The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-09
President Ripley Leaves Cali
fOrnia for Chicago.
EndeaV0r to Reassure Union
LabOrers on Santa Fe.
FIGHT IN A SALOON.
Union and NOnuniOn Men Clash
at San Bernardino.
News About Progress of Strike
on Coast Lines.

Los Angeles, Cal. May 9.-President
Ripley, who arrived in the city today
from Santa Barbara. said there was
nothing new to add to the statements
made by subordinates regarding the
cause of the present strike. Mr. Rip
ley will leave in a few days for San
Francisco, en- route to his home IN
Chicago, after a winter vacation at
Santa Barbara that has covered a
period of more than two months.
According to San Bernardino advices,
there was a clash Sunday night be-
tween non-union employees of the San
ia Fe shops and the union boilermak-
ers. and one of the former. Henry
Patton, was roughly handled. The po-
lice arrested several of the combatants,
all of whom were discharged, after be-
ing severely reprimanded by the city
recorder From the testimony at the
hearing, it appears the new men were
the aggressOrs, having loudly paraded
the fact that they were assisting to
break the strike. Though the saloon
where the encounter occurred was full
of mechanics, only one of the union
men was a principal in the fight, the
others who were implicated merely
endeavoring to drag this one away.
To throttle the feeling that the pres
ent mechanics strike is the entering
wedge in a well-conceived plan to Grip
pie all labor organizations seriously,
IS a task to which the management OF
the Santa Fe, headed by President
RipIey has set itself. And upon the
result may depend whether or not the
present trouble on the system will
spread to other branches of the com
pany's service.
While the Los Angeles headquarters
of the company will not discuss the
subject for publication, it is known
here that repeated attempts have been
made by leaders in the machinists
strike to impress on the minds of other
employees that the company is deter
mined to crush. out all unions on the
system and that the present trouble is
the beginning of such conflict. This
argument has been successfully uSeo
so far only at Albuquerque, where the
boilermakers were prevailed upon to
jOia the machiniStS in a sympathetic
strike for the reason stated. 1t IS not
believed similar attempt Will succeed
anywhere else but the company is pre-
pared for any contingency that may
arise.
Manager Wells and Third Vice Pres
ident Kendrick have cOntended from
the beginning that the Santa Fe had
no fight against any union and en-
ployes will not be molested so long as
they obey the company's rules and per
init the mana cement to conduct its
business as it's officers deem proper.
Labor organizations have C\en firmly
entrenched on the Santa Fe for years
company only reserves the right not
to be compelled to force any employe
to become affiliated with an organlza-
ton. This was explained today as be-
ing the company's position, and one
from which it will not recede-
Santa Fe Starts Laundry.
San Bernardino, Cal, May o.
Owing to the fact that the Santa Fe
has been unable to get the local
Iaundries to do the work for the men
10 i'm
nediately install a laundry of its own.
This announcement was made by the
officials, who state that the machinery
win soon arrive.
The Albuquerque bOilermakers who
arrived here several days ago to hold
a conference with the local boiler
makers left last night for their home.
Several conferences have been held
but it is understood that the local
boilermakers Will not go out unless
non-union men are put in their midst.
The local machinist strikers today
installed a job printing press in their
hall and will hereafter do their own
printing of circulars and letters. The
press is secondhand piece of ma
chinery.
Albuquerque. n. NJ, Nav 9.-The
cooks at the stockade struck and the
nOn-union men, all in a body, were
marched up to the Harvey eating
house and given breakfast. The strike
was fixed up by noon, and the men
now eat at the stOckade cars.
Strikers Were ObIiging.
San Bernardino, Cal, May 81. S.
Marshal H. z. Osborne and Deputy
Marshal w. L Traeger arrived here
from Los Angeles. bringing over 100
restraining orders. Marshal Osborne
came expecting to have hard days
work locating the men and serving
the papers on them. In this he was
pleasantly disappointed, for upon
stating his business to President Wolff
of the local lodge that official invited
the marshal and deputy to the union
hail. where the men were called into
session and the papers served upon
them en- masse. Which, by the way,
is an illustration of the peaceable and
buSlnesslike manner the machinists
expect to conduct their fight.
Asked Sheriff to Help.
A Bakersfield. Cal, dispatch says:
Seven machinists employed in the
Santa F'e shops at this point have
walked out obedient to a general
strike order from the union head
quarters. The remainder of the force
continued at work. The men request
ed the sheriff to take action and pre-
vent violence to the company's prom
erty by irresponsible parties They
declared that their intentions We're 10
keep away from the premises
Orange Cars Sidetracl<ed.
Needles Cal. May 9.-The strike
situation is growing worse. Machin-