Strike bulletin., January 06, 1914, Image 3

About Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915

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McComb.
. |,r. Today I* t’hrlntinan dn> and
»«•' f""‘ ,‘'1" I"'*"' »»»«•
y ,tI j , h. t« iii*l brother* ai other |»«*Inta
k.-'"1 ■ 1 1 ' "r M ln r"< *>>'•
*nUth^ Fedei *t V ni. riy Christmas and many
"pTaceiigo t» * ' M ,M ,"|l"w" N° 21 1,1 1 1 ,n,n
1 . Hi - bouts and In minutes late
u,r* * *)n .*• full it* * 1 • t• N" *14 In |M min uten
*c |M 45 I- "inie* late. No 3, III 1 hour
U*f't I N" "• *’ tn.MUfen late No
1 :;4.i ... N" «. in >"
* , \ j w i I ot.e* r v • tliMt u<l passenger
ku!.. **r> many
, l.rl«l.« •’ I 1 ■' " ,h' •»l,,,-“ »“•
, ,.»».< «• ' ' .. «*>•• "•
Hi- - '■■"k 1 ' "" * ...
wJf , ini * i.rolliei* w hit h hub unite
.1 I ml 1 *• ■ *.1 " •* *»»a
pr(j||V |i • 1 i i k• te went out on the 11vm
* 1 "'I “ ...
hut w«t»" I ' I •'■ 1,1 “••"ina vtlv. on
lit,. ' .. "r' “• '"•>*
.... ... i.n. l *» it f.in. t»l
n<| • • 'lid t tie n» Ill'll engine
t»hlng her tiM'- •' »td *be yard, otherwise ab
,,,| .jtfl ' I"' I' '
I SK|«r I ntlHrr Os \ mmi Hr*arti.
i;r,g,ri. i • c "I* her train at Flora
II,,, |,, t.k • • • • * •• passenger engine
|j|kini£ t i i hi. to J *« ksoti. Mtn* th. r
I« V., • ' ..I TI..- ...I., i,
koUf *■ k i ■ ‘ im* new and they had to
' r,,iex..t ' h Min* »o hrilig the tiam
|i>
On th. » 1 »■ * •** «*ut fiom ;
| n, t 'Ml. two train" wei* o it I
Jr,.ril : •! I • < Ml Passenger trains an
fellow* N 1 ••'H nid t»r* minutes late '
nia,l , .,f \ ol pulled out and »<n h i. k
of rrwii. s *" M t* «t*n lat* V- »; (l
minutes ! .'♦ I M ight train deficit »onalst
of tisd f * I v fill Wheels Khg'l-e e.,l|
,„uih H'tl, ' f •»* II a v . i v dilapidated j
raadltton ’ 1 " *''••• k m..i a-no m»d i ,i j
nra Up t " 1 f 4* »htl ft*» '*»■' bad j
Pex rfttV • •; \ ’ •' foil Ign e.iln for todax
flMturd.* I •* X iiot In r i ‘h• i*t man I ,«* ■ ■no ;
J^.l k.,|,. Ilf- • •■ the filing llro )>i*t an
deternilfi* •• i. f i • I • »• * ••* .m.i \\ . hate a
‘great dei| ' ' n kful f•»» a« w» had .« x.tx j
pleasant <i . 4** »•■ *'• mltlng hi..tto t« art.]
other* In f * * 1 "It I -X of M ami oil * i nr
fanlsattoi.* > » • • » ' *,»1
The Iim ' I w • ’ of t . ... "Id I «' In going
|n the • I ' ‘ • • tig i • • * t to x matiag* to g« i
out of th*- * I '* I'tnt an hoi ,• n When they went
In ||er. 1 ‘ .»n • I i cine i;.”* > ist out
of hack «' l - t'|vin«d to I.m «»reihaule.| ft took
two ahh -h, I *«l til. u to handle the reverse lever
OH aero .• * th. e* i entth l.|'«de« Im tug out of
lia« and t**t- . ••ntm* of left aid. working uni
shaft and k- le ft engine frame working shear
lag had on h" * - o:i >1 ii, e. both Valve stenin Mow
Ing wor*. • • v • » *nd top guage ni k» leaking
very hadlv P , ng.-r train No 3f w m hlio ked
at Fhatt.iw .» Mi»n. •»• • •! ti.ul to push a freight train j
out of Ike xx ,x » • in to get t.V Kflgllie 5fl Wan j
held In th. x .i i d with a delay of 1 hour and 5« j
mlnuen xv.,ik g n oil pipes Fngttie f.Ro in fiom
th* B»»rf nd l.r dottte i a*mg ..n the front of
the engtn* * in. work wan don.* on the dome !
Ps**era*r trai - .o follow* No |, m in minute*
late No JR 11 • mlnuteg late No in IA min
ate* late No • ,n in rninutea late Freight train*
and def* In a* fo| .*•« Very flat wheels Fngin* I
43 out io.|» le iking badly around pistons and j
valve *f.m« d*»orn gone, had roof*, eti . 6k per;
rent forelgt <*t* lor today
•urdsv la 2* Passenger train* a* follows
No $. In 3«* minute* late <o*rh 21«5. hot loi* No
• In 1« mu. it.n late. No. 2. In 40 minutes late
Fratght* and d.ferta on par with previous day*
EafttM- 37 out north leaking steam *o hadlv that
you could hardlv s.-e the number on tank of en
«bf. *• per ient foreign car* for todav
Mondax I* :y There I* nothing much to re
port for ttie lant twenty-four hours, aa th^o Is
■otklng doing therefore no happenings of much
•••sequence t . report. f*aaaenger train* from 1!»
to ft minutes l.«te Freight* and defects aa fol
lews Had roofs and donra gone. 1* W. tn»* car
MIIT dr*w It. ad pulled out and rar hanging on
berk of train very flat wheels, etc.. k« per cent
fcralgn r*?e fop t«Mtay
Tueads1. f>. ift One of the blacksmiths by
•ha a«m. of \\ M V'harr got <»n a glorlotia .trunk
•ad wa* haui.-d* up to |ni| and • fine of (Ii and
eoats snoiuntlng to linjo waa placed against
him. which he had to cough up Passenger trains
from ’ to 2" rninutea late. Freight* and defect*
SS follow* V.fv flat wheels, door* gone, etc
Tiper < • r.t f..r. Ign car* for today
Wadfiend.iv I*.. 31 \\r will not pul out a bul
letin Mniort v\ it being New Year n day Knglne
14 brok. .»..**■ . 1.1 In the north vard while going
out with a fi t him! had to give iraln up and
<«»me t*ai k ? th* *h*»p Out «»f the round house
only f*»r a n • • rt tun. after general t.p.ilm Pa»
■enter etigin. I I I over drop pit f**r some n. ah
treatment F- gin. \.. 7 had its al. torn off at
Aftiting Mi** Im| n>>i barn the p.irtl>uiai* |*aa
■enger tr.i n* ftonx l« to |.r. minutes late Freight*
and d.ff-itx ,.* follow * l>oora (.tanked up veiv
flut whee ■ n .inlu r «if empty coal • art. t>ad «1«H.rn
vt< i'i |,. r .ti foreign mr* t«.day
Thin In t* • ekteiit of hualne** an.l happ« tilr.gn
dutina th. w» k
Wishing a I i hippy find prosperous new year
and hopiiig t» , ve.tr of 1914 will he mor« f.r«»*
periMi* than
Oakland.
Th* following t-riilnra are in for nr nr fur l...v»-a
No. 1401. wllt| **«; They were put In Hu
)*r«la n»ar ih. gate*. hut order* were given to
but Ihi m t** 111ri«| the .and hour*- ho that the
atrikera • otihl »,.•! a*« them
httgttn l» * dropiMHl tier p«>ne> trie k» at the
••n Jojijajt• hrldgp htmI they were not mlraed .
until .hr tnterrd thr yard* at Tfary There la a
ll« of rngc . - that have died on the Kan Joaquin
2Jvi°n ** Krr"n“ ,l",, °n* **r'K»n. died T\N KNTV
rl'f'jt time, during the month of Xt »\ KMItK.lt
r onlv tlnie ttila engine dot Hot die waa when
»a* tied n|t in the round houge. and then *h#
I ►hA I * The Hat !■ for the month of Novem
ber
following * a* on the blackboard at Freano
-^at On.- ni|r ro«t Flndei will pieaae return to
aagtge No loti •
I am inTorno d that thr ahnpa in Kan Franclaco
nave doaed down till February Thr Oakland
V;™ attended the mu (Ion aalr of the KOAMKY
ulUunnt in ,» hody It waa *o|d for the aum of
and now the aueflnn firm that bought it took
*T*B,on "f *hr H« ahhy place have got a algn
J? ,B ,hr »‘nd..w offering It for aalr While
T bought the place .-heap, by that I mean that
* good *afe and eaah reglater braider
jna mirror, vet it will he aome time before anv
v l fw,n ‘ ,r> ’•» open a reataurant with chancea
TOjJTu'ora, ,«* ’f doing the aamr route aa ATAHRY
* fr***nd of mlna thr other day and waa
* "'ln 4tl4** we had been out on atrlkr for
Mm* 'i"*11 mon*ba. and hr raid that It waa a long
.. * agreed with him hut 1 told him of rome
•ala ! *rr“,U'^a of ,h* motive power Then hr
that »*« ** ha<l ■ little evperten. e along
Oikiti i i *n'* ,h,a waa hla •ipgrlanrr. Hr left
the n«!i b°i"n'1 for flHn *nd aftar bring on
gow *'* twenty mlnutaa thr engine broke
^ ° *"* °ff «nd went up to the engine to
yal * V *'a" matter and he raw that the
broke* "L*#' h^a,'l,r, waa hrokrn It had been
aal.t ik . ?rf an*4 had hern riveted and hr
broke** * “ bum looking Job Hhe had
w*r **Awn «ut In the wlldrrnraa where there
for connection® and they (ay there
agree a *n,! " *'a,f- waiting for another Hr
XfVpTKN ^ *br power of thr company w.»«
tbrhv«.,., *a*! °f lilt. In looking over
KmuJ „f "• h»v* • »"»« *»«••' to o<
bavr hr .*P . r,*r ** A,,r B,r,ba la concerned We
**c#|vi»,l mrana of othrr railroad rmplovea
“ m"f> *"gca tvetter working condition*
MKN'TH m KKI.KHATKU AOItKK
J ‘r ,h,n«« woum not h.v- i»o„
, ,r "* h"<1 *>.H up >0.11 H I.l.irnl
I ino. “ti ," i"1' *Vn,'"l •lid lUrrlmn,
l’"* Tl.-r* I. n„ qur.ILm |„„ ,i,4, lh, „,|„r
"" «"<•< I.. III... r..ad.
mokllm •«•!.,.I kh..|.m.n lh-> .. Ihul
... ,.ml,l |,roll, My ill* , r • .,•.,l.i,•- ,hty
fh**m th*- brttrr * • «n«l111<»na r• f• rr* <| to w,. W|ll
" '”■* v'*r *•'morrow, on.I ihl, u th.
,l"*' 1,11 ...mo kln.l of n< » r.
,l-,,«. no l.l o. .ttlk.r., miouvn th.t i„
•■•mum i,.,r wo will i„ lf ,|,M,
"ll1" 1,1 I".. ihl. rikl.i l„ „ ,.,,f„i tor
ruination If Hi*. i*liroa«ln f • j MH though th**y
[•••'** •* »««*u*e i* of (hlN fight wt> l.i th,-,,,
Wf.|. W. hax. ntond It f.,r twenty *|« month*
.mlI l.«v, wl «i v . .1 v.t. o n.l w* ■ a n nHU k..,* It
' * * * * waltlt.n a n X i*»t|»| v to «... w i at thf »*-•
fort of no .arim.K* for th,. # I* f.., the month
•t N«*v ‘Other Will ».e A f. vx .lav* ago It r.
!•••*»•-«! that th*- earning* of 11,i |* Hn.| s I*
xxoui.i n.irprinlnalx < ;<*»!• \v.|j h* r. m in.
I f.|M.rt ,,f N..v. tulo r \.i • lining** |*K
• l.hASh it : Mi* ami f•.r the In. month* flT4!»
•- . Homo- *hnw trig
I xxou-l Indeed l*« v.tv o'w rat.fi l if a t i|,|*
Him I did tod *a> a few wuuU for th. Iirofhern
wl" "*• ti*»hl x *t....,| I. v o* the I i*t x.-ar |i
i* to ti ll., hioth.-rn xx ho hax.- no lila-r.»Hx ** lit
fl«*tn ifiofiH to motitl 111.-1 r flna n. la I ,**|m
• "• know that that I* th. h«ri|*r th. ra l
'...ol* un. wh*t. Hi. it non go mil op ntrtk. Th* x
will *tiiv, it* took ami w »• ■ .innot gix*- th.n**
brother* too mu* h *..|.| f ..i wi.it they lax. .|oti.
" »»>• VMMI MTImn with w In. I. w.
hax* he. n a l»le# to (ontlnue Hon fig't Who wohkI
t ii k ..f going into i.attm wiH.oir AMMI'MTI' *N ”
So w. hop. Hint In Hi. war Hat In hrf.Tr ... v..u
xxill nupport in t' • f it in a* X mi hax. in th.
I*a-f and w.- XX ll! fight i I* h.,ti|. with H« mu*
' ‘a **r a* It In po**i|i|. to do K or thf futur* \x.1
fat. *.f Hi- w • i k 11. K . Id*.., « *).» ilv th* I a 111 o,.«l
. mph.vrw wi | hr iioaii) «|i h- rinn <t hx t . out
. otto- of t h « f IK tit
Ml. Sntitl.M h I * .. I f I ■ |* going t.ik* «*ff tw
• th* ** mx 11 a inn in th** to Ik ',l***t h*»*»*l .. f Sat.
Jo*. • la.n il k' 'hat th. t*ti*in* n* .lid fi«*t Wairant
t * ■ "(iipanx to k« *|« tl.ftn iti **• rx i« f \ .tout*)*
header )t|»f | i «*. d going out with «».ven ,.,*■
So l.ih* r n all ah.f.K the un* th* l.ioti.** wl*.
at. -opplx.nir thf Hinni'inttioi, in all t»,.|i • ..m
mum atioii« t«. m* w mh ii* a I mu « r*« n «mr fight
a ml I* t on nhow ttorn »*x *mr i.|..*rt* **f t»,. •••roll
tl**n* **li t hr llu 1 Ifiinii III), that w< at* oil Hi.
J..I. at U.l. TIMKA
In • lontng I w l*h t«* pmnrrit i toa«t to t r lu.v «
• *t h. itn»* from an ml xxar horn. «.t. ti. f tinK
llti* If In from Milford I t.ih
\ happy nrw y#*ar t<* one at.*l a
And many rrax x«- n.-r
Ntid during all lla* x.ar* to . «»m*
<Hi, happy may x. hr
Max’ v»* n«*x rr hax «- rnun* t«* mourn
T** nigh or nhrd » I. a >
T*i *»nn and al' h*»th gr*«t atol amall
A h.artx giMNl new yrar
Portland.
4 baaif •• XMlkrri I'aHflr.
A report was current anion* railroad non Mat
t'M-widcnt Hprtuile .«it • l Traffic Manager M> Cor
mick of ttie K'HiHii in Pacific acre soon to retire
as part of a retrenchment plan l^ater report is to
the effect that Hproule denies that Mii'oimn k
and hirmclf Intend resigning The following Is
from the dally pap-r* of Portland Minority
• to. kholders of ttie St Joseph A tSrand Island
railway will begin tomorrow to present evident e
in the Federal Court In a still they brought two
years ago against the I'nlon l'a< Iflc railway to
enforce the payments of dividends b> the funner
road The rase will he heard h> two federal
judges. The plaintiffs allege that the I’nlon Pa
cific. which owns 70 per cent of the Hi Joseph
A drand Island sto« k. has diverted profits of the
latter line which should have been used to pay
dividends to unnecessary Improvements and add!
tlons ’’
If the engineer had not stopped hi* engine V»
1171, three miles this **'d* <*f «5l*nda. h. w«m.d
have had a wreck on his hands for as he stepped
off hta engine he had the pleasure of seeing a
main pin drop off. The scabs got a h*autiful
r ’h 11st ma s present from the company for their
faithfulness.—2wu were laid off until further n<*.
the
The following are tome of the late train* No
SV engine 2121 2 hours and IS minutes. No 6*.
engine 21(111. & hours and 3b minutes No. 221 en
gine. 2541. I hour and 4 minutes. No 222. engine
253V. IN hours. No 2*. engine 2543. 5 hours No
271 engine 2427. out. 2 hours and 4o minute* No.
?. f> houra and 50 minutes No 23 3 hour* No *
I hour and 3S minutes. No I.' Shasta Umited 1
hour and ll minutes
Fiom the above whlih is only a small portion
<»l the late ones > oil can set what th. \ are Up
against \\ •* understand there w . I*e « layoff
M l* evening
No 2#. engine 3#7«. in at II U The gltoVe en
gine wtnt out at * 35 and « ame in at II 15 on the
Host-hill g local. It l«u>ks as though the* had
changed engines somewhere between here .(till
Hab m No !♦. fast mall. 17 hours anti r« minute*
late No j.i 3 hours No. 512 engine 2«1 • "ur
No ** fast mall 12 hour* and 15 minutes late
Chicago.
hverything on the tlrave Yard line in and out
of Chicago is about the value a* at our last report
The situation I* steadily grow ing w or»« lot th«
t l|d llog and l»et |er for us
W. ha^ most certainly got het In the federated
P« n ami the concrete foundation of fedetat'ou is
so deep that she t annot root under an«l she * an
spend stuiie more of her tush hiring thugs and
gunmen to l*eat up the editor* of the Hit ike Itul
b t In but It will IP>t let liei out of the p>g peli
that lh* Kederatlm h..« built around lot • *ur
government has allowed a gtegler dlsgrate and
stain to rest upon her shoulder* than Mexico or
Hussi.t ever knew- through the happenings in »’alu
no t. Mi h Christmas » \e arid Clinton. lb Tuea
«lav aftern*N»n. I30 when thugs and g inmen
hireling* of private • tir pot at Ions beat Up iw<> r* p .
tabl* t miens and in tin Michigan « as. starting
a false alarm in which seventy two (reraon* w.re
allied and in the Clinton « *»c tne I Ititetl l ad to
kill the thug to save his own df*
It I* high time that our government woke up
anti put a stop tit the shame anti di«gr.«< • that '*
bring brought upon our country by . apital amt
private corporations and the many outrages
brought upon the laboring people in the last few
years should certainly lw warning enough for us
to get together more solidly titan ever and trv
to stop the lawlessness prat th i d by the money
power
Ho brother* let i« get closer together and boost
for greater federation and solidarity of the work
ing class
We are now Just starting Into a new year, and
let u* *t»rt in with renewed determination to
(vbtaln the things that rightfully belong to us
Helena, Ark.
Since our last report the Old llog ha* made an
other swap of engine*. Knglne 174 ha* been sent
to the Memphis bull pen to have her stavbolts re
moved and rod* worked on If this engine had
been run a few day* longer *he would have stripped
herself Knglne tl. mentioned In a previous re
port s« having been sent to the shop, had a cylinder
head blown out and the sir pump was completely
on the bum Knglne 45 is still her# and la In
worse condition than ever It la really a sham#
to compel men to work with such an engine The
engine cannot he seen for steam when the throttle
la open, and It ts Impossible for engineer* to see
any signal* without shutting off and waiting for
th* eteam to evaporate With th* exception of
some new coal cars, everv one of the cars In the
yards here haa eome safety appliance defect, and
very few are In condition to load because of leaky
roofs and broken-ln aide# Summing up the situa
tion from thla point, from all Indication* It Is only
a matter of time until the Old llog "hollers'
enough.
Saginaw.
I>ac SC- Thera were twelve passenger trains
late today, some of them as much as two hour*
Seven freights ware as much aa four and a half
hours late Knglne 420 w.«a in a rear and collision
and <ame in with pilot snd headlight gone and
front end caved In. The wterk took place at flare
Knglne 413 Itad to have help to gri a train of 45
tars out of town Knglne 344. on the west end,
broke a valve rod l'ass« tiger train No 7, from
Detroit, tame In with six coaches and only 32
pass#'ng# f * The Grand Itapld* Flyer, No 34. came
In with three t"#ihii and only eight pa**engers
, Passenger train No 44. from Itad Axe. had the last
I • <*ac|t datk No 36. to Grand ltapWia. also had the
last coa# h dark
Dec. 34, Sunday—Not much doing on the leaky
j line. Knglne <*«3 wa* brought In with part of the
side rods off. »tnly three switch engines were
| working In the yard today. One of them was sent
out to bring in a crippled engine No 67 was
| delayed In the yard for more than three hours
i on account of no power
| The Grand Itapld* Flyer. No 3€, came Into Mag.
maw with one roach and one baggage «ar Moms
; train, but p# op|« do not ride or ship ov«r the Pers
Marquette «xrept when absolutely ne«i -*ary.
Kuslness, both freight and passenger, |« going
j down hill very fast Pl<-rk* and other employes
are being laid off, and, h* Mupt Gain *a\s. There
1 is Momethtng w-rong " This does not speak very
well for the i#akv line, aa other road-. #u» h as the
G T It and Michigan Pentral. are hardly aide
j to handle the business offered th* rn During the
I holidays other roads w* re running * xtr.* section*
of the regular train* and special par* • I post trains.
, hut the poor P# r< Marquette ran many * «»a* he*
empty and without lights. Kach d.iv see* dead
and * rippled engines brought Into Saginaw ami
the Grand Itapld* district l» even w<*r**
I I tec 21* Knglne 354 on - train 7 1 wa« leaking
| badly In t he train w#*r#- 10 foreign ami 10 P M.
cars Knglne 611 on No 4 47 wa- leaking badly
| and had 34 foreign *ars and 11 P M '*r* Kngine
i **• • on S". 57 had leaking steam and valve heads
| and wa- two hours late Passenger train 12. en
gine 43 wa* 35 mlnut# s late arriving Knglne 5*
i on No * from the West had piston and valve #t»-m
pa* king blowing Knglne ]'•« on passenger tram
I 1. from D#troit. had piston ami valve stem blowing
and arrlv«d 35 minutes late Knglne 32 on pa*,
j seng* r tram 403 was 4« minute* late Knglne 65
| on train 3 west, was 25 minutes la’e Ml parking
| blowing Knglne 205. In the yard, had a bad leak
[ around the tnud ring Knglne 35x. on train 70.
| had !'♦ foreign ami five P M * ars Train 44 en
gine 342. ha*l 15 f*»r#dgn and one P M ear and
1x11 one hour late Knglne 244 on train 40 had
[ 25 foreign and nine P M cars Knglne 401 had
I 26 foreign and seven P M «ar* Kngine 300. on
'passenger train 7 from Detroit wa* 40 minutes
i late Poach No $3t had a hot box
j Humor* hre very strong that other « rafts on
•the P M are ready to go on strike #
The rumor t* becoming stronger relative to the
I road being s«*l«l the first of the year *
% w%41PI.fr: 4»fr* Pfr.Nfr: 41 %N4|I friTTfr: »:4 0\04f%’
I Ml*:# THi: IIU*UE«r.*T.
Many men have been added It I* Interesting to
note the change* that have been made In the
| method of th» operating heads In tha Pere Mar
*4 *•• 11#• eastern district within a year or two
Two winter* ago A Ic Merrick was In Saginaw
and had In hi# territ#»ry 'he division from Toledo
through to Islington the thumb territory and
the Grand ltaplds division He had twro trainmas
ter* under him. these trainmasters caring for the
entire territory. Gradually men have been added
to look after the territory and It haa been split
up until at this time there Is a general superin
tendent. three division superintendents and four
t ralnmaatera.
These eight are doing the work formerly dona by
three men The News la informed that tha yaarly
salaries of the eight men will reach wall up to
|3o »oa When Mr Merrick and his two train
master* handled the territory the combined sal
aries wa* about ll.atS—Saginaw Press
Ogden.
The report of the picket line for the week end
ing ftaturdav Dec. 27, as turned in by our secre
tary. !» r Ivors. Is as follows Machinists. 1«
blacksmiths, f. hi*, ksmlth helpers. 4. sheet metal
worker*. 4. carmen. 4. boilermakers* helpera. i.
making a total of 21 men for that week
• It being t'hrlstmas week and moat of the Ik»> s
away for the holidays and the scat* only working
two days out of the week makes the line kind of
short of Its usual number but If nothing hap|»en»
this week we will have a better re|w»rt.
►'red lleerrll a scab ma< hlnist here, got fired
and la n«>w stabbing at |*«Mate’io
►'rank llagerty . a member of M achlnlst lanlge
of rirand Junction, t'olo.. one the I> H U . la
• •abblng here This skunk *• well known as he
•ervtd h!» lime there working nights Working
nights h* must have thought he could hide hlm
self In tio- dark but none of the skunks • an get
past iht men «>n the line
llmry lni**s*»n w.nt to stabbing on tie car
itiei lie first started as a scab herder and after
they did aw.n with the nib herders and he found
out that he < ouldn t get along without the »•-*’»*
company he went tn against the « arm^n
J Hulllvau a member of tit- switchmen « union
i* doing th* a*t of scabbing on carmen lie is
from 8t I’m til, Alinn
v scab machinist arrived l.ere today from 8»n
Krancls.o by the hv the name of Van Wrinkle
I to.» any«»n» k»u*w him" lie went to work Mori
d.iv ir.%1 he liv.s at 22t«* (»rant
Hihbliv Xdams the • ht« kin thief, an.l his star
hoarder Karl I bin ha r w-re dlacharged. |>unh«r
- it pr. sent working as ,* cabinet maker tn on*
• f the furniture stores in Halt latke c*Hv
|h. 5 All the coaches on passenger train No
I were shopped h» re on achi'Ulit of f!.«r wines
Tliev tried to put the coaches of No 2 over to the
!» II f 2 tint they were not received and they had
to take them ha k and repair them The |,o* An
gel* s I.Hulled w is wre«k*<] at Itlack llutta The
fireman was kille*1 and they claim It was on a. -
.cunt of the fog. but w> guess It was the fog
from a leaky engine
rbneral Superintendent Manson and other nffl
tals were over the • * s L. on a tour of irisjM . -
t on Manson says he never saw so much s. rap
til hi* life Oueas he Is thinking of •, King It to
some other road aa they nvav have some use for
It and the O 8 I* ne.- ls the money after paying
nut the good money to the scabs that produced
the scrap for the mmpany
8c a ha here were all rut to eight hours a .lay
!»»■• 10 and Dec 23 the shops were shut down till
tiie 29th. The scabs were all curalng the com
pany for hr* aklng their contract with them They
w* re shlp|»ed here under gottd conditions and good
pay. and they were promised there waa nothing
to It and a h- of a plate to work
They were talking of striking when some of the
boys told them that they dtdn t have the hack
hone of a Jelly fish and there was no manhood
about them
Rock Springs.
Itwst night No 1* passenger train came in late
as usual and when ahe got within one-half mile
of the de|H>t the two big engines pulling seven
. oa« he* gave up the ghoat ami the passenger*
were left In the coaches without anv heat the
weather being very cold The passengers whose
destination was Jvere got out In disgust and wa ked
Into town and those who had to siay on the train
to go further had to aeek their berths to keep
from freeging The thermometer In the observa
tion car showed 1 degree above *»>ro This morn
ing passenger train No 4 and a freight train came
together at the Itlack ftutte station, a few miles
. ast of here I have not full details of the affair
,.s yet. but the report Is that It was quite serlou*
The fireman and an aiectrlclan of the passenger
train were Jusf brought In dead The report i*
that It was a head-on collision, and th* force of
the Impact was so great that the drawhead on
the par end of the caboose of the freight train
w »s broken. The engines were all smashed and
also th. dvtiamo on the passenger train Traffic
from the Rast has been delayed about fourteen
hours No wonder they have head-on collisions,
aa their engine* are enveloped In a cloud of steam
and the) are unable to keep them alive. We
haven! had very much snow yet, hut the weather
has been «|u!te cold and th*-lr broken down rolling
stock «an t stand It The train schedule la only
a Joke, as the trains arrive and depart whenever
they can drug them In or out. un the « as* may he
Yesterday was pay day f**r tin* s» ah«. and It wa*
celebrated by them In their usual artistic manner
« ail drunk •
ttfav with tl » ship !*o> - and we will am hor
her in the harbor of victory
A merry Christmas and .1 brighter new year to
■til th« brother* oti the firing line
Water Valley.
Ituaine-s la vry normal *.n t • OM llog route
We notbe that the | t* 1 un are coming home
and all MtuHahle side tra* ks being fill* <t up with
them, a * so, when a foreign t ur arrives here they
plate It beside un I f < hi and tt.it.-f* r the freight
t*» the I c ar ufid s*f»d the f• »r• gn *ar home,
this lu-ing «l*»n*‘ on no nig ».< ,i|*', us business t*oth
freight and pass ig*r »- very nofrit.il and to the
• stent ttat t|ijite a lent h of the stabs ha't beep
laid off a tit| told that they Would t#e sent for If
heeded again and i*"lti*- t,f our horn* St .tbs, who
hud lifeline jot.- are now loafing They are try
ing to explain "W j| * «* aid that t omllt >ns at
the hlil P# II at* So f 1 * r • •- the 01 • of tforemen
at the p* t( sir**, k 1 s‘ at* t*n the I *-ud w ith a stl k
of wood for « timing to know as mu< h about a
cert'til. Job its the foreman Quit* «» f* v* of the
foielgn tr.isti si at.- got pa-se* arid left to sf.entl
the holiday* \\ » fear that many «*f them will
fill to rtturn \N • w<>ti|*t adris* them to stay
aWav until It* oari «.f ti »f f | jti.tiott 000 has l>* • ti
secured a- w »■ have it on the lust pay dav ut ttie
'hull pci «|uit* a number failed to r**e>ve • h* < ks
Khglhe No *ju*. t as «n • xhaust that 1 m he
h* . r l f »r no a her valves are out she 1- mIi •• •
| of shape ar.d it •* almost Impossible to drag her
over th# road and Is altogether a frequent visitor
on the dead truck and also In t tie shops The
hi 1I1* and burr i* ads t an t get her right it sterns.
I'ass* ng* r trams isve t***en running very marly
*»n lino- the last w. -h us th*r# Is very little trav
eling urd ohstrintlon to ke» p them from l*elng on
time wt'h ttie ion© an«t 1 1 •••• .lass engines and 415
out he- What few freights run out ..f here lave
to h H V ' the a-sistan e of SWIf<h engines to help
'hem out of the vard limits When they arrive
at the end of It.*- division they are just within the
-ivteen tiour law
Cheyenne.
Sin«* m> 1.«m report we have had * two.f.,ot
show and quite a bree*# «hi< h has put the I' I*
in Wyoming out of business for the last fort),
eight hours Kngines dying and stuck alt along
the line from Rawlins to Hldnev At one time
tlo-re were some twenty-five pass* nger trains in
I and around Fhevenne No 1 *• 3. fr'*m Ivenver. ar
rived at j ft • !o«k within n half mile of Cheyenne
and died and remained there until l> o'clock that
evening These big engines were almost useless
in the snow It took from two to four of them
to move a traian of five cars The enow Is still
on the ground and all we need Is a good wIimI
and they will he blocked again. Things are not
moving very smoothly in the shops I w«« told
that the boss bla'ksmlth got a pair of h)a< k eves
this week One of the men walked up to him
landed on him and said "Take that tlilffi and
give me my time, and he quit Five out of the
nine machinists quit yesterday. The foreman
found fault shout some work a machinist was
doing and the man told him to give him his time
as ha (the foreman» d*d not know his business
and he did not want to work for him. and the
other four skunks followed suit and quit also
Business on the road la very light The shops
are working five Java per week and It reported
thst neat week thA will shut down altogether. I
wag Informed thar quite g bunch of scabs wera
going to quit aa they epftld not afford to stay
here on short time
Mnimrls
iviouncu.
Fverythlng In thla little Junction In the sticks
Is looking good for the strikers The Old Hog
Is having a hard time of It trying to get by In
this neck of the woods A wreck took place one
mile north of here when a tire broke on a freight
engine Two cara of atock and ala care of fruit
were put In the ditch. The cara were wrecked
so had that they had to he burned up on the right,
of-way. Traffic waa tied up for three hours
There was another wrack south of here when s
fr* Ight engine spilt a sw itch Train No S was be
hind the wreck for three hours, and when they
did start out they split the same switch, causing
Mnothrr wreck that tied tip traffic on both end*
of the division for four hours
on De. 31 train No 11 that Is due out of Palm
at 4 p m was five hours late when she left the
depot on account of not having any engine thst
was fit to send out with the trsln We are still
on the Job at this place and are going to stay
until the Old Hog save that she Is ready to give
up the ship
Telcos, Wash.
The strike conditions at this place are progress
Ing nicely In the strikers' favor Rolling stock
Is getting no better, fast passenger trains are run
ning 1st*- and the dear good company has laid off
some of their scabs
Kngine No 171 Is «*n the dead track waiting for
*ome scab dop* Fngtnes No*. 1«4 and and a
motor « ar are In the hull pen for repair* The
iniilers on hII engines crmlng In here look as
though they had been whitewashed You can hear
them pound for a mile We are still on the Job
it this place after twenty-seven months, hut It I*
Federation nr nothing for th# boys here
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
MEANS NO STRIKES
W III law Jshsstsa. I aksr Leader, Declares Three
feartha at Peaple Waal ll«y»rsa«al CaatraL
hssM Batter Ltvaa af AIL
(Omaha Dally News. Dec. IS. 1913 l
Three-fourth* of the laboring people In the
Fnlted State* believe in municipal and government
ownership of all publh utilities, beltevs public
ownership would end strikes, and bellevs It would
• •clter th«- living conditions of all working people,"
said William II Johnston, of Washington. Inter,
national president of the machine!* union. In
Omaha today.
Mr. Johnston Is a student of economic conditions
and has been (tie machinists' reprei»entati vs In
j Washington nearly three years. It was he whose
efforts under the Taft administration forced the
secretary of the navy to bulk! a battleship In the
government navy >ard Instead of In private yards
•*lt was never Intended by the Master mind,"
he said, that coal. oil. gas. water, light and the
other sources of nature should be monopolised and
• xploitid by a few f«»r the benefit «*f a few nor that
transportation should be denied to some of the
! people We can build navy yards, w* can build
, canals, we can operate postoffices through the
government, so why can we not build a railroad
and operate It. or manage a coal mine or a tele
phone system?
-Strikes would end there would be no difficulty
! In securing good labor conditions —sanitary and
'humane with short hours where necessary, becauss
i there woul< be po on# man who could say, 'this is
my business. I will run It to suit myself' "—Omaha
Pres*
ST. I til I* W«»HHPtt« WIN.
ST U>l IS, Mo Jan 3 -Htrlklng ladies' gar
ment workers have broken the ranks «>f the Em*
P oyer* \»*oc!atIon and signed a contract with
•*. Fr* licit Suit and Skirt <N>mpanv AM former
employes «re reinstated, and the union won prac*
t itlv a'l Its demands F of I. News letter