The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-10-29

10 take chance, for a mob "a NOS
greatly interested IN doing the thing
Il sets out for and the right sort OF
determination easily dominates &c.
Capt Blil went to Thmbor where
there are coal mines and foreign work.
men. A strike was on Professional
labor agitators were among the men
stirring them to strife. There was
rendezvous on a hill back of town and
many kegs of beer were sent out one
evening. The men imbibed freely and
listened to infiammatory speeches. III
nally the frebrand Of the organization
considered the time right for melting
the strikers to desperate deeds. He
had worked them up to a frenzy and
finally came out with the plan he had
been nursing that Of blowing up the
works.
Capt. Bill mac Deen mlnglng with
the throng unobseryed. lie edged his
way to the front and at the dramatic
moment climbed upon the platform oc-
cupied by the agitator.
81 am Captain Mcdonald Of the
rangers he said, "and ] am here to
handle just such men as this scoundrel
who has been talking to you. Men,
he is your worst enemy. He has been
melting you to murder, and that means
that you will be sent to the peniten-
tiary or be hung Now, you are not
going to do such foolish things. I am
going to run this rascal out of town,
and You are going to discuss your diff
ferences sensibly."
The agitator did leave town and the
miners and the company patched up
their troubles
There was the Buzzard Water Hole
murder mob over in San Saba county
near the great swamp. 1t held meet
ing once a month, and decided who
it would murder. The mob was in
control of the community, and murder
proved interesting to it. Thirty-four
victims were already charged up to it.
Captain Mcdonald and five rangers
went into San Saba. The mob had a
store there that it used as a rendez-
vous. A man by the name of Ogle
was the leader.
Mcdonald walked into this store
where "a score of the desperadoes had
congregated and were talking over the
arrival of his men. He went alone.
He walked up to Ogle and said:
Come out into the street. want
to talk to you"
He took nim by the shoulder and
marched him out. He stopped in the
middle of the street, where he could
guard against attack, and told the
leader that he was a contemplate
murderous coward and that he was
going to be brought to the gallows
The murderer was familiar with the
determination of the rangers and
thought his time had come. He lost
his courage and became so frightened
that he could no longer stand and sal
in the sand of the street.
Mcdonald toiG him to go get his
associates and their guns and get
ready to fight, for they were going tc
be cleaned out. But the heart of the
gang was broken, and it's members put
up no semblance of nervy fight and
: we're soon all rounded in.
, A thousand men have asked de-
fnition Of the quality that dominates
and enables these few rangers to sub
due the multitude of lawlessness that
a great state like Texas harbors. That
/ the rangers are right and keep com
ing seems the best answer so far ad'
vanced. This is probably supplement-
ed by that reverence that every hu
= man holds for unquestioned courage
l That bravery that never quavers in
) the face of death is everywhere pait
4 it's tribute So long have the rangers
4 shown that courage that it has come
to be regarded as part of them ant
carries with force that is greater
than many rifles.
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