Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-11
WORK is WHAT THEY WANT.
THE EXPERIENCE OF 4 RAILROAD
sray oUT or A jon.


Washington Star.
He came into the editorial rooms in
uuiring for the city editor. Finding
hat Individual. he asked II Especial"
Of space" articles were accepted. Be-
Ing Informed that they were. he asked
the privilege OF doing a little work for
the paper In order. as he termed IT.
TO make a stake" on which to get
out OF the city. He was apparently
Intelligent and weii-lnformed. and a
little talk with him developed the fact
hat he was a practical railroad man
II many years experience. VIII rrom-
nendatlons crediting him with mort
n his line OF work But he was out OF
Job, without money. and with no
nance TO get employment on any of
he railroads In this city. His story
was interesting In that II deals with
condition not very familiar to the
public generally; that OF the Empower
iHhed railroad man, who. when by
;hAnoo he loses a position on one road
travels sometimes thousands OF miles
Ia search Of another Job often with no
'"'"'sf hhu beheI"lS WIN no Jug
gage.
The unprecedented business depres-
sion OF the past year had thrown him
Out OF work. and since the loss OF his
job he had Travelled nearly all over
the continent looking for the job that.
10 far. had failed to materialzc Hustler
mat ne was he was not by any mems
DISCOURAGED or blue over his want OF
success 80 far. but intended 10 keep
on until as he termed II, he found an
'ofiiee''
story From Life.
His story ia rivep In b,s own words.
"Iahd boon WORKING In Fos, g, ouls
for about four months when tho rau.
road business in that section begnn 90 |
drop On at the commencement Of tho |
present hard times. n war npo mo !
company commenced 10 reduce rho |
force, and before tbsy ga, |
through. I'm fart oimost ma |
soon nH thoy atm. "A got A.
where the chicken t,t tho ny, ,ra
with $40 In my noe !, started :, Ioot
for another iob trlod ali ,,s r,,1,
In ST. Louis. aud az the condition was
lust as bad there M ON tho esst slde
I. OF course, got nothing and an no
morning of Aprll 10 tSq7 stor,oA or
what has turned out 10 bo tho t,ns.s,
lrip on record mini, .ver ,,ad,' ~,
, man who wna ,vtlt,,,, Co. ~, 80,
ng FOR n ipb.
81 came gast ovcr the Ont, on, ,,a
lippippl road. got 4, Cincinnati an r,ght
hut thsrc wss ,o ..ar,, w l,S""
To Columbus q ma ,a,,,.. W., ~. ",
went the worse It got. 70, In order not
10 20 back over the same route.
struck out northwest from Columbus.
over the Columbus, hoeklng Valley
and Toledo for Toledo reached thoro
NE Soth OF April, Just In time to get
me full benefit Of coal minera strike
tpat KNOCKED the bottom out OF what
little business the rouds We're doing
ihon. only stopped over one day. and
on the morning OF the "a went TO Mr..
Galloway, the gcnernl manager OF the
plover Lear Croledo ~ Louis and Kan.
sas CITY railway, showed him my let.
lera' ana asked for pass bnok to 81
LOUIS which he gave mo, aud that
Mght started for the West 81. Louis
was worse than when ! left II. Men
VINO had worked IN the yarda there FOR
years were pulled of and. with faml.
ieH to look our FOR were unable to
cave the city. Hundreds Of them wore
moving up at the yards morning and
svening' only 10 get the same answer
10 Their lnqulrlea Tor work, No va.
eanoy.'
Down In Texas.
81 did not tnrrv io,v ,,.ra 49,,
struck Out oy,r tho ~ w
Mountain ana somhern ,,r n.y. ''',
visited nenlaon. Ieort warm nou.
waco. Houaton. Gaiv,a,o,, v 'o'
and San Antonlo I'm, al ""euni
poae. The sar,n. stact s. ~ no puf'
over. ana the roads WOW. ,S,,',, "nH
enginus and storlng uno,r ca,. w
travelling had Neon casn, n,, 'o'
Antonio tbe ronaitc,. .bs ~ sun
dreds Of rar,yo1 MAN ,a' iinn-
aud Tho oondnot,,a ,,o,, ~" ~. s'"',''nS
and thcn too INV mo Mo h s,,u nm, snlllS
l got little asslrument from the sam
.' Express that relieved the n
,'ui,uia' embarrassment fpr a few days.
'siu eNon'uaily succeeded In getting a
'iop our OF town ! was making for