El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-14

"Rsilroad picnics are not conducted
the same in this country as they are
back east" said travelling switch
man yesterday. l attended railroad
blow out in Denver a few weeks age
and was never more surprised in my
life than was at the seemingly pain
full quietness which prevailed, through
out the entire day. When heard Of
the intentions of the railroad men to
give q picnic where beer and dancing
would be free, I made up my mind If
went I would have to fight, so I begun
training for the event. 1 butted my
q day. rolled down q steep hill every
morning, threw bricks at the cats and
drank all the beer my stomach would
hold. concluded on the morning OF
the picnic that was in shape to meet
all corners. l left for the scene of the
festivities feeling so blood-thirsty that
l was actually afraid of myself, and
waited around the picnic grounds for
some one to get full of fire water and
challenge me to scrap. 1 waited and
waited but no one seemed to be
troubled with fight on the brain, so
joined in the fun-making and laughed
Is long and as loud as any of them and
left town without telling any of the
boys how disappointed 1 was on that
occasion"
'The insurance clause in the O. r.
c., of which am a member" said j.
81. Cunningham, who is at present
braking on the G. H., ''is greatly en-
dsngered by the fact that so many O..
r. G. men are braking on the various
roads as a result of losing their jobs
as conductors. The rate OF insurance
on brakeman is three times as high
as that of q conductor but the 0. r. @.
must take its chances with conductors
acting. in the capacity of brakemen at
the insurance rate specified for con-
ductors. These are circumstances very
expensive and difficult to contend
with, but the o. r. G. seems to be I'M
able to change the existing conditions.
To men over so years of age,' con-
tinued Mr.. Cunningham, "the 0. r.
G. allows but 81 900 insurance and this
l believe to be unjust. I think as long
as q man is able to do his work he
should be allowed to insure for the
full limit"
When Foreman Mum, of the G. H.,
was questioned yesterday regarding
the Fourth of July celebration he said:
"Well, 1 don't see any absolute neces-
sity of it. In my estimation 1t would
not look well for Ell Paso to spend two
or three thousand dollars in celebra-
ton when she has 80 many people
lowering on the verge of starvation. l
refuse from ten to fifteen men work
here every day and these men are GER
tainly in need" When asked If the
shops would shut down on the Fourth
in order to gave all hands q no 'iday,
he said the shops would shut down If
such q thing il possible, and he Is in
clined to believe that everything will
be in shape to give all hands chance
to spend the day as they see fit.
This clipping from the Tucson Star
will be of interest to the many rail
road friends of Edgar Buehring in Ell
Paso: SIN Tucson, Tuesday evening,
at O'Clock, Edgar Beuhring and Miss
Nancy Slater were Joined in the holy
is chief clerk at the Southern Pacific
depot and is we'll known here. Miss
Slater came to Tucson from Phoenix
last fall and opened the Bon Ton mill
linery psrlor and during her stay here
has made many friends. They left
this morning to spend their honey
moon in old Mexico, from whence they
will return in about week. A host
of friends wish them all happiness and
success in their new life."
Engineer Derr. of the G. 81. pass
enger run, was relating his experience
while on the Yuma division of the S.
P. to number of friends yesterday.
He said the heat was SO intense. that
sleep was out of questions. 'There
was room for just seven of US to sleep
in that town Of Yuma" he said, 'and
the bed was under the railroad water
tank. The first crew to arrive in Yuma
of course, occupied the bed and all
who followed that crew were compell-
ed to stay in the round house and fight
horse flies, which are as large as and
even more powerful than a mud
TURTLE
The big whistle on the Santa Fe
round house has not proved as trouble
some an article as was expected. Ma
chinist link says he thinks the failure