New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-13
GUARDING Il RAILROAD.
Band of Rangers Protects Line from
Train Robbers.



Is tHe task 10 which the Union Pacific Railroad has
set itself. The fat has gone forth from headquar-
have operated in the bad lands OF Wyoming to
pc externlnated To secure this result Tim Ken
to patrol the tracks Of that railroad in the outlaw
River. Armed guards ride on every passenger train
A special car and engine lie in the railroad yards
port fast horses and hardy riders to the scene Of
pressed az all costs The susgestion that armed
GUARDS ride on every passenger train was made
division OF the line. after the Wilcox and Upton
hoId-1pS o. lass AID 1870 This plan was shtly az
chief OF the secret service OF the Union Pacific sys
tenn. The result has amply Justified the Precau-
hold-up in the protected territory. But the Union
To that end Tin KeiiSers rangeT Company GGy has
Stretches from 10 east OF PswIins ~ 1ean RIer
through rough. sparsey settled country favorable
This company is composed Of picked men. Every
one one OF LneIn Is dead shot good rough rider and
Union Pacific about 500 month to maintain its
through the bad lands of wyoming Without fear q
nrsjB9 sa oT on every passenger train gIrT sit
Tae npe Dss%en Sheyene and Green River Is the
md rs 2ea92 wtn East IN h f ra and deter
electricity has flashed the message Of the hold
ment of the cow confrV vas S = &c [nT tS
fourishlng industry Of train robbing Suce the
whereabouts Of the escaping desperadoes could be
arrival, it became necessary to abandon IL more
settled portions Of the country as their keds o
ba Ta9Ff be Tsre esta5shsd what BECAME
IhroiIrb tbe C 4 LaclIIC Hne another zigzagged
about the 1 veil To!qraao 19pntairs TO the country
ana ana Lac most dangerous OF aI-belted Wyoming in
and the notorious HoIe-in-the-Wau Here among
me me 1etons as the Big Horn Mountains are called
Lar I from civilization and the Ions OF the law
rurked strange population composed OF cattle
The toein-t he-WaH especially was Hat4Isi fog
dlec5eIlo9 and what was OF avail TO the
outs with the law - every 7e'I4er was al
No shertft's posse could invade its sacred nrs
clncLs ana male forth criminal The news OF the
pursuit would be whispered apparently on ne wings
OF the wind. and long before the daring she-iT
va me oEciais got back TO civilization alive they
situated on a branch Of the Powder River in the
me Sn6 PAT OF Nstrona County II lies among
OF the Big Horn Mountains One hundred miles 10
which on the fremont Elk Horn p s6d M fssPs
valley Rallroad- The nearest point Of contact on
minus Of the Burlington branch that runs from
Ioluca- This is 200 miles away across the noun
lalns. Two hundred miles due south from the
rendezvous IS Rawlins. the nearest point on the
tested with cut-throats and far beyond the edge
or civilization. the Hole-in-the-WaU long a
safe maven for the scum and fotsan OF the West
| The headquarters of the rangers are az CHEYENNE
where the specially equpped car is kept when not
/ on the road. This IS nothing more than a freight
guard One end Of it serves to accommodate the
horses. while the. other is fitted up for the men
up into a package that can almost De put in your
Ps m OF e4 } SEA-. are never taken on the
Is carrying them TO the point OF action. \ score
and panniard. a rack for arms d dozen canteens
tin stove and small larder complete the equip
always kept coffee. bacon -four, salt and the in
rangers sometimes kin COW to I'll out their arder
A g9ngpiank 70, for loading the horses IS always
toned TO this that they up 70 II as naturally
o. nan "a and
! within thirty minutes OF the time OF receiving
night at fifty miles hour with 4 clear right OF
way over every train on the track. IN case the
/ news OF an attack reaches CHEYENNE at midnight
the rangers reach the scene before daybreak ready
Tbe atrdIIsd disfrfct uss Between Nrerfn Rov
100 miles west Of Cheyenne. and Green River wyo
country. very sparsely settled and little known
The Line passes 5Rrogg4 p the pad country about
sutter. On a clear day the mountains surrounding
SH but the absolutely necessarT e Sis IS
J discarded when the men take up the trail The
plan is 70 travel as light as possible The heaviest
| carries 800 snoke'ess repeating Winchester.
Eisn shoots tas same 1s5 esF y as h .
with pair OF - COTS Teyo b 4P6 hundred
native westeruers like their riders. but they are
the fastest and most enduring 70 be found. The
fed and carefully tended. -ley are strong legged
and wiry. apparently as tiT5,ess as their riders
the. road, dependent in number on whether TIE
blind baggage" Hoboes especially are. warned to
keep away from the cars The orders OF the shot
Blaze but 10 travel sometimes or the engine some
times IN the express car and once in q while in
Every man IN the guard has record as good
man with q gun - ST. Funk formerly sheriff
81 Burraio county Nevada; George Hiatt is an ex-
Deputy Sheriff OF Carbon County, Wyoming: Pat,
Lawson ana Tom Megsesou arr both celebrated
western scouts and guides. Sheriff Wharton, OF
Rawlins, and Sherln young or Green Rlyer.
both typical Western fronte-snlen, are enlisted 20
aid the rarsers whenever there shall be a call for
their services While the headquarters OF the ran
gers are az Cheyenne the men and horses are kept
out for suspicious characters The car Is loadet
with men and horses and IS run down he lire 70
srI ~ hoses 70 on a recounoissq nee ri5fn[
along the line and watching for suspicious charc-
ters. Of whose movements they may have been IN
Meanwhile the car follows a parallel course keep
ing N touch with the men and picking them " a.
than few miles from their wheeled base % SUP
Of the line are OF course patroUad most II is
we'll known by all res't Dents OF Wyoming that Red
used BY herders IN the summer a gang OF train
robbers could ride swiftly through the desert and
net Tor ne The precautions OF the rangers Three
weeks aEo the rsu7ers were riding aorg the line ~
an attack had been mae az WLiklns pump mouse
Frank UtIey night puupnnan, had been wounded
place bUt he had succeeded in driving them awav
That was the report which sent the ranger special
1vers ana mail trains. BY morning Keher's men
were on the ground and the trailers wee qniu-
The pt1rrp~aan had broken the switch and wounded
himself IN search or notorlety- But the prompt
ssf,on " nlcn ,s what rarTf,s r,1t s~,st r6,I.l
any be foolhardy enough 70 defy Tim KEEL hers
rangers.
FLIGHT ON AN AERoPLANE.
From The Taller.