Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-31

cigar stand Sel3m 5 no exception 70
the rule and as every one knows. II IS
hard work 10 tell d story in this town
out Of the range Of one or tbs Ctner
of these Institutions. Believing that
the Cleveland s1tnike like all strikes
that have preceded it. would some day
wear itself out and with the incident
about to be related be sida-.racked in
the memory Of man. Mr. Nicholson
has borne the burden thus far in ST.
lence, but the daily press reports
have been a constant reminder that
a secret was locked within his breast
and as the strike goes merrily on WITH
no sign of abatement, in order to re-
lieve his MIND he unburdaned his soul
to a Republican reporter The west
ern delegates 10 Buffalo inst in St.
Louis and made up a special excursion
train of twelve Pullman cars to be
run directly through to Buffalo. Ar
irving in Cleveland thsy naturally
wanted to make an impression, 50
before leaving the cars they all
donaed the little red Turkish fez, the
distinguishing mark of a Shriner's re-
| Iigion when ne is working al Il.
| Several hundred Of them marched
through the STREETS and all went well
Iftiu they neared the point whsre the
strikers and the mob were aTrayed
against the forces of the local transit
lines. Hare the trouble began. The
mob at first was awe-stricken. They
thought it was a regiment of soldiers
arrayed in soma newly conceived uni
form Of their capitalist oppress0rs
ard did not know whethr 10 send up
howl 10 the stas15 authorities or wheth-
er it was a little play CT the general
government Then it occurred 10
, hot fE7.oxr ara -
they carried bombs bensath their shirt
fronts, 80 thsy concluded they
were on the wrong track and
decided to await developments
On went the column and the
seowls Of the populace bsoame more
and more ominous. Finally some Of
the better educated leaders were re-
minded that they were all arrayed in
the caps worn by the doWntr0dden
subjects CT the sultan Of Turkey, and
at once jumped to the conclusion
that the eXcursionists were an influx
of contract laborers imported to take
their places and relegate The American
sons of toll to the background. in
stinctively every man in the mob
reached for a brick+bat or club.
Everything of a portable nature that
could be utilized as weapon of Of
Tense or defense was sliced by the
angry car men Hurried consultations
were held by the leaders and II Iaoked
for 4 few minutes as though the storm
was aboU,- to break
Now Mr.. Nicholson is a very OBJ
serving young man He had forgotten
about the strike and the newspaper /
reports of the kiiling CT the day be-
fore While he came from the weso
where psop1e are believed to be 1T
Il, IL T11r h n
Jog up his memory of recent events /
in cleveland. He is not a coward, but
he firmly believes that diplomacy IS I
preferable to a sore head. His brother
Shriners were even more slothful IN /
their mental calculations than he had |
been, SO he punched them in the ribs !
and said, Say boys, we must d0f /
these CAPS and do it quick or it vii /
rain war and you all know what |
Sherman said war is Though he was /
only a high private the command was
obeyed at once and Selim stepping to /
the curbsbtone invoked the fires Of
Demosthenes and delivered himself as
follows:
Friends, Clevelandites. Countrymen; /
I come not here 10 talk. l and my /
fellow pilgrims are travelling over the /
burning sands to Buffalo, where il is |
the waters of Niagara have [
been touched by the magic wand of I
the most illustrious potenUate
and turned to rivers OF cam /
els milk. We come from the Salt !
River valley, the best place ON earth. /
and ether places, and have had nothing /
to drink for two days except water and !
other things. We thirst for the foun-
tains of Allah and the soothing seduc-
lions OF the sacred camels' milk We
IN n 70 fcT- I14o an
CINE Every man of us has taken ths
Pullman porter to one side and sung
into his ears that popular song, Put
Me OF at Buffalo, We marched up :
town TO take a street car ride, but we
find walking preferable. The hills
are a little bit UP grade. but it is ali
right going the other way. You think
Ne come here 10 work. Believe me, my
friends, you are mistaken. We abhor
work. Work makes Us tired and we
are already tired walking up thasa
Hills. If we were not tinsd the sigIc
IF these brick-bats would have a
very depressing effect On US. There
fore, gentlemen. if you viii give us
about two hours we will agree TO ge-
cut of town and try TO do SO without :
getting killed, as We love you and do {
lot want our bloody corpses to be held
is evidence against you. We are
plain American Turks that don't
Know the difference between back
'heesh and an imperial edict' -
He then inquired the shortest rc-1-te
o the Depot and the incident was at
IN end Mr. Nicholson VIII now take
Up the systematic study of cratory.
He has learned with Com Paul Kruger
hat 1t is better 20 talk than to fight. s
SACK TO FAMILIAR SCENES r