Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-05-07

cd committee" which went 10 rope
ka In January.
A. tins conference the machlnlsts
received a Nat turn down and since
then the company has been sonding
out Information In pamphlet form
severely crlticizlns our grand lodge
officers and DOING many other things
t0 autagonlzo the machlniats. hui
Che machinlsis realize that cool
head In the time OF storm will bring
the ship EaIo % port Knowing this.
We have tried 20 conduct ourselves
accordingly and intend TO DO So oven
to tho end oft this trouble Aud We
wish Go nave ali OF our business
done in q huelncs8llkr oihod and
VIII not give ont informaton 90 tho
public which is not strictly reliable.
We make lhe above statement bc.
cause We feel ana believe chat We
have the public sentiment and 70 We
have not we believe % ls because
they DO not understand the situation
thoroughly our organization haze
louo Co ihe very limit 90 prevent
This strike and has suffered humiua.
t.ons ana criticisms offered boy tho
company officials Co mo- end.
ON che morning of April 26 tho
company marched in 90 new men Boz
Strand march form. lod by our Mas
tDr mechanic aud "a deputy sheriff
guarded by "a squad of deputies
These men were marched to the cen.
tcr of the shop anl halted. and then
were introduced 20 Tho various gang
foreman and were put 90 work along
side 1f our men. and when we be-.
KAN io inquire of them where they
came from. who they wore. etc, in
order that We ght know who We
we're working with and io further
know how much trust We could place
Iu them tfor mo- man wishes to place
nIs lIio and property in jeopardy. a.
one s yory liable 90 DO in such casosl
oven ihH ihg company objected t0
and informed several OF our mon %
thoy were DHurht el.ng u's they
would hD Immediately discharged.
Tho new men 900 NOT hesitate t0
ioII us. aud BOO nct they came to ua
and told us how tnCy came to Del
here and we're worry bitt.r 600 their rc
mafH about the way tbc company
deceived them hy telling them they
we're to come hero t1 work. 600 new
plant just finished uy thp Baldwin
/ locomotive Works Others informed
ust that tho company told thom ln
| l4o0alphl that there was scar
city of mechanics ONT here
HIrht here wo wIsh to rall the at
tsnt.0u of fhD public 90 the fact that
the company laid on q nrsi class ma
ch.nIsis and good citizens only last
month. about tho same time thoy
were hiring those men in PhIladol
/ nh.n and this alone ought to prov,
90 the public that tho officials are
m'sroprescutIng the true sltua ion OF
affairs We do not ,ieve that M
/ paOp'o of this community can Do
/ hoodViuksl Goo any such manner Tho
Truth of our statement ls demons
tratcd by the fact that over 90 o..
these new men came out whom W,
did ana many moro have left sine,
that time
to feel us th0ugh We have don,
an lu our power to avert this strike
but since the company mas forced u
upon us wo viii say that we wi.
dght 10 90 the end. using 900 thc loFa
and lawful methods 20 DO 90
We DO not intend % lniuro or dam
age the compa7ys property Ca ans
way and we expect 20 stay away
from the shops and keep on the prop
/ erty of the company as much ns pos
sibIC
We hope that should there be- com
p.ICatouF OF any kind arise from
| time 20 time that the public win mo-
form an opinion too hastily. bat Re
the facts ~ Tho case ana then con
slider them we'll
. lsimodD PRESS COMMITTEE