The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-27
Wants His Former Associate
to Investigate.
THEY MADE CHARGES
Said He Was Employed as Santa
Fe Detective.
Tells Why He Opposed the.
Strike Movement.

D. H. Hallowell, who was formerly
secretary of the local lodge of machin-
lists before the time of the strike
against the Santa Fe railroad, is in
Topeka today.
Mr.. HaIloweI is here for the pur-
pose of forcing the leaders of the local
lodge to make an investigation of the
charges that he was employed by the
Santa Fe in secret service work at the
time of the strike.
1.-THE facts in the case are said Mr..
Hallowell to a reporter for the State
Journal today, ''that the charge that I
had accepted employment in the secret
service of the company were trumped
up by the leaders who wanted to get
me out of the way because 1 opposed
the movement for strike.
at have tried time after time to get
the leaders to make their charges in
open lodge. But they have not done
so. I want an investigation for the
reason that I know that charges of
that nature cannot be proven and
argued that it was but fair that the
charge.
las a matter of fact was one who
did not believe the fairy stories which
the leaders of the strike We're handing
out to the men along the Santa Fe. IN
the meetings of the Topeka lodge 1
opposed the strike movement. 1 con-
tended that when it came to strike
that the vice presidents and leaders OF
the strike should fare the same as the
men. If the men gave up their sal
aries and took 81 per week for actual
living expenses from the lodge, L
argued that ii was but fair that the
officers should do the same.
If such were the case there would
not be SO many strikes. The officers
still draw their high salaries and have
larger expense accounts during strikes
while the men at large go without.
when the leaders began their strike
movement here they began by telling
the men that they had the Santa Fe IN
a jug and all that was necessary was
to put the lid on. The leaders gave out
the information that they had the jobs
of several of the high officials of the
Santa Fe in their hands. and 1t was
as much as their jobs were worth TO
disobey the wishes of the officers of the
union.
Il did not believe any such fairy
stories and did not like to see others
taken in by such misrepresentatlon.
said Mr.. Hallowell. 80 whea my OPP
position became so strong they had to
take some method of getting me out OF
the way If they could. / could not sit
quietly by and let men of the caltbre
of the officers of the union dictate to
me what I should do.
But it is a fact that I did not en-
ter the secret service of the Santa he
company. ana chaHenSe any VI l1te
strike leaders to prove that did They
have not made the charge in open
meeting and could not prove it if they
did. but at the same time they try to
make it appear that such is the case.
Il do not care so far as the union
is concerned. This experience with the
union is all that 1 shall ever have.
came to the Santa Fe shops in Topeka
to get actual experience with certain
classes of machinery for the purpose
of helping me in my work of selling
machinery. 1 Joined the union in To-
peka and of course went out in the
strike. After the strike was begun
asked Mr.. Purcell. foreman of the
shops for another position and he told
me that 1 could never again work for
the Santa Fe. That ought to show
whether I was working in the secret
service of the company