The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-17

] WaTa TUTOW
company had shown no discrimination
/ AGAINST employing man on the
ground that he belonged to the union.
/ But when we saw the tactics that
were being used to cause a strike OF
tbe men on the east end in sympathy
/ with the boilernakers who are out
on the west end, we then took steps
to weed out those who were not de-
sired and to protect the interests OF
! the company.
Hasn't Affected Work.
ct am Informed by Third Vice Presi-
! dent I w. Kendrick that the strike of
/ the machinists and botIermakers OF
/ the coast lines has not affected the
work of the company at those polIlts-
/ The. vacancies in the shops caused by
/ the loss of the union maehinists ana
I bOileruakers. have all been hlted, ana
Mr.. Kendrick tells me that the en-
/ gfnes of the coast lines are IN ad-
mira Bile condition ~.
| speaking in regard to TINS lhallsI
on the east end of the line, can only
saw that our engines are in first class
condition, and it is fact that tnefe
/ is a scarcity of work for the boiler
makers at this time on account OF q
sort of lull in the movement ol heaVy
I'VE do not anticipate any incon-
venience to result from this trouble,
and later when the work gradually
picks up we will have plenty OF men
I want to make one statement in
( regard TO the published reports that
the boilermakers base their strike on
the grounds that work is being done
/ in the Topeka shops for the coast ilIl'ss
/ which should be done in California
Most people are aware that When
the addition to the general shops a.
Topeka was recently made, machln-
cry was installed to do the work Tor
all parts of the system The machlp-
lists and the bOilermakers know this
also We have in the Topeka shop q
big hydraulic shaper for making the
hreboxes which are sent to the coast
lines It is the only machine of this
kind on the system and it is one OF
the biggest of the few machines of the
kind in the United States. 1 am told
that it is as large as the machine IN
use in the Baldwin Locomotive works
where upwards of two thousand en-
gines are built every year
This machine in the Topeka shop Is
idle a portion of the time because there
is not enough work on the system 10
keep it busy all the time. 1t is OBVIOUS
therefore that it would be absurd to in
stall three Of these machines on the
system, when their enormous expense is
taken into consideration.
IF the company did not own the ma
chine in the Topeka shop the freboxes
would doubtless be bought Of a factory
off the lines of the road, and the wages
paid out in the construction of the ma
chimes would be distributed in some
other section of the country.
Il do not anticipate that blacksmiths
will join in with the machinists and
boilermakers. It would be more futile
for them to join than 1t is for the two
organizations that are already out. II
is easier to get blacksmiths than it is
to get machinists and bOilermakers, and
that is not a difficult matter.
The president of the bIacksmiths'
union has stated to me that in view Of
the fact that the blacksmiths' union
WAS not consulted or advised before
hand of the moves instituted by the ma
ehinists and boilermakers and in view
OF the fact that their union had not
had an opportunity of advising on the
matter, that they do not feel that 1t
would be wise to join in the strike. OF
course some of the boilermakers may
induce individual members of the black
smiths union who are in our employ to
leave, but I do not anticipate that such
will be the case. cannot say at this
time what proportion of the total num-
Der of blacksmiths employed are union
men and what proportion are nonunion
men,"
Wants No Violence.
F. r Kyler, deputy grand organizer
of the bOiIermakers' union is today
sending out instructions to the union
men who are out at the various points
on the Santa F'e.
Mr.. Kyler says he is trying to i'm
press the men with the idea that no
violence will be tolerated. The men are
all kinds and to use every honorable
means to induce the men who remained
at work to join in the strike and leave
the service of the company.
The striking boilermakers will be
paid a strike benefit during the time
they are unemployed. Single men viii
receive IS per week and married men
will receive 81 per week.
Reports received at the strike head
quarters indicate that ten men are out
at Arkansas City.
P. ]. Donahue, vice president of the
boiIermakers union for this district,
left Topeka today to go to Emporia and
to visit all the shop points west of here.
Mr.. BuckaIew Leaves.
J. D. Buckalew, of the machinists'
union, went to Kansas City today. He
announces that he. will return on Wed
nesday or Thursday with something
big to spring as a surprise for the rail-
way company.
No Fight On Open Shop.
E. r. Kyler for the strikers gave out
the following statement supplemental
to that printed in Saturdays State Jour
nal:
THE striking boiIermakers on the
Santa Fe lines east of Albuquerque will
not go back to work until the strike
on the coast lines is ended to the satis-
faction of the union. Not only this, but
when the men on the west end are ask
ed to come back to work the men who
are out on this end must be given the
same concessions granted to the men
west Of Albuquerque. All that we ask
is that the company agree to settle all
differences with the boilermakers with
the union as an organization and not
with the men individually Until this
is done not a single union boilermaker
VIII work for the Santa Fe, with the
exception of those employed on the Gulf
lines.
'I can say positively at this time that
no strike will be called on the Gulf lines
unless the company commences to send
work to the shops located there which
should go TO the shops involved by the
strike. 1t is hardly probable that this
win be done, as the shops on the Gulf