The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-08

committee that two cases OF gas
bombs have been received by the
freight department of the Santa Fe
here, and taken to the shops
ut is probably true, as the officers
Of the company have stated, that more
freight and passenger traffic has been
handled during the past six days than
during the six days before the strike,
Rausch said today. That is only
natural, since shippers and travellers
realize that service is not likely to be
| impaired for the first few days. and
they are in a rush to get their ship
ments and their trips over before the
service is impaired"
Following is further quotation
from the statement issued Friday
night by Rausch:
1.-THE general managers statement that
| the men who went on strike Saturday
morning had lost all their past privileges
does not parallel with that Of Mr.. Purcell,
/ as Mr.. PurcelFs statement as quoted In
SH fboss tbet had vas rstnPned he .fteE roine
| out on a strike had offered various ex-
cuses and reasons and all had been ex,
situation in regard to Mr.. Etter's state
ment two men who went out on strike and
remained out until this morning reported
for. work today, and were assured that
their past privileges would not be I'M
| at is reported tous by new men who
have made application for work that they
could do and after It was determined what
, department they would be assigned to they
were then asked If they thought they were
| capable of keeping all they saw and heard
to themselves, evidently this would indi-
cate that there are conditions existing in
| the shop that the company does not wish
| the public to be Informed of.
Bulletin From Headquarters.
The following bulletin from the sys-
| tenn federation headquarters of the
shop crafts, at Albuquerque, N. M,
was received today by the local strike
| committee:
| Albuquerque, N. NJ July 5, 1922.
To the Officers and Members of 'Sys-
! tenn Federation
Brothers, Greetings: Situation on
| system growing better for the men,
bership, daily. Advice from Topeka,
| Men at that point out 95 per cent,
and more coming out each day." Gle
burne reports: Gulf lines out prac-
and two of them left their jobs
! last Saturday. Some foremen also
coming out at Needles, CAL, and at
Arkansas City, Kan"
/ Have received wires from Winslow
/ and other desert points advising that
all Japanese are out with out MEM
bership. Wire from San Bernardino,
this a. m, Pacific Fruit Express out
so per cent at Cotton
Letter from Hutchinson. Kan. ad-
vising no one has returned to work
and more men are going out. Letter
from A. r. Lehman, Brownwood.
| lex, WIFI 1lSI VI Oil crafts OUT There,
San Angelo and Sweerwater. Only
one man stayed on job at these points.
That is blacksmith at Sweetwater.
Deming, N. M, advises they have
and one carman scabbing. and mainte-
nance of way men and clerks are
anxious to go.
Purcell. Okla, advises boilermakers.
! workers, carmen. and all their help
ers, are out with the exception of
three carmen.
Word received from Grand Canyon,
Ariz., that all men are out but two.
Mr.. Perkins, mechanical supervisor of
power houses with these two men and
a Park Ranger are running the power
house for light and water.
The report from Prescott, Ariz. {:
All men Of all crafts out, except John
| Flowers, a carman.
Reports from Cleburne, Tex, advises
practically all out but foremen. Picket
shifts. Meeting held daily in Yale
theater. NO violence and men are
determined to win this fight"
/. Deming advises, situation here un-
changed No new men have been
hired. and those who walk off the
job are all standing pat"
400 Out at Ration.
; Ration, N. M, reports that about 400
men were out at that point, seven
machinists, six carmen, four boiler
HldhcHSs OHC sheet metal WOEAeTs were
scabbing. Later report from Ration:
Since last report we have the fol-
lowing: Pickets succeeded in per-
suading one machinist, one helper and
one boilermaker to go out. Men have
: been received. All men standing pat,
have guards on company property
who are carrying guns, but guards
are coming to town with side arms.
) We have been assured by the chief of
: police that they will be stopped from
going on public streets. We have one
pipe filter who is very contrary, also
, his wife. Company furnished him
sleeping quarters last night. Men are
. required to register IL they are not
at the meeting which is held at 2 p.
m. every day. Have arranged to have
, more speakers with us to hold inter-
est of men. Have had some engine
failures. They are trying to place Ia
borers on some of the work. and they
haHa been DISCHARGED for refusal