Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-04-03

enough Yet IN
the railroad life there ia always fric-
ton In some quarter. The railroad
man sleeps like the soldier. with an
ear alert, but just the same he sleeps,
for with waking comes duty.
Our engineers were good fellows. II
they had faults they were American
faults-rashness, n liberality bordering
on extravaganza and hcadstrong, vio-
lent way Of reaching conclusions
traits born of ability and self conf.
dcnce and developed by prosperity.
one Of the best men we had on a 10.
comotlvc was Andrew Cameron: ut the
same time he was one Of the hardest
TO manage. because he was young and
hcadstrong. Andy, big. powerful Eel.
'low. ran opposite Felix Kennedy on
the flor The fast runs require young
men. IL you will notice, you will rarely
see m old engineer on fast passenger
run. Even u young man can stnad only
Il few years of that kind Of work. High
speed on locomotive Is Il question Of
nerve aud endurance to PIT 1t biuntly.
u question Of flc"h aud hood.
You dOl't think much OF this strike.
10 you, Mr.. Rccdy" said Andy TO me
one night.
Don't think there's going to be any.
ANDY"
He laughed knowingly.
What actual grievance have tn
toysY" asked.
"rhc troubles Oh the East End" h.
replied cvasivcly.
lis that any reason FOR calm: n
thousand men OFT on this cnd!"
"lf on" goes ont. they all co."
"Would you - oaty"
"Woa.d |: Yoa b't!'
"A man with home and Il wife and
n baby boy Ike yours ought 10 have
more sense
Getting up to leave. he laughed
again confidently. That's all right
Wen bring You fellows to terms"
Maybe" ! reported ~ he closed the
door. ECt hadn't tho slightest IDEA
they would begin the attcmpt that
night ! was ut home and sound
asleep when the caller tapped on my
window. threw up the sash: II
was pouring rain and Glc!; us u POCKET.
What L. it, Barucyf \ wrcckf"
exclaimed.
Worse than that. Evcrythlng's tied
up"
What do you meant"
"Thc engineers have struck"
"StruckE What time IL it,
.IIulI
O'Clock" Throwing on my clothes.
ilounderrd behind Bnrncy's lantern T.
the depot. The superintendent was
already In bis office talking to the
master mechanic.
Bulletins came In every few minutes
from various points announcing trains
tied up. Before long we began TO hear
from the East End. Chicago reported
all engineers out: Omaha wired no
trains moving. When the sun rose
that morning our entire system, e..
tending through seven states and ter
ritories, was absolutely paralyacd.
II was an astounding situation, hut
one that must be met. II meant either
an ignominlous surrender TO the en-.
ginecrs or n fight TO the death. For
our part, we had only TO wait for
orders II was Just o'clock when
the chief train dispatcher. who was
tapping at n key, snld:
Heres something from headquar.
ters."
We crowded close around him. His
pen flew across the clip: the message
was addressed to all division super.
intcndents. II was short. but Mt the
end OF II he wrote a name we rarely
saw In our office, II was that OF the
railroad magnate we knew as "the old
man. the president of the system, and
his words We're few:
Move the trains"
"Aiovn the trains." repeated the gu.
perntendent. "Ycs. but trains can't
be moved by pinch bars nor by main
force"
We spent the day arguing with the
strikers They We're friendly. but firm.
Persuasion. entreaties, threlts, we ex-
haustcd and ended just where we be-
gan. except that we had lost our tenn
pers, The sun set without the turn of
Il wheel The Victory OF the first day
was certainly with the strikers.
Next day It looked pretty blue around
the depot. Not ear was moved. The
engineers and ilremen were unit.
But the wires sung hard all that day
and all that night, Just before mid,
night Chicago wired that No. l-oIir