The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-24
STRIKERS In FIGHT
Start a Small Riot at Railroad
YIN. C. A.
H.J. Lincoln and Ralph Wilson
Are Roughly Used.
MIR. LITTLE ALSO HURT
Assistant Secretary Used Up for
Trying to Get Help.
Both Eyes Blaekened aod Is
Otherwise Injured.
FIVE MEN ARRESTED.
Lyman Smith Must Answer for
Deadly Assault.
The Others Charged With Dis
orderly Conduct.
FIVE MEN ARRESTED.
LYMAN Smith Must Answer fol
Deadly Assault.
The Others Charged With Dis
orderly Conduct.

H. ]. Lincoln and Ralph Wilson. two
special apprentices who are employed
in the local Santa Fe machine shops,
and II. E. Little. assistant secretary OF
the Railroad Y. NJ c. A. were assault
ed and seriously injured late Saturday
night in the office of the Y. NJ. c. A.
building, by several of the leading spir-
its affiliated with the striking machin-
lists.
Today warrants We're sworn out IN
the office of the county attorney for
the arrest OF five OF the men.
Homer Dodds, night assistant at the
Y. NJ c. A. building. charges Jack
Butler. William Mcdonald, Jack Nc
Donald and Arthur Julius with disor-
derly conduct.
H E Little, assistant secretary,
charges Lyman Smith with assault with
intent to kill.
Lyman Smith. a fireman, who was
formerly employed by the Santa F'e at
Argentine, but who was recently let
out, it is claimed, started the trouble
Smith is member of the R. r. Y
NJ c. A at Argentine and as such has
been recognized at the local assoc1a-
tion rooms and has been given the priv
ileges of the association here.
Saturday night after midnight he en-
tered the association building accom-
panied by the four men who have been
charged with disOrderly conduct Lin
coin and Wilson. the special appren-
fiCes are members of the association
and have sleeping rooms at the build
ing. They were standing in the office
preparing to go upstairs TO bed, when
the other party Of men entered the or
fee The two young men are not union
men and have been employed at the
Santa F'e shops for about Two years as
special apprentices while they are com
pleting the practical side of their me-
chanical education. They were en-
ployed before the beginning of the ma
chinistF' strike. Smith walked up to
Lincoln and said:
"Are you a machlniSt2'
yes Lincoln replied.
"Are you a 'scab2" was the nsxt
question.
Lincoln saw trouble was coming and
trying automatically to avert it. he
said. 'I don't know that I am
At this it is reported that Smith
struck Lincoln several times. Lincoln
received a severe cash on the head
from ring worn by Smith. T he at
tack was reinforced by the other men,
and Lincoln and wilson were both
considerably beaten up before H. Z.
Little, the assistant secretary heard
the noise and came down stairs.
Little started to so to the telephone
to call for the police, but one Of the
3
up the daybOOk which was lying on
the counter to throw at the secretary. /
Little lodged the book and it went
through one of the windows At that
q free-for-all fight started The at
taclIing party beat up Little in a severe Z
manner. He received black ewes sew
eral good sharp uppercuts. and a
solar pleXus When they got him
down and out they ended the matter
by Wiping up the floor with him.
is i
men" had been drinking, and that
they stood out in front of the building
for a few minutes planning the attack I
before they went inside.
Jack Butler and VIM. Mcdonald are
members Of the association, but the
other two men We're not. The other
Two, Jack Mcdonald and Arthur
julius are the two men who were
arrested and fined i'm court on January
] on the charge of being drunk and
disorderly and disturbing the peace
at the association rooms.
Ihe warrants sworn out this morn |
Ing were made by the officers of the /
T. NJ. c. A. and it is understood that
the Santa Fe Railroad company will
also swear out warrants for the prose
cuuon of The offenders on the theory /
OF protecting the employees of the
company who remain loyal to the
company.
The officials of the Y. M. C. A will
st1lhers Tor the purpose of setting an
example to others that order and dis
ciphne must be observed at the Y. NJ
c. A. "
The association building is REGARDED
as neutral ground in the trouble 10
tween the Santa Fe and the strikers
and as such it is the aim of Secreta7~v
frout OF the association to Iraey
quarreling out of the building
-,, ne SANTA re Railroad company
annually contributes a large sur9 -
wards the maintenance of the associo
Lon building Every emDIove of ~
company is entitled to membarsl,i
ana the right and privileges Of he
association. 1"e
When the machinists struck about d,
ysaf aGo 1t was but natural that n7ar,-|
OF the strikers were members of ~
association. The railroad companv cot
out lnJuncuons to prevent the st1.il-5,.s
from getting on company nro1eTtt.
ana II had been the original intentio-,
OF the Santa Fe authorities tn sIsa
include the railroad Y. NJ c. A in fT7o
AiSI or places where the strikers v-e7o
enJo1ned from tresDassinc.
II was through the efforts of Saora
tary Prout that the railroad OFFICIALS
decided to abandon this idea and to
not enjoin the strikers from enterine
the association building.
secretary Prout mas used everv. means
N ms power to prevent clashes between
the strikers and the non-union mon
who are entitled to the privileges Of
the association, and he has been in a
arge measure successful. Most of the