The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-08-03
NOT A RED HOT STOVE,
BUT a RAILROAD THIS TIME.
John M. Bailey Fails For the Third
Time In His Efforts to Garry
Out the Mldnight e, Order.

Out the Midnight e, Order.
Last Friday night for the third time
John NJ. Bailay attempted by force to take
charge of the South Atlantic & Ohio rail-
road under the silly order Of Judge Bolen,
ISSUED June 9th, 1890, appointing him re-
ceiver Of the road. Upon the issuance
Of Judge Bolen's order appointing him re-
cciver, the S. A. & o. Co., made an appeal
and succeeded in having Jno. G. Haskell
and d. H, Couklin appointed az receivers
at the road by Judge Bond, of MARYLAND.
Bailey, being unwilling to accept the or
der of Judge Bond, appealed to- Judge
Paui's court on the question to whether
the L. S court had Jurisdiction in the
case. Judge Bond issued an order re-
Gently at Harrisonburg, Va, denying
the jurisdiction Of the U. S. court and re-
manded the case to the State court.
Relying upon Judge Paul's order, Bal
Leg claimed that Judge Bolen's' order APP
pointing him receiver WAS again in force;
SO under the cover of darkness last Friday
night he, accompanied by the gallant and
bold ~ city officials of Bristol, Va. went
10 lake charge Of the shops and rolling
stock Vi ,ae company. The Bristo! 'o"-
1t,'. g;yc- 4 Iarsial list Ut his associates
aud ac@amplices a. follows:
Eao;ain .Ionn Jenkins, Mayor Raider,
Policemen Price and kMgore. John Nc
Daniel. Thomas Crist, John Echols. Ike
Crowci. Dave Grant, Will Sheen, W. ;.
Hamilton. H. g. Peters, Captain Weed,
John Keller aud Bud Callahan. Judge
Rhea was also prominent in the affair MS
counsel and advised the officers OF the
town 10 accompany Dr. Bailey and see
that he was put in charge in pcaceable
manner Viii, this advice, the officers
were present as above mentioned.
Think Of it; the Judge Of a city court
giving such advise and the mayor OF a
CITY claiming over 5000 inhabitants 60
ing with his subordinates to capture by
stealth piece of property which they
claimed legally belonged in the hands OF
Bailey When Judge and officers. who
are expected TO uphold the law and dis
countcnancc illegal actions Of all kinds
stoop to such nnwarrantd acts what can
be expected of the ignorant and nnlcarn-
ed? They have simply made of them
selves the laughing stock of the entire
country and shown that they are grossly
ignorant themselves or are strictly at the
beck and nod Of Jno. NJ. Bailey.
BAILEY and his crowd succeeded in cap
turing the shops and all the the rolling
stock that was Mt that time in Bristol.
Promptly on schedule time Bailey, with
Il picaaed-up trnin crew, pulled tram out
of tie shops and up to the depot. Hy
this fine excitement had reached high
! pitch! bu. The Baileyites were in and had
the bulge for the time being. Judge >.
Is. Richmond was the only one Of the prin-
ciple railroad officials present. Ec climb
ed into the engine to take charge OF IT
) and run the train himself. at the same
time ordering Bailey's engineer out; but
knowing just about "a much about run-
min. an engine as he he does about max
inc il waterbury watch, he only succeeded
in bnrnining his hand and was forced to
dsmount by orders from the police force.
Bailey and crew took charge Of the
train. with John Jenkins and an extra
engineer on bonrd. They were on hand
for The purpose OF taking charge OF Capt.
r. j Gruhb's train on mcctng him ut
Natural Tunnel but Oil meeting him
"Bo. notified them that he was not
fright good and ready" to turn his train
over Ia them an demanded their fare TO
Bristol! which they failed to pay, owing
to the fact Chat they did not have the
wherewithall with which to pay.
Bailey brought mis- coptured train on
to Big Stone Gap, and, in order to make
himself popular with the wish-e-washee
class, caid he was going to cut the rcgu-
lar fa,e to Bristol to $500; was going to
connect with the L. e. n. in plat 3 and
buiIda fine depot; passes to accommodate
his tricnds were only worth the asking
for while freight charges would be
mere matter OF moonshine.
On his return to Bristol in the evening
he was met at Gate City by a train load of
S. A. & o. people and was arrested on a.
charge of unlawfully taking train He
WAS tried and bonnd over to answer to
the Charge III court.
The train pulled out and left him and he
got private conveyance TO Bristol that
night Saturday morning he had war
rants issued for the S. a. & o. people
who recnpturcd the train and they we're
also placed under bond.
Through the kindness of n gentleman
thoroughly posted in ali the different
features connected with this perplexing
piece Of busidess the Posr is enableb to
give the principle facts connected with
the causes leading up TO the announce
meni of this action on the part of Bailey /
lntlle fall OF 1885 Jno. NJ. Bailey en-
tered into Il contract with the Virginia
Coal & Iron Co., which was the owner OIL
H. large majority of the stock of the
South Atlantic s. Ohio railroad, by which