New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-03

QlS matter up. Finally they caused
strike III the Pueblo Steel Works
where hi, d, made so that before The completion
Il the con.ra.- tlc works shu, down Tooth ana
nail ctf iougl chem at every point. and Pete Null
-.nncn', Judge ~ Kinney. whose election had taken
place before he other crowd had made DEFINITE plans
had been important asset IN the nghi for supremacy
The other crowd had appealed from his decisions. u
course. but the law tar had been Wray side. and
there wa le chance that the decisions would be over
ruled in the higher court But Jeff well knew, the
Analgamatcd crowd had no intention Of standing on
ceremony. and what they couldn't do III one way they
attempted o. accomplish in another.
Five carload, of 'ic- The Denver Saguache Rail
road were ditlhed arroyo between Mesa City and
Saguache Wry engineer reported that the trestles
had been tarnpcrcd with Jeff satisfied himself that
mis- was true; then doubled his train crews supplied
the wiki rifle and rcvolvcrs. and put deputy
Sheriff in the cab Of each locomotive After that an
explosion Of dynamite DESTROYED q number Of his fla
-ars. and Il tire in The shops narrowly avered.
man caught The switches had been shot and was now
in the hospital ~ Kinncv with the prospect Of a ail
sentence before him. Judge Weigel big gun IL
Kinney. and he liked 90 make d big noise He would
keep the law in Saguache County. he said, ne had a.
all on the Governor to help him.
More difficult 10 conbat were the diSsension~ jeff
found among his own EMPLOYEES: but ne managed
somehow 10 keep the work moving. and the building
II the road went steadily seven months had passed
since ground had been broken and the road in spite Of
obstacles had been nearly carried TO completion
Already Wr,y had had a taste of isolation. For two
months there had been but passenger train day
between Kinney and Saguachc. To all ntcnts and pur
poses Kinney now the western terminus of the
road. and Saguachc beginning feel the pinch of
The grlndstonc,. Notwithstanding the findings of the
r,lroad commission Judge Wege decision. and Jeff
representations through his friends At Washington.
the Denver x Western refused pu' trains.
They cOntenicd thdt Saguache not the real erIni
Of the road; that the line had been extended from
Kinney some wears before 10 tap coal field which had
not proved successful; that Saguachc q growing
community and rha, the old stage line still IL opera
IL. ..I..t
every purpo,.
Thcsr were LEES of course vicious lies; for everyone
knew thar since the development OF the Mesa City
properties S.giiche had trcbcd in size and that the
freight bu-iuc- alone years would have provided
Tor the entire bonded Indebtedness Of the road What
might happen time jeff did not know or care II was
a matter tha must be- fought OH, a. length and might
AXE years To settle. The Chicago Utah Railroad
Company tor c present had command Of the situation.
To handle thc business Jeff had put on q dozen four
mule team, between Kinney and Saguache which car
red his freight and Necessary supplies along the old
rail over Boo Pass which was shorter by ten mile,
Than the railroad. heartbreaktng haul and dangerous
man AMI BEAST but II was the only thing left for
him 10 DO.
Al las, the oonnecting links were forged and only
matter OF twenty mile, Of track remained to be laid
when the Pueblo Steel Work, shut down.
This va, "a severe blow one on which left had NOT
.,unted The penalties for nondclivcrv % which the
steel COMPANY liable were heavy but Jeff did not
want the pcnltcs. Compared with his own magnif-
cent financial prospects the pcnltcs were ONLY drop
IN the bucket He wanted MS road lis entire future
depended upon rs comprehensive shelter the De.
vciopmcn; Company, and al his chain Of mining. coal
and lumber propcric- Without that road he was now
10 the mercy Of no, enemies.
Twenty mile Of rail-, They seemed very little in the
face Of what he had already accomplished He had not
counted on th- and had laid alternative plans The
Denver x California people powercss 10 help him
4 subtle influence AZ work among the steel com
panles and Us Tar Jeff could see i, would take him
from three 90 months 10 get his rail- from the Eas,
In the meanwhile what might ms cncnic> not accom-