The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-03-30

the past two weeks.
Merry TRAINMEN, TOO.
The train consisted of ten cars AM
caboose, and Was in charge of Con
ductor SpaDgler. who did his leve
best to make a trip Monday, bat failet
because Fireman Voelker weakened
at the critical moment. Spangler hac
as brakemen Messrs. King, Hubby
and Holland, all men of nerve, ans
the former a railroader during the
strike of 1877. 1t is said n me Of
the three are members of the Brake
mems order, and when they applied
on Friday last for admission to the
union meeting Of railway men they
were refused. This inceHsed them not
a little, and yesterday, when requested
by some of their associates not to GO
out, they remarked that they were ca.
pable of attending to their own affairs
and would certainly make the trip
unless dragged off of the train. An
effort was also made to get Bradley
and Bresnehan to abandon the con-
templated trip, but they merely replied
that they proposed doing their duty,
and were prepared to take the conse-
quences. The crew stood solid to a
man, and intimidation would have
awaited naught in this instance.
THE LARGE CROWD.
There was a larger crowd on hand
than was the case Monday, but large
majority of the spectators congregated
near the stock yards, and were strung
out from there to tie "Nine Hole"
nearly a mile farther east. 1t was
a good natured crowd, too. There
were not many strikers visible, but
those who were had not sized Bradley
and Bresnehan up correctly, else they
would not have predicted that the
train would not get beyond the city
limits.
At LIS o'clock p. m. engine No.
$50, the same which was handled by
John Linderbury Monday, was brought
from the round-house and turned over
to Engineer Bradley and Fireman
Bresnehan. Both men were as cool
and collected when they took their
seats in the cab as though they were
going to sit down to a game of "old
sledge." The engine was run to the
switch and down into the yards, where
it was coupled to the train without
incident.
PULLING OUT.
At 2:30 o'clock the signal to pull
,ut was given and the engine shot
Onward with the train. There was
lothing snail-like in the speed, but,
IN the contrary, il looked like only a
ertain number of minutes must
lapse before Smithton was reached
nd the engineer proposed getting
here on time. There were on the |
nsins SuPerintendent Frey, Train
master Lyon, Engineer Bradley |
nd Fireman BresDehan. On the |
Irst car was Special Officer Neil. On
he second Detective belong and
)fhcer Mason were standing erect,
iewing the beauties of nature and
OCCASIONALLY casting a glance at the
arge crowds congregated on each
lde of the road. Further back on
he train were the brakemen, while
Conductor SpaDgler held down his
hair In the cupola of the caboose
18th all the grace imaginable.
'ardmaster Dan Grow was
lso in the caboose, and
tier Conductor Frank Mount,
ke Turner, ''Dutch" Verde
ian, Bill Dunnigan and Matt Shea
lso got aboard.
MAKING FOR THE "NINE HOLE"
Experienced railroad men say the
ain passed through the east end of
he yards at the rate of fifteen miles
D hour, and at the stock yards there
as a perceptible increase. 1t was
,ported that large body of strikers /,
I'D congregated at what is known as ,
le mine hole" the first grade east of
lie stock yards, some three-fourths of /
mile distant. Engineer Bradley ,
that the track would !
robably be soaped, so be pulled the s
lrottle wide open and took a run for 6
Re grade. He assembled it without I
ficulty and sped on toward smith {
N. All this time the train had been
flowed by hundreds of spectators, ,
Early all of whom anticipated 8
ouble of some kind or another. i
he majority believed that {
Re strikers would board I
lie cars this side of Smithton and !
Ike possession, but no one, unless he :
I'd received pointer, as it is called,
lticipated '
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