The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-29

NAMED so to this day. .
Jones fights became so notorious that
the travelling engineer waited upon him
TO say that the master mechanic had
ordered that the belligerent engineer
be discharged at the conclusion of his
next aSht Jones promised to reform.
About a month later the travelling en-
gineer climbed into the cab of the en-
CINE which Jones was running, help
/ ing trains from Colorado Springs up
over the divide. The young driver
showed much feeling upon meeting the
travelling engineer and at once assured
the official that he appreciated the len
lency Of the management; that they
had all been very forgiving. and now
he hoped that he might leave the serv-
ice with the good wishes of the Off
Gals.
Why, you are not going to quit, are
you, John? The old man has compli-
mented you repeatedly upon the excel
lent work you have been doing here on
the HILL
Then I take it that the old man isn't
on said Jones. That's like you.
Frank, TO try TO save my neck, but it's
no use"
Suddenly it dawned upon the mind of
the travelling superintendent of motive
power that Jones had been fighting. If
was TO ask Jones and he would get
the whole truth, so he asked him whom
he had fought with.
The hill crew." was the brief reply.
''All of then?"
Yep-began on the head brakeman
and cleaned out the caboose. Including
the captain" said Jones with no show
of pride The official jumped off the
engine and swung into the caboose of
an east bound freight train, and that
was the last Jones heard of the order
TO discharge him, for the conductor was
too proud to report the fact that a
little man weighing less than 40 pounds
had cleaned out the crew with his
naked hands The story of this fight
and how it came about was related to
the writer by the travelling engineer
himself
We've got cranky engineer" the
old brakeman had said to the new
brakeman, who boosted that he was off
the stormy division of the 90" and that
ne mad not yet met an engineer who
could tame him THE only way Won
can handle him is TO go at him dead
hard from the jump-cuss him good
and plenty and, if necessary, thump
him. and he'll be your friend
Cussin's like walkin' to me-" said
the @ man. and when it comes to
a scrap, that's me Prince Albert" and
he went up to the head end When he
had arrived at point Immediately
under the cab window he began a
torrent of blankety banking that
made the engineer dart his head ont
OF the window TO see what was the
matter. The moment that Jones real
lied that the fellow was cursing him
he leaDed right out through the cab
window and lit on top of the brake
man. and bv the time the rear man
came up the head man was yelling
Tor help. He told Jones at once that
the rear brakeman had informed him
that the engineer was a tough mug.
VINO mad to be cursed or he would be
ugly, and Jones promptly apologized
10 the mead brakeman and thrashed
the other fellow. Now the conductor
who had allowed all this to come about
with ms knowledge and silent consent.
observed that Jones was a brute and
ne got what the other two men had
received, and from that day the hin
crew dwelt together in peace and
brotherly love
Once when Jones was still a fireman
he was transferred to the mountain
division, SO as to be forgotten for
time by the engineers of the middle of
the road. When he reached the ton of
the hill for the first time he noticed
that the rear end of the tank was COW
cred with wet cinders and, like the in
dustrious fireman that he was. he got
up and began to sweep them off in the
long snow shed at Marshall Pass.
The superintendent private car was
standing near by. but Jones did not
notice ii in the smoky shed. and the
iirst swlpe OF his broom sent a food
of cinders over the superintendent
who happened at that moment TO be
passing.
Blank. blank, you shouted the Of
fetal and, as he looked up, he saw the
fireman leap from the top of the tank
and he had TO step back to avoid a
crush. Do you know who 1 ann"
No, and I don't care so long as
you've got gray hair"
superintendent
"Well"you, don't you-me again.
said ones. and he got back on his
engine and the superintendent, who
was himself high-spirited man, re-
marked afterwards that he liked that
fellows spunk, and, in fact, he showed