El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-30
YARD Men
WORKING HARD
Former e. Pasoan Writes
of Their Efforts at Home
To Win the War.

Frederick r. Warner, former El
Pasoan. who is working in a Cali
fornia ship yard. writing 10 Mrs Ju-
liza 4. Sharp, of Il Paso. says:
There are over 5000 men in this
ship yard and they organized teams
for raising the Liberty loan. one man
raised over $4,000 from 60 men. We
all have to make a sacrifice and I
would rather make a small one now
than to have to make greater ones
later on Some Of the men in the
blacksmith shop are going without
gloves, some are wearing cheap shoes.
tennis shoes and old shabby clothes
that they may do more TO help the
Red Cross ana our boys over there.
They are all hitting the bali and
putting out first class work TO keep
the kaiser from getting a toe hold
Every man is on his mettle to see
that only perfect work is turned out.
There is no place here for a prOGer-
man and IL one were. found he would
probably be thrown into the furnace.
We work in eight hour shifts here in
the blacksmith shop and come out
dripping wet with sweat after every
shift, each man trying to show the
most sweat I am surely glad /
learned this trade. There is not a
shirk on the works. every man trying
to Guido his neighbor.
On Ten Hour Shifts.
The men making rivets work ten
hour shifts. There they stand, their
noses in the furnaces for ten hours
not q grumble and with a smile for
every one. There are TWO men on each
machine, stripped down like prize
fighters. sweat pouring from every
pore Yesterday one man and his
helper made SOL riyets- They have
some Of the finest mechanics in the
world working here. Not 4 minute is
lost; every motion is just like ma
chinery under full speed ahead There
are very few accidents
"One man here helping the black
smith is 81 years old He had not
done n days work for q years. He
was q real estate man and worth a
quarter OF million. HIS two sons sons
are in France and he felt he should
do more than buy bonds. stamps, etc,
so he got a job here
All Classes on the Job.
7 Just met a friend here in the
works. He was travelling in Colo
RADIO for Rothenberg * Schloss. Of
Kansas City, when I was travelling
Tor Derry & Bradtield up there. He
was one OF my competitors but here
we are now side b. side Another man
was the city salesman for the Rem
ington Arms company in Los An
geies. He was rejected In both army
and navy and here he IS at hard Ia
Dor. using a pick and shovel. han
ding lumber and doing all he can
cheerfully.
1T is wonderful TO meet and talk
with these men. and to work with
them Many of them have never
soiled their hands before with work.
but on the other hand have been used
TO the best Of everything. Now they
are wearing overalls and putting in
every minute at the hardest kind OF
labor. =
The other night It was storming
dreadfully; rain was pouring down
en- the men where they were fitting
boiler plate. As a flash OF lightning
rent the sky one man stopped a mo-
ment and said: Kaiser Bill. II this
IS some more Of your damned autoc-
racv, you can't stop me- and went
right on I am telling you all this
TO show you the wonderful morale of
the men and how earnestly they are
all trying 10 back up those who have
gone across"