Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1919-09-27

connected with the visit of the
Board of Trade kicking committee
was that at the same time there was
a representative of an aeroplane
concern to invite Smthy for a ride.
Can you beat that? There the near
Mayor was Cup in the air" mile
over the committees visit, and guy
outside to ask him to come and take
trip up in the air.
The strategy of the Keystone po-
lice in handling the car strike is
laughable, and the Board Of Safety
and Chief Lud ought to get honor
able mention for the plan of having
"fiiver" filed with Keystoners fol-
low the cars. There they come
right behind the car. all curtains up,
white caps, brass buttons and all
showing up like lighthouse in a
fog, all serving as warning only
for no one to try violence. Wonder
they are not preceded by a brass
band, or why not put a few COW
bells on the oliver" That will
avoid any trouble, and it is one safe
bet that the Keystone coppers are
not looking for any trouble Here's
an instance. A book-keeper at one
of our large plants was coming out
Second street the other day and
nearing Liberty saw crowd of ne
groes in a free-for-all fight Re-
membering that there wars Key
stoner walking. behind him he turn
ed to see what the comedy cop would
do. Our Keystoner cop saw the
book keeper friend and made a
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being discretion is the better part
of valor.'' But credit where credit
is due, and the Keystoners stood up
as Petty and Burlingame say in one
phase of the strike. The first few
days the car company served the
meals to the cops. and at one of the
barns at meal time a little crowd of
them were sitting just outside the
screen door leading to the impro-
vised dining-room. The colored cook
who was preparing the meals came
to the screen door and announced in
an ordinary tone that dinner was
ready "Biff." bang" over went
stools. chairs and everything else as
the old keystone boys heard that
welcome cry of dinner. Right
through the screen they went, not
taking time to open the door. taking
screen and all. The cook and an
nouncer, who was little slow get
ting out of the way, was bowled over
in a jiffy, being sent sprawling on
the floor of the barn. The cook sat
up and scratched his head and said
.wonderingly: III dem Keystonahs
cud go after burglars like dey go
after grub this would certainly be
the promise land on erth." A day or
two after il was announced in the
General Council that the Car COM
pany wouldn't be allowed to furnish
free meals TO the KeystOners. An
official of the company said the
stockholders breathed a sigh of re-
lief when they heard that, as judg-
ing from that one rush the comedy
cops would tear down the barns in
a day or two in getting free meals.
There's another branch of the
reform" administration that seems
to be slipping fast and that is the
chick" fire department. Previous
to this the fire department had not
deteriorated as fast as other
branches of the present administra-
ton, as the followers of the Hert-
Searcy machine were not very keen
on taking job where there was
danger attached and many of them
baked on the fire drill, saying that
they were not going out as dog
gone circus acrobats." Consequently
quite a number of real firemen we're
left. but lately they are being
dropped or quitting because of the
political assessment of $40 and $50
being asked for the Republican
campaign. This, too, in spite of the
fact that the near Mayor had piedg-
ed himself not TO let the firemen be
assessed for political purposes. Won
der why the Board OF Fire Under
writer's doesn't ask Smithy about his
promise as they are forced TO raise
rates and catch huIlabaloo from the
public.
Take peek at the fire depart
ment the next time you see them
make a run. You'll see the drivers
looking around wildly to see where
they are and when they get to the
scene OF the fire all CT the hicks
indulge in game of button, but
ton, who's got the button" In their
efforts to find the fire cistern. Re-
Gently member of the fire depart
ment at Madison, Ind, dropped in
this office to inquire about the story
OF the reel driver here going to a
fire with an umbrella over his head
as protection against the rain. He
said all of the volunteer hremen at
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