The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-03

| Wntre hre ths shkihetF uo"Ahueu INV
apsm6no." said an 9rlcIsl, :. ] seen 'sm go
Ing round the corner ahead there"
boy e' don ike ses6 psS. gers mpr,
nor We like scab workers, see an II. you'sc
fellers don't get back In the cars we'll stun
'!'we are in luck the gang. amt around
d enc s soira home cSms hrSSss ts
place last night an got ton O. stone before we
He was proceeding when the engines APP
| peared around the corner and backed down TO
the train. They had gone on some distance
the train. The coupling link had broken. 1t
was on q 90 foot grade. and the automatic ac-
from ron sliding back down the hi. a new coup.
ling was fXed up and the train proceeded up
Whom hS n R Gsn nu' Rea that
awful ioti Windows vent up again and heads
Stick your head. IN. they amt nothin' the
matter" said the train Official.
"Ainit he 2" said MIR. Chin whiskers. AN
way. an, tryin' Z PASS us on the same track. !"
which statement wa. true; The station vas sS
sGs tF% Whit Rs Whs
back in the direction from which It mad come
and then No; ~ tried to start ahead; The ne
engine w6ssis few round but the train didn't
attemrt the train moved.
The train was Just getting up speed when
th.rs 81 the branch y the ro"d known as f hs
cutoff. All freight from CoxtoD yards goes
over that branch to the main line. There was
ocular proof OF the superintendents assertion
that $50 care OF freight had been moved out OF
the yard It was. apparently all stalled IN the
a wheel turning. at least at the timc No. ~
went BY. At Fairview there camo another
whats The matterP' was again demanded
by tho travellers. For answer the train official
pointed un in the T9pntai AIN fEeig n,6S car
Hereby. and behind that stood m engine
"a sGSb. was Killed and his body burned up
there" said the train official. 1T was only
major part Of the eighteen travellers, an ofli;,
cia at the depot told them about II: "Ie sea;
he said. "3st e.opned to get water on no I1s
engineer didn't see S94 standln' there with
train an smash ne natural ;1o conan sssb
brakemen. one Of 'em was burned IN. Il
only happened a little while ago; ItS pretty
this wasn't rs had as that one down the road a
ways last night. These was only ireights.
That one was passenger ~, She sniashed into
Nobody was killed. but things was smashed.
an, it was passenger train" A., ..o,
Three hours to come fifteen, miles" said a
traveller ThiTcSn niles %nnyhSdy AFT" sI
ever get hum l. White Haven alive IN never
ride on this here road again, by gum;
"Ye see" said the official we Amt Killed
any passengers yet. Only scabs.
Finally No IL got started aGai and clam
bered on to Gracedale, another dry goods box
and waited and waited. nobody could find out
fGr What Then she Srenf aShs 10 ps"s
THANK God" said Mr.. Chin whiskers. Il
It was after 5 o'clock. The train WAS due
there at 2 O'Clock. Tho next time the bangy-
te-bang; bang;ssss scared the travellers she
Here. said a train official ''is where that
accident happened some sum mers age when
sixty,iour passengers We're ki lea vo Quite n9,S
almost hear the teoth Of tho travellers chatter:
But before they got fairly OF It tho train started
on. Penn Haven Junction was reached and
the Wow OF the travellers was somewhat OBJ
Acres Of eoS Snd freight rel "GnS
The conductor hustled up to the telegraph
Se' eGt Ss tran East nnd f.
known as the flyer. 1t was supposed to have
left Wilkesbarre two hours and a half after No;
said; oh. hell I'm an hour late at that. but
this Is encouraging"
II happened that the new engineer was an old
man on the road. not being brotherhood man
he wasn't on strike. TO Allentown ana Bet1 ,S
hearts OF the travellers made hard Jumps In
their throats. SlatlnGton was passed In safety
ellers Jumped up and wanted to know what had
happened, The train came 70 full stop
Ahead Rs was maze Of red lights; Another rail:
road official came In and said There's q
block OF coal ton miles long Y TS fe!lers will
but the Official hadn't told the TRUTH
After a reasonable delay the No. ? was switched
Easton. There was another change OF engines
there.
formed at Easton that No. would make only
two stops before reaching Jersey City. and
that there was no block on the road. Jer-
some Of ,them at least. would have changed
rars and lost the money that they had paid for
The news remained cheering until the train
had started. and then q train offieial conhden-
hen th 81: IS Ns This is No. g.
She's local in. and makes all stops" And she
All AT South Plalnneld there were signs Of
trouble Men were Mt the depot shouting. |
There were twenty OF them. and they 81 mbed |
! star and carried club. They began by bor- |
rowing cigarettes and cigars from the travel
Grs and varied Varied that With curses After
'ong" Chimmy was man with cut and
bruised head. He sang;
" the cross. At the eros,
IND the burden OF my heart rolled away rolled away
. y ,:s. sSsT1 nv Sy t .,Wb,
md now am happy a. the day
,oo nHS shouted ali the others. and then they
las phe m cd further with song which said that
iod's Son was the one who wrote "1a-ra-ra
Dom de- aye"
The eighteen travellers. thoroughly dis
listed. got Up and went into the next ear and
, push and shove each other about in their
truggle for cigar butts and cigarette butts
n the floor.
Who are those fellows7" a traveller asked
-Rin official.
Them" said the Official. "them's the spe-
al deputies the company has TO guard its
The travellers reached NewYork at / O'Clock
early six hours later than schedule time. and |
ley learned when they got in that at blooms
ury. Just after No. 80 had gone by. two trains
Ad come together and one man had been |
lied; Their train had made upward OF fifty
tops instead Of eight.