The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-05-31
NEW GUT IN
SANTA FE SHOP
FORCE SATURDAY
207 More Men, or Total
Of Over 700 Laid
Off Here.
WELLS STATEMENT
Would Keep Men al
Work on Short Time,
But Can't.
WELLS STATEMENT

The santa Pc railroads pruning az
will fail ON the local shops for the
fourth time next saturday when 20T
more men will be taken out %
service.
The lay-off viii be effective Satur-
day night and will bring the total
number Of men t. De- laid on from
work here since the railroads trim
ming policy began 20 more than 200
workers
The local shops during the buries,
period employed 200 men exclusive
Of the roundhousc. After the last
cut goes into erect there win be but
approximately i00 men employed In
III. locomotive department of the
main shops and 500 IN the ear de-
partmont. Tho car department or
round house viii rot bc effected by
the cut 10 80 Into force ON saturday
night.
iao laid On To-day.
When the shop whistles blew this
morning there were 40 less men who
went to work than there were on
duty last Saturday. that number hav-
ing been cut from the force on e
previous notice. .totccs uf the
fourth reduction were received at the
shop superintendent ufflcC this
morning and were being posted to-
day.
Hesidcs the cut of igo men. there
were also 10 cmplolos taken out ui
service In the roundhousu depart
mcnt last SATURDAY
The reduction IN force acre ~ only
one OF number OF cuts being made
on the system. word reached here
today that $50 more men will De laid
on az the shops iu Topeka and re-
duvtion also viii be effective at Gle
hurus. Texas. san Iernardino and
l,lthmoud. on Saturday night.
Statement by Wells
Enough men will be retained ni
each point 20 take care OF the work
that comes iu. according % an an-
nuuuCcm,ut made by \. q Wells of
chicago, vice president of tho santa
Pc. and received here today. Mt
Wells s"ut out his announcement nf-
ter u conference with tho general
managers of thr system lines and
John Purcell. iu charge uf mvchun-
teal matters 1lc says.
II is very much TO bc regretted
that this action b. necessary. W.
have kept shopmcn at work where.
ever possible and laid them on uflN
when the cNigcncics of the occasion
Required a. When there n nothiur
Tn, Santa l'r, ! believe. kept 10
war time forces Intact longer thai
amy other railroad W. made rtrruu.
uut rnoit tu have our ears which gul
ud the line during government opera
ton. brought back hom" aud th.s'
have been repaired rapidly. in pre-
pIrutiou for the forthcoming move
mont of new crops.
During the slump in business oul
locomotives have been utcrhaulrt
uud generally ARE iu excellent condi
tiuu. Everything possible was done
g. llnd work for the men We have
Fuu, iuc limit m this respect W
have hoped aud Hiill hope fnr an inn
pruN,mrnt IN business. hut n has mo-
come ln the emergency there is bu
one thing To do, rtduc" cNpens's o'
reducing forces temporarily I hope
The Santa Pc would have pre-
forryd 20 have kept an the men a
work on short time but under the ma
tioual agreement mudc by the union
and tho United states railroad ad
miuistritiou this could not be done
n the men hnd accepted our proposi
tiou Tor u reduction of time instch'
of reduction OF forces practically no
body would have been laid on. ou
proposition was rejected