The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-10-03
TIES UP INTERURBAN ROAD
Employees of Observation-Disclosures City
Lines Strike Because of Griev-
ance Against Management.

Not a wheel has turned On any of
the street cars of the Southwestern
Interurban in Winfield recently. The
employees went on a strike because of
dissatisfaction with the management
Cars on the interurban between Win
field and Arkansas City continued to
run until, 3 o'clock in the afternoon,
when the engineer at the power plant
at Hackney struck and stranded the
last incoming car in the western part
of town. 1t is rumOred that all the
employees in Arkansas City will strike.
Manager E. Kirkpatrick says he has
the situation well in hand and that the
striks will be of short duration. He
predicts that all the cars will be run
ming on schedule time again in day
or two.
Atchison Champion SoId.-The At
Gibson Daily Champion was sold to
A. S. and E. P. Andereck, brothers,
of Kankakee, Ill, who will take charge
at once. Eugene PulIiam, the retiring
owner, is in i'll health, and lately was
succeeded as editor by Sheffield In
gals, who now will terminate his con
nection with the paper. The Andereck
brothers recently have been running
a. paper in Alabama
Telephone Operator Sues-Anna
Barris, Caney. a telephone operator of
Independence, has begun suit in dis
trict court against G. w hurry, owner
of a telephone plant at Havana, for
$4,000. She alleges hurry has stand
cred her
Kansas Farmer Killed Gebhardt
Kastrup, a pioneer farmer of Russell
county, died in Salina from injuries re-
ceived while unhitching his team a
day or two earlier. While in front of
the team the horses became fright
ened and, one tug remaining to the
wagon, pulled the vehicle over him,
dragging him some distance. He was
65 years old. He left family.
Kansas Horses to the War-Buyers
for England have signed a contract
with firm of horse buyers at Wichita
for five thousand cavalry horses. Al
ready three thousand OF them have
been obtained. The animals will be
shipped at once. a trainload of -four
was shipped by Wichita mills recently
for London
Farmers in Gun Fight.-A gun fight
took place at the farmhouse of Ed
Beck, Riley county, the other night.
At least twenty-five shots were ex-
changed between Mr.. Beck and his
son. Roy, and an assailant not known
to them. No one was hurt.
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Killed by Runaway.-Mrs. W. 2.
Morganstern, &c years old, wife of a
farmer living in the north part of Bar
ton county, is dead as the result of
injuries received in a runaway Nor
ganstern was running threshing ma
chine and his wife cooked for the
crew.
Singer to Kansas City.-A. G. Todd
Salina tenor. has accepted a propo-
sition to sing in the independence
Boulevard Christian church, Kansas
City, under Edward Kreiser, director
of the choir.
To Raise Trustees
of the College of Emporia have formed
plans for a $250.O0O endowment cam
paign, the amount to be added to 500,
600 already raised in the last sever
years. The presbyterian institution
has spent about 100000 on new build
ings and has quadrupled its current
expenses.
Dies After Accident.-Harry West
I7-year-old son of Mrs. Sarah Gresh.
am, of Burden. died>in Winfield hes
pital as the result of injuries received
in a fall from a horse.