The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-14

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takes 81 Something than blue prints and speci-
.ous 90 lnehing more, too, than n fleet of tugs
:, larC 81, with all their machinery and materials to
II ,aM lcmep lighthouse That something is the
III laay to lfat,udle
This is sol most important factor of course, in every
II ,ane OSecration. y good foreman controls his men,
II nd eodc superintendent controls his f9rcmen But
II n.;nss snl Sbal IFS law and order.
N s.rc OF iStuy fifty hours dnration battle of the
II ~ sgainSt human brains aud muscles, a struggle of
III -, mhjnute's ot-up and involving such a strain
y suragc M and endurance as few workmcu called
II mon 70 eSlmericnce and expected to conclude
'' Some man must stand back OF these abcrers-
Ike directing e, hcom Ine rmrGnrqGng 4 them
III 5swtd-eOnmpecd in some war TO return to the
n, ii tpcy fall overheard they be recovered;
n % As;r unis ! af labor too valuable to be lost
II But here rs the point. The boss who takes upon him
s c S is The fact that the little nrmV Of S.e sSl
builders saway from land and law living fcrcey for
% nf fbs oershp m l of t t6em is is @ literally y 0toG to
II pge man 10 his wits his nerve his two strong
nd nSg to lump p qGsky aSi%dn.s HGsad w.. ni,1;n :.
II az shoals (of New Bedford the police of this port had
" ISeScd lcarc some fishing smacks scudding hastily
into the ha rbor reported that desperate hand to hand
sssbp @ oil the caisson fleet Almost at the same time
ifchoa,i sieered by oar. was blown in 10 shore
II carried Two men; one, big Polak called Tony
raid and shaking with fear but otherwise uuharmcd;
II G Othc little man, tlaherty, the lighthouse builder
II Va, bleeding from three bullet wounds
Opc of these bullets is still mbedded iu Flahcrtv's
II i,p.m. hard lump just under the lcSh; six inches
below it. on the wrist, is scar where the piece Of lead
III ntGcd
II Aud this is how it all happened. The tale has tho
fs,Or of n mutiny which might have taken place in
II Ne old DAYS OF the awleSs main. 1t doesn't seem
III 6nss;cp with modern construction work, but light
n:c building Is altogether within sphere of its own
HI The Mutiny
III Tfc lighthouse caisson landed on Christmas
II sguiug aud the big iron structure was last stand
III as sody after desperate struggle OF nearly fifty
III bms' duration, The weather bitterly cold and
III ae inst twelve hours of light work bad been done
storm OF Seet that made e, slippery decks and COW
HI Not had faltercd throughout the whole trying
II TNk Now they were heavy eyed chilled to the
HI and flahcrty ordered discipline relaxed with
s-cpu, round Of 2rog. After that the crew separated
II geing back 10 thc arGrs and throwing themselves
III Crauste1 upon bags ot cement down in the warm.
III rE on tle lagsnip which the Katherine Whiting
III old Gihus,crng steamboat. with chcckcret and
II ~ alOgethcr honorable
Early in the afternoon and after A few hours
III veOus sleep that seemed but as many minutes
III lmF'y was awakened by Il very mild hammered aud
III -luhaDt delegation.
II Mmy Howard, ono of bis most trusted mon. was
III so1fNaaG. aud Patty tonyne *nd Big McNamara
III ,ecnntl2 wiiied aids Said Denny. twirng his ci
iii - II t's iugcrs and with all the wsi ifnlncss of
III ,g6eo.Goy asking for a circus ticket:
III .Ned we'd like TO 20 ashore. sir, and get bit ot-of
FHlery rubbed ms eyes aud thought quic,ly--as =
s sGa e. boss must Ihegc WAS much hard work ahead
III M dsaTpouted gronchy mCn rtlc better than
sep IN the Other haud; the best relax after
is hld strain relax and often TO thc other
n COuSClcnCeCSs
= (ls the time when "a utlc biG of Christmas
Ill fsG might mean protractcd dCbauch; still
: tMcTF thoughts sake too long 10 tell; his de-
- AA was reached at once back of cXprcSsoulcsS
III 4. What he instantly said was:-''Al right, go
I'll ieH he gave his ultimatum
III ~ 2iVr yon two hours said he. '1That mems
s@, NJ N he gln nils and hour 10 90 aud come
d II & k Hiuk good 0hiskey and l II pay for IL Leave
81 - ~ iI'd M'd Iai wood alcohol stuff alone. Under
!, II aI Anobcr ;higg: be went on-aud now he was
III ~ ~ ln@ driving boss, Flabcrty with gasppc
u n hyst oy ~ 1py hquor being brought on board III
n - "cTy man with bottle off the ship. And he
q II a7as' sg g ~ pay He won he able to collect it"
.s.I eiS eiS stood at the top oil The rope ladder when
? II O%l and It's Christmas jewellers returned and
III E,s % me tagship: moreover he tapped the rail
y lss ~ Ill.,, VITA his faithful gaspipc he yelled
Ell Aly boes!"
% III ~ Deceivlng Flaherty.
nsI a. vOyne m held IN half pint flask aud most Of
I'D lV sS iass e ones said Patty submissvely and
II Ia, s.gt1lailng lccr. just drop apiece
lhicrpr' ip sure aud YOU won Z kick on that
hn a.! iSt mem come the rail. but he looked
elig n, %u'HIhg pockets aud when the ifrboat was
80 ~ NC searched it's bot from ,uyr l,ov
,- ~, over ihe latcr an old coat had been careleesIy
.xL IL IL 'mls s Nc picked up weighted and tossed i;
Linn -s3 s,Slc' to sec that IN tho lower side -
tik mi Vulli @ section had been cut with Il cold
"a siL ovMun,lngiy replaced. Inside the tank was
9fcnd quart bottles Of the vilcst spirits ever man
Nm bs,YStlng ,S himself that the men were provided
'-.f h,, WV small TASKS Flahcrty went over 30 tho
NJ copcrsto 80 perfect arrangements for the
|t5 ilar eae s work No sooner had he left the flag
.neak"S nECrrS came stcalthily out of the tnrn
boai Win 61'9%9 nm me rang and 5cturqcd from
S>>--2 ~. WIZ booming with loud voices and broken