Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-02-20
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Local
Along the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad.

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THE LAST UNPLEAsANTNESs-A NEW
COMPANY WITH STANTON OFFICERS
ARMS AND EQUIPMENTs-HAWKs
NEST AS IT Is-ARIs RlDE-9Oo FEET
TN THREE MrLEs-A TRAIN WITHOUT
AN ENe1NE-Go1Ne UP AND GOING
DoWN-MINERs MAKING MoNEY-TAE
COATS THREAD MAN-GooD MANAGE
MENT AND SUCCESS STREETS AND
RAILROADS UNDER A MOUNTAIN
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correspondence OF the Stanton VINDIcAToR.
HAWKS NEST, w. VAS,
February 18Th, 1880.
Here at the scene of the last West Viz
ginia s'unpleasantness, there are pnm-
Der of interesting particulars to be gather
ed from the participants, as they tell OF
how ..'the rebellion was crushed out, and
when young soldier OF one OF the compa-
MES. which was ordered to the place, told
the writer of how promptly every man re-
ported for duty and how willingly they
marched to what promised to be bloody
field and how the boys were really ''spiling
for fight" it carried him right back
twenty years to the opening days of that
great rebellion. which too. was ''crushed
OUT" but how p? The answer comes from
a million graves, an impoverished coun-
try and still oppressed section. In the
affair at Hawks Nest, nothing but the
prompt and decided act ion Of MIR. Page,
the Superintendent, AID his assistant, Mr..
Camm. the promptness of Deputy Sheriff,
Tyree, and the prudence of Maj Appleton,
the battalion commander, backed by the
GOODNESS of the men, prevented serious in
terruptions and disorganizatiOn of the in
dustrial interest of the New River section
or bloody and disgraceful scene.
yHE LESSON.
The turbulent miners have learned that
their ''Union'' is not supreme authority
and the orderly and Industrious Cnes have
found out that they will be supported by
the authorities when they dare to fulfill
their contracts with their employers and
may disobey the dreaded Union without
being hung to the nearest tree; while the
operatives have proved the power of firm
ness and decision backed by muskets and
Ga tin guns.
| Another result here has been the organ
ization of a new military company. The
following are the principal officers: j. M
Anderson, Captain; VIM. N. Page, 1st
Lieutenant; John Shehan, I'd Lieutenant,
and A. W. Hamilton, Orderly Sergeant.
Lieut. Page is well known in Staunton,
and a brother-in-law of Mr.. T. A. Bledsoe,
cashier Of the Valley Bank. Lieut.. Shehan
is a native Stauntonian. The company
numbers 81 picked men and is made up of
citizens of tie neig hbol hood and some mi
ners. The Capt. has just received their
arms which he is now distributing to the
men. They are splendid breech loading
Springfield rifles, the arm adopted by the
U. S. Government. The officers are armed
with swords and six shooting revolvers.
A good supply of ammunition accompa.
MED the arms, so that Hawks Nest is now
prepared to take care of herself IN case of
any small difficulty.
HAWKS NEST AS IT u.s.
The traveller who crosses the fine iron
bridge at Hawks Nest, looks up at the
over hanging Lovers Leap and the dizzy
crag of the ''Nest'', takes in the coal sh ute
and mining operations of Maj Echols on
the mountain front, chances at the SUBJ
stantial depot building, steps into the we'll
stocked store of E. Smith and gets choice
meal at his excellent hotel which Was large
enough to accommodate the Charleston
Rifles. l say, that this traveller, leaves
after the Twenty minutes for dinner Is
thinking he has seen al there is of Hawk s
| Nest, but there he is much mistaken. L. t
him go around the the cliff where on side
track stand twenty Car loads Of coal and
| follow the echo of shIill engine whistle
that suggests one of the C.. Il O's young
| ones has strayed off and got lost in the
mountain, and new new scene O. ems
upon him. A coal tiprle where men are
busy dumping coal from track on the
mountain side into the cars below, a train
| OF small Cars loaded way above their tops, a
young engine steaming and sweating with
imp thence to be off and narrow iron
track winding aloug the mountain side nd
across mountain torrent losing itself be-
hind cliff, all make you think there is
| life away up there somewhere behind those,
| crags.
You stand watching the rapid weighing
and unloading of ten cars, six or eight men
and boys are busy at it, too busy to talk.
Every one seems to have his place and to
know it. Everything seems to move like
clock work and you feel that there isl
somewhere steady hand and a business
head directing the work.
GOING UP.
In few minutes the cars are unloaded.
backed upon the track and hitched togeth.
er. The young engine gives restless lit
tie snort. 'Wish to go up Sir?" Eyes,
you say, looking at the cliffs ahead and
the boiling torrent below and wondering
If the going up' doesn't mean going
down. Jump in them You step into
an empty car at the tail Of the train. The
young engine, they call her Betty gives
scream and you start after her up the side
OF the mountain, across high trestle.
around rough crag, skirting the edge OF
the foaming torrent, faster and faster q .,es
the betty and faster go you. You p.ss
under grand old cliff where the water
from small stream pouring over and
breaking into a-shower, rains down upon
you, up by the brink of splendid water
fall that makes you think how merrilv it
would tumble you about if wheel were to
break or rail slip, up still among the
rocks an0 pneS ACROSS chasms and al;a