The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-07-01

| rates, they declared, did not compare
\ with the cut in wages.
| In addition to the local chairmen,
| there were present at the meeting last
| night, several general chairmen, who
appealed to the men to obey the strike
( order, declaring that any attempt upon
| the part of the railroad company to
/ fill their places with new men would
fail. Support of the organization was
! pledged to the limit. The meeting was
| scheduled to take place at Labor Hall
| but the large crowd made it necessary
to adjourn to the city park.
Unions Say $50 Out.
There are $50 men who actually
walked out of the shops this morning.
That doesn't include the locomotive
workers who were not working today.
and who were waiting outside the
gates" H. H. Ball, member of the
electrical workers union and of the
general strike committee of the Santa
Fe shop crafts, declared late this
afternoon.
Other members of the crafts as
serted that the additions to the
strikers ranks. from the LOGON olive
department will swell the total to
1900 men Monday.
Ball declared that the strike commit
tee, not all of the members of which
were at Labor hall at the time, will
have no answer to make to the ad-
Duration against picketing issued this
morning by Governor Allen.
This strike is to be conducted
along strictly peaceable lines. No act
of violence or of intimidation of any
sort has been or will be sanctioned by
there is any violence it, will be up to
the men themselves.
Men Must Register.
ct don't know where Governor AL
len got the basis for making any such
statement as he is credited with maxi
IA nf
violence"
Talk of picketing committees and
attachments was going on freely in
the halls of the building, however
The men on strike will be required
to register at the strike headquarters
in Labor hall daily, Ball stated. Their
registration there will have an impor-
tant effect on their claim for strike
benefits.
Benefits to Employees.
The following statement in regard TO
the benefits granted to Santa Fe en-
ployes thru long and loyal service with
the company was issued this morning
by F. L. Copeland, secretary and
treasurer Of the company:
BENEFITS which result from long
are not always appreciated by the
younger men as they have not yet
they are earning the wages which
naturally come with longer experience
anu Service Letters are DeluS re-
ceived from the widows of deceased
employees of the Santa Fe which in
dictate that the money paid to them is
needed and becomes a great assistance
in helping to care for the children to
be looked after by the widow. The
widow of an employee who had been
working for the company as a boiler
maker for ten years received a voucher
for 81 ,292.2S and wrote follows:
II wish to extend many thanks to
you and the A. t. & S. +. Railway Co.
in general for the same l can assure
you it will be of the greatest assistance
to me as 1 have nine children to care
for. Again thanking you for this great
est of help to me-"
Another widow CT a Santa Fe brake
man on receiving voucher for SST924
wrote as follows:
This will enable me to attend sum-
mer school and prepare myself to teach
school this coming winter and care for
our three children. 1 sure my hus-
band was faithful TO his work and did
his best and 1 glad you feel We
are deserving of this recognition.
assure you the money was needed and
appreciated and will be used to an adj
vantage. Again 1 thank you on behalf
of my children and myself for the
voucher"