The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-07
RAILROAD NEWS.
Tent City Abandoned at San
Bernardino.
Santa Fe Strike Breakers Now
Live at Boarding Houses.
SITUATION is QUIET.
Santa Fe Said to Have COrraIled
Big Shipments.
Repair Work Will Keep Shops
Busy Day and Night.

The tent city inside the stockade
around the railway shops of the Santa
Fe railway at San Bernardino has been
abandoned and all the men employed
by the Santa F'e at that city are now
living and boarding about the city.
The tent city is now only a matter of
history. The strike situation has set
tied down at San Bernardfno and the
place is quiet. The strike breakers
have not been molested to any great
extent lately and the railway officials
do not anticipate trouble.
The San Bernardino Sun says:
The officials of the company are
greatly pleased with the success of the
move to date, and earnestly hope the
new men will feel that they wish to
make their permanent homes here. as
they can but be for the good of San
Bernardino from a financial stand
point
The company officials admit they
have some undesirable men in the
large number they have brought here,
men who would not make decent citi-
Zens anywhere. but state that as fast
as these are found out they are dis
charged and gotten out of town as rap
idly as possible.
1t is stated that fully % of this class
of undesirable characters have been
discharged this week. because the COM
the city. Fully as many more of the
men who did not care to remain here
longer have quit this week Outside
sources place the number of men who
have departed the last seven days as
much higher than the above figures,
but the officials insist il is not more
than so of all classes.
AS to the stockade itself, it will re-
main proba bly, for some time, as the
officials state they do not intend tear
ing it down soon. as such a move would
give any one with evil inclinations OPP
portunity to gain access to the shops at
any time. The guards will be main
tanned for some days yet. but not
great deal longer in all probability
Each night now at o'clock the army
Of shop men can be seen filing out OF
the yards and through the city to THEIR /
various boarding places, which looks
good to the business men OF San Ber- |
lardino.
There were no more men laid off this /
morning, all the shopmen appearing for |
heir blocks as usual, and il is the be- /
ief of the officials that the new force /
las now settled permanently here 1t IS 4
estimated that there are about $50 men 1
Employed in the iron working depart /
nents and a still larger force will be
Employed either the middle of October |
" the first week in November, the
company preparing for an unusually
,usy time this winter, when travel VIII
,e heavy from the east, and freight
raff1c will perhaps be more than dou-
lied, not counting the fruit shipments
1t is stated that the Santa Fe has
,een able to corner some heavy fruit
ontracts and that over half of the |
itrus fruit for the holiday trade viii
20 over that line. In anticipation OF
. heavy business refrigerator cars Dy
he hundreds will be centered at this
,oint. where all the repair work Will
,e done, taxing to its utmost the Ia
ilities of the new repair tracks that
AVE been laid east of the coach house
The turning loose of several hundred
mechanics had it's effect last night on
business interests. merchants generally
loticing the large number of addition
i sales. Not for many months have
he streets been so crowded with Santa
Te employees. but though the new men
we're everywhere no disorders occurred
The stockade about the shops will not
,e torn down. il being the intention of
he company to make that a permaFlent
lany's property from thieves and van
als.
Yesterday the Santa F'e's tent city in
he stockade was fading away like an
ICEBERG before a tropical sun, and when
he hour of sunset came last evening
lot a tent was in sight, except the big
ness tent, which Will come down this
morning. The boarding feature has
zen entirely shut down.
Thus this famous feature of the great
trike has passed into history. and
Kings seem to be settling down to a
uiet basis about the shops. which are
ow running regularly, both day and
light.
The inside force of guards at the
hops has all been dismissed. and only
hose at the depot grounds and stock
de gates remain 1t is probable guards
-ilI be kept at the gates for some time. |
4 fact it may become permanent fed-l