The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-10

leans railroad shops NJ Houston July 81,
1902. Monday evening, August 1, / was
going from hele 70 beaumont TO SO 10
work there rs IA machlnlst. 1 left the
shop yards by the side gate by the store
house and walked down along the tracks
toward hardy street til there WAS an open
Ing In the cars and J could ger out, Ihen
went back TO the Oh house over here by
the track and when got there II was
twenty tive mlnutCs to ) O'Clock. / had
then twenty Ave minutes tin the train
came ana went to saloon near the
freight of0cc and got a glass of beer and
cigar. went back up there and stood
by the outside there probably four min
utes. Then man came TO me and he
was speaking to some one beside him and
said "scab. told him then that was
no ''scab' and he did not know what
'Scah' was, and l saw more of them com
ing there ana wanted to 30 inside, but
the door was stopped TWO men were
standing tn the door aud asked me what
! wanted and II | wanted to 20 inside.
said wanted 30 look after my packages
One OF Thorn said ! could not come in and
showed me out. l was hit just as they
showed me out Then the door was open
and went Inside. This was down stairs,
and ! went in that office In the corner to-
ward town, There were Ave men In there
at the time. One was a tall man. lie had
no hat ana no coat on. He showed me out
with his foot aud said Get out of here. =
Then the tralu came ana | went
| on as fast as ! could 60 cRtch the train.
There they knocked me down, but ! cnNle
Oul aNu went through ana went away anu
instead Of going 10 the passenger cars !
Went to the other end Of the train and
/ came into the pOstpfhce car,
| Just before | went upstairs and the man
showed me out aud one showed me from
/ front, did not turn inside right away, hut
/ l turned out and went out 10 the loco
/ motive that was standing theee--the loco
motive that WAS waiting for the train
| There was standing big man with blue
overalls on. This man was standing right
by the side OF me when they hit me WIFE
/ a stick. and saw him hit me They oiJ
not knock me down until CAME down q
J catch the train the last time. When | raI
upstairs there was q man ana u newspa
| asked me for the card" Then the trall
1 came and ] went en- TO catch the train ant
when ! came outside OF the door they
knocked me down Que time, aud hit me ii
the other way and came In the postothct
car There | waited until d few minutes
before the time 20 start, whist the post
office man was speaking 60 the people out
side and ordered me out OF the cnr. TIL,
conductor came aud took me out. The con
duetor was a big man-stbut, short man
lie took me ort and put me on the pas
sengcr ear Just as ! came In there therg
came two of them up on the step ana one
was trying TO take my package and throw
me out
During the trouble they hloodied my nose
pretty bad, They hit me with vera
stout stick about the arms ana gsi bruised s,
ME In the face with the stick, hut with
their hands, lost my hat and my neck
Tie, with horseshoe pin in IL, set with
four stones,
! don't know any of the names of tn,
men. There were many Of them.
\. t. A. Nilsson.
Commenting further on the charges made
MIR. Van Week said; ~ give these state