The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-09

committee had waited on the officials,
on or about August IA, they gave him
to understand that they would not go
out on any sympathetic movement
nected with the Santa F'e system; that
nobody helped them and they were for
themselves, unfortunately. He said, he
believed the boilermakerS were true to
their statement; but, in a short time, he
saw that they were not loyal and would
not tell the truth but on the last siege
he was prepared for all emergencies
While Brothers Donohue and Hyler
were going over the system organizing,
they were hiring men to take our places
any time that our members laid down
their tools and went out.
1t seems strange to me that the Infof-
each and every lodge on the Santa Fe
system, that the officials know every
transaction, know all the correspondence
and everything that takes place IN the
organization. You surely must have
some traitors in your ranks, as he has
word for word for everything we send
out of this office, every word that any
members say, all transactions OF meet
ings. special meetings or anything per-
tanning to this Brotherhood. He knows
it all up to the present date, where he
gets it, is a mystery to me.
Mr.. Kendrick stated plainly that no
man that had left the service of the
company, so long as he is on the Santa
Fe system, will ever procure position
on that road, and no union man if he
knows it. l shall never declare the
strike off nor be party to declare 1t
off on the Santa Fe 1 want to say
to the members of the Santa Fe system
that my advice is to get out and pro-
cure positions in other places, as this
organization is not able and viii not
maintain the numbers of men that is on
the Santa F'e system at the present
time 1 do not say that the strike is
lost, but l do say that we want the
members to plainly understand that we
are in no position whatever to finance
this trouble in the face of the state
ments that were made to Brother
Fitzgerald and myself. The only chance
that 1 can see of ever winning this bat
tie is when we can get the men VINO
are now taking our places to leave the
service of the company and become
members of this organization. 1t mas
never appeared to me that we are get
ting direct information from the sub
ordinate lodges in regard to the conol-
tiOnS of the Santa Fe motive power
Those bulletins that were sent out do
not compare with the existing condi-
tiOnS of the road at the present time
They are coming and going apparently
with as much ease as they did before
our organization left the service of the
company.
1 can not see our way clear to carry
this big strike roll. The council VIII
meet here the 10th day of August, this
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action will be binding.
My recommendation to the memb bers
is to go to other places and procure
employment, as there is lots of work
in the different parts of the country,
all there is to do is to go out and hunt
it up. We are in no condition what
ever to carry the enormous strike roll
that is on the Santa Fe at this time,
likewise the same will have to be done
on the Erie.
1t has been the desire of the mem
bers of the Santa Fe system that |
meet Mr.. Kendrick. / have done so. /
have given you his report the same as
he gave it to me, what he intends to
do and what he will do. Now it is up
to the men to go out and procure en-
carry the number of men on the
strike roll that is on it, and the men
must not look for it.
This embargo on the Santa Fe shall
never be raised until we will be able to
procure a contract for this organiZa- |
ton. 1t is up to the men to get out
and procure positions; two men are
enough to look after the correspond |
ence and work to get these men to |
leave the service of the company, if
possible organize them, it will do no
good to get them out of the shop and |
have them go to others on the system. |
Hoping the members will look at
this in the right spirit, consider it care |
fully and give the organization their |
best efforts in helping to assist in get
ting these men off the Santa Fe sys-
TEN.
The strike on the Santa Fe will not |
be declared off until there is contract |
procured for our members or protec- |
ton given them. With best wishes, |
remain,
Fraternally yours,
GEO. F. DUNN, Grand Pres.-Org.