The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-07-25
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A SCRIBE'S BIG SCHEME.
HE HIDES IN A CHANDELIER TO
REPORT A MEETING.

His Shoes on a Stairway Lead to His
Discovery - The Assembled Rail
readers Maj Enough to Tear Him
Limb from Limb-No Law Violated
but Put in jail.
Sr. JOSEPH, Mo, July PA joint
meeting of locomotive engineers, flremen,
swtchmen and brakemen to consider the
Burlington strike convened at Tootle's op-
era house this afternoon. About 700 dele
gates were present, representing lodges Of
the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Gl eat care has been taken, of course, to
keep the proceedings as quiet as possible
Frank p Mcdonald. chairman Of the
grievance committee of the local Brother
hood Of Engineers, called the NEE ting to
order and was elected permanent chair
man.
The fereaoan wa@ spent in speechlnaking
by Frank F. Sargent of Terrie Haute, Ind,
grand master of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen; II. Powers, master of the
local brakemens' brotherhood, ard Mr..
Hitchins, general chairman of the griev-
ance committee of the Kansas City, Fort
Scott and Gulf road
w. NJ Sillivan, Charles Porter and E.
r. Morris, all of ST. Joseph, were elected
secretaries.
A delegation Of twenty-five, appointed at
the Chicago convention last week, arrived
at Q o'clock this morning over the Rock
Island road in a special sleeper rendered
them by the Pullman company.
At 1918 o'clock the convention adjourned
until o'clock
1t is expected that the sessions will con-
tinue for four days.
AMAN UP ALoFT.
Before the meeting began the committee
m ade search Of the opera house, looking
| for spies. Finally a pair of shoes were
| found on the stairway leading up to the
attic of the gallery. This excited suspicion,
and Stage Carpenter Moore was asked
about the shoes He said that they be-
| longed TO him, and when asked to describe
| them he made a mistake. A search was
| made for the owner of the shoes, who was
| found secreted on the chandelier supports
| with no clothes except an undershrt and
pair of overalls He gave his name as
| Davis Replagle, shorthand writer in the
| employ Of Lancaster, Thomas 81 Dawes, at
| torneys, at 3lS Francis street. Replagle
was found by "A member of the local brake
mans brotherhood, named Patrick Nc
| Nulty. He was escorted down the ladder
amidst the yells of tho brotherhood men,
bers. who believed Replagle was in Pinker-
tons employ.
| WORKING FOR A NEWSPAPER.
Replagle stated that he had been hired by
Jacob n. Spencer, formerly publisher ot
the Euening NetOs, but now pro-
prietor Of the journal Of Conn
neyce, to take the proceedings of
the convention in shorthand for his paper.
He said he was to be paid $2j for the work,
and admitted that the stage carpenter had
shown him the hiding place. A large
crowd gathered around when he
was brought down on the stage,
and but for the interference of
cooler heads Replagle would have been
roughly handled He had taken a lunch
and bottle of water TO his hiding place
and was prepared to remain there all day.
| 1t was suggested by one of the brotherhood
| members that he be photographed and his
| photograph be published in the Police
| Gazette and Burlington scab circular, but
the opera house was too dark to have a
| photograph taken. He was marched to
police headquarters through the streets in
| his bare feet
Great excitement prevailed while Replagle
was being taken from the opera house.
and cries Of "Pinkerton spyn and "scab'
we're raised by the delegates. Chairman
| Mcdonald asked the men to behave like
gentlemen and not offer any violence to the
man. saying that If there was any legal
| method the man would be dealt
with accordingly. The impression of the
the legal profession here is that Repagle
cannot be punished as there is no statute
| in Missouri concerning the methods of
securing news for the public prints