The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-03-16
READY,
DOESN'T EXPECT
GENERAL STRIKE.
Officials in Topeka Have No
Fear of Outcome.
Many Brotherhood Men VIII
Not Quit, Officials Say.
EMBARGO is NOT AFFECTED
No Revision of Warning Sent
EorIu IN ShsnnnrS
EMBARGO is NOT AFFECTED
No Revision of Warning Sent
Early to Shippers.
Men in Shops Who Could Be
Pressed Into Service.

expect the strike to reach Kansas
they are taking no chances and late
this afternoon an embargo on ship
mentS of live stock and perishable
goods was declared
The embargo permits the ship
ment today ard tomorrow of all live
stock and perishable goods which
reach their destination by o'clock
Sunday evening. But beginning to-
day an embargo is on all perishable
goods and livestock unable to reach
destination on that date or due, en-
/ route to transfer on another rail-
road.
Government shipments of perish
ables will be accepted at anytime
but subject tic delay for which the
company will not be held respon-
| Sible.
A railroad strike may be called in
the east saturday before steps are
taken to avert it. But the strike
scheduled to reach Kansas Tuesday
evening will never arrive at its des-
tination. And, even should it arrive
! in Kansas its effect, so far as the
Santa Fe is concerned will be neg
I ligible.
| Such are opinions expressed today
by railway department heads at the
Santa Fe office buildings and by men
who daily meet and talk with con-
ductors, engineers and other members
/ of train crews who pass thru Topeka.
In no quarter of the roads system in
Topeka could any real nervousness
or serious apprehension concerning
results of the rail controversy be
noted.
! Department heads and men in touch
with the train crews take the same
view of the situation. The American
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comfort and high prices as can be i'm
| posed upon it. In short, they don't
believe a row between small per-
centage of the population that will
make the country suffer will be coun-
tenanced more than forty-eight hours.
By that time the howl of long
suffering public will reach such pro-
portions that the pairing interests
must take heed and patch up matters
satisfactorily awaiting some method
/ of adjustment of differences, other
than making the whole country suffer.
Never, it is declared, has a less OPP
perfume time been selected for strike
of the proportions of the threatened
rail strike.
Few on Santa Fe to Strike.
William Butler has been station
master at the Santa Fe station for
thirty years. He knows every member
of a train crew by his first name, he
hears the real thoughts of the train
crews, on such subjects, expressed
every day. And here's what Butler
says:
IF a strike is called it will hardly
affect the Santa Fe. Few of the men
on this road will strike The general
public in Kansas will surfer mucn
+ more from a strike at this time than
it would had a strike been called in
the summer. The men have had time
to think it over and majority OF
them are not in favor of 1T.
The same opinion was expressed
TODAY by E. A Goeldner, assistant to
F. c. Fox, general manager. Even
| should the strike reach the Santa F'e
lines a large percentage or the
brotherhoods affected will not quit
their jobs, according to statement
made by Mr.. Goe1dner.
It cannot say at this time just what
percentage will continue on the runs.
he said. "A large percentage will re-
main with US, am certain"
And down at the shops in still an
other department of the Santa Fe the
same opinion seems to prevail.
There isn't going to be any strike
said NJ. J. Drury, superintendent of
the Santa Fe shops. DO you think
the people, or government in this
country, would stand twenty-four
hours for the suffering and inconven-
fence such step as countrywide
strike would cause?"
J. R. Koontz. general freight agent
returned from Chicago. where execu-
tive heads Of the railroads and broth
erhoods are assembled. He refused to
discuss, in any manner the strike
situation.
Il wasn't even there for the pur-
pose of consulting anyone regarding
the strike situation" said Mr. Koontz
| II was in Chicago on an entirely diff
ferent Grand
Efforts failed to obtain state
ment from Mr. Goeldner as to the per-
centage of the 10000 employees af-
fected by the brotherhood strike who
would remain with the railroads.
That would be impossible to as
certain until the day of the strike
said Mr.. Goeldner. "Of course, our
division heads have canvassed the sit
uation, but sucn a canvass is about as
effectual as politicians canvass be-
fore election However, 1 will say that
the Santa Fe's friendship with the
brotherhoods isn't one whit less to-
day than it was at the time of the
other proposed strike"
Schedule of Trains.
! When the strike was called last
September, the Santa Fe announced a
plan of running one passenger train
and one freight train each way daily
over every division, improving the
sSrvice from day to day as rapidly as
possible. Enginemen and trainmen in
sufficient number to man the trains
We're signed up, and ready for the
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