangement called a skim
mer," has been put In operation In
the stationary boilers At the Alamo
gordo. The skinner gathers the
foam and a certain amount Of Of the
sediment in the water, and this is
carried on BY a pipe. The necessity
of using compound has been obviated
and the condensed water Is now be-
ing used for drinking purposes.
Card Piaying Cut out.