El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15
9..P. STRIKERS REJECT PEACE OFFER
TRAINS TIED UP
At FL PASO END
Strikers Say Some Strike
breakers Have Quit-Pas-
senger Trains Moved.


That the freight traffic of the G. H
C s. A is completely tied up, ana tnat
the passenger service IS seriously crlp-
pied, is the statement OF the press CON- con-
mittee of the striking enginemen'
trainmen and yardmen Of the line al
fected. The strikers report that train
of periShable fruit is tied up at SJrauS,
and that another IS held IN the ii Faso
yards. They also claim that the yards
at all connecting transfer points are
full of freight which the strikers as
sert the company is unable TO move.
Pickets were maintained saturday
around the yards and at all crossings.
The strikers declare that the pickeIs
will be empowered to use berDal ar
guments only. and that the public can
feel assured that no violence VIII oc-
cur. They assert that a number OF
men shipped in by the railroad company
to take the place of strikers nave Deen
persuaded by the strikers not TO go 70
work J. ". Gerald, chairman OF the
local lodge of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen, said he is himself tax
ing care of three OF these men 1Or the
time being. He said they were brought
here from Ohio and Pennsylvania, and
that they claimed to have been ignO-
rant, when employed, Of the fact that
they were TO take the places OF strikers
Effort to Move Trains.
The company officials say that ev-
cry effort is being made to keep the
trains running as regularly as posi-
BILE and express confidence that they
will be able to meet the schedule with
in a very short time. Passenger train
No. 10 left Friday night at 8:45 o'clock,
just 10 minutes behind the schedule.
Conductor WILDER, engineer Mcbride
and fireman McDanielS had charge OF
the train. Three student fremen, Hud-
son, Langford and Jung, were aboard.
Flagman billiard was on the rear.
No. 9 came in at $3.50 Friday night
in charge of conductor A. A. Stewart.
o
the division who did not obey the
strike order. It was due Friday morn
ing at $50.
Trains Are Late.
On arriving here from the east, No.
was routed west over the Southern Pa
cific as the second section of No. ).
No report had been received regarding
No. Z, due at 1880 o'clock Saturday
morning. No g. due to leave here for
the east Saturday morning. was an
nulled. No. was reported an hour late.
No. 10 is reported from the west on
time.
Superintendent J. H. Dyer, Of the
Tucson division, Southern Pacific. ar
rived Saturday morning and held a
conference with superintendent Hoover
OF the G. H S. A The nature of
their discussion was not made public
No Violence to Be Tolerated.
CharIes NJ Cunningham, a resident Of
the city 25 years, chairman of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
said he had been asked so many times
saturday what the attitude of the
strikers toward violence would be, that
ne wished to give the public assurance
that the strikers intend to adhere
strictly to the lette rand spirit of the
law and to cooperate with city and
county authorities to that end.
Statement by Strikers.
J. " Gerald for the strikers sub
mits to The Herald for publication a
statement in part as follows:
The reason for our leaving the ser
~ 1t H.
are not living under, and we will never
live under the hands Of tyranny. Our
company has refused to settle our
grievances with US in a just manner.
They have absolutely refused to meet
our committees Jointly as over 40 rail-
roads in this country are now doing,
and some of these railroads referred
to are a part of the Southern Pacific
system and others are parallel and
competing lines
Some of the local officials were
optimistic and did not think there
would be any strike. I wish to saw to
the public that ii is a reflection upon
the integrity of the men who left the
service-for the same local officials
who were so confident that we did not
have the nerve to go out were well
aware Of the fact that our votes were
cast in favor of a strike by q majority
of about SO per cent.
When you are advised that the rail-
road tried to evoke the NeWlands Act
you are advised falsely. They never
'squealed' for mediation or arbitration
until it was too late. The railroad has
tried to poison the public mind. They
are trying to make the public believe
that we have no grievances
They have from time TO time, since
our trouble has been pending, called
men into their offices who were form
er employees and had been discharged
on account OF violations Of company
rules relative to the use of intoxicating
liquors They asked these men who
were discharged for these violations to
come back and stay with them in case
Of trouble
The only men who went into service
since the strike was called are men
who are incompetent and the public
will no doubt realize their incompetent
cy by the delay Of their traffic which
is sure to come.
Officials Of the road have asserted
that the employees are objecting to
safety. This is another false asser-
ton Safety is always first and il
stands TO reason that employees are
never objectfng to safety. These So
called safety tests are dangerous to
human life as they are practiced by
some of the officials.
1T happened not very long ago when
an assistant superintendent stepped
out from a secluded spot and threw a
switch in the face Of fast passenger
train and if this switch mad failed to
work properly, or had It hung-as
they do very often-the result would
have been a very serious accident and
when reprimanded by a man in train
service (the trainman not knowing
who the official was) what was the
result? Trainman discipline"