La Junta tribune., 1907-10-05

IpfHUtiHt WIS AllEf" Nfi'Etlls III lHt
same time h. was one OF the hardest
10 manage. becaus, he was young and
headstroug. Andy, a big. powerful fel-
low. ran opposite Felix Kennedy on
the nier. The fast runs require young
men. II you will notice, you VIII rarely
see an old engineer on a fast passenger
run. Even a young man can stand only
few years OF that kind OF work. High
speed on a locomotive Is question of
nerve and endurance to put it buntly,
a question Of flesh and blood.
You don't think much of this strike.
do you, Mr.. Reed" said Andy 10 NJ.
one night.
Don't thlnk there's going To be amy,
Andy
lie laughed knowingly
What actual ericvanc. have the
boysy' l asked.
''rhe troubles on the East End BE-
replied cyasiyciy.
rs that any reason Tor calling
thousand men out on this end;'
III one goes out. they all CO.
Would you go outE'
Would !: You bet"
"A man with home ana u wife aud
baby boy like yours ought to have
more sense
Getting up to leave. he laughed
again confidently That's all right.
Well bring you fellows To terms"
Maybe" reported rs he closed the
door But | hadn't the slightest idea
they would begin the attempt tha,
night | was at home and sound
asleep when the caller tapped on my
window. threw up the sash. II
was pouring rain and dark as pocket.
What t. 1t. Barneyt \ wrecki'
/ exclaimed.
Worse than that EvcrythlnSs tied
up
What do YOU mean"
'''rhe engineers baYr struck"
struck? What time il it:''
Half past .. They went out at 3
O'Clock" Throwing ON my clothes,
noundercd behind Barncy's lantern To
the depot. The superintendent was
already In his 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, ex-
tending through seven states and ter
ritorieS was absolutely p1ralyZed.
II was an astonhin: situation. but
On. that must he met. II meant either
an ignominious surrender 10 the en-
rinecrs or n fight TO the death. For
our part. we had only to walt for
orders. II was just o'clock when
the chicf train dispatcher. who was
tapping nj n key. said;
Here's something from hcadduar-
tcrs."
We crowded, close around him. His
pen flew across the clip: the mcssa ge
was addressed 10 all division super
inteudeuts. II WAS short. but at the
end OF II he wrote II name We rarely
saw In our office. 1t was that OF the
railroad magnnte we knew as the old
man" the president of the system. and
his words were few:
Move the trains"
Move the trainS.' repeated the su-
perntendent. Yes. but trains can't
be moved by pinch bars nor by main
force
We spent the day arguing with the
strikers. They were friendly. but irm.
Persuasion. entreaties, threats, We ex.
hauxted and ended just where we be
gan. except that we had lost our TEN.
pers. The sun set without the turn OF
wheel. The victory OF the tirst day
was certainly with the strikers.
Next day 1t looked pretty blue around
the depot. Not ear was moved. The
engineers and firemen were unit.
But the wires sung hard all that day
and all that night. just before mid,
night Chicago wired that No. i-our
big passenger train. the Denver hier--
had started out on time. with the su.
perintendent OF motive power ms en-
Eincer and wiper for fireman. The
message came from the second Vice
president. He promised TO deliver the
train to our division on time the next
evening. and he asked. Can you get II
through TO Denver
We looked mt each other. At last all
eyes gravitatel toward Neigbbor. our
mdster mechanic.
The train dispatcher was waiting
.wbat shall sny:" he asked.
The divisiOn chief OF the motive pow.
er was tremendously big irishman
Gith voice IKE fog horn. Withosf