The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-03-27
An Old FEUD.
Political Amino .ity Revived-Cu'tins
flair in Missouri.

On Saturday night last an almost tragical
event occurred about eight miles Northeast
OF Cameron, Davis county, Missouri, at q
place called "Wood's School House" The
whole affair wears tinge Of romance. 1t
appear. that singing party had been ar
ranged TO I'D. e, at the above place. Qaite
number of young folks had met there To-
the purpose of passing the evening convivi-
ally. Willie Field, young gen
tleman who had BEEN waiting
on a Miss Emma Wood for year or so. but
whose addresses we're not relished by the re-
latives ofthe young lady who vas At the party
He was not wanted there. Political prejudices
are assigned as the grounds Of the objection
On Saturday night the young loryers met At
the school house. The old grudge was re-
newed, and young man, nephew Of Field,
named George Fetch. was attacked BY George
and Leonard Wood, brothers of the young
lady. Field came to his assistance, and in
his efforts to save him vas 20 badly cut that
he had to be taken home in 4 wagon.
None of the parties engaged in the cutting
of Field have ss yet been arrested. 1t IL re-
ported that man n nmed Jeptha Black, was
q prominent assistant of the Wood brothers
in their assault on Field.
The TsSabse - ahe MsssSWsS. Gaasas
Cisy and Northern kaiirsad.
Much has been said lately about the
troubles existing between the engineers and
employers on the Missouri, Kansas City d |
Northern railroad that might have very |
properly been left unsaid until the actual
facts we're placed before the public in all |
their nakedness and truth. Several sensa
tional stories have been sent adrift Of men |
being hurt or killed, Of q vindictive spirit |
manifested by the engineers, Of an almost |
fiendish disposition on their par to rue or ,
ruin, of bridges destroyed by them or their
agents. All this il in truth very sens, ionaI,
ard If true, casts an idelble stigma on tie
engineer association. Bat until We see
further proof of the.e alleged iac,- We feel |
disposed to look upon the engineers a. diff
ferent men from the demons they are repre-
scented, and 20 receive these stories with all
due al!o vance for. their questionable veracity.
A communication FROM Geo. PICK, +. A
L., Moberly Division. published in the II.
Louis Times of the 2l-t inst, gives an eI.
plicit and condensed account Of the d fiji: lay, |
He says the engineer Chaplin, who-- smpio,-
ment on the road gave much dIs,aiI,iac-
ton to the Engineers Association, rot only
ran an engine on the P-c,hc road, sever
years ago, 10 q strike, bat that he had a.
that time appropriated mon'y coinrI'u ei
by the engineers to Tie relief OF tir-mer, and
u,ed it to b.trsy the order into sll the
trouble he possibly could; farther, that the
character of the man was bad; all OF which
charges, if true, place Mr.. Chaplin IN very
unenviable light before the public.
Z Mr.. Peck, al ier abiding TO and explaining
the difficultie, at St. Charles, Kansas City
and other points, closes bis communication
in the following word-:
Our chief engineer, after receiving his dir
charge, instead of trying TO get up any ex-
element, did all in his power to keep
everything quiet and to induce all the men
he met to keep at work a. long AZ they were
permitted. some two or three, however,
not liking to I've discharged, called for their
time. None Of the Others have struck; on |
the contrary. they have held themselves in
readiness for duty at any time. Messrs.
Van Horn and smith are trying to force this
trouble on the engineers, as having been
originated BY them, while the facts are that
they are, through some personal malice.
trying to break up an organization that has
done more TO insure safety to public travel,
TO prevent accidents and TO protect public
property than any other system or organIza-
ton ever devised.
We give Mr.. Peck's version, in part, OF
the difiicuky. The other side has yet TO be
heard from.