Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1910-01-20

good many Of the younger element
swore that they would never go back,
and kept their word by leaving the
/ city among them John Lincoln-he
did not pay his fare, in fact he had
only 75c to his name. 1t does not
cost anything to ride a freight train
if you are wise enough.
In the darkness alone-furtively
! looking around he jumped on a
slowly moving Pennsylvania workers
limited, a train made up of coal cars
only. And ten miles out of town the
brakeman swinging his lantern found
Johnnie huddled in an open coal car.
What are you riding on, b." the
brakeman asked. Johnnie showed
his union card, and told him of the
strike. The brakeman went away
satisfied, counselling him not to look
/ up or show himself at Baltimore.
After an all nights ride the train
pulled, out of Baltimore. John
thought he was safe, SO he stuck his
head out. The train made the first
stop at Westport, three miles out ~of
Baltimore, and before he knew what
| happened q revolver was thrust at
his face, and an order to jump down.
Johnnie knew that he was pinched,
and he followed the detectives to
| OF sn hon IL.
night Of the Sd of July, 1904. He
> thought while in that small jail how
to get out OF his situation and pre-
pared his defense outside he could
hear the shooting Of fire crackers,
| detonations of the petards. John
last year at a picnic. He remembered
seeing little girl waving an Ameri-
can flag while reciting the Declara-
ion of Independence. These thoughts
were interrupted by the jailer,. who
told him to follow him up to- the
Judge. A venerable looking squire
| sat at his desk-the Pennsylvania
Jompany's detectives were there,
| 100, bringing the usual charge of
stealing a ride The squire looked,
at him asking different questions.
Johnnie put up good speel," not
mentioning the strike, instinctively
lhe felt that the Court might be hos
lie to strikes. Six months picketing
nad taught him that. He played on /
his sick mother, no work and no
money, so the Squire after asking
MIN whether he had any money, and
receiving a negative answer, fined |
MIN 1920 or sixty days at the work
house. "A few fremen from the ad-
joining room were present at the
zrial. Johnnie had some tools and a |
heavy solid gold ring both acquired |
in better times, so he offered it in
stead of the fine. One of the firemen
paid the fine and received the ring in
exchange. Johnnie went asfree man |
back to Baltimore.
Down where the old Pratt street
used to be before the ire, the Saliva
ton Army had their headquarters, a
place where daily they were fighting
with the devil. For ten cents he Sc
cured bed for that night-with an
other dime he furnished himself withV
supper, the best meal in the city for
that price. Now Johnnie never drank,
being church worker, a member of
the G. E., taking active part in all
the church socials, SO he never
thought of INDUCING in alcoholic
stimulants, SO after having his appe- (
tite satisfied to his stomach's content
he leisurely strolled along the wharf
he was very thirsty-no matter
how mucht water he drank he could
not satisfy his appetite for more. The
swinging doors of the saloons, the
harsh notes of the piano were attract
ling him like magnet, so after hesi-
tating he approached the bar, order
ing beer. 1t felt cool and good, also /
the thirst produced by the best 10c
meal in the city disappeared. The +
next day early in the morning he was
in front of the United Fruit Com
pany's office looking for job. He
was accepted as a stevedore loading
pine-apples and worked half bare,
down in the hold Of the boat his
hands bleeding from the thorns. A /
maddening pace of speed had to be
kept up-they finished loading at
p. m. He received $500 for his
labor. For the next two days he
looked in vain for work-nobody
wanted him, his money was. nearly
gone. He saved his lodging price as
Salvation Army hotel was too filthy.
the air suffocating, a large long room