New-York tribune., 1920-10-17

"for man TO exonerate himself !,
blaming others. Perhaps Mr.. Viii,
man, or Mr.. Olson, or Mr.. Lrn..
will explain what mean"
The three men referred 70 look..
up coolly.
II think Mr.. Hooking covered ~.
subject thoroughly" stated Wb;.
man.
q can't think OF anything else
said Olson.
"Nor L. added Letter.
"You viii have 70 make a nm.
definite and tangible sta.emea. IA,
that" observed the general manss.,
to Scott.
scott's cheek had gore d.,
white.
Just at present 7 have no.bi.,
20 say" he SAID quietly. sitting dow
THE next moment Dick jump.5
I to his feet and hobbled INTO tAa
room, closing tie door behind
him.
Il have,' he announced.
His father half rose from n,
chair in surprise. Then he sank
back, nervousiy pulling at his mus
tache.
What do you know about this,-
he queried. His mouth twitched onc.
or twice.
Il know" said Dick, warmly. "ths.
this man Scott never placed a car
Of high explosives anywhere excep.
on a track by Itself. Instead. he
kicked for more than a year 70 Whit
man and the night people, who absc-
lutely made a practice Of placing
high explosives against car. or
prop or piping or ore without q
steel underframo.
"That's utterly ridirulous.7 snort
cd Whitman.
The conductors books on ths
hump will prove r., said Dick.
No one answered that.
Il also know" he went on. "t'ha.
ever since Scott has been with this
railroad company he has tried to pc.
The chief day yardmaster to stop the
night and day yaramen from cutting
off high explosives; but Whitman
and Olson said they couldn't bother
to make the mon take the time to
back all the high explosives that
were going through the last three
years.
Olson started TO say something,
but Dick cut him of
81 also know that when this nan
Scott came to Ruthcrwood from the
w. & n. three years ago he told
Whitman the yard ought to have the
very changes that Whitman a cou-
pie of months ago gave you as +
they were his own the plans he's 70
be promoted for. They We're good
enough for Whitman when You sent
word that something had to be done
to move more cars; but three years
before that they were so worthless
that he told Scott to mind his own
business, which was to run the east
bound yard.
For three years these men who
call themselves yardnasters have
been letting an average Of ten crews
be held up in the yard for an hour
apiece every twenty four hours.
Count $2.25 an hour for the crew,
and 500 for the tle-up of your en-
gine and cars, and multiply it by
three years. and you have Sl.l27. 900
what these three yardmas,ers
turned their backs on saving for the
company that paid them to work
for it.
q respectfully agree that criminal
suit be started agaias- somebody
but the name should be changed
from ". X. Scott to Waiter Whit
mar, the CHIEF day yardmaster at
the Rutherwcoa yard"
You must not take this boy seri-
ously, Mr.. Farr.7 declared Whitman
rising to his feet neryously. Tie il!
one Of Scott's toad.es. A few
months ago ne was i hobo. lie cam,
to me for work and turned hin
down. That's probably Why he's sore
at me. | wouldn't have trusted hin
thirty yards. Bat he appealed *
Scott as one Of his own kind, ana
Scott picked him up leave It I'd
you to judge whether or no, he talks
like liar
No." said the general manager
Of the Eastern Railroad, "he never
was liar"
But you don't know him lie we
do persisted Whitman SHARPLY
If you had seen hiy ,hrce or fouE
months ago, when l did"
Il saw him twenty-four years
ago interrupted the general man