The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-20


next morning ne found a notice pinned
20 4 tree near one Of his slulce boxes.
IL was polite invitation for him 10
put distance between him and the
TImanyonf district. / suppose you can
put two ana two together, as did"
Again Lidgerwood said: 1T looks
pretty bad for Hallock. No one but
the thieves themselves could have any
possible reason for driving the old man
out of the country. Did he go"
"Not much: he isn't built that way.
That same day he went 10 work build
ing him a new shack, and he swears
that the next man who gets near
enough TO set il aiire won't live to get
away and brag about IL. Two days
afterward Hallock showed up again,
and the old fellow ran him of with n
gun"
keep In touch with your old man
and tell him TO count on us for protec-
tion," said Iidgerwood before leaving.
Having an appointment with Leck-
hard, Of the main line. timed for an
early hour the following morning,
Lidgcrwood gave his conductor in
structions TO stop Mt Angels only long
enough TO get orders for the eastern
division.
When the division station was
reached McCloskey met the service car
I'm accordance with wire instructions
sent from Timanyoni. bringing an arm
full OF mail, which Lidgerwood pur.
posed to work through on the run to
Copah.
Nothing new, Mac?" he asked when
the trainmaster came aboard.
Nothing much, only the operators
have notified me that there1l be trou-
bile soon If we don't put Hannegan
and Dickson back on the wires. The
grievance committee intimated pretty
broadly that they could swing the
trainmen into line If they had to make
a fight"
1--WE put no man baclA who has been
discharged for cause" said the super
intendent firmly. did you tell them
that?"
II did. / have been saying that so
often that IL mighty nearly says itself
now when hear my office door open"
We'll there is nothing to do but to
go on saying It, We shall either make
a spoon or spoil horn. How would
you be fixed In the event OF teleg-
raphers' strile?"
1--WE been figuring on that. II may
seem like tempting the good Lord to
say It, but ! believe we could hold
about half OF the men"
THAT is decidedly encouraging"
said the man, who needed to find en-
where he could. 1.-TWO
weeks ago If you had said one in ten
] should have thought you were over
estimating. We shall win out yet"
But now McCloskey was shaking
his head obviously. "I don't know.
Andy Bradford has been giving me an
Idea Of how the trainmen stand, and
he says there is good deal of strike
talk. Williams adds word about the
shop force. He says that Gridley's
men are not saying anything, but
they'll he likely to go out in n body
unless Gridley wakes up at the last
minute and takes n club to them"
Lldgerwood's conductor was coming |
down the platform of the Crows Nest |
with his orders in his hand. and Me |
Closkey made ready To swing off. II !
can reach you care of Mr.. Leckhard, |
ut Copah, supposeT he asked.
"Yes, I shall be back some time to
morrow. In the meantime there is
nothing to do but to sit tight I'm the |
boat. Use my private code IL you |
want to wire me. / don't more than |
half trust that young fellow Dix. Cal
ahan's day operator. And. by the
way, Mr.. Frisbie is sending me a
from Denver. If the
young man turns up while am away
see if you can't get Mrs Williams to
board him"
McCloskey promised and dropped
'm, and the one car special presently
'lanked out over the eastern switches
1t was only little after IL o'clock
when Lidgerwood, looking up from