Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-18

Ing three cables and fearing the sheet,
around the hole without lbudging the loco
motive This plan was abandoned. 1 Their
gave orders TO use dynamite and a hole wa:
/ then blown in the top of the boiler hui
when the tackle was made fast to this
| hole the boiler plates we're torn apart and
the Hue sheet started without altering the
| position of the enginei in any way
| You see, there was about five feet Of ya.
ter over the engine, AID Of course what liz.
! tie shoveling of sand was done would be
quickly washed back. An this time about a
! thousand strikers wo3ld chip in with sa r.
| castle suggestions, and yea can rest assured
was not willing TO Acknowledge defeat.
I After taking short rest, during which
Time we all tackled good lunch and talked
! the matter over, we again went at that 10.
| connective. 1 hitched both tackles to one of
| the forward driving wheels. and while tho
! cables were strained as tight as possible
| charges of dynamite were fired In the sand
| about the engine. The driving wheel was
| pulled on the axle in this way and the
| frame was pulled out of place but other
wise this attempt was Ruthless Again we
hed a consultation and, as time was VAL
| liable the job was given up As we packed
our traps in the car and prepared to leave
| You should have heard the shouts and teers
those strikers gave us. 1t was a sort OF
| victory for them. and made US all hot un,
Ger the collar, but we had to take our med
icine.
vnlne of Hydraulic Jacks
our next assignment took us on the out
skirts of the city. and up against a lot OF
cars that had been damned together and
scattered over the tracks, but not set on
IRE OF course. we tried In this instance to
save as much property as possible and the
clearing away process was slower. Sup
pose car Weighing with its contents
about eighty thousand pounds, had Its
trucks knocked from under 1t. but not 9th
crwise injured. This was the sort Of fob
that could not be handled easily. as 1t
would not do to haul the car out of the
wreck with puleys and tackle. Then, boys
playel my right bower In the shape Of
hydraulic jacks. You know that | have
paid particular attention to these little lift-
crs. and the way we handled them made
the onloohers out there open their eyes.
These little hydraulic presses are WONDER
ful helpers ON wreck train. with their
ala one man can lift twenty tons a foot a
minute. They are nothing more than small
portable presses. worked on exactly the
san,e principle az the cotton press that IL
used 80 mueh down south. After we had
cleaned 10 the wtpckage at that pont-a
Job the strikers said would take us two
days at least, when We had done II IN three
hours-ohe OF them yelled ut mo that hstp-
after they would burn the wfppkina putflt
nfst AMI cars aftefWHfd
For q couple Of days after We had clear
pil vi tho wfpphasp principally caused by
the great nfe a majority OF the Wreeklha
crews were Kept huEy answering ratis
where the strikers had deraiipd ears ~
strikers were experts, AMI had they heen
builders OF the property destroyed they
r, ~. ny, 'e"e we WV" He'o"'' w
ia ftsr ,,.ob - th. ,u.-,,,ts t,f tb. ,,,fs,
.,t e,t,.. ~ vnuiI oniis,, ia "a u.r,a
r'nm M ,hs GENITAL dapo, ana it.eass ,hs
situation, majority OF The men Mere
members ut organizations, hut would not
takr amy stock in nehs on 10 out as avn,
pathigera From their arguments 4 am
confident that our railroad mea here In
the east ara a more Intelligent class, ono
day white we were waiting Tar u call u
'HnoW' from the htribsrs came into the
ruuin and endeaNored to act the entire party
To- iesort the company, You al, uld have
heard tho arIarcnts Wle at the men from
ihiadclphla advanced against the strike,
Tho scout left the room In disgust, ahi
really believe had he remained an hour
longer no would nave returned to work OF
Course me points AZ Issue had nothing to
10 WIN tue htfihr II was SIMPLY 'nao 81
Hh"WinS ttrohsth an The part at the AmoH
can Ihioh, hhd ~ the face ct the hard
u'nos " "aH 'lnnlhai 'rahsaC'i"h W CAV
e"' we "7' Wv" """e WV" r""'H
Misplaced switch
nut To return 10 our work AZ wrtc,SerH
Ntth IN, ,r,,n hands ip M, ai1,r,nt y,,rta
=, - a, ,,,,,,,, na s,,,,' -. ~ ,',,',
',ar, n,, ~ - '. ' -, 80, ~
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needed 10 clear away WfeohaSe III winch
several good, honest men would he buried,
IL came i've days after we landed In a A.
cn,o young man acting ma syttchunn
- - =, -, -,
"h"' no uou"', "eS ""'""s W NooP ''oin
STARVATION, ana whose proper place was De-
h'hd the counter W afS Eoeds h'"fe'
turned u swlIrh III 'front.' y Iast-WoNlng
meat Tram Ihe tfnin had had trouble get
tine ont vi the stock yhfdh anu was mahins
all porhlhle speed 10 get OUT OF the city, The
mlHplacei switch threw the trnih onto a
sizing that hell several phisd con- cars
ana ran alongside u large DICK Warehouse.
We were sSNe,"l squares away Wneh we
| crash came but the disc of crunbllng
| walls ana spllntcring cars came To our ears
| az through n good working telephone. In
| five minutes time our entire party was on
| the ground aud the wrecking cars followed
| close after The engine had shot onto the
| siding, struck the coal cars and thol
| hrlnplhs that stEV'tnre unWh upnn ue
,,,, ~. 49, mn, ~, no ,,a,, ,h,,
| tasppd the aNItph 10 atlii on patlh pf
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