Bisbee daily review., 1904-05-24
General s::aaaager Nudge Comments. On the
 Strike ANTICIPATED THE STRIKE OF THE MAcHiKIsTs AND HAD BEEN HOLDING MEN ON PAY FOR MONTHS TO
 FAKE STRIKERS
 PLACES.

Ot.icfai MdulSST MuuSt CT tue soai.- Ia FNe. whose has been the master hand in the direction for his roaS of the Elachinists' strike. which is at presen; on. is in Fl Paso. With that farseeing anticipation, born of per feet knowledge Of the conditions sur rounding the men and road which he controls. Mir. Nudge has for months foreseen the approaching machinists' strike. and has. with this knowledge of the approaching general walkout. adhered 10 the old maxim. Tn time ot peace, prepare for war"
 When it came, therefore, 1t found Ar. Nudge and the Santa Fe fully equipped with men to step in and take the places of the men who laid down their tools and asked fer more pay and 6 changed condition.
 l. is estimated that the Santa Fe has been holding in readiness and pay ing them for their time over 100 ma ehinisss who were capable to take the strikers places when they went out Of course. this has cost the company a loi of money, but in the end it has proved very profitable investment if. a. is positively asserted from all railroad quarters, the machinists have los, their strike.
 When a strike occurs it costs the strikers money and time; it costs the railroads money in lost freight bust ness and in loss to their rolling stock, which goes to ruin, but in this case the railroad company asserts that t has lost comparatively little in either They had their men, they say, and as soon as the first shop went out the company began to recruit new men and the Cues which it had on hand were shipped to the striking shops and put to work. The result IS abvieHs. The strikers only hope 70 win Q strike is 10 prevent men from from taking their places. either by persuasion or force These tactics have been blocked by the courts in all the states and territories where the strikes have occurred by means of injunctions and as a result the rail road men have lost their strike ac- cording to railroad men.
 The machinists make a different as sertion They say that while it is true that the railroad company has shipped in shopful of men to every shop when the men are out on T strike. none or few of these are ma ehiniSts. At Albuquerque, they as sert that while the railroad men have man in the shop for every man that is cut, there are not more than three machinists, the balance are bricklay- CTS and carpenters who are put there by the road to bluff the men back to work. The road claims that men are asking to be taken back; the machin- ists assert that rot one union man has ever backed down. All competent machinists, they assert. belong 10 the union and should the railroad sue ceed in getting full complement oi machinists. which is impossible, they would soon ruin the engines by their incompetent repairs.
 Mir. Nudge yesterday said that the strike was over ano that the men who went out in the strike were every day asking to be taken back Many of them, he said, had to be turned away. but when the men are needed and come as individuals, regardless ol whether they are union or non-union men. they are taken back. but all can not get back for there is no place for tbem- Thus the matter stands and it will take time to decide who is right. -El Paso Times.