Show THE SANTA FE STRIKE All on Account of 1 Hoax of a Few Operators TOPEKA Kan Oct 17The striko of the telegraphers on the Santa Fe system is all the result of a hoax Tha operators were Informed by Chief Ramsey tonight that the order directing them to strike was a forgery and instructing them to return at once to their positions The operators Immediately i im-mediately returned to their keys and the work of straightening out the tangle I caused by the strike was begun Operator Baker after reading accounts I of the strike on the Gulf Colorado Banta Fe division of the Santa Fe system thought ne would play a jokE upon the manager of his office and wrote out a message I mes-sage ordering the strike and signed Chief Ramsays name there to and laid it on the managers desk Manager Sweat after reading it immedi i atoly repeated the message to the next station and within fifteen minutes it was received by every operator on the system I and fifteen minutes later every onestruck Baker doubtless wat the only man who got any fun out of the joke for it is a mos I I serious business for the Santa Fp road It was not until 7 oclock thin evening thatChief Ramsey was put In possession of the facts and he Immediately ordered the men back to work During the day the entire systems from Chicago Chi-cago to the Pacldo coast and from Kansas City to Galveston were practically tied up over two thousand operators being Idle only the man who remained re-mained at hU post was an operator at Barclay Bar-clay Kan who says be knew the order was a hoax The loss to the company Is very great while the only benefit to the operators is in showing the perfect manner in which discharged they are organized Joker Baker Q has bean II |