Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-14

h8hN4ll AtLANAS llitlbI AllNIlt pay A'L
meals and cut out their over
time and things like that and
they are not satisfied"
You know We have men under
cover in the shops the same as
they have men under cover among
our men. OF course, some of
this is fomented on the outside"
At the time he made his state
ment, Patterson had not seen the
letter signed by ten perfectly con-
tented union men in The Santa
Fe shops. This letter is published
below.
Denying any connection with
the letter being circulated which
calls for a walkOut Of ehoDmen
tomorrow morning, and positively
refuting statements made by w.
$. Patterson in the Morning
Journal office yesterday-these
statements being that union men
in the Santa Fo shops here are
greatly dissatisfaction men
signed letter yesterday morning
at the Santa Fe shops. These
ten men constitute the Employ
es' Committee of the Santa Fe
Shops in Albuquerque.
Other statements in connec-
ton with the talked of WaIkout
arc also disproyed. The state
menI that all union men who re-
mained at work and all who have
since returned TO work in the
shops will join in the waIkout.
is refuted. The signers of the
letter below are five union men
who refused to join in the first
walkout and the other five are
union men who walked ont but
have since returned 10 work.
Tho statement that thev are
disco ntented is cenied in the let
ter itself, The statement that the
letter is heing Siven w'le clrcu =
lation in the shops and the one
that all mechanics have seen il
are beth refutGd. The union man
who presented the letter given be.
low said that lie had never seen
the circular letter until he read
1t in the Morning journal yes
terday.
The letter, which appears to shed
considerable light on the subject
from the angle of the men at work.
is as follows:
albuquerque, n. NJ.
November IS, 1922.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ALPII-
QuERQUE MORNING JOUR-
NAL,
Albuquerque, New Mexico,
Dear Sir:
Having read the article in this
mornings Journal with reference
to the so-called Second Strike"
OF shopmen, which, according to
this article is supposed to be called
on November IS, at 1000 a. m,
we feel that 1t would be entirely
unfair to the citizens of this com
munity and to the employees of
these shops to allow the statements
made therein to go unChallenged.
The letter, which purports to be
one gotten up by men who did
moth go out on July 1st or who have
returned to work since that date.
is undoubtedly only the last eXpir-
ing wall of a lost cause. A cause
which was lost by poor leadership
at the moment Of its conception,
and we men who did not 20 out
on this hopeless strike or who have
returned to work when we saw and
I recognized our folly in any longer
adhering TO the impossible, wish
to say that there Is no truth what
ever in the statement, that we our
selves formulated any such cali as
| that contained in this mornings
article.
We feel that we have been in
the past, and will continue to be
in the future, properly treated by
the a. I. * S. L. Ry company. and
while such conditions exist there
is nothing else for us TO do as men
| of principle but to be loyal to the
interest of our employer and the
general public.
With reference to the statements
as to the condition of equipment,
we hardly feel that any refutation
of this is necessary, for as is well
known, this equipment is subject to
/ the inspection at all times of u. S.
government inspectors who do not
/ hesitate to order defective equip.
! ment out of service when neces
! sary; therefore, IL its condition was
as stated it would not be in SER
/ vice.
1t is very evident that the state
ments contained in this mornings
/ article are only the mouthings of
the same unwise leaders who have
mislead a trusting body of men
/ since July l and caused them to
/ lose all of the privileges and bene
| fits which they held through long
| service with the A. r. & S. L. Ry
! company, the same leaders who
/ treated with contempt the efforts
Of the legally constituted railroad
| labor board to save these men from
making the move which was later
| made and which proved so disas-
trOus to the general public as well
as TO the men who engaged in this
hopeless strike.
Yours truly,
(SigneG
AUSTIN D. MATTHEWS,
/ c. r. COOK,
/ ANTHONY SEUFERT,
/ II. c. REID,
CARL BOOTH,
J. S. CRANE,
HARRY NJ. PECK,
ELMER II. SOR,
! !. D. BAKER,
| r. L. CRAFT,
Employees Committee
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FIRE DESTROYS HOTEL.
Houston, Texas. Nov. 13.-The
Colorado hotel, three-story wood.
en- structure was destroyed by fire
| early today. Guests escaped IN
! their night clothes; some dropped
into fire nets and two were res
cued from d third floor sill t.
]. which they were clinging.