Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-03-23

"lou cant handle it, b,y'.' said he
ucry0usly. what you'd hctir' 10 IL
10 turn 1t over TO the Columbian Pa.
cihc."
our contracting freight agent on tho
coast at that time was follow 40 er.
ratio that he was nicl,named Crazy
horse Right IN the midst of the strike
Crazyhorse wired that he had secured
big silk shipment for New York. We
were paraly2cd.
We had no engineers. no firenlen and
no motive power To speak Of. The
strikers We're pounding orr men.
wrecs!Dr our trains and giving us tho
worst Of 1t generally Is, when
we couldn't give It 10 them. Why the
fellow displayed his activity at that
particular iuncturc still remains Il
mystery. Perhaps he had drudge
against the road. II so, he took an
nrtful revenge. Everybody on the sys
TEN with ordinary railroad sense knew
that our struggle was 10 keep clear Of
freight business until we got rid Of
our strike Anything valuable or ner.
ishnble was especially unwelcome.
But the stun was docEcd and loaded
aud consigned in our care hcforc we
knew II. After that n refusal TO carry
&c would he like Eolsting the white
flag, and that IL something which
never yet lew ON the West End.
Turn II over TO the Columbian"
said the general superintendent. But
the general superintendent was not
looked up to on our division. lie
hadn't enough sand. our head was Il
fighter, and he gave tone to every man
under him.
NO" he Numbered, bringing down
bis fist, mot In II thousand years!
Wen move IL ourselves. Wire Mont
gUmcry. the general manager, that we
will take care OF II. And wire him 10
FIRE CraZyhorsc--and TO do II right OF"
And before the silk was turned over
to us Crazyhorse was looking for an
other job 1t Is the only case on rec
ord where freight hustler was dis.
charged for getting business.
There were twelve car loads. IL
was insured FOR $4,000 ear. You can
figure how far the title Is wrong. but
you can never estimate the worry that
stun gave lis. II looked as big M
Sl2,OOO,0OO worth. IN fact, one scruh
car tink, with the glory Of the West
End ut heart. had fight over the
amount with skeptlcal hostler. He
maintained that the actual money
value was n hundred and twenty mil.
Hama htFt I tl.n HUnfnt tnat
as they went over the wire, and they
nre right.
What bothered ms most was that the
strikers had the tip almost rs soon as
We had II. Having friends on every
road IN the country, they knew ne
much about our business ms we
ourselves. The minute II was, an
bounced that we should move the silk
they We're after us. II was n defiance,
u last one. II we could move freight
for we were already moving passcn.
gers after Il fashion--the strike might
be well accounted beaten.
Stewart, the lender of the local con.
tingent, together with hiH followers,
got after me ut once.
"You don't show much sense, Reed"
said he you fellows here are break
lug your neclis 70 get things moving.
and when this strikes over II our boys
ask for your discharge they'll get II.
This road can't run without our engi.
neers. We're going to beat you. II
you dare try TO move this stun wen
have your scalp when It's over. You'll!
never get your silk TO GAINESVILLE, III
promise you that. And II you ditch II
aud make n million dollar loss. you'll
get let out anyway, my buck"
"I'm here TO obey orders, Stewart"
] retorted, What was the use Of more
! felt uncomfortable, but we had de-
termined to move the silk There waa
nothing more to be said.
When ] went over to the rOundhouse
and told Nelghbor the decision he said
never Il word. but he looked great
deal Neighbours task was TO supply
the motive power. All that we had.
uncrlpplcd, was in the passenger sery'
Ice, because passengers must be NOV.
ed-must he taken care of first of all.
In order 10 win II strike you must
have public opinion on your side.
Nevertheless, Neighbour" said I.
after we had talked awhile. 1--WE mus,
move the silk also"
Nelghbor studied, then he roared n,
his foreman.
"Send Bartholomew Mullen here"
He spoke with n decision that made me
think the business was done. | had
never happened, It Is true, to hear OF
Bartholomew Mullen in the depart
ment of motive power, but the im'
preston the name gave me was OF q
monstrous fellow, big ms Neighbor OF
old man Sankey or Dad Hamilton.
"l'll put Bartholomew ahead Of IT,"
muttered Neighbs tightly. A boy
walked into the office
"Alr. Garten said you wanted to see
me, sir" said he, addressing the mas
ter mechanic,
az do, Ba 'tholomew," responded
Nelghbor
The figure | my minds eye shrJnl