Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-03-18
MAKING A MOVE.

The Missouri Pacific Succeed In Sending
freight Train Out of st. Louis With
Guard OF Police and Detectives and Pc
lice Sergeant Colonel Jack Campbell a
stoker--The Strikers Noisy But Peaceful
ST. LOUIS, March 12.-The sending GU
! of freight train over the Missouri Pa
| cific road this morning was the occasion
| of display of feeling so long and wei
controlled by the striking Knights. Abou
| five minutes before ten this mornin.
freight train No. S32, consisting of thir
teen cars of general freight, two oil car
and cabo0se, and bound through tt
Kansas City via Chamois, slowly left thu
foot of Fourteenth street. Engineer
O'Neill was at the lever, fireman whose
name could not be ascertained was lean
ing passiveIy against the cab, Will,
Sergeant Campbell combined the
duties of fireman with his regular
duties. He was shoveling coal. Sergeant
Bree was ringing the bell and Officers
Palmer, Mcmahon and other brass
train proceeded very slowly for q few
blocks, Superintendent Dickinson walk.
ing along side of it. At Seventeenth
street the engineer put on more steam
and with shrek the engine forged
ahead.
A large and excited crowd gathered at
the Ewing avenue crossing. AS the train
appeared in sight, shout after shout OF
derision rent the air. A man who was
looking out of the top of the caboose
ducked his head just in time to avoid a
stone. Anumber of hoodlums had Joined
the crowd and one of them probably
was guilty of the action. The train,
much to the surprise of the crowd,
en- or of tha Oh
and Immediately it was learned
that Engineer O'Neill had jumped off just
east of the Ewing avenue crossing. The
strikers shouted their approval and
laughed heartily Superintendent KERR :
gan and Master Mechanic Bartlett, how
ever, soon had another engineer at hand
Engineer Heggerman. Hegg erman
jumped into the cab, while seve raj of
Furlong's men and Tom himself got on
the train. A few minutes later the train
was again in motion. The crowd in the
meantime had gathered at the Compton
avenue crossing. Again it shouted it's
contempt, and jeering remarks were
made concerning the detectives.
Just as the train was crossing Comp
ton avenue form sprang from among
the crowd and nimbly climbed up one of
the cars. The next moment he was at the
brake, and was turning it on with all his
might, when detective, gingerly step
ping along the tops of the cars, ordered
him off. The man continued coolly and
the crowd cheered with delight. Just as
the detective approached the man, he
climbed down as nimbly as he had as
cended, and disappeared again in the
crowd
"There's the fireman." shouted one of
the strikers, as the train rolled by, and
sure enough there he was, with his coat
hanging on his right shoulder, walking
coolly toward them. He was Immediately
surrounded and eager hands stretched
forth to grasp his. Grave boy!" Good
fellow!" "Well done!' and other COM
mandatory phrases were bestowed upon
him. Some of the men had tears in their
eyes, the voices of others trembled with
emDtion, while still others laughed and
shouted gleefully. Efforts to ascertain
the name of the fireman who had stood by
the Boys were unsuccessful.
clock jaw on this subjectl' yelled one
of the men, and all were silent.
The freight train in the meantime had
gone out of sight. While Furong and his
men walked down the track toward the
shops they were derisively cheered. A
few moments later a Knight-probably an
officer in the Observation-Disclosures Or
dered the men to disperse and go to the
meeting at Euterpe Hall. Many obeyed,
but others fingered on the spot. The ex-
element among the men is strong, but
subdued.