The Topeka state journal., 1905-08-09
Mr. Kendrick Says He Will Not
Re-EmplOy Strikers.
BOilermakers Will Have to Pro-
cure Jobs Elsewhere.
DUNN ADVISES UNION.
President Tells Men to Seek
Other Employment.
Writes His Report of Conference
With Kendrick.

In the following copy of a circular
issued by Grand President Organizer
Dunn of the boilermakers' union which
was sent to the members of that or
ganization, it appears that the Santa Fe
is strong in the belief that it can man
age it's affairs without the assistance OF
the boilermakers who went out on a
strike some few months ago. The let
ter states that Mr.. Kendrick, third vice
president of the Santa Fe, says that no
man who left the service of the com
pany, as long as he is on the Santa Fe
system, will ever procure a position on
that road. and no union man if he
knows it.
President Dunn's letter to the Broth
erhood of Boilermakers is as follows:
BoiIermakers and Iron Ship Builders of
America.
Kansas City, Kansas, July 20, 1905.
To the Executive Council, Officers and
Members of the Brotherhood.
Gentlemen and Brothers:-After
some length of time. Brother Fitzgerald
and myself procured a conference with
Mr.. Kendrick, third vice president OF
the Santa Fe system. We met at Mr..
Hendricks Office, Thursday, July Is, for
four hours. We went over the Santa
Fe trouble from the beginning up to the
present date. 1t is not necessary to go
into details on all matters as each lodge
has received a circular containing Mr..
Hendricks answer to Brother Gil
thorpe's letter in regard to that confer
ence; there are so many things that l
deem necessary, outside of his reply to
Brother Gilthorpe, that it is my duty
to inform the lodges along the Santa
F'e system of how close the Santa F'e
officials are to all business transactions
in the subordinate lodges.
Mr.. Kendrick stated to Brother Fitz-
gerald and myself almost every word
that was used in the executive council
and seemed to know directly the busi-
ness of the council and in fact all the
proceedings and secret matters of the
union since the strike was started He
knew of the contents of private letters
and quoted to me my remarks that had
been made at closed meetings.
1 asked him if there was any chance
whatever to settle the matter up on the
Santa Fe, or if there was any PROPOSE
ton that I could offer that would be
acceptable to the company. He gave
me to distinctly understand that there
would not be one man taken back on
the Santa Fe system that left the ser
vice of the company, it made no differ
ence who they were; that he would not
have union man working on any part
of the system, if he knew it; that he
would shut up every shop on the sys-
tenn and let the road run down COM
pietely before he would hire a member
of our organization. He said they
would not keep any promise, live up to
any agreement or contract that they
made, and that he would not have a
union man on the system while he was
on it.
am sorry to state that the bulletin
sent out from the strike committee does
not compare with the location sheet
that the Santa Fe officials have in re-
gard to the condition of their engines
He claims to have over one thousand
four hundred and thirty-five Q,435) en-
gines, of which 121k per cent only. are
in the shops
Mr.. Kendrick stated that when the