The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-01-11
Held up GOAL TRAIN
lVI-I-l- In I|IE5 fIt1IT
OVER 200 DESPERATE CITI.
,ZEN.s BOARD FLAT CARS
CARRY OFF srf.
s. sb"aa 70 ro5r,;g7- ,f. .r,,
Train Crew Outwitted-Botioms
Pulled from Cars and Coal Fall
ing on, Tack Blocks Cars. ,s

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r. North Yakima, Wash, Jan. 81
More than 200 DESPERATE Citizens of
this city and farmers Of the sur
rounding country wrecked. coal
train at the station here at3;3Othis
afternoon and ca, ried, off the fuel
they needed to tide them over the
Icold snap. Ia.aru,t t.-y,t.r g..
The train consisted of twenty.
seven cars when'it pulled into the
yards>north, Of the city at 8 P. M.
Twenty-Five cars were left on the
Esiding, . quarter Of a mile above,
and tbs engine with two cars pulled
down to the water tank at the sta
tion platform to take water. ; ~
At once. the two cars were hoard
led byfpeople waiting for coal, and
tthey began to throw off piles of it.
.Wheu the engine was watered, the
engnieer set the two cars into the
! yard Of the Mort thWestern Improve
ment company and started back to
the siding, for the IS cars which
were to be taken to the other points
east of here. l''5'5'i5-i-'. .''-, J,
By the time the engineer arrived
lat his train there were SO teams
Ilined up along sidefthe cars being
loaded with the fuel, and hundreds
more were hnrrying to the place.
Fearing that the engineer would
paH out CT the switch with the coal,
lseveral teams were placed before
the engine, a nd helwas told that if
lhe attempted to move he would be
thrown from The cab = u T.
+ Some citizens had proposed them
lselves with large tim bers and steel
rails to throw across the tracks be-
Elow that point, but they lost their
nerve and threw them aside. The
Ienginser had orders to proceed with
his train. He hesitated about fac
ling the angry citizens who confront
led hum. He pulled the throttle
and moved slowly down the tracks
to the station, and stopped, in front
of the Telegraph Office to get orders.
f19 In the meantime hundreds of
1 people had boa rded the cars and be-
gan to throw the int,l off along each
4 Eside,of thersmain track. SEEING that
4 the company was. determined il to
| move the train eastward, acme Cne
!. began to pull the levers Of the ad-
i Jus table bottoms and let the coal
iout:on the track. This was, done
4 with such quickness that thetoorew
4 faiIed' to realize what was happen
ing until they fonnd their train
stalled in the midst Of piles Of coal:
| TwelEe-ears- were released in this
Emsnner.a-, Itswas then that the,rail'
way eonnpany realized the serious!
fness Of the Situation and q call for
help was sent to Sheriff Gra ut and
slfhis deputies, The sheriff could moi
2 be found andzit was not untii some.
4 time a fterWafd that a lone deputy
appeared on, the scene. The mayor
was also appealed to, bnt he saio
u he could do nothing 70 Sos-a,5ti
y Ne policeman was in sight,at1ths
y time. "They made an appoint
ment to, be. in some othe:: rart o
= the city or else slowed away il
d some convenient point to watch tn
affair. When the bottoms .wer
=. pulled out Of the care, the l'trail
a could not move; it had TO remail
toe.e till all the coal, was, taken
:i There7were nearly 900. tons, ant
this was all carried away and car
lied eff ID sacks in about thre
hours time. Not over lone-fourtl
E Eof the coal taken Was. paid for. =
pr The situation had ,beceme so se
/ Erious that the citizens became des
|etperate. Coal had been promise
T for several days, put only one ca
lat time was setin here each morn
I. ling. This lasted no time with zer
prevailing. III Mondays.eve
+ Ening all those who had waited fror
/ tearly morning for coal and .gotnon
Invent to the mayor, and asked hiI
to take up the matter with the rail
way company .'5aHe sent them t
lhEAgent. Meeks, but the latter ha
| done all he eonlld to relieve the. 81!
uation. i.1,eisiz ~. @ fssItf'E5 4 se.I;1
RI A telegram signedlby the mayo
the sheriff and the chief Of polic'
| was then sent to. Vice. PresidsI
| Levy, at Tacoma, advising him !
| 1.-THE critical situation here, and ths
| it coal wassnot fofthceming their!
l coal train to pass through he1
4 would be raided. Many peop
i have fuel tonight who were witho.
] | it last night.a Itissnow determine
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