The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-03
SANTA FE SHOPS
ARE CLOSED
Action of Machinists Anticipated
BY The Road.
STRIKE OF BOSTON BAKERS
LABOR TROUBLES IN OTHER
BRANCHES OF TRADE.

Topeka. May To-day. for the first
time in years, the big santa Fe's shop
whistle is silent and the 1900 Topeka
shipment who appeared for work this
morning found the big gates closed and
barred. Learning that a strike of the
machinists had been ordered for
o'clock this morning, the Santa Fe Of
fiCials anticipated the move by closing
down the shops here. and at every other
shop town on the Santa Fe system from
Chicago to Albuquerque 1t is esti-
mated that nearly 10000 men are af-
fected
In the Topeka shops $50 maChinists
are employed. OF this number about 100
are members Of the International AS
ISOLATION of Machinists. The others
are nOn-uniOn men, for the Santa Fe
has been running what is known as an
open shop" no distinction being made
between union and nOn-union men.
Had Twenty Rules.
On March 23rd the international AS
ISOLATION of Machinists submitted
list of twenty rules which they desired
the Santa Fe to contract to observe III
the management of its machine shops.
The officials claim that this would be
recognition of the union and would
them out from under control OF the
company. 1t rejected the demands Tor
a contract The Santa Fe has sent 4O0
non-union machinists to the coast lines,
and claims to have filled all vacancies
and to have no further need or men on
that part OF the system.
In E9ite of the protests Of the STRIKE
leaders. it is claimed that an attempt
would be made Sunday to disable two
Santa Fe engines at Arkansas CITY.
General Manager Nudge said TINS
morning: we are advised that some
one put emery and steel filings into Two
locomotives in Arkansas City sunday
for the purpose of injuring the working
parts of the machinery. II was MS
covered what had been done before the
engines went out and so no Damage
resulted.
This is the only attempted violence
which has been reported to us. There
are no disturbances reported.
Reasons for the Lockout.
Mr.. Nudge in his statement sets
forth very clearly the reasons
for. the lockout. The company
was unable to keep out the ma
chinists and let in the other workmen,
and for that reason all the shops We're
by A. Lowell. Il does not affect the
car shop men or the round house men,
except at Topeka. Here the ear shops
and round houses are inside the yard
fence. and it was necessary to include
everything inside the fence in the lock
out order.
]. ID. BuckaIew, third vice president
of the International Association Of Ma
chinists. who is in charge of the strike
situation i'm Topeka for the union, gave
out the following statement:
Eyes, We called out all the men on
all the lines of the Santa Fe railroad
this morning at 9 O'Clock and as Tar az
J. know Il is a success. i regretted. VerEsi
much TO do it, but the order came from
headquarters and we have to obey
Los Angeles, Cal. May 2.-The in
junction order which was issued by
Judge WelIbOrn of the United States
district court last Saturday against
the striking Santa Fe machiuists re-
strai ming them from i'm any way inter
fering with the Santa F'c service is be-
ing served on the men personally to-
day by United States Marshal Osborn
and his deputies The names of l49
strikers are included i'm the order,
about 110. of whom are at san BernaT-
dino and the remainder at Needles and
BarstOw.
The places of the four machinists in
this city who obeyed the strike order
Of last Saturday have been filed, ac-
cording to statements made at the local
Santa Fe Offices. General Manager
Wells Of the southern California di-
vision stated today that the general
strike situation was quiet and with the
large force Of peace officers employed
by the company at each of the affect
cd points no trouble was anticipated
He also stated that the company is eX-
periencing no difficulty in films the
places Of the strikers. so far the appii-
cations for employment being create
than the company's requirements.
Pueblo. Colo, May Judge Walter
y. Dixon, in the district court this aft
ernOOn. issued an order restraining the
machiuists Of the Santa Fe railroad at
Denver, Pueblo. La Junta and Triui-
dad from going on strike. No men had
gone out here and only a few had
Obeyed the strike order at La Junta.
Chicago. May 2-Machinists i'm two
shops of the Atchison, Topeka G. Santa
Fc railroad today obeyed a strike order
said to have emanated from Washing
ton. Only q few machinists are en-
ployed in the Chicago shops.
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