Bisbee daily review., 1905-06-17
.SWITCHMEN ARE OUT
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 eo 'nditions such prevail here do -. st on any c, e- portion of the line. That is, the men here ask higher pay, because they say the Bis bee grades bring the track under the mountain schedule of prices"
 Will you be able to at once fill the yard crew here?"
 q think so. without doubt We will have new men here in the morning. and I do not believe that there will be | trouble experienced in securing all the help We may need. One crew has been put on since the old men quit this morning. and has been doing the work of the yard this afternoon as has been customary"
 The old switchmen were about the yard yesterday. They talked with the men in the afternoon who had sup planted them on the crew, and en- deayored to induce them to come out. but the new men could not be made to see that the old men had any real grievance or that they had acted fair ly in stepping out without warning. With one exception there was no | yiciousness displayed About o'clock man said to have been one of the discharged switchmen, displayed a brick and made as if to throw it at a new switchman named Tenhoff The latter promptly got off the engine he was riding and made for t\e man with the brick, who beat nasty retreat. Switchman Cheek, of the crew that quit yesterday morning, was looked upon as the leader of the strikers yes terday He said when asked about the trouble, that it had been brought to a head by the sending of engine 52 here yesterday morning to take the place Of yard engine 51, sent tc the Douglas shops Thursday night for repairs. No 5 is without running board or other safety equipment of a yard engine. She is consequently more dangerous to work with in the yard and particu iarly or the grades. than is the regu- lation yard engine. Further than this he did not consider that there was anything to say. The men had a right to quit work, he declared. ana this they had done.
 Several new men came in last night for the yard crew. Two of these have been with the company for a number of years One of them stated that there would be no difficulty expert enced on the part of the road in get ting all the yard men needed. It had the reputation, he said, among rail- road men generally, of being one of the most desirable employers in the west Employees were treated better by no line, and railroad men general ly would have to be shown more than he was able to see before the strikers would be able to find any degree of sympathy.
 Though the business of the yard was hampered some yesterday by the close down in the morning, the crew that went on in the afternoon cleaned ur the rush work, and it is expected that by tonight matters will be in the usual good shape in the yards.
 Among the men who quit yesterday were several who had been with the company for number of years. Only few of the men were recent corners to the road. Relations between the local officials and the men continue to be agreeable. It was said last night that no interference was expected frcm the old men or trouble anticipat- cd There had been some talk during the afternoon and evening of vicious character about the depot, but it was made by outsiders and not by railroad men. If any attempt was made at trouble the railroad officials felt that it would come from outsiders and not from strikers.