The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-09-28

by rail. but how! He explained this
matter by stating that he very seldom
rode on freight train-they were too
slow. Sometimes. however, he did !;
then he crept in between the cars and
hung to the break rod. but that was
very dangerous. ~ the slightest collis-
ion would telescope the cars sRainst
each other and crush man to pieces.
He preferred to ride on the trucks Of q
passenger coach, where. with q board,
plscad on . cross stanchion, or beam,
he could sit, his feet brsced against an
other bar. Thus ensconced be often
rode the length Of . division without
detection.
His opinion Of Virginia City waa
much better than that Of Reno and Salt
Lake. They were . warm bright
hearted lot of people, aad, breatkiae
the wondrously electrical air Of the
Cornstock. were foil of vitality aud
vim, and had that elar that often led
them to risk their all on the turn Of q
single card. or the fluctuation of one
session of the San Francisco Stock
Board. He had not met John Mackay,
OF the bonanza firm. but the delicate
form of Jun Fair.
AN EVACUATED SKELETON
Ofover two hundred pounds, could be
seen riding about the mills attended by
bis burly body guard, Con Moouy,
who. armed to the teeth is his very
shadow.
But why. asked the reporter, does
Mr.. Fair 60 thus attended; is there
any necessity for it
Well. should say there was. There
are hundred miners there who will
tell you that he would not
ride down Six.mile canyon alone
for half Of the lode. He
has enemies among the miners there
who would jump at the chancs of TAX
ing his life. He is an overbesring and
tyranical man, disliked by all. Mack.
ay. on the contrary, is . workingman's s
friend-a perfect gentleman in every
respect. He did not stay long in vir-
ginia; it was frst rate place for miners
who received 81 per day for their labor
when they had work, which was not
| always the case; but to an outsider, or
one who knew little or nothing about
mining, 1t vas hard place. either to
live or to obtain work. OF Carson
City, he had but little to say. He came
through there on freight train and
under the broad glance of the noon
day sun. The whole town looked a.
though it was half asleep. He thought
some of getting of there and footing it
south to Bodie, which lies about nine-
ty miles from there. but the sight Of
the hosts of laboring men who were re.
turning from that direction made him
abandon that idea and come back to
the Central Pacific. and thence into
California. How did he manage to
get across the summit Well. he
generally stood on the bresk-bar gear
ing on q freight train or under .
truck to Truckee, and from there over
they did not dare to put the tramps OF
for fear that they would hre the snow
sheds.
Why. said the reporter, surely they
would not lay themselves liable to q
ten years sentence in San Quentin
merely to satisfy spite against men
,'bo were simply obeying orders.
Oh, that 10 nothing for some OF them
to do. Why, out on the Union Pacific
they often pull up the spikes holding
the rails and ditch an entire train.
which might result in the manning or
killing of many psssengrs who certain
ly were not responsible for their
wrongs. But then, he added. many Of
these supposed incendisry Hrss were
accidental. The trsmps in coming
through at night would get chilled
through by the cold, wintry ar Of
the mountains, end would often get Of
and build FIRE
IN THE SHADOW OF THE sN0wsHEDs
In some protected spot would try to
warm themselves and obtain . little
sleep. Then often. in their hurry to
catch . passing train, they would
leave its smouldering smbers. which
the wind stirred and scattered In every
direction. This sometime resulted
| in the sheds catching FIRE.
| You spoke Of sleeping; how did you
manage to obtain rest : I suppose you
laid over for the purpose Of taking .
napY said the reporter.
Not often; We generally travel day
and night. Why. have rode on the
truck. under the cars. % long. that BE-
ing tired and worn ont. ! have fallen
asleep and have often woke up with .
start and found myself lust on the brink
of falling OF. Then I would summon
mp al my nerve and will power and
try my utmost 70 kesp awake. but The
motion Of the trucks would agaia ct
| mo to DOING until / fairly prayed for
the train to stop, % that ! could crawl
out and obtain the needed rest In safe.
He further said that nearly all the
| tramps Who were killed on The road
had been overcome BY sleep andslatisue
and had fallen oG their slight rest
| ing place and been crushed to death by
the iron wheels Of the rapidly moving
| monster. At 6acranento he had found
quite . number of tramps who
we're living on fruit alone. - they
could neither obtain work OF proper
food. Most OF them bad been all over
the agricultural and fruit growing
portion of the state. but they found
that nearly ail the labor was done BY
Chinese. What more powerfully IL.
lustrated the Chinese evil thought the
reporter. Here were hundreds of
tramps. made 20 BY necessity. many Of
whom. no doabt. hal fought and bled
| for their country and who al stood
ready at any moment to answer their
country's call TO arms With their lives.
lis,ng On fruit: almost Starving. crowd