The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-06-10

ment seemed an hour. In six minutes they
had ON a full head OF steam and plenty of
coal aboard. Mr.. Mansel backed the en-
CINE on 10 the main track. But crowd OF
angry strikers had gathered around, and,
seeing the chief official of the road with
his hand on the throttle, began to think
SEINE scheme was afoot to get ahead of
them. Few, if any, of their number knew
of the wrecking scheme; but, having al
lowed the passenger train to proceed unmo-
Tested, they would permit no extras TO
move.
"Great heavens, boys!" shouted the fran
tic Superintendent, ave must save life.
Number IA will be wrecked if we cannot
overtake her. Burn the round house and
smash every stick of property in the yard,
if you will, but for Gods sake let me go
on"
But the men would not listen They
thought il was n ruse to get locomotive
outside the town limits and move some
freight cars from the west yard, two miles
away.
They dragged Mansel and the fireman
from the cab, while a number of them took
possession of the locomotive and prepared
to take her back to the round-house. 1t
was useless for the Superintendent to pro-
test or struggle; he had to give in.
But, as he thought upon the terrible loss
Of life which must shortly occur, he saw a
quiet and unassuming man step from the
crowd and board the locomotive. AS he
did so every other man on the engine
climbed down, not one of the crowd inter
fering. AS this man started the engine he
called to Mansel, "Don't you worry about
the wreck until you hear from me-
One hour p;ssed-two hours-three
hours. About shutdown Number Ia came
back into Steamville. She was uninjured.
All the passengers and all the trainmen
were safe. But upon the floor of the bag
gage-car, covered with a couple of over
coats, lay the dead body of the man who
had saved the train.
He had got away from Steamville all
right but III passing through the west
yard dozen different pistols had been
emptied into the cab of the locomotive,
forced to SOW somewhat to 60 by the
many switches in safety. There was no
time to stop and explain TO the men. Forty
miles must be made in as many minutes, so
the engineer, bleeding from half score of
bullet holes, kept ahead, and was soon
bounding along the track mt terrible
speed. Less than mile from the rocking
trestle he signaled Number ii and brought
the train to standstill. He Just had blood
and breath enough left to tell the conductor
about the scheme for wrecking the train,
and with parting injunction not to blame
the Knights of Labor for such mean and
dastardly work. the man died.
General Superintendent Mansel was the
first to view the body of the dead man after
it was lifted tenderly from the baggage
car. And this was his first meeting with
JOHN HEADFoRD, Master Workman for
it was none other. He had said he would
tell this John Headford what he thought of
him the first time he saw him. But it was
useless telling him anything now. If he
could hear, the Superintendent would say
(for Tom Mansel does not think it unmanly
to acknowledge mistake>-"Will you
shake hands? You are q brave man."
John Headford's heroic death had good
deal to do with bringing about reconcilia-
ton between the railway company and
its employees.
Travellers over the Grand Transconti-
mental Railway may now see, Mt the eastern
end of the new iron bridge over Running
Greek, tall marble shaft, erected by the
passengers on Number Ii and the railway
men of Steamville. Near the base is CHS
eled this inscription: