Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-01-18

circulated at the roundhouse. has been
signed by every man so far seen and
VIII undoubtedly be signed by practi-
'eally everyone employed there.
The shooting referred to In the pc
titloh occurred last Friday night and
mas worked the men IN TO a decided
neat some Of them going so far as
y throw Up their Jobs If they were on
the night shit and many more Of
them refuse to 60 out al night al ali
as they say there is no telling when
someone is liable to take a shot at
chem. -
Cheeks Statement.
MI Nheek, when seen by a repre-
sentative of the Observation-Disclosures
can, stated that he was on his way
down town to get some lunch at Ber-
gers restaurant about 1880 at night
ana When a short distance from the
north end Of the Y, NJ. G. A. building
ne heard some one say. Hold up
there a minute" but thinking they
were NOT speaking to him, kept on
across the road. Then they yelled at
MN stop, God d. you, or | will kill
you and with that he cut ana ran
Tor Ienth street, the officers blazing
az him and one shot coming
within a short distance of his ear.
-Four shots were fred at him, but he
managed to get away and went into
one OF the saloons, where he found
a ranger and the two OF them went
back to where the shooting took place
ana met Constable Shropshire and
W~eursmith. special watchman for the
Paso and southwestern. They
wanted to know why he did not stop
when they called and he said he didn't
they were officers, but took
them for hold-up men. They nswer
ed that he had better be held up than
killed and said il was a narrow escape
Tor him that he wasn't killed.
While this is only the second shoot
ng affray that has taken place, many
IF the men have stories to tell Of
some one Yell at them from out
he dark. Hold on there. | want to
Won"
Foreman Kuhns stated that while
from the boiler shop to the
clubhouse tho other evening some
me hailed him in the above manner
he Informed him it was none of
his d. business and went on into the
~oundhouse.
The occurrences haze become so
requent of late and the killing of
Woods by Ranger Kidder in that vi
unity and the shooting at Cheek IL
'eginning to get on the mems nerves
they don't care to be called out
light any more.
Said one man: THE officers evil
entity think ii is the open season for
S fellows and take a pot shot at us
or luck whenever they feel so in
lined.
Woursmith, the special officer en-
as Waterman by the Eel Paso
Southwestern, came here from FL
aso a few weeks ago and is one Of
men whom the shopmen want re-
loVed. He has been telling the men
have no business going in the
ark at night and ought to carry lam
they even say he went so far as
hail a man at work in an engine
18th, What are you doing there?" !
Quite q number of the men also
ated that they would circulate a pc
ton to Governor Kibbey or the dis
let court asking for the removal OF
Unstable Shropshire, as he was with /
as done at Cheek, and 1t is supposed [
: did some of the shooting. The pc {
ion has not yet been put in circula- !
asking for the removal OF Shrop-
lire, but the men said it would be
soon as they found out who the I
one was to petition for his re- 5
oval. l
In fact, the foreman and others !
en- at the "roundhouse had no hest y
expressing themselves that :
ey would much prefer to have a few I
hos sleeping in boXcars. etc, than.a u
of officers making targets of them y
cry time they went out alone. and
at the men were getting so they
not leave the building unless \
ere were several of them together. n