Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-23


and it made the few mightier in their strength
than the many
Every facility being placed at the disposal
of the Sheriff, he went into the small struc-
ture where the operator was sm0kng HI9 ~:
briar-wood and presiding over the clicking III
strument 49,
The Sheriff first sent dispatch to the Gov
ernor of the State, making known the si'ua-
ton and asking for advice. ,n4 Ia
The reply of the Governor showed tnaC hs nc
had learned all the circumstances before .nS
Sheriff's telegram reached him. lie lnlo lnlornleo
the officer he had taken the right COY cour 1e Sc
The National Guard of the county, WHICH te S
had called out, would doubtless prove sum
cient for the emergency, but IT not the EA Aee
utive assured him he would order out SUM
cient number of the Guard, from the other
counties, without an hours delay.
The Governor asked to be kept apprlsed
of the situation; he would remain in the
Capitol day and night until the trouble was
over.
At noon the next day Frogtown was the
most famous place in the whole State. L ne
Midland Central had twelve hundred OF thelr
employees on the ground and the Northern
Trunk Line were represented by fully two
thirds as many.
The Situation for long tim time aioritv was Gt t6f of
the laborers were Irish, who dearly love
rumpus, and nothing would have pleased them
more than an order to pitch into the ltahans,
not forgetting those OF their own race WIN
belonged to the enemy.
The rain had been somewhat of damper
to their ardor, but they walked slowly hlth-
er and thther, smoking their clay pipes, NUT
tering threats, and indulging In taunts meant
to excite the Others to strike the first blow.
But the leaders cf the respective forces
knew the frightful consequences OF oattie
too well to relax their efforts to prevent IL.
They were on the alert, and it was solely
due to their watchfulness that dreadful riot
Mod
The sun rose clear and bright, and when
the train slowed up just east Of the frog, and
the four companies of the Guard, with
their muszets and shining bayonets, disem-
barked and formed in line, every one drew
a great sigh of relief. The Sheriff says it was
the most welcome sight on which he ever
looked
But the cars which brought the soldiers
brought some other parties of interest One
! of these was an enthusiastic young man, with
large nose and protruding eyes.
He carried some portentous legal document,
and before the cars stopped, he leaped to the
ground from the platform, falling on his
hands and knees and stepping on his silk hat
while trying to regain his feet
He anxiously inquired for the Sheriff, and
when stumpy man. with red mustache
and face was pointed out, the young gentle
man made lunge for him.
Il have paper to read to you, sir, said
he. in his most impressive manner.
Il have no objection" replied the Sheriff,
looking coolly at him.
Thereupon, the young man proceeded to
read, IN loud voice, an order from the chan
celor of the State, directing the Sheriff to
remove without delay the men who were
seeking to prevent the reopening of the b.
and ID. @. Division OF the Midland Central
road, which was obstructed at FrOgtown
This order, it will be noticed, was directed
against the representatives, of the Northern
Trunk Line, for the Midland Central claim
ed that all they wished to do was to repair
Their own tracks, so as to permit the passage
of their trains;' but the opposition We're
ready to resist this movement knowing the
occasion would be used to their great injury.
When the gentleman had finished reading
the legal document in voice so loud that
it drew a crowd around him, he turned a
stern glance full on the face of the Sheriff,
and =, said, ,tragically:
The Sheriff, with an enormous sigh, looked
back and responded:
''Well, what of it"
sir?' '9''''
~ take it to mean that the chancellor di-
reefs me to that the employees of the
Northern Trunk Line now here shall be sent
away and that the employees of the Midland
Central shall be left undisturbed to repair
their tracks and remove what is left of the
frog"
1T doesn't say anything about the frog"
"But that's what it means"
'You are ordered to remove these men at
once"
'oWell, I won't do it!''
WHAT" thundered the young man. That's
the order of the chancellor of the Statei"
'1 don't care for that. l won't obey it,"
"Then," said the legal young man, rising
ON his toes and dropping down on his heels
with violence that sent them fan into the
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