Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-08-25
WILL VOTE ON
STRIKE TONIGHT
Signs of Unrest That May
Involve All of the West
ern Railways
A TALK WITH KRUTTsCAN|TT
He Declares Union Pacific Pays
Men Well and That They
Are Satisfied.

tBy Special Leased wire 10 New Mexlcan)
Chicago ILL.,, Aug. 25.-J. w. Kline,
international president of the Black
smiths Union, was busy today COM
municating with officers of the unions
in different parts of the country ar
ranging for a conference with Vice
President Julius Kruttschnitt of the
Hartman line to be held in western
city, next week, at which further ef-
forts will be made to adjust the labor
disputes which threaten a strike OF
25,0O0 employees on the Union, and
Southern Pacific railroads and subsidi.
ary lines.
Before leaving for San Francisco,
Mr.. Kruttschnitt said he would meet
the labor leaders at any western point
which might be convenient.
Ask for Authority to Strike.
kilograms from local unions in
Texas and points west of the Missis-
sippi river requesting authority to
strike were received by President
Kline today and in every instance he
wired that no action would be taken
until at least one more conference
had been held with the officials of the
Hartman line. The conference may
be held in San Francisco next Wednes-
day.
kruttschnitt in Omaha.
70 At1oy Tt,1,
schnitt, vice president and director of
maintenance and operation of the Har-
riman Railway system, was in Omaha
an hour and half this morning, going
west at $3.50 on the Union Pacific fast
mail.
During his stay here, ne conferred
with A. L. Mohler, vice president and
general manager of the Union Pacific,
for an hour.
In an interview Mr.. Kruttschnitt de.
clared that the matter of a strike on
the Hartman system was up to the
men and the roads had never refused
to confer with the employees.
so far as we are concerned" said
he, 1--WE are having no trouble with our
| men. We are paying the best wages
of any road in the country and not
withstanding that business has been
bad for months, we have been carrying
| on our pay rolls large number OF
people not needed.
F! I'VE always treated our men with
fairness and at the present time are
| paying out annually between $4,000
and 100000 to slperannuated EN-.
p!oyes."
Mr.. Kruttschnitt refused to discuss
the question of recognizing the feder.
ated labor organization.
He would not express an opinion as
to whether or not the present re.
trenchment movement on the Harri.
man system has reached it's limit. 1t
all depends on business, he asserted.
Will Vote on Strike.
San Francisco, Calf, Aug. 25.-Be-
tween 600 and 700 men employed in
the Hartman system shops in this
city will vote tonight on the strike
question. According to Ernest l.. Re.
guin, president of the Shop Employees
Federation of the Hartman lines, the
sentiment of the local shop men is
strongly in favor of striking in the
event of the refusal of recognition
None of the men employed in the 10
ca! ships have been laid off, but daily
hours have been reduced to eight ant
wages reduced accordingly.
A five-day week has been inaugur
1 ated.
Must Recognize Federation.
! San Francisco, Calf, Aug 25.-
President E. l.. Reguin of the Fedora
ton of shop employees OF the Harrimal
lines, said today that he had wire'
the president of the internationa
unions that there was no need o
further delay in calling a strike /
recognition of the federation was re
fused. He implied that the men wer
ready to walk out, whether or no
their act received the sanction of tn
internatiOnals.
Such approval would simply mea
that the men would be entitled to aG
, ditional strike benefits.