, 1906-05-15
TRUTH
IN KNOCK
EFFORTS TO EMBRoIL ROLLING
MILL MANAGER AND MAYOR
OF CITY IN QUARREL
COMES To NOTHING.
Manager Declares He Gave Reporter
Nothing Upon Which He Might
Base wen Assumption of Story
Business Proceeding in Nearly Ev-
cry Department of Mill-BaiIIie
Brothers Not Applicants for Places

AS was to have been expected, and
as freely predicted by a number of
business men and others who were told
of the matter, the publication yester-
day afternoon of the report that Man
ager Jacobus of the rolling mills had
minated that the mayor of the city
knew full well who they (the so-called
'agitators') were, but had made an eff
fort to make him-Mr. Jacobus-point
the finger of suspicion, which that gen.
tleman of course refused to do" was
made of whole cloth, with not a parti-
Gle of evidence of truthfulness. MI.
Jacobus declared this morning that not
only had he not made such a statement,
but that he had given the so-called re-
porter nothing to base ven the as
sumption of such a statement upon. He
had seen Mayor Mckee and they had
talked the matter over Mr.. Jacobus
telling the mayor that he had been here
too short a time, and was too unac
q~uainted with all the people of the
city, to even harbor a faint suspicion.
He was justly indignant, and did not
hesitate to make his indignation plain
to the writer of the knocking, stuff.
Broken Roll Being Repaired.
Both trains are idle at the rolling
mills. The large roll broken some days
ago is still at the shops. 1t is believ-
ed it will be ready to be replaced short
ly, when the nineteen-inch mill can be
started. The little mill is idle, and Mr..
Jacobus was not prepared to say just
when it would start.
The west side is active in every de
blast, Orlie Kibler having been added
to the force of bolt threading machin-
lists yesterday, and one of the Frazee
boys is also a new employe. All the
machines in that room are going full
tilt.
Breaks a Mill Record.
The bolt heading machine is work
ing on a lot of bridge bolts, yesterday
having broken all previous records by
producing 1900 pounds of bolts nicely
headed, and with the one furnace, too,
The nut machines were working and
Of course the burning machines were
going to keep up with them.
One of the old spike machines is
being overhauled with a view to con
verting it t other uses, the automatic
spike machine having rendered it I'm
necessary.
Spikes Ready for Shipment.
Several hundred pounds of spikes
have been turned out and Keyed up
for shipment to points needed. The
furnace for the spike machine is being
rebuilt today ,enlarging its capacity. A
carrier system, handling the spikes
from the machine, through a basin Of
water and thence to the barreling plat
form, is being installed today, and will
be ready when the furnace is ready.
The first of the 5000 pound rolls for
the continuous rail joint set was put
into the lathe today and is being dress
ed to shape. Two of the other rolls
have arrived and the last three are
looked for before the lathe is ready fol-
them.
Manager Jacobus received by ex
press today samples of the continuous
rail joints to be produced at the loca
mill. The rolls are being shaped tt
produce this sort of iron.
W. C. Weigel is still at the office, get
ting an occasional d~aintily perfumet
missile through the mails, and wher
he had read this there is a far-away
Omahanian sort Of look in his eye.
that makes tears come to the eyes o.
the other clerks.