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THE LAST OF THE BOATMEN. (Continued from page 2, column 2.) rus, commencing with: Hard upon the beech oar! She moves too slow. All the way to Shawneetown. Long while ago. In a few moments the boat took the chute of Letart's Falls and disappeared behind the point with the rapidity of an Arabian courser. Mike Fink may be viewed as the correct representative of a class of men now extinct, but who once pos i a ^ Q C tViat I S6SS6G. ES marKeu a, uiiaiav.ici i.uUv of the Gypsies of England or the Lazaroni of Naples. The period of their existence was no more than a third of a century. The character was created by the introduction of trade on the western waters, and ceased with the successful establishment of the steamboat. There is something inexplicable in the fact that men could be found, for ordinary wages, who would abandon """the systematic but not laborious pursuits of agriculture to follow a life of all^others, except that of soldier, distinguished by the greatest exposure and pFiyation. The occupation of a boatman is more calculated to destroy the constitution and to shorten life than any other business. In ascending a river it was a continued series of toil, rendered more irksome by the snail-like rate at which they moved. The boat was propelled by poles, against which the shoulder was placed, and the whole strength and skill of the individual were applied in this manner. As the boatmen moved along the running board, I with their heads nearly toucmng uic plank on which they walked, the efL feet produced on the mind of the ob server -was similar to that on behold\ ing the ox rocking before an over loaded cart. Their bodies, naked to the waist, for the purpose of moving with greater ease, and of enjoying ,the breeze of the river, were exposed to the burning suns of summer and to the rains of autumn. "After a hard day's push they would take their "fillee," or ration of whiskey, and having swallowed a miserable supper of meat half burnt and of bread half baked, stretch themselves without covering on the deck, and slumber until the steersman's call invited them to the morning "fillee." From an exclusive association together they had formed a kind of slang peculiar to themselves, and from the constant exercise of wit, with the squatters on the shore and crews of other boats, they acquired a quickness and smartness of vulgar retort that was quite amusing. The freq.uent battles they were engaged in with the boatmen on different'parts of the river, and with the inhabitants of the low ICOO Vi ? lutivv* * ?- ? ? . er Ohio and Mississippi, invested them with that ferocious reputation which has made them spoken of in Europe. On board of the boats thus navigated, our merchants entrusted valuable cargoes, without insurance, and with no other guarantee than the receipt of the steersman, who possessed no property but his boat; and the confidence so reposed was seldom abused. Among these men Mike Fink stood as an acknowledged leader for many years. He was the hero of a hundred fights, and the leader in a thousand daring adventures. From Pittsburg to St. Louis and New Orleans his fame was established. On the Ohio ne was known among his companions by the appelation of "Snapping Turtle," and on the Mississippi he was called "The Snag." At the early age of 17 Mike's character was displayed by enlisting himself in a corps of scouts?a body of irregular rangers, which was employed on the northwestern frontiers of Pennsylvania, to watch the Indians and to give notice of any threatened inroad. In this corps, while yet a stripling, Mike acquired a reputation for boldness and cunning far beyond his companions. A thousand legends illustrate the fearlessness of his character. There was ' ' 1? u-i'moalf -a-ic-Vi much on? wmcn 111? luiu iuuioeu, ?> ...?? pride, and which made an indelible impression on my boyish memory. He had been out in the hills of Mahoning, when he saw signs of Indians about. As he was creeping along, his eye fell upon a beautiful buck, browsing on the edge of a barren spot, 300 yards distant. Repriming his gun and picking his flint, he made his approaches in the usual noiseless manner. At the moment he reached the spot from which he meant to aim he observed a large Indian, intent on the same object, advancing from a direction a little different from his own. Mike shrunk behind a tree with the quickness of thought, and keeping his eyes fixed on the hunter, waited the result with patience. In a few minutes the Indian halted, within 50 paces, and leveled his piece at the deer. In the meanwhile, Mike presented his gun at the body of the savage, and at the moment the smoke issued from the gun of the latter the bullet of Fink passed FIVE SLAIN* IN* RIOT. Industrial Workers of World and Citizen's Posse Fight. Everett, Wash., Nov. 5.?At least five men were killed and forty others were wounded today in a fight at the Everett city wharf between 250 members of the Industrial Workers of the World, who came here from Seattle on the steamer Vernon, and a posse of 150 citizens headed by Sheriff Don McRae. Sheriff McRae is among the seriously wounded. The exact number of causualties aboard the Verona is not known here. After the shooting, in which about one thousand shots were exchanged, the Verona turned around and start ed back to Seattle. Many men were seen to fall on the deck of the Verona and others, panic stricken, jumped overboard. Some were taken from j the water, but others disappeared and it is believed they were drowned. Opi>osed Landing. The Verona reached Everett shortly before 2 o'clock. The coming of the party of invaders had been announced in messages sent to Everett from Seattle headquarters. A call to Industrial Workers of the World members from all over the State had been issued earlier in the week and the citizens of Everett, at a meeting held Saturday night, planned to meet the invaders and deny them privilege of landing. When the Verona docked Sheriff McRae, who was backed by a posse of deputy sheriffs and citizens, informed the men on the boat that they would not be permitted to land. One of the men, evidently spokesman for the party, began arguing with the sheriff and then made a speech. Apparently as a signal, the man dropped his hand and armed men on the steamer opened fire on the posse. The first man to fall was Sheriff McRae, seriously injured. Oge man was killed instantly and in a moment the crowd on shore was panic-stricken. Deputy sheriffs, however, returned the fire. Naturalists say that a single swallow will devour 6,000 flies in a day. through the red man's breast. He uttered a yell and fell dead at the same instant with the deer. Mike reloaded his rifle and remained some minutes to ascertain whether there were any more enemies at hand. He then stepped up to the prostrate savage, and having satisfied himself that life was extinguished, turned his attention to the buck, and took from the carcass those pieces suited to the process of jerking. Some years after that period, at which I have dated my visit to Cincinnati, business called me to New Orleans. On board the steamboat on which I had embarked for Louisville I recognized, in. the person of the pilot, one of those men who had formerly been a patron, or keel boat captain. "What has become," I asked, "of my old acquaintance, Mike Fink?" "Mike was killed in a scrimmage," replied the pilot. "He had refused several good offers on steamboats. He said he could not bear the hissing of steam and he wanted room to throw his pole. He went to the Missouri, and about a year since was shooting the tin cup, when he had corned too heavily. He elevated too low and shot his companion through the head. 1 - r TT?Vi r\ a. in en a ui me ucceascu, rnuv rv?.^ present, suspecting foul play, ' shot Mike through the heart, before he had time to reload his rifle." With Mike Fink expired the spirit of the boatmen.?St. Louis Post-Dispatch. J. A. Klein , Mrs. J. A. Klein Teachers of P:ato and Organ Duos and Quartets for Two Pianos and the Proper Training of Beginners a Specialty Studio Over Herndon's Stor? 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