The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-01-09

toms OF the patent dumping car.
opened and the black diamonds fer
with a crash. The train stopped. II
remained where ii stopped for sever
al hours, greatly to the convenience
Of the citizens Of North. Yakima who
were without coal. ard they, as they
always do, arose to the. occasion.
Down came the wagons like com.
p9ny. of artillery Behind it came
l-the infantry. armed with the. sans
reoeptacles they had brought to the
rain when ii first stopped and had
mot had the opportunity to fill; ana
There was an apparent reserve OF
achievements ready to. fill rhs
breach as soon d. one occurred
They gall had a fair opportunity
Some were timid, some We're bold
| but they fell upon the ridges of GOA
like lot of hungry boys on pie
counter 5.
Seized with conservation, some OF
the n. P. employees telephoned the
fire department to ring the fire bell.
This was done, but the digniied
chief might as well have whistled
for the good, it did. Scarcely half a
dozen of the coal cleaners looked up
from their wofk. They. We're busy
arranging for a little fire Of their
own. No other attempt to Interfere
with them was made. They. took all
they wanted Some Of them-the
minority it is feared the coal
weighed and today will tender. the
company pay for it, Some won't, but
feese latter are mostly the ones
'Efto TOOK very Small amounts.
The crowd was at all times quiet
and orderly. They were not there
for the purpose of making trouble:
they only wanted coal. and that they
were going to have. Many ludicrous
sights We're noted. One man, fran
tic in the fear that he would not be
able to get a sack and return before
the supply was exhausted. and hav
ing nothing in which to carry coal.
sat down on the depot platform and
pulled off his overalls. Tying the
bottoms of the legs with cord. he
he, ~ no q ict1 wi h mail
threw leg across each shoulder and
hit the trail for home. Some We're
seen tying up a few little Jumps in
handkerchiefs. The operations We're
witnessed by several hundred spec
tators.
But even the great need OF coal
and the efforts made to take it away
by those who needed it did not cause
the track to be cleaned very fast
Agent Meeks put a force of men at
work shoveling the coal from unde
the ears. throwing it on the platform.
Until IL was practically all taken Out
the train could not bulge This was
not accomplished until after 10
O'Clock at night, although at one
time three engines were hitched 10
the ears and an effort made TO start
them. They were hardly out of the
way when No. / came in and stopped
in front of the depot. When she at
tempted to pull out ii was found
there was still so much coal on the
track that her engine was not able
10 make the start Ii was 30 min
utes before the attempt succeeded
and the noise the engine made was
heard all over town.
This raid was the main event of
the day One or two small ship
ments were received by the North
west Improvement company and the
artificial ice plant, but little of the
coal contained went to others than
those for whom it was intended.
Late in the afternoon. after the
worst of the raid was over. Mayor
Fechter received the following mes
sage from Vice President Levy, in
response to the telegram sent to him
on Monday evening:
TACOMA. Jan. so. A. Fechter
Mayor North Yakima. Wash.-Ol