Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-08-31

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THt, TRfn kIE MAN
~ am very ,sttS Mr. Wilson. | know
You have d,i.c ,aul best, but there have
been 10 many ttlss plants of late that we
have decided II l.. = to make a change. OF
conrs. y.,u will say III the employ Of the
company il ynti are tn
It ws>.ths. subsITbtenlent of the great
electrical works " no was speaking-a man
who showed II. speech aud manner that he
was horn To rul. whose dignity was SO
manly thai, one in,tinctively respected him
.yen though H.. dti not know him.
lie WAS si,eakinu to one Of his foremen-
Henry Wilsou--a man brought up in the
works almost man who knew all the
workings OF the place from the way q
Joint was soltiered to the most difficult test
ing, and yet be was how to lose his place
He had held il for five yeaJs He had mar
ried Hattie Lane on the surety OF good
salary. He bad hought his lutte home on
Best street knowing he could Save enough
In "A few years to bay tot it.
But ever since he married Hattie Lane
there had tp-en trouble between himself
and his nentc,t associate IN the works,
James Cpnl,y 1t had been question in
the minds Of many which of the two men
Haiti. marry WomanIike. she chose
the one her friends least expected her to
,boose the nn.r,r. the Lomelirr OF the two
Tn. tro,,ll, b,. and lame, Couley had was
no, ,,5 II.,,y lvilsnn,s m,t,ng Conlev
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prejudice others against wilson. Little
tales were eNa.' @eriled and carried tothe s1-
prrintrndcnt little uuderhand things done
to iui,,rc him Aud now the end had come.
.nd la ,,,a tn ns ou.,.d from bis nlace
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SON injection 1"Hiey uau ihspecteo ~
and found that there had been serious over
sights, 20 he reported to the Superintendent,
and the s1utlinleildeut had sent Wilson TO
,,o III. work aver again. and when Wilson
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superintendent sihipiy iooheo grave anu
said nothing
One Of the trouble men was killed last
week, the superintendent SAID, and here
,,fter Won ,yitl .in his work The wages Of
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80 wien Henry wilson "aikeh up beso
street tn ~ litlc home that afternoon he
carried :, i,M,y heart aud face that told
,f deem h,,u1it,t i,,n and bitter disappoipt-
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W. ,,ara ,,.,,;ny aIopy ca wall - ha
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sa"u W iit''e' "''' '"'"Sn0 o"N
make Tine th'' p''iiiefb on 'he place. 'his
year. and uo@'-- lie did not say any
more. bat lis teeth shut together IKE tho
jaws OF wise and the set look on us TACO
grew harder
Is@here one woman in ten thousand who
would hot have done Just AS Hattie did!
She saw and appreciated his tetalngs, and
with smile such ~ only loving woman
can wear she took MS race IN htf habds, anu
looking into his eyes said:
Never mind. pet: we will get along all
right, and H. will be better for you to have
| work out Of doors. he brave and patient
It takes much IN make some men forgive,
and some Of them never forget.
Morose and melancholy 10y turns. silent
and unnatural at all times, Henry Wilson
went about his work Wherever there was
a report Of trouble he was to be found. Hat
tie would look after him mornings as he
went out, and the tears would come to her
eyes.
Then one dar something happened in the
great electrical works Many things hap
pen there. bni this was something concern
ing ouly the tw" we know best there Tho
switches had ireen turned oil IN the lamp
testing department. Of which Mr.. Conley
was now foreman. and he and his assist
ants were at lunch. Henry wilson, coming
in from outside work, went into the room
for something he wanted. There was no
one there. tie stald Tor moment ana
then went ont, meeting the occupants OF
the room coming back to work. Conley
had been testing an unsatisfactory lamp
and had left it on the floor until his return.
Now he attempted TO hang 1t on the rack.
The lamp caught only one hook He
reached for the other with his left hand,
still holding the other with his right and
forming circuit through his body. Some
one had turned on the switch, and the rack
was alive
What seemed 10 him an age went by as
the alternating current ran through his
body; his heal feit as u it was bursting: his
neck was swelling and choking him. He
tried to cry out, bat could not. Then he
lost CONSCIOUSNESS and tell backward. some
one saw hun sway, realized the situation
and turned the switch. linen he Tell TO the
floor like a log
There WAS great commotion ON that floor,
the ambulance was called, the usual things
in such cases done, ana most men who
work about the fatal JUICE understand
what to do in cases OF emergency.
Henry Wilson sa" the men carrying q
man out to the ambulance aud pressed for
ward with the others to see what was the
matter. His face did not change or soften
when he saw Conley lying apparently NE
less. He simply picked up his tools and
went about has Work.
That afternoon rs he was working in the
lower part of the city men''ipg wires after
fire messenger came Tor him from the
works, and he went up 10 the snperintend-
erits office, where ne was confronted with
the accusation that he had gone into the
resting room while the men were absent
and bad Turned on the switch, knowing
that hr. Coal y would probably be the
first one ~ si'ffr from toacbing the lamps.
Il was IN The room while the men were
at lunch, went there for some fixtures
! wanted, and pa.ss.si them ON the stairs
when came out. dd not toich anything
IN the room
IL was simple statement, boldly made.
fcariessly.
Mr. Coniey il still unconscious" the
superintendent continued, and until such
time az we know tue result oil tue injury he
under arrest On course we KNOW that you
two have had fI.iici trptihie IN the past
1t was three days before Coniey was able
to speak. and tiien ne only confirmed what
was already kpown-ihat the current was
On when IL shoulf have teen oil.
1t VIII 40 hard with " iisoti. was the
word all aToaIri the shop, but on the third
day boy with a Fnite lace and trembling
voice came into the supeTin,endents Office
and asked for a word VITA the chief