The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-28
Is CERTAIN
Local Railroad Men Arrive at
This Point.
Albuquerque Machinists and
Helpers Walk Out.
NON UNION WORKERS.
They Are Being Used by the
Company.
Topeka Strike Will Occur Be-
fore End of Month.

Albuquerque, N. NJ, April 2S.-sixty-
five machinists, helpers and handy men
employed at the Santa FTe shops, have
struck because the company put to
work 26 nonunion machinists. Although
a large force of armed guards patrol
the company's property, its services 90
not appear to be required.
1t is reported that steam filters. boil
ermakers and blacksmiths to the num-
Der of rs will also quit work.
H. U. Nudge, general manager for
the Santa Fe, said today that, al
though the officials of the road were
hoping that the trouble with the Inter
national Association of Machinists had
blown over, a strike seemed inevita-
Bile. This opinion is entertained not
only by Mr.. Nudge but by other Off
cials who are in close touch with the
situation. Even the machinists say
that a strike is coming soon and in
view of the fact that men have al
ready gone out at Point Richmond.
San Bernardino and Albuquerque, this
opinion seems reasonable.
LAS the situation now stands" said
one machinist today. trouble is ine-
vitabIe. A strike is the only thing that
can relieve the strain. The men are
still holding to their demands and as
the company has refused fatty to lis
ten to them there seems nothing left
for US to do but strike or take water.
The latter we will not do and that
leaves no alternative but the former
A strike order has not yet been is
sued but it will come within the next
few days and the men in the Topeka
shops will walk out the last of the
month"
Mr.. Nudge Is Sorry.
Mr. Nudge, of the Santa Fe, ex-
pressed his regret that the men at
Albuquerque and San Bernardino had
seen fit to strike, but stated that the
company was prepared for 1t and
would eventually win.
.'The Albuquerui1e shops are not
under my supervision. said Mr..
Nudge but I understand that non
union men have been put to work at
that point as we'll as in California, and
that the union men have refused to
work with them. The shops at Albu-
querque and San Bernardino have
been short of men for some time, and
when an attempt was made to obtain
new men it was found that union men
refused to go to work, thinking that
a strike was coming and not wishing
to run the risk of being blacklisted.
It looked to the Santa Fe as If an at
tempt was being made on the part of
the union to keep men away from the
short of men Mr.. Kendrick decided to
employ non-uniOn men, and If the
union men struck to fill their places
with more of the same kind. Of
course there was a certain risk at
tached to the employment of these
men, but if the union was bound to
call a strike, it was thought better to
employ them now rather than after
wards
Non union men are employed in
the Topeka shops, are they not?" Mr.
Nudge was asked.
Yes, nearly half of the local ma
chinists are non-union men,
rs there any danger of the men at
this point going out because of that 2''
mo, not as much as at Albuquerque
and the other western shop points.
Up to the present time no non-union
men have worked in the Albuquerque
shops, and the employment of these
men was probably a bigger dose than
the unionists could swallow. The men
at Albuquerque have always been very
bitter against nOn-uniOn men, while
the grievance of the Topeka machin-
lists consists principally of a request
for a new set of rules and regulations
governing the shop
Word was received today from Gle
burne, Tex, to the effect that the men
at that point had struck. When asked
about the matter Mr.. Nudge said
that he had been notified that the men
We're preparing to strike, but when
last heard from were still at work.