The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-10-03

VIII btIhlScIs aHNy NtlN tNhllCiuuh W
ls. We left Huntington for Fort
Wayne and on tlW way picked up am
otner companion who had hcen travelling
with 4 syndicate circus that had COMO to
tho wall, ANA he had lost his entire sea-
sons wages. lie was ~ his way west.
hut concluded 10 come back east NJ far
as Columbus md got Il Job In the trans
fer stables. lie said: Boys, wei will
have TO watch OufalvcG In getting Into
Fort Wayne, as | Just got through serv-
Ing n nftccn day sentence with twenty
four others who rode Into thS yards,
There ARE "tvOmrn Iourisi.."t
we got on the train about two miles
from the town and walked Into tho yards.
1t seemed that every town and city we
visited the jallS and warehouses; were
full. On every freight there were from
30 TO 60 persons riding IN the box ears,
and we were told by parties that there
were several women tourists riding on
trcights, as they had rode with them.
We met u friend In Fort Wayne who
treated MS royalty. lie gave US our sup
pers ana n hIR basket or lunch and told
US how far to 60 from the yards 10 catch
a train. Even the railroad men told us
that the yards OF the Pan Handle, Fort
wayne and Baltimore n Ohio roads were
hllcd with detectives, dressed as buns
on inc look out TO catch people riding on
freight trains. When people asked II We
were going west they advised us to turn
back, as the west was no good and buel-
ness was dead In every town.
They said there must he upwards OF a
million or two OF people on the road. und
every freight car had eight or ten In II.
We lett Fort Wayne and our next stop
was at Monrocvillc. where we canned
all night In n box car. The night wns so
chilly that we had to get up and walk
up und down the car 10 keep warm, We
left the next day and rode all night. We
awoke at daybreak the mex; morning at
a little town called Kirby. and found our
train slde-trackrd. We walked out Of
there to Upper Sandusky. We were aC-
costcd by II railroad detective Will,
walking along the street, but us we were
not upon railroad property at the time,
We escaped a run lie asked us how
We got In, and replied that we walked
In. lie said; 'See'that road ahead? Just
walk out again. which We did about
three miles 10 Il grade. Here the ballast
was about a foot and n half high along
the track and the train was going at a
good rate OF speed and was pretty dan
Eernus 10 catch. We mounted X sue
cesstully. though, md rode through Me-
vada md Bucyrus,to Crcstllne, where We
got n cup of co~ffeSand some bread and
butter. Everyone we asked for some
thing to eat replied that they had fed
o or FIVE that morning and had no
more bread,
First Gas. Traiu.
I'VE waited until dark. being afraid of
the fly cops which were. plenty, and
asked n switchman about n train that
was making up. 1t was all loaded with
lrn!t Tor Pittsburgh ana Philadelphia,
He said II would be'a good train to catch
n" It was n through train, but We would
have TO rid the bumpers. We succeed-
ed In getting on all right. but when we
attempted to swing out on the rods Mt
the side, at the approach OF q brakeman.
a third party got on and spoiled the
whole trip. The brakeman put us all on,
saying II was a first class train and we
could not ride OH Il. We asked him II
there Were II Pullman cars on the
train. Us II was the first time we had
heard a train OF box cars was n first
cia6S train. The next train we got on
had several open fat cars loaded with
iron. and We had TO lie on the Iron while
passing through Masslllpn, Canton and
~ ~ WA hAlNfAHtS are IlIl
there. h train. however, did not stop
till we reached Alliance. where we got OF
and walked around the town through Il
Ieluge OF raia that soaked us to the skin.
n neNt mornlg as we attempted TO
board another freight. just outside OF
tue yards TWO detectives appeared on the
train. There were eight in our purity
ana the detectives called to us to halt.
hut We run around the train and through
Il Held. they chasing US for about 700
yards, One Of these detectives has since
been placed In jail :or shooting a young
man. just outside OF the yards.
We walked about Il mile from town
ana caught III. train at Il grade Mt che
switch tower all getting on except Fat
-. 4 youth OF seventeen who would make
I good dime museum freak.
There are conditions OF men travelling
over the :oad, from The all0w youth OF
fifteen 20 the old gray-halred man NJ
eercnty-irr and eighty years of age.
The majority Of them are willing and
anxious 10 work II they could get en-
ployment and 70 from one place to the
other In the vain hope Of securing some
kind OF employment. There are glass
blowers. miners. hlacksmIths, printers.
and men OF every tradc on the road. or
course there are some who will not work
and arr not looking for 1t. but they are
th" exception TO the rule. We met one
fellow who said he had not worked for
Thirteen years and did not Intend to, and.
another who had blisterri his hands and
cut them with a coupling pin. telling
the people he had been in a gas rxplo-
sion. II was doing III. beg act,
FROM Alliance VIC had plain sailing 20
Pittsburgh, arriving there about ? .. m.
W." stayed there and had a good rest
that night and saw some OF our friends
In the morning. Then we started 10
walk t Carnegl" 10 catch a train for
wheeling. Just as we entered the town
It +wltchman told uS to be careful and
not walk down the tracks. as the yards
were full OF DETECTIVES. We followed his
advice ami cauEht 4 train TINT nigh;
and arrived at Wheeling at 4 O'Clock the
next morning"
CATHOLIC NEWS.