Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-11-13 | Page 7 | Strike Appeal is Discredited

STRIKE APPEAL IS DISCREDITED Sante Fe Official Says Call Won't Result in Walkout CHICAGO, Nov. 13 An appeal for a strike circulated amonx shop employes em-ployes of tho Atchison. Topeka & Santa San-ta Fe railroad received little attention of railroad and union shopcrafts officials of-ficials here today. B. M. Jewell, president pres-ident of the Railway Federated Crafts, said he knew nothing about It. A G. ' Wells, vice president In charge of operations op-erations of the road, declared It would not affect the road and that the equipment equip-ment was In such good condition that reduction of the shop forces was under un-der consideration. MAY EUSD1 CE FORCKS. "My Information is that the circular circu-lar In question was Issued over the signature of W. B. Patterson, who was fourth vice president of the lato Santa Fo federation." ald Mr. Wells, adding that In his opinion the clreularlzltiK of the shopmen would have little or no effect ' Santa Fe equipment Is in good condition and we have such a low p r entage of bad order cars that wo are able to reduce our forces." "I never hoard of it." Mr Jewell waid when asked concerning the origin of the circular which certain men at Albuquerque, N. M . purported to havo been drafted by union men who did not strlko last July 1 . Only one of tho circulars had reached reach-ed the Santa Fo offices here. It was picked up In Svrat use, Kans EFFKCT UNCERTAIN ALBUQUERQUE, N M.. Nov. 13. Viat effect the call for a second strike of shopmen on the Santa Fe railway would hae Is a mooted question today. to-day. Santa Fo railway officials here said the,, did not expect any of their force to iult Y S. 1'a.ttcrxon, secretary secre-tary of tho Federated Shopcrafts said that the order would affect 70 men employed In the shops hero and about a thousand men on the system. He refused to say whether he expected this many men would obey the order to strike on November IB. He admitted admit-ted however, that the call. which was not signed by any shopcraft officials of-ficials hail the approval of the , r-ganl.ation. r-ganl.ation. It Is the aim. ho said, to attempt to induce tho men who did not strike last July or who havo returned re-turned to work, to leavo their work