Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-09
A HAZARDOUS TRIP.
Forty-Five Armed Guards Nearing
the End of a Very Long Journey
IN CHARGE OF MILLIONS OF GOLD.
The Special Government Train Passes
81 Through Buffalo
AT AN EARLY HOUR THIS MORNING
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH,

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DrsPArCH.I
CHICAGO, Aug 8.-The "gold train"
from San Francisco, which is carrying S20.-
100000 of yellow boys to the National
Capital, passed through the city this morn
ing. The cars bristled with muskets, and
no one was allowed within smelling
distance of the precious freight. The train
stopped but few minutes, to procure water
for the guards, and then the journey was
resumed.
The train came in over the Burlington
road, arriving at 8:45 o'clock this morning.
It consisted Of one private car, one mail and
three express cars. The bags of coin were
piled up in these cars. The train was in
charge of General Superintendent j. E
White, of the railway mail service, and his
assistants were Lewis E. Troy, superin-
tendent of the Western division of the rail-
way mail service, and Superintendent Pep
per, of Cleveland, in charge of the Eastern
railway mail service division. ~
Forty-Five Armed Guards in Charge.
There were altogether 81 persons on the
train, 46 being armed guards At each end
of the cars and on the platforms sat three
or four guards with Winchesters resting
across their knees. There were few persons
at the depot, but the one or two intruders
who did show up were warned off Ayoung
railway mail clerk stationed here, presum-
ing upon his acquaintance with Captain
Troy, ran up to the train as it pulled in and
endeavored to get on one of the front cars.
Before he reached the train guard jumped
of, grabbed the young man by the coat col
lar, and jerking him about the opposite
direction, said grufly: "Git out of here"
IT want to see Captain Troy. He's q
friend of mine" persisted the clerk. II
amt going to rob your old train
"Can't help 1t If you are Captain Troy's
brother; you can't come aboard this train.
Those are our orders, and you had better
get out"
'But ten minutes were occupied in
switching the train from the Burlington to
the Lake Shore tracks, and then the train
pulled out None but the guards showed
themselves, and they looked rather lazy
and tired of their job. The train will
reach Washington tomorrow morning.
How tho Gold Was Packed.
cartridge boxes, banked up in the center of
each car and surrounded by the guards.
Every man of them was ready for any emer-
gency and the entire force SO we'll dis
tributed that 1t would have been hazardous
for anyone to have attempted raid Super
intendent Troy and Captain White were
well pleased with the success thus far of
their trip.
Captain White said they had left San
Francisco at 6 o'clock Thursday evening,
and were running on fast mail time. So
far they had proceeded without accident
They intended running east on the Lake
Shore certain distance, but how far that
would be, or where the train would be
switched onto another track, the Captain
did not care to say.
Engineer Frank said just before he
pulled out for the East: IT would rather
carry q ton of dynamite than have the re-
sponsibility of this rum
A special from Buffalo says: The train
carrying $40, 900, 900. OF Uncle Sans gold
passed through Buffalo tonight ct o'clock,
over the New York Central road. The train
stopped just inside the depot for only few
minutes, during which time locomotives
and train crews were changed. The few
loiterers about the depot did not know that
the cars we're filed with gold coin until the
train had lett on its eastward journey.
When she train stopped, guards with loaded
rifles stood on the platform of the cars and
kept everybody safe distance away. The
train has a clear track before it, and with q
new engine started to make good time.