Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-05-07
SANTAFE MACH|NISTS STRIKE
OVER 500 MEN HAVE ALREADY
QUIT THEIR JOBS.
President O'Conne1l of the Intsrna-
tiona1 Union Says the Men Are Ont
Because Men Have Been Prosecuted
by mpany-Vice President of the
Road Makes DeniaIs.

Washington, May 3-Over 500 ma
chinists and large number of allied
workers on the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad are reported out on
a strike. When the whole striking
strength is brought out, embracing not
only the machinists, but allied metal
mechanics, boilermakers, blacksmiths,
copper workers, helpers, ETC., the total
number involved, according to Presi-
dent O'Connell of the machinists'
union, may approximate between 10,-
600 and $4,000 men. The strike was
order on instructions from headquar-
tiers here after the men had voted unan
lmously in favor of the step. Word
from John Mulholland of Toledo, presi-
dent of the National Allied Metal
Mechanics, saying he had ordered his
men to go out with the machinists,
which means a sympathic strike, from
that quarter embracing probably 1000
men engaged in semiskilled labor in
the Santa Fe shops.
President O'Connell says that the ma
chinists are out all along the lines of
the road, 800 of them being now speci-
hcally reported out. The allied metal
mechanics, the boilermakers, ETC., in
practically all of the shops west of AL
buquerque also are reported out. Mr..
O'Connell says that the men are pre-
pared to continue the strike Indefinite
ly;that they were only asking the same
working agreement now in operation
on other roads and discontinuance of
the spotter and detective system which,
he said, is carried on by the company
to shameless degree.
The system, "he said, "is honey
combed with detectives and the men
are watched the moment they leave the
shops and marked black listed and dis
eliminated against if they protest their
sight to do as they please.
I'VE will not tolerate it Other
roads must keep their hands off in this
strike. The challenge has been thrown
down by the company defying us to
test of strength. We have done every
thing possibly to avoid trouble.
The men have been given strict
warnings against violence. Any mem
Der who enters into an encounter with
man put into ]eis place does SO with
out the advice otRnstruction of head
quarters and makes himself liable to
suspension and expulsion. We propose
to carry on the strike within the law.
Members who have been warned that
they must not be a party to vio-
lence Of any kind, but they have a
right to MAKE grievances known to any
one employed to take their places, but
to that extent only
Chicago, April 3.-Third Vice Presi
dent Kendrick of the Santa Fe says re-
gadring the machinists' strike
In view of the exaggerated state
ment that have been made regarding
the probable magnitude of the srike on
the Santa Fe system that has come
about by order of the executive officers
of the International Association of Ma
chinists it seems proper for me to say
that the full force of machinists' help
ers and apprentices, including nom
union men, employed January l of this
year on the system was only 1926.
The men on the cast lines numbering
over one-third of this class of labor en-
ployed by the Santa Fe, struck week
ago and their places have been fled"