Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-02
THEY WERE MUCH SURPRISED,
officials Say They Had Information
That Strike Was Coming
And Anticipated 1t
THREE BIG STRIKES IN CHICAGO.
Over Six Thousand Wage Farmers Are
Idle $3.50 Waterbury Carpenters and
Schenectady Tlnsmiths Strike

Topeka, Kan, May To-day, for the
first time in years the big Santa Fee
shop whistle Is silent, and the 9,OOo
Topeka shopmen vino appeared for
work this morning found the big gates
closed and barred Learning that Il
strike Of the machlnists had been or
dered Tor o'clock this morning, tho
Santa Fee officials anticipated the move
by closing down the shops here, and at
every other shop town on the Santa
Zee syapem from Chicago 20 Albu-
querGue. It IS estimated chat nearly
10000 men are affected.
In the Topeka shops 25O machnists
aye employed. OF this number about
400 are members OF the A2fernatlonal
Association OF MachInists. gne others
are Non-dnion men, Cor ;he sa,ta Fc
has been running What Is Known as an
open shop." no distinction being made
between union and non-union men.
ON March 90 the International Assoc
citation Of Machinsts :ubmIttcd list
Of 20 rules which they desired the Santa
Te TO contract to observe In the man
agcment Of IS rachine shops, The
officials claim that this would be a
recognition Of the union and would
practically unioni2e The shops, and take
them out IRON Under the control uf the
CON, any II rejected the demands for
a contract The Santa BE tas sent 400
non-unon nachinists 20 the coast ines,
and claims 70 nave tlcd al vacancies
ard to have no further reed Of men on
that part Of the Gy;!cm,
I'm spite Of the protests Of The strive
leaders, Il is claimed that an attempt
would be made Sunday 20 disable two
Santa Re engines az Arkansas city.
General Manager Nudge said ais
morning. we are advised that some
one nut emery ana steel ling into two
locomotives al Arkansas CRY Sunday
for the purpose Of .njuring the working
parts Of the machinery II vas dis
covered what Nad been done before thu
engines went out and so no damage
resulted.
This Is the only attempted violence
which mas heen reported 90 az. There'
are no disturbances reported
Mir. Nudge m his statement sets
| forth very clearly he reasons .or the
| LOCKOUT. THE company was unable TO
| keep oUt the mnch'nists and let In the
| other workbench, and ior that reason all
| the shops we're closed, The lockout
order was signed ~ A. Lowell, 1t does
| not AFFECT the car shop men or the
| roundhOuse mon except at Topeka, Here
| the car shops and youn lh0use are In
| aide the yard tence, and 1t was neces"
! sary 10 include everything inside the
/ fence I'm the lockout order.
J. d. Buckalew, third vice ~resde'is
| OF The International Association of Ma
| chmists, who Is in charge Of the strike
| situation i'm Topeka for the union gave
out the following statement:
yes, we called out All the men on
| all the lines of the Santa Zee railroad
! this morning at o'clock, and as Ear az
l know II IL a success. | regretted very
much 10 do IT, but the order came from
Headquarters and we have To obey
Chicago. May 2-Mlachinists IN two
shops of the AtChison, Topeka & Santa
! Fc railroad today obcyed a strike order
| said 10 have emanated from Washing
| ton only few machinists are en-
pleyed In the Chicago shops
THOUSANDS OUT IL CHICAGO,
Chicago. May 2--Throe strikes and
one lockout became effective here to-
d9y and IN consequence GOO wage
earncrs are idle. Picture frame maxi
crs employed i'm six factories TO the
| number Of 100 struck ana 4OoQ Dot
| and shoe makera, employees Of open
mnnufac turcrs, were locked out one
| hundred tcamsters Of the Union Line
| company ana the Ar:esian Limo com.
! pany refused TO work because denied
! an Increase OF 80 cents a week. Nine
baking concerns were tied up by the
strike OF 400 men, the firms refusing TO
grant CLOSED shops" Still another
strike Is in prospect members OF the
| Machin.sts' union empoycdin 300 SHOPS
| throughout the city having voted TO
demand an Increase OF L. cents an
hour ..,
Boston, April Tho principal dlhl'
| Guilty 10 occur on May day IN New
| England was the strike O.. more than
1900 bakers In this city and nearby
| places including Cambridge, Sym Sa-
| lem, Brockton, Abingdon, Rockland.
stoughton North Easton, weymouth,
south Weymouth ana Bridgewater. Tho
strike was caused By the refusal OF the
master bakers TO sign new scale call
ing for n 60-hour week hnd $40 weekly
for second hands and SIS FOR forcncn.
| Tho larger hotels and restaurants are
not affected by the strike,
Among other troubles are those CauS-
ed by the demand oi 400 carpenters IN
Springfield and Chlcppee Tor an In
crease Of 80 cents a day. There were
| minor strikes In the building undes IN
other places, hut In New England ne a
whole the number OF men IN voluntary
idleness "a smaller this year than usual
WATERBURY CARPENTERS
STRIKE,
waterbury. Conn. Mry "A gesernl
| strike OF an Tie union carrfnt,rs IN
| thg city. numbering 400. beEln today.
! Tho carpenters demand q mluWu'r
rate OF $3.50 per day. in place q the
$3.50 now paid.
TINsNurHG GO CUT.
schrectady y w. May 1.-The mem
bars OF tn, T'insmitns' and the Goa
| Unndlnrg' unions numbering in all
about 300 men, went out qs the resul
Of the refusal 90 employers 10 grant an
increase Of v&sis,