The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-10
A RUN ON A GROCERY.
The Queer Outcome of Groundless
Panic at a Pacific Coast Single
Mill.

The Queer Outcome of Groundless
Panic at a Pacific Coast Single
Mill.
From the Puget Sound Lumberman
There was run" up at the little town
of Hamilton, Wash, recently which
ought to find its way int literature de-
voted to queer things Now, the ordinary
run" is generally confined to banks, and
is associated with a long line of frantic
people and a president with pallid fea-
lures, agitated nerves and forced smile
There was no bank president in this case,
no long line of hOrny-handed depOsitors
and no locking of doors and putting up an
announcement of failure Your average
Hamiltonian puts his money in a stocking
or IN an empty stove and
cares not for banks. The
run" in question was on a
grocery store belonging to the Washing
ton Red Cedar Shingle Company A
run" on grocery store is about the fun
NEST thing for the proprietor-tha can
happen. The fler of the mill on the
morning of the rum to use local
phrase, jumped his yob,' and wanted
his cash before pay day, contrary to the
rules and regulations made and provided
The mill owners, making up their minds
to discourage this habit of their men
the disconsolate filer until pay day. The
tiler thereupon filed an attachment
on shingles of the company, and this
caused the run" Without looking into
the situation, local creditors and mill
creditors began run, on the company's
grocery store, with the object of taking
out their wages and debts in lard dried
apples, syrup, tobacco chow chow, bacon,
and other neCessaries of life.
The clerk who had bpan 6OzinCr babiD1
the counter, jumped four feet in the air
when the door opened and half-dozen
brawny, wild-eyed shingle weavers an
peared. Bringing up the rear with a
crowd of labOrers, all clamOring for groce-
ries. Soon it became apparent that the
clerk could not tie up the packages fast
enough, and he told the crowd to help
themselves while he checked up the
goods. When Manager Boardman re-
turned in the evening from the woods,
whittier he had gone after supply of
logs, the clerk was lying exhausted across
an empty pickle barrel and the store had
the appearance of the last act of cy-
clone. When the clerk recovered he in
formed Boardman of the rum and
Boardman laughed long and loud While
he was surveying the wreck in came
a drummer for Seattle grocery
house and mildly inquired if any-
thing was wanted. BOardman looked
queerly at the drummer, laughed and
pointed to the empty shelves. The
drummer knew his business, and that
night he carried the largest order of the
month to Seattle. Before morning
Boardman had discharged all liens and
the mill was started up as usual. Some
persons are mean enough to say that the
drummer put up job on the single mill
employees so that he could book an order.
1t may be so, and the mill employees are
inclined to believe anything Just now. If
you go to Hamilton drop in and see
Boardman and ask him to relate the
story about the run" Should YOU 90
over to the mill don't be surprised if you
see one of the weavers drop his bunch of
shingles and go back of the boiler and
kick himself. You will know that he
was in the run" and that he has a house
full of dried apples, pickles and canned
fruit that he never will get rid of.