The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-02
STRIKE ON KATY.
Continued from Page one.)

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The depots at Kansas City Junction
Windsor and LaDue were locked and ii
became necessary for the officials tc
break them open in order to send or
derS- An operator was carried on
the Worlds Fair Special and it was
from the closed offices. The sec
ton men were left in charge of the
depots after they had been broken
open by the railroad trainmen.
This is division point on the
| Katy and it is said practically all
the operators between this place and
i Parsons, Kas., and Sedalia are out.
The men demanded an increase in
wages and it is said refusal to &C
cede to the demand caused the strike.
Before they quit work the men
turned the boards on all trains and
locked the stations. The agents Joined
with the regular operators in the
strike. There is no trouble here.
At Parsons.
Parsons, Kas., Aug. promptly at
o'clock Monday afternoon every tel
egraph operator employed by the
Katy at this place quit work and
walked out 1t is said that all oper-
ators on the system are out. The
only means of communication is by
the Frisco lines or long distance tele-
phone
Clinton, Mo, Aug. 2.-The Missouri,
Kansas & Texas railroad telegraph
operators left their keys at 4 o'clock
Monday. The local station agent T.
M. Roberts, who has occupied that
position twenty years, is handling the
wires here. The agent and operator
Michaelis, at Calhoun also refused to
quit At Windsor and Kansas City
and operators quit their posts and
locked the depots.
AT South McAlester.
South McAlester, I. T., Aug. 2.-Al
telegraph operators on the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas railway system in the
Indian Territory struck at o'clock
Monday afternoon. Each operator was
called up and asked to check himself
out The strike is for an increase in
wages, for both day and night oper-
ators and managers of telegraph lines
at terminals. At Muskogee, DUrant,
Atoka and Denison non-union men
were waiting to take the places va
Gated Other operators are being hur-
ried to points now vacant. Trains are
running, but very slowly.
At Dallas.
Dallas. Tex, Aug. 2.-Members of
the Order of Railroad Telegraphers
o'clock in obedience to an order for
strike of all the telegraphers em5-
ployed on the Missouri, Kansas<&
Texas railroad system. The number
of men engaged in the strike could not
be ascertained.
At the Office of Superintedent Nc
Dowell it was said that no interrupt
ton in service was anticipated.
The order for the strike seems to
have been unexpected by the local
order of Railway Telegraphers men,
but it is said that it is the elimination
of a disagreement, begun about six
months ago. The wage schedule is
said to be one subject of disagreement
and pay for overtime and shorter
hours are other matters which require
adjustment The promotion accord
ing to seniority of telegraphers to be
station agents is also demanded by the
strikers
At Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma City, Aug. All tele-
graph operators on the Katy system.
in Indian Territory went on strike
Monday afternoon for an increase in
wages. At Muskogee, Durant, Atoka
and Denison nonunion men were wait
ing to take their places, and other
operators are being hurried to sta
tons along the line. Trains are be-
ing moved very slowly.
At EmpOria.
Emporia, Kan, Aug. EVERY
telegraph operator and all except two
agents on the Neosho branch of the
Katy railway sysbem struck Monday
afternoon at 4 o'clock in compliance
with the general order of the Order
of Railroad Telegra pliers.
Previous to this there had been no
talk of a strike among operators along
the line, and many who struck do not
understand clearly what the strike
was called for. The order affects 20
men on this division.
Tamper With the Wires
st. Louis. Mo, Aug. 2.-"There has
been no interruption to speak of in
train service as the result of the strike
of telegraph operators on our sys-
tenn said Vice President and General
Manager Allen of the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas railroad today
Less than one-third of the 1880
men employed as station agents and
telegraph operators at the smaller
way stations have quit work, but their
places are being rapidly filed. We
would hardly know that there is a
strike if the men who went out would
stay away from the stations and stop
tampering with the wires.
THE men some time ago asked for
an advance in salaries and changes
in rules that would have cost the COM
pany at least $4,000 a year addi- |
tional, which we could not pay We
offered the men certain advances, ag-
probably $4,000 a year"
Train Orders by Telephone.
Waco, Tex. Aug. MANY small |
stations on the Missouri, Kansas & |
Texas where operators act as agents |
have been closed. The management |
of the railroad claims to be running |
trains practically on schedule time |
using long distance telephones in |
train orders. All trains |
left here on time today. The local |
strike leaders say they are satisfied |
with the situation.