The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-11
THE BOSSOFTHE ROAD
Cripple Greek Excursfoa Train
Rolls Into Kansas
rnG AMY YIELDS 70 aaAasssaLs


srmy Of Common Weaiers dsfle4 pofs1it
snd Ia1ehod at obstacles again today.
Three times The stolen train vas reported
stalled bszoes ears snd engines purposely
run on the track ahead OF thsm, and sach
tins The railroad osiessis believed they
were masters Of the situation But In les
time than Is took ths railroad company TO
dump thsiT engines from the track - one
plaes and tsa5 up rails ~ smother the
90 ahsad sswsalsfs" had buils nsv track
around The sssbis ehssrucsions and rsiAid
the tcSn-up rails. WITH their fosco Of
something over 600 msn thsse undsrtak-
ings we're bat . few hours Of entoyabls
sscrsation for The -Wsaisss, who. whsn
riding. wsFs packed IN their eoal eaSS IKE
easdinss in can.
The army sympsthissss vsss hoping
that the daredevil hand might run the
gauntlet u Unissd States Nasshai Me-
isy's hundred winchsstsss and reach To-
peks without further moiestation. Ones
sseajers would b free from easo and psn-
atty. The attitude Of Gov. Lswsliing gave
this idea sncousngemsnk The executive
said nothing sympsshssic when Addressed
% the subject BY interested parties. but
neither did he say anythins condsmns-
tory. He vas entirely non-committal
and sbstainsd from interesting himself In
the mater. beyond replying 70 che com
munieations ssnt him By the railroad ON.
cisis ~ petsy peacs ofBcsfs To one Who
applied for troops the govsrnor ssst the
following:
'.Jamss Hurt, Sheriff, Horaes. Kan:
Tslegram asking tor troops TO ARREST 800
msn who have stoisn . Missouri Pacific
train received. Was train stoien in Kan
sasf Have any dsprsdations bsen COM
mitssd To your county, Have warrants
the men stiIl in your county,
IL ID. LEwKiLIrs, Governor"
The railroad company found thsmssivss
In peculiar IN. the state authorities hav-
ing declined 20 help them and the county
authorities not caring TO do 90. preferripg
10 let the Wild train move on 70 having 60
arrested msn 10 fed and placs on trial
IL took legal ingenuity 20 ess the railroad
In position 10 apprshsnd the men and
the runaway train at all They
depended ON their general attorney,
Bailey WAggoner, 70 drag them out Of the
dimculty. and he succeeded In pressing
the United States into the ssrvics By get
tko8 o43~ SS0IA - VIZ QUltV0 0toS0U S4tCott
court at Topeka TO issue writs Of arrest for
the unknown Common wsaisFS. m action
which Populist leaders condemn - nm
lawful. With United States Narshal
Eeslsy and . forcs Of 6fsy men. each
armed with ride or shotgun. Waggonsf
started out on special train from Topeka
The fores and firearms were increased.
and whom the crew reached Scott City
100 deputy mammals. each with . gun,
were aboard The special made IN En-
citing rsos 70 that point end here u was
determined 70 give battle - the foe. II
battle there had TO b.
Meanwhile the Wsalsrs were rsportsd q
dying eastward, having broken camp 81
Chivington, Colo. whore they peacefully
spent the night rolled In their blsnksts In
the opsn cir. while their train stood still
on the main track. Formidable obstrue-
tons we're reported - being thrown mp
before them at Diston. In the shape Of
three engines and several box care, and
the supply Of water tor their engine Was
said TO b cut of. But the first dispatch
OF their movements for the day showed
them - having passed Sheridan lake,
Colo, ct l0:is. and ~ crossing the stats
line into Kansas st II q m. They went
by the ditch" and Other boulders,
and the engine was stssmins all right
AZ different points from there east.
ward the Wsalsrs' wildcat was reported
- moving carefully and roaring past other
places at forty miles IN hour. The man
ct the throttle. 1t Vas said. was IN old Mis-
souri, Pacific engineer. and he knew every
curve in the road. The Wild tram reached
Horace, Kan. about 2 o'clock. There
they found an sast-bound passenger and
mail that had been he'd mp by the COM
pany. The Wea.ers commanded the crew
Of this train 10 move. and after an sx-
change Of dispatches With the superintsnd-
emit tho train sped away. Regarding that
train as . safe pilot. the Wealers' special
kept close in ats wake. The Wealers had
nos tirst-class locomotive. having ahan.
doned their rusty old switch engine and
appropriated the best passenger engine
they could find in the roundhouss.
Without mishsps the runaways reached
Scott City. which they approached warigy.
They saw nifty feet OF trace torn up In
front Of the station there, while 100 men
With 100 rifles were .insd up on the station
platform. The engineer reversed quickly
and threw her wide open" Before the
waiting and trembling deputies had time
TO think their expected antagonists had
disappeared in the distance whence they
came. Then the deputies hrsathed easier
and were once more courageous The Ms
souri, Pacific promptly started . train east
from Lsoti. KAN, twenty-five miiss vcst
OF Scott CITY. TO intercept tie returning
army.
The capture Of the stolen train was Of.
feeted Al Scott City. Kan. at $50 this
evening. the Wealers having been CON-
PEELED TO return TO that city by
the train sent 20 Moioc. Shortly
after the train vas STOPPED Marshal Nee
ley served ~rsts OF rep.svin. There was q
short conference between sanders aud his
officers. and i, ~as decided TO camp there
on the prairie ali night Sanders
asked permission Of the mayor for
much-needed tres. and the reauext