La Junta tribune., 1907-11-09

superintendent happened TO he with
us when til. news came.
4 -Y0u can't handle II. boys" said be
1 nervonsiy. what you'd better do Is
to turn 1t over to the Columbian Pa
cihc.''
Our contracting freight syeui on the
coast NJ that time was n fellow err
-.tic that he wa. nIcknanicd Crazy
fNtrAe Right In the midst Of the strike
Crazy horse wired that lie had secured
- big silk shipment for New York. We
were paralyzed.
/ We had no engineers. mn tircnen aud
no motive power TO speak OF The
strikers were pounding our men.
4 wrecking orr trains aud giving us the
4 worst Of II genernlly-tliat Is. when
we couldn't give IL To them. Why the
Il fellow displayed his activity at that
Il particular juncture still reiuains
81 Inystcry Perhaps he had gridge
the road. If sn. lac tnok an
%artfnl revenge. Everybody on the sys-
item with ordinary railroad sense knew
Srhat orr struggle was TO keep clear OF
business until We got rid of
}sspur strike Anything valuable ar per
S3shable was especially unwelcome.
& But the stun WAS docked and loaded
Ind consigned in our care before we
anew. II. After that y refusal tn carry
m would be like hoistIng the white
mag. and that In something which
never yet aew Oh the West End.
ss# ..Turu II o.er to the Columbian
Bald the general superintendent Rnf
y The general superintendent WIS not
hooked up to on our division. He
hadn't enough sand. Our head was
ghtcr. and he gave tone n every iran
nnder him.
'z No. he Numbered. bringing down
his hst. mot in n thousand years!
SsyNe'II move II ourselves. Wire Mont
Il; somery. the general manager. that we
E3awili take care of it. And wire him to
115ire Crazyhorse--i,nd TO do 1t right on.
"A nd before the silk WAS turned over
10 us Crazyhorse was looking for an
+ other Job 1t Is the only case on rec
lnfE where freight hustler WAS dis
krsed for getting business.
81 There We're twelve car lOads. 1t
twas Insured for Ss5.0sO ear. Yosi can
agure how far the title IL wrong. but
you can never estimate the worry that
Stuu kuNc ub. AOOACu -" - -
BIZ, 600, 900 worth. In fact. Que scrub
rar tink.- with the glory OF the West
End at heart had a hght over the
mount with . skeptical hostier. He
Sinaintalned tist the actual money
3SSaIue was a hundred and twenty mil
sbions. but gave you the figures Just
rs they went over the wire. aud they
are right
M What bothered ms most was that the
81 trikern had the tip almost as soon ~
1--we had Ii. Having friends on every
road In the country, they knew NJ
much about our business as We
Durselves. The minute 1t was an
iounced that We shonld move the silk
8hey were after us. 1t was q defiance.
a last one II We could move freight
for we were already moving passen-
u gers after a fashion-the strike might
;sbe well accounted beaten.
& Stewart. The leader OF the local con-
aingent. together with his followers,
got after me at once.
f Ion den't show much SENSE. Reed"
4 baid he "You fellows here are break
ang your necks to get things moving.
s$nnd when this strikes over II our boys
ask for your discharge they'll get 1t.
#-rhis road can't rim without our engi-
neers. We're going to beat you. If
~ dare trv TO move this stun We'll
I1Ie your scalp when It's over. You'll
M fr get yonr silk to GAINESVILLE. I'll
&pr56iise you that. And il you ditch II
and make million dollar loss. you'll
3get let out anyway, my buck
"I'm here to obey orders. Stewart"
4 / retorted What WAS the use Of more?
IL felt uncomfortable, but we had de-
&termined to move the silk. There was
nothing more to be ssid.
when I went over to the rouudh0use
and told Neishl,o- the decision he said
never word, but lac looked u great
deal Neighbor's task was to supply
The motive power. All that We had.
,incrippled. was In the passenger serv-
lice. becnuse passengers must he NOV
In order to win . strike y0u must
Hhave public opinion on your side.
''Nevertheless. Neighbor." said !,
latter, we had talked awhile. we must
move the silk also"
NelEhbor studied. then he roared At
his foreman.
.Send Bartholomew Mullen here"
Hc spoke with a DECISION that made me
think the business was donA I had
never happen.d. II - true. to hear Of
bartholomew Mullen In the depart
ment Of motive power, but the i'm
pressisn- the name gave me was Of y
menstrous fellow, big a. NslGhbor o.
Old man sankey or Dad HamIlton.
~I'n put Bartholomew ahead Of It."
muttered Nelghbos tightly. 4 boy
walked into the once.
'sMr. Gaften eatd ron wanted to sse