El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-06-09

pensive business. When the third
section of the soldier train pulled into
the yards yesterday afternoon it was
noticed that none of the boys left the
train except few who were sent after
coffee for the troops. An inquisitive
reporter questioned of the boys regard.
ing the cause of their confinement and
the soldier said: "The boys were all
feeling well when we pulled into
usual. Two of our company grabbed
q girl and kissed her, and even though
it was done with the best intentions
we are all suffering as q result. "
When asked when he thought the
punishment would be lifted he said
possibly not for II hours. "You can
never swear your life is your own in
this business" he said, with a tinge
of indignation in his voice. "While
am not in the least sOrryII enlisted
into the service, 1 must say that I
entertained an entirely different idea
regarding their treatment
1t is stated that the Louisville and
Nashville railroad will, on July 1, re-
store the wages of employees to the
basis of 1898, when q 10 per cent re-
duction was made on account of the
hard times. This is q practical in
crease of the present scale, and will be
q pleasant reminder to other roads to
ssgo and do likewise'' At the time
the reduction of wages was made on
railroads throughout the country there
was q strong plea made by the various
companies for their employees to sub
NIT to q reduction, assuring them that
with the return of prosperity would
return the old scale. Now that rail
road earnings have shown an increase of
from 81, 900, 900 to So, 900, 900, it is natural
that the boys should look for the adop-
tion of the old scale.
The first section of the soldier train
struck an open switch in the G. b.
yards yesterday about II o'clock and
the engine and one coach left the
track, tearing up the ground consid-
erably. The switchenRine was doing
some work on the main line when the
soldier train "whistled in," She pulled
into the siding and her crew neglected
to turn sthe switch. This is merely
another illustration tending to prove
that "haste makes waste" There
had been two switch engines at work
all day clearing the yards for the SOL
der trains, and it was in the heat Of
excitement that this mistake was
made. Fortunately no one was injured
but had the train been running at q
greater rate of speed than it was, the
result would have been very differ
emit.
When the second section of the SOL
der train arrived yesterday the SOL
diers made q rush for town. When
the train whistled, calling ''all aboard"
for departure, zone of the lads in blue
came running at a lively rate to the
depot with a large piece of pie in his
= and IF his. frion6S ohaSad h i'm
in order to secured some of the
strange" food and overhauled him
just as he was putting the last bite
into his mouth. ''Ah, gee!
Why didn't you save me piece" ask
ed one of his pursuers. Didn't have
time" said the individual with his
mouth full Of pie. ''What kind was
it?" he asked, with pitiful look in his
eyes. "Been SO long since I bad any
the last bite went down.
It is authoritatively announced that
the Santa Fe will close the gap be-
tween Mojave and Bakersfield and
form q connection with the San Joaquin
valley road. James Dun, chief en-
gineer of the Santa Fee system, has
looked over the country that lies be-
tween the terminus of the Santa Fe
Pacific and terminus of the Valley rail-
road. The route of the proposed ex-
tension will, in all proba bility, be
from johannesburg through Walker
Pass and down the canyon of Kerndiver
to Bakersfield.
Superintendent Martin said to .
HERALD man yesterday that all con-
ductors going east out of here were in
structed to watch all trains closely.
and if Foreman Borcherding was
caught on the train to put him off with
out any ceremony. This precaution is
taken by the S. P. company to prevent
Mr.. Borcherding from going to Cuba
to battle against the Spaniards. As
Mr.. Borcherding was.present when
MIR. Martin made the statement it Ia
taken for granted that sthe superin-
tende Mt meant lust what he said.