La Junta tribune., 1907-08-24

et on; Ol.-renzD-Ju-t O3e-st4y-i
with the company that was Dad Ham
iIIo1-
-Ye. -rowIe-I Dad. combating the
protests Of the striker committee. i
know u. belouE 20 your lodge But
III tell you boE-au' I've told you
stoye-I ain'r roSn' to strike on the
.Oinpauy 20 iOn- as N-.E .Ehbor l. master
E5e-bauie 90 this division: a!n't goln'
TO DO IL. an yoB might a. weL quir.
II you jzw here froEa BOW til Christ
I4As. 'tuGn'; ebzase ny mind nzr
hit
AMI they didu'l change Il ThrouSh
the rzlE AID through th- storm and
IL st0rr8sd hard for su hIie- Dad Ham
nton. Whenever we could supply hlm
with az engineer. fired reItsiOglsly.
No other nan ia the service oorld
have done Il witkou; getting Killed
but Dad was Cd eaoazh to father any
man sfuouy the strikers NOreove--
he wzs : xiAnt physically and ecceo-
tire enough TO more along through the
beat q the crisis indifferent 10 the
ab1s. Of Ii. oihs- men HIS gray
hairs and his tremendous physical
strength saved him from personal vio-
lercs
Our master mechanic Neighisor.
wa another big man. tx feet an Inch
IN ais stockings. and strUn- a. draw
Tar. between Sei -tl.or and the old
fireman there existed some sort Of a
t-oad-a Hkia=. an affinity. Dad Ham
iIion had fred on our division ten
years. There WAs 20 promotion for
Dad: be cOad never b. an engineer.
though only Nelgbbor knew WHY. But
his JOB Of tring 90 the river division
wa. sure - long a. SeiShbor signed
The payroIls st the roundhous.
Hence there WAS no surprise when
the superintendent offered him an Ell
rine. Just after the strike. that Dad
refused TO take il.
I'm a fireman. aud Neishbor knows
II; aln't no engineer IN make
steam for any man you put in the cab
with me be, ! won't touch a 'hrot,l.
for Do msa laid II down. aud III
never pinch II a-aia-za' po ot.sase
4 you. Nei-hbor. neither
Thus endesl the negotiations with
Dad ON that subject; threats and en-
treaties wer. useless Then. too. IN
spite OF his professed willingness 70
throw coal for any man we put on his
engine. he was continually rowing
about the green runners we gave him.
Frorn the standpoint OF railroad man
they were tough assortment. for a
fellow raay be 4 good painter. or
handy man with jack plane. or an
expert machlnsSt even and yet fall
ure as IN engine runner
After we got hold of Foley. Seighbo-
put him on awhile with Dad. and the
grszzI.I FIREMAN quickly declared that
Foley was the only man on the pay
rol. who knew how TO move train.
The Httle chap proved such a re
rnarkahle md that tried hard 70 get
some Of his eastern chum= TO come
out and join hiA. After good bit
OF husrIiuS we did get half e dozen
more Reading boys for our p.v cgrps
OF engine msp. bat the East End Of
fciaIs kept all bot one Of them on their
own divisions That one we got be
czus. nobody on the East End wanted
him.
They've crlmpeyi the Whole bunch
Policy said / answering his Inquiries
--There.s just one felso~ reported here
he came In on 3 .hss morning
Sei-hb3-'s had Little talk with him,
bat he doesn't think much Of him /
guess were out the transportation on
that fellow =
What's his nameT'; asked Foley
lis he Of the Readin<T
Claims be s.: his name IS McNeai-
-MeNezIz7 echoed Foley. surprised
mo; George MeN-ais'
Il don't know what his FIRST name Is
Hes nothing but boy
DARK comrie1ioned fellow
Perhaps you'd call him that; sort OF
soft SPOKEN"
George McSeal. sure's you're born
If you've got him you've got bird
He ran opposite NE between New YORK
and Philadelphia on the limited l
want 10 see him rlgh, OF. II IFS Geor-
gie. you're all right
Foley's talk went good way with
me any tirie When l told Seighbor
about IL be .,ris ked up his ears While
we were Iebatln- in rushed Foley
with the kid. as he called him
A. luck would hase IL Ssi=hisor put
the boy on the pa with Dad Hsm1-
ton. and Dad prccessied al cses TO
make what Foley termed "a great
roar
What's the matter demanded
NeiShtor roughly when the old FIRE
man complained
IF you're eoin' to pull these trains
with bors. ] guess it's time for me TO
quit I'm xettin' pretty old anyhow
What's the na,terF- growied Neigh
Dor. still suriier. knowing full well that
IL tie old fellow had q good reason be
would have blurted II out a, the start
--Noshin's the matter, only I'd Ike