Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14
HUNGRY MULES IN STAMPEDE.

New YORK tribune: "lf yO are fetched
up among bosses don't try to fool wild no
mules. They is a diff'ent animal"
THAI is the sage advice given by an
aged colored man. For years this cOlored
ma has worked at the stables of the Fiss,
Doerr & Carroll Horse mpa East
Twenty-fourth street and Third avenue.
Because his employers recently deviated
from their rules of years not to nave my
thing to do with mules, but to handle
horses only. and purchased three car
loads of the hybrid species, the old negro
was much agitated. He declared that no
luck could come of 1t.
1t would seem that trouble and mules
go together, for ever since the cars con-
tanning the animals arrived here the
mules nave signifed their dislike of the
metropolis. They We're sidetracked at
Fortieth street and the North River. In
the press of the enormou raff1c Incl
Ter to the Dewey celebration it happen
ed that the unfortunate mules We're in
danger of starving to death until they de-
cided as one mule to make a protest.
Word reached the office Of the railroad
that it would be easier to get the mules
out Of the cars peaceably, as the mules
intended to get out anyway.
Them cars will be in bad order, boss.
if you don't get them mules OUT "A
switchman reported to the yardmaster,
and the ~yaldmaster finding the mules
kicking the cars to pieces, urged their
immediate removal. Word was sent to
the consignees and four men skilled in
the art of unloading horses We're sent af-
ter them. There We're 5 in all.
Had they taken the old darkey stable
hand along much trouble might have
been saved. Th men supposed they
would have M trouble and proceeded to
apply horse rules to mules.
Sixteen of the animals We're taken out
Of the car after an hours vigorous
swearing and clubbing, and then the
start for the stable began, each man rid
ing one and leading three, as if he We're
handling horses. 1t is an axiom that
mules will not permit themselves to be
driven or led if they elect otherwise. Re-
sentiment at their i'll treatment caused
the mules so to elect. and they We're hard
ly out Of the railroad yard when as one
mule 16 heads We're tossed, 80 legs Were
kicked in the air, four drivers went over
as many mule heads into the street, and
the mules We're off.
Through FOrtieth street in a bunch the
animals stanpeded at a furious pace
The clatter of their hoofs on the pave
ment caused a tremendous racket, and
the braying of he mules from time tic
time added to the excitement. There
We're black mules and white mules: there
were mules black and white, sorrel and
chestnut. and that ugliest of all mules
the piebald, in the lot. and to the persons
who supposed the word mule ynOny
nous with slow their speed was a revela-
ton.
Half a dozen men in Fortieth street al
various points thought they would STOP
the runaWays by getting in the street
and waving their arms wildly. They
would have had just as much success try
ing to stop stampeded bison.
AT First avenue, after running all the
way across the mules decided tc
stop. The East River was the only al.
tentative, and mules place water in the
same category with work.
The eader of the pack looked up First
, avenue toward Harlem, but decided thai
Harlem was too far. He then turned
!. down, and in IA moment the lot We're tear.
ing down First avenue. The runaWays
; caused intense excitement. Several stray
| dogs We're at their heels barking ant
a yelpins, and a number of men were il
pursuit. At T%hirty-ffth street Thomas
+ Gilmartin, 10 years old, of No. $40 Eas1
| Thirty-seventh street, ran out and triet
to stop the leader. The way that leader
| swung around and let his hind legs fly
5 at Gilmartin was a wonderful sight, anC
t the way Gilmartin doubled up and DIES.
, cribed an arc of a circle as he flew
: through space into a doorway was as re.
: markable. He was unconscious wher
, picked up, but he recovered rapidly an(
. went home without medical assistance
He said he would never try it again.
5 At Thirty-fourth street the mules stop
. ped short and, budding in a bunch will
: their heads in the center and heels Out
| babe defiance to the police or any one els
, who wanted it. Policeman Daniel J
! Kerry said he would capture the leader
} a big piebald animal sixteen hands high
Kerry made the discovery in just about
l minute that mules and Second avenue
; rioters are different. The mules stood
, their ground. and it seemed as If the,
were kicking in every direction at once
, Kerry admitted that he came :@arnet
t near getting his head knocked off, an'
, decided to await the arrival of a mule ~