The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17
kENDRICK HERE
Vice President of Santa Fe in
Topeka.
Says That the Strike Isn't
Worrying Company.
MOUINN nINnm AnnNN
MOVING RIGHT ALONG
Full Quota of Men at Work in
Shops.
Trouble in the West Includes
All Boilermakers.

Third Vice President J. w. Kendrick
of the Santa F'e Railroad company,
reached Topeka today in his private car
attached to train No. s. His car was
cutoff from the regular train here and
attached to a special train composed
of an engine and the private car of
General Manager II. U. Nudge. The
special left Topeka at 1:30. Mr.. Nudge
announced that he was making trip
of inspection over the lines west and
that he intended attending a meeting
of the union depot directors at Ell Paso,
Texas.
Mr.. Kendrick told reporter for the
State Journal that there is no special
significance in his trip west at this
time. I am just going out to Color
ado to have a look over the lines and
see how the crops are doing" he said.
We are about to begin improvements
of our shops at La Junta and will stop
there a little while and will return east
going through Topeka tomorrow night"
According to Mr.. Kendrick the strike
situation is not now the most import
ant thing occupying the attention of
the Santa Fe officials
Everything is now quiet" he said.
We are suffering no Inconvenience
and our work is moving along as
though we had not just experienced a
strike. There isn't much that 1 can
say to you There seem to be no new
developments. Our shops have their
fulI quota of men or practically so, and
there you have all there is to say about
Are you anticipating a sympathetic
strike of the boilermakers on the San
ia F.e system proper?" was asked of
Mr.. Kendrick.
why, no. he replied. There is
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any trouble of this nature. They have
no grievance. In fact the strikers did
not have any grievance at all. Why in
Colorado We were paying the machin-
lists from twenty to sixty-five cents a.
day more than other machinists were
getting in that territory.
1t was simply an effort on the part
of the strike leaders and strikers to
company in regard to whom they
should employ as machinists and who
would be placed in charge of the shops
as foremen. 1t was a condition that
we could not and would not tolerate
or accede to. That is all"
Travelling on the special train with
Mr.. Kendrick and Mr.. Nudge are a
number of other officials of the road.
G. J. Devlin was on Mr.. Hendricks
private car but got off at Topeka.
Machinists at Work.
One hundred and 90 machinists were
at work in the shops at Topeka this
morning according to a statement made
to reporter for the State Journal to-
day by Mr.. H. U. Nudge, general man
ager of the Santa Fe.
This is larger number of men than
the average number employed by the
company at this point before the
about $50 men employed at the time of
the strike.
I'VE are experiencing no annoyance
now. Everything is working along
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to emphasize the fact that strike is
on
J. D. Buckalew, the leader of the
striking machinists, had not returned
to Topeka up to noon today ard the
men seem to be without a leader They
seem to making no moves and every
thing is quiet. There have been no
| demonstrations of lawlessness and no
indications at the present time that
there will be any violence demonstra-
ted.
The boilermakers at this point have
not struck and there are no reports that
it is probable that they will strike at
any of the shops of the Santa Fe sys-
tenn proper at the present time.
BoiIermakcrs Out in West.
Dispatches from Los Angeles state
that all the boilermakers employees in
the shops OF the coast lines of the San
ia Fe are out on a sympathetic strike.
All the places have been filled now
ever, it is stated by Santa Fe officials.
Inc coast lines are not under the di-
rect jurisdiction of Mr.. Nudge, general
manager of the Santa Fe, but he is ac-
quainted with the situation there He
said this morning: The principal
shops on the coast line at San Berna-
4 dino and Albuquerque are running
with a full force of boilernakers. The
| places of the strikers have been filled
and the company is suffering no an
noyance whatever. The places vacated
! by the strikers in the other shops have
also been filed. At Bakersfield and at
Los Angeles the men did not strike but
remained at, work.
General Manager Wells said in an
| interview last evening:
we have applications from many
places from boilermakers and others
wishing work. We are filling vacancies
as rapidly as we can get men to the
places where we are short. This has
been no trouble SO far and We expect
none.
It was announced by the strikers
that they are to receive wages
while out and this will do away with
any reason for returning to work.
They say they propose to make a fight
, without lawlessness.