Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-14
OF TRAINS
Il CALLED Conspiracy
lHy Associated Press.

CHICAGO. Aug. i3.-rne action OF
members az the big four" brother
hoods in abandoning through pass.u
ger trains at Needles. Cal. Barstow.
Chl.. and Sclirman. Ariz. was de-
nounced tonight as "A delibcrat" con
sriracN violation of their solemn
agreements with tho railroad ANA
an inhuman act. by \ q. Wells. vice
president OF tho Atchison. Topeka
and santa Re Railway. tonight.
None of the reasons given for
these lawlcss acts IL valid" Mr.
Wells declared. "Th. Santa r., has
's""d no man to take GU, unsaf.
"Hni rm"nt IT has no unsafe equip
'h"n' and has been and is literally
meeting all requirements of the safe
" appliance act Inspectors Of the
i'nreau of SAFETY, ln,crstat. Com
mere" Commissicu. have mad. many
examinations recently OF the Santa
re power and hay" given the com
rany clean dill OF health
Give No Specifications.
ne sympathetic strikers have
XIV. no specifications as 20 unsafe
equipment or otncr unsafe conditions
IN TIE environment where the strike
took place. For Justification Of THAR
Ia"!"ss ana inhuman conduct at
Needles and other desert places they
are driven To refer TO some bomb
throwing few days ago at San
in,ernardino. ESQ miles away from
Heedics where the trouble has NOT
been OF sort to Undue. train co.,
vice men TO refuse to perform their
accustomed duties. and which Incl
dentnliy occurred subsequent to the
c"'HhS OF the strike NJ Needles
After abandoning trains filled with
people. including aged. iniirm. wo-
mon ana children. in the desert with
the mercury NJ l2O IN Tho shade. m.
strike commiti"" OF the big four I'm
session At Needles received "A com
ihitt"e of iiHc representing the ma
ro"h"d passengers. who asked them TO
man the trains Ia n"lp the sufferers
hcN wcr" told that not Il damned
whrcl would turn until IN. Santa -
removed the guards about its wards
IN addition to tho indcfcnsihle
treatment &C the passengers nearly
"Vo carloads OF pcrishable products
belonging to farmers are standing n,
Needles and other points and arc fast
dcteriorating
80 - ''Pd t'ifilC Slrlke the
s"hta fc is not only a conspiracy. bu,
II Is also without the least suhstan
ti"l Justification. actual conditions
considered, and is the result OF state
mcnts issued by some of the brother
MOOD executives that men could leave
their work ii they considered condi-
IONS were hazardous. leaving the mon
themselves TO be the Judges Of
whether they would work or not. and
IN erect Il practical invitation TO
thcm 10 d" what they have done.
am advised no responsible officer OF
IN" big four brotherhood had been
on the ground At Needles to learn
true conditions.
The Sdr,a Fc received las. week
from ITS connections and moved ovc;
iis lines the largest number of load
.d freight cars in it's whole history.
which IL absolute proof of it's pcrr.c,
physical: condi LION, The sympathcti,
and Illegal strike has been called he
cause Tia" santa Fc had won against
tn" striking employees OF the shop
crafts
The people narooned at Necdles. in
those whose destinations were
L" Eastern points have been started
BACK toward Los Angeles on Il train
manned by officials. which left Needles
at Sio this morning"