Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1913-06-10


No, and the 1861 lost pair OF cylinders.
The next was when No. IS diner started
across the country just west OF Dubuque la .
and landed on top OF bridge
Nearly every week the l. c. uses the c. G.
w tracks between here and Gaena Junction
or from here 10 the [. g. w crossing near
Chicago and then again the c IN w comes
III mighty handy between here and Rockford
Next you hear that 80 cars OF bananas were
frozen at Clinton ON account OF a failure OF
the motive power.
Twenty-three cars Of fruit and merchandise
were dnched near Kappa: another one at
Warren, an engine was derailed near Apple
River, and another at Hillside
Sixteen hundred class engines are rapidly
gong 10 pieces. Engines 1871 and SIS were
burned. Two engines came together at Mon
teray street.
No. 400 arrived 30 minutes late and when
the tram stopped at the depot it was found
that one wheel had lost a tire, an axle was
badly bent. and the floor Of car damaged.
Another engine lost . truck at Monroe,
WIS, and still another lost its side rods and
40. stripped itself and stopped on center at
Coleman. and had to wait until another en-
gne came along to help it out This engine
also died before reaching Chicago and another
had To be called on to get the train into town
The engine on train No. died at Scales
the engine on 1t was pressed into service on
No. and No, 40l had 10 wait until a freight
tram came along the same trick could be
played on the freight train.
One OF the 1000 class was burned at the
,cdar'llie bridge crossing. Yard engines took
charge of the train and stored it away
The west end wrecker stuck in the tunnel
at East Dubuque while going TO wreck at
Portage Another wreck took place at Grant
I'm engine was derailed in the tunnel. The
west end wreoker was derailed at Portage
while gong to wreck at Galena. These little
incidents are all fresh IN your memory. as they
happened right in or near Freeport
Frank McMann has filed suit for ssh 900 90
for the loss of both his arms while fixing
defective brake beam on his train at Amboy.
The einder pit man at Dubuque. Ia. has
filed suit for $4,000 90 for injuries sustained
while trying TO couple cars with defective ap-
planes. and there are thousands OF other
claims that You never hear OF in the papers.
such as those arising from the wreck at Kin
mundy and Melvin, Ill. San Antonio. Tex.
Monz. La. and hundreds Of other wrecks that
you never hear Of where hundreds of people
are killed and injured and millions Of dollars
are lost to the shippers and patrons of the
delapidated old railroad
Ii seems that the stockholders like to be
flim-il ammed not being satisfied with the
mueting they got in the car repair graft when
they paid for side doors and roofs for their
coal and flat cars and side stakes for their
box cars
And then we were forced to go on strike
Now YOU. Mr. Merchants. who have stood
hack with your hands in your pockets and
allowed things to follow their own courses.
has the l. {. ever kept its promises to you,
Promises Of better train service new depots
and tram sheds, We guess not Go down
and take a look and see il the old red depo,
with its patched platform is not there the
same a. ever. and then remembe- tina, when
the company had go or 10 thugs. cut throats
and scum OF the universe housed in its bull
pen with eum-shoc thugs az guards. did you
ever get an order for supples' No; they sen,
To Chicago for what they wanted You could
get yours wherever you found them
And next. we, the union men OF Freeport
have supported your store and a great many
of us own our own homes and are taxpayers
the same as you
Ard we have done all we could towards
our home merchants for as we
succeed you are successful, and we all enjoy
prosperity.
Under soab rule. the seab. work when they
are sober. spend their money in Chicago, pay
no taxes, and mooeh all they can
And when this strike is finally settled YOU
can come out Of your hole and pat us on the
back and say Il knew YOU would win IL YOU
stuck" while the taste Of the snow ,alls upon
which we have existed for the past two win