Bisbee daily review., 1908-01-23
TRAINS
ARE tied UP ON
GLOBERAILROAD
Switchmen On Strike AT Globe
and Eiremen Discharged for
Refusing To Do Work Of
Strikers.

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Freight traffic on the ella Valley,
Globe G Northern railroad is now com
pletely tied up and no freight Is NOV
ing either to or from Bowie.
Concerning the trouble the Globe
Belt gives the following account:
The three switchmen who walked
cut, or more technically speaking.
left the footboard. last Tuesday have
been joined by the trainmen, eight or
ten OF them having been discharged
yesterday by Superintendent Mallard
for refusing to do the work of tine
switchmen. Three switchmen were
sent here from Tucson to take the
places of the men who quit work, but
only two of them arrived here and
they refused to go 20 work when in
formed OF conditions existing In the
local yards. The other man heard all
he wanted to know at Bowie and kept
on the main stem, heading for Ell Paso.
The two men who arrived here claim
that they were misinformed as to what
they were to do here. being told at
Tucson that they were to take Jobs on
another switch engine being placed in
commission.
The strike. If it NAV be such, was
the sole topic of conversation among
railroad men yesterday and there were
rumors that the strike would spread 10
the engine crews, but thus far nothing
has been done. The tie-up Is also
causing considerable uneasinesS
among the local business houses and
companies who have machln-
cry or merchandise on the road.
The trainmen became involved in
the strike yesterday when crew start
ed to take out freight train TO Bowie.
to their orders their train
was on the Old Domiaion high line,
where they were to take charge. 1t
was reported to Superintendent NAL
lard that there were cars on the track
blocking the road. and they were or
dered to remove them. The tTainmen
asserted that this was the duty of
switchmen and refused to move the
cars. They were told to consider
discharged. The dismis-
sal Of eight or ten men followed and
the subsequent tie-up to freight traffic.
The switchmen who are out now de-
clare that they will agree TO no settle
ment unless the trainmsn who were
are reinstated, so that the
company now is compelled to face
double barrelled proposition. They
also say that any men sent here to
take their places will be met as was
the first party and requested not to go
TO work. Reinforced by the discharged
trainmen the switchmen feel that they
can keep traffic tied up Indefinitely.
The discharge of the trainmen yes
terday was the. first action taken by
Superintendent Mallard in the affair
In an interview last evening the super
stated that the action of the
switchmN in quitting work was i'll
advised and premature. as he did not
consider the refusal of Agent Mauk
to put an additional man on the engine
crew as requested sufficient cause for
a walkout. Any grievance of this sort
he said, should have been taken to an
official higher than the local agent, be-
fore such a decisive step was taken.
However, it is improbable that the re.
lief sought for would have been ac-
ceded by the Tucson officials
of the Randolph lines as the
cut in the switching force was
because of the recent decrease
in traffic IN few weeks"
said Superintendent Mallard, all
OF the coke for the Old Dominion
smelter would have been in, and there
would be but little work fer tho switch
ing crew to do. Orders to cut down
the force came from Tucson and il this
so-called strike is settled, the settle
ment SO far as the railroad company IS,
concerned lies with the officials Of the
Randolph lines in that city"