The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, February 23, 1886, Image 2
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AT TIIE THROTTLE
A POWERFUL. TRADE UNION.
Thefiilpnt Strength of the Itnllroiul Engl
ucers-JenloiulcH and Rivalries.
A lefter from Cleveland, Ohio, savs
The' most powerful union in the work
has its headquarters in this city. It ii
the Brotherhood of Locomotivc Engi
neers, witli a membership of over 17,00(
engineers, and 294 subdivisions in th<
Ignited-States, Canada, and Mexico. II
has "been so auietlv conducted that uoth
iug, was know about it by the genera]
* public d?vthis city until attention was
called to it this week by a reunion ol
its members. Its head ofliccr is Grand
Chief Engineer Arthur, who for twenty
years has ruled it with almost the power
of a dictator. He has more than
once made superintendents and general
managers of railroads come to his terms.
jMuch. of his power is ascribed to the
fact that he i6 slow to order a strike and
refuses to allow the brotherhood to
amalgamate with any other labor organization.
J. B. Carson, formerly of thia
city, lias a son who was made superintendent
of a road leading out of Chicago,
lie was paying conductors 30 cents an
hour, btaikemen 27 conts, and cngiueers
but 20 cents and not remunerating t-hem
for tho full time worked. The}' demanded
move and sent for Arthur.
Arthur asked Carson to pay his engineer
for every hour's work, but the
official snubbed him.
^"If ydu don't accede to our demand
every engine on our line will be housed
at 12 O'clock, said Arthur. Carson re
fused to accede. After traffic had been
suspended for a few hours the President
of tlie-Toad concluded to give the cn.eiiieerfi
their dpmnnds. He nsknH Mr
A-rtlierwhat the- men wanted. "Thirty
cents an hour." said Mr. Arthur, and
Superintendent Carson, who had refused.
to give the engineers twenty six
ccnts tin. liour, now pays them thirty.
Au officbii of tho Iron Mountain road
?cnfc for Arthur oncc to arrange a difficulty
between the engineers and the
company. The official told a story of
hard times, to his surprise, Arthxir said:
rtThi> engineers will stand their proportionjof
a reduction?"
"Wiu.?hcy?" asked the official.
<4Yca, if. you will reduce all proportionately
from the official at $10,000 a
yearMpwn, and providing you can show
from-fhornct earnings that it is necessary;
trut you cannot."
TO 'tliO- official's surprise, Arthur
ehowdcLliim an exhaustive statement of
the.paTTiings and expenses on the road,
?nd'oDny^nced%hun that no reduction ol
engineers was necessary.
Tlio Brotherhood of engineers has a perfect
"System. of acquiring intelligence
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nuui.iuvgviivrai unices 01 un runways.
ThejJirothcrhoodwas formed in August,
' 1663, t>y a,few engineers on the Michigan
Central road. It has disbursed
$lp75fi006 to the widows and orphans
of dflbtSascd, members.
Gnaof the*engineors at the reunion of
the brotherhood, speaking privately of
engineers* vrork, said: 4;Tne boys arc
all liv&v so far as the brotherhood is
concerned^ but when they get back to
wortc they arc the mo t jealous set of
men. in the world. No one could holp
it. Engineers aro governed by innumer'
able rules, the breaking of the least of
which means suspension or discharge.
No excuse will be taken. Only a perfect
and a- lucky man can hold his place.
Scoreb of good men arc waiting to take
tk The jealousy between engineers is
often so bitter that their wives, although
old acquaintances, will not speak. One
engineer may be in luck; the other,
without blame, may have had the seiies
of three accidents that sometimes come
to an engine. If she has one, she is
, sure not to atop till she has had three,
and the engineer may be in danger of
disch rgC;
"This intense rivalry sometimes leads
to acts of meanness. A young man just
promoted fears even the old engiucer
that he fired for, and that loved him
like a brother?when he was n fireman
?and will not run out his engine until
lie has inspected every inch of her, to
see that no one has put up a job on
liirn. A young engineer on the Nickel
Plate cut out aft the bearings of his enf;ine
on llio" first trip, and was laid off.
Ic was a close observer, and found that
some wretch, had put emery in his oil
can. He was able to prove this fact, and
regained bia situation. Another new
engineer was suspended for burning out
the flues of liis boiler. He had worked
and fnr rnnra fnr ivrAmnfinn on/1
to have the coveted prize snatched from
him just.as kohad grasped it drove him
into the grave. He had insisted that
the engine's gauges had registered
plenty of water, but the master mechanic
disbelieved him. When he was
dead it was found that he had told the
truth. A. conscience 6tricken rival confessed
that ho had put oil in the tank so
that it foamed and showed water at the
top gauge when there was scarcely a
quart in the boiler. Another method of
meanness is to choke up the water hose
leading from the tank to the boiler with
cotton waste.
"It is a great event in the life of an
engineer when he gets a chance to make
eonic special run that will give him a
record, and he becomes a special object
of envy. When tho Nickel Plate was
the rival of tho Lako Shore a Nickel
Plate engineer made tho run with thirty
cars of Htock, leaving Chicago at the
?amc hour that the Lake Khore train did
*ndIdeating it into Buffalo more than
ten hours. That engiueer got promoted.
"An accident often makes an engijirnr
{nmmia 1 urAun?i?Aiia
he becomes an?ob;j6ct of envy. Dnn
MoGuire, one of the luckiest of men,
was tunning tho front online of the
double header that pulled the Lake
Shore .tfam the night of the Ashtabula
accident/ His engine managed to get
across the bridge just as the train went
down. The engine was saved, but
stopped so near the awful brink that
the tender hung poised over the edge.
This crowning pieco of good fortune
called McGhrire into prominence, and
now whenever Vanderbilt's train takes a
trip over the road McGuire is generally
Cbosen to run it over his division.
McGuirc, by the way, is quite a prominent
<uanu> amonp engineers. Sandy
McQnim, on ongineer running out of
- Klmira, K. Y., has become famous, not
onty as a good runner, but as the writer
ofpocttr."
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P AT.TVTTr.rr'Ti
Tunneling the II..:..,./u.
Persons passing the entrances to th?
projected Hudson River tunuel on botl
sides of the river cannot but be impressed
with their appearance, sa^s s
New York paper. The engine house;
: and workshops arc deserted, the painl
1 has become blistered by exposure to th<
i sun and has fallen off in patches, giving
- tho buildings the appearancc of deserted
) barns. The only persons who can be
j seen around the enclosures are tlu
t watchmen. They look after the old
tools and answer the questions put to
I them by inquisitive visitors. Their reply
i to all questions is: "Don't know, sir.'
; The workmen formcrllv employed on
the tunnel call around occasionally and
make inquiries as to when business will
be resumed, but they get little satisfaction,
and after being told to, call in
a week or two they retrace their steps
homeward. "Work was suspended on
November 4, 1882, on account of tho
death of President T. W. Park. At
that, time there were over 300 men employed.
Some few were kept until July
26, 1883, but sincc that time not a stroke
of work has been done toward the com
|/tvv?/u WJL HIV |M VJV LI. ill Ulill llftlli:
1,047 feet. of the north tunnel on the
Jersey side had been completed. On
the New York side 150 feet of the
north tunnel and twenty-three feet of
the south had been excavated. In the
north tunnel there remain 3,9111 feet to
b.! finished and in the south 5,012. At
the rate of 7 feet a day, the average
work accomplished, it would require
550 days to finish the north tunnel and
710 to complete the south. Both are
full of water now, but it would require
only a few days to pump them out.
About $1,500,000 has already been expended
on the work, and it is estimated
that ?2,200,000 would be required to
complete it. There is a prosj>ect of tbo
work being resumed this fall, but unless
sufficient funds are secured nothing can
be done.
There Was n Fire.
The mate of the steamer was shoring
me over the boat as we rushed along
down the great Father of Waters. The
one .particular thing that he wanted mo
to take notice of was the fact that tho
boat was as near fire-proof as a steamboat
could be made. Fire hose was coiled up
oil nlnn? ?>- > -
UII aiuug luu IU11UU3 UCUK8, IlU/./.lUS 1111
ready to play, and buckets of water
were kept standing in various localities
to drown out incipient fires.
''It's all right if you have a system,
I said, as we finally halted.
"System is dead perfect," he replied.
"At the cry of 'fire' I tap the bell."That
calls all the crew to the spot. There is
not a spot on the boat that we can't
reach with three streams of water, and I
rather guess I'm competent to take
charge. I'm an old fireman of twenty
years' experience."
Well, I went off to bed by and by,
but hadn't turned in yet, when somebody
shouted "fire!" as loud as he could
yell. I rushed out. We were bowling
along within fifty feet of the shore, and
away aft there was a bright blaze of
flame and a rush of smoke. I started
that way, but somebody ran over me,
and I heard a splash in the water. A I
negro ran past me and rang the bell, and
a unAAn/^ or/\f ^Airn rt ?/*'! ~ ^
c? UV/OUUM UUWJH ? UUU Ul I1UDU, UJJl'UUU
fight on the fire, and directed matters
so sensibly that the flames were soon
subdued. Then the Captain came aft
and roared o t:
"Johnson! Johnson! Where in thunder
is the mate ?"
Nobody know. "We hunted for him,
but he was not found. He was the old
fireman of twenty years1 experience who
went overboard and struck out for shore
at the first alarm, leaving the negro
deck-hands to save the boat and 180
lives.?M. Quad.
The Elephant Jumbo.
The famous beast, Jumbo, lately killed
in Canada, was twenty-five years old
aud, so far as history has recorded, he
was captured in Africa at a tender age
by a party of Arabs. He was transported
to France, and remained until
three years of age in the Jardin dea
l'lantes in Paris. From there he came
by devious paths into the Zoological
Gardens in London. During lm infancy
Jumbo showed no remarkable traits of
character nor was he much bigger than
other elenhnntn of t.hr> #nmi> >i?rRut i
when he attained the age of seven years
his keepers were surprised to notice that
his appetite began to develop abnormally.
A couple of hundred pounds of
hay and a barrel of potatoes were not
much for Jumbo at his dinner and his
spare hours, like the prudent elephant
that he was, he occupied in devouring
all the peanuts and apples that the
children and maids of London could
pay for. Then he began to grow and
added inch after inch to his stature,
with the calm indifference with which
he swallowed bonbons.
Jumbo grew bigger and bigger, and
before he left London was 114 feet in
height. Mr. Barnum had assiduously
studied up the records, and finding that
Jumbo was the biggest elephant on the
face of the earth decided four years ago
to add him to his long lino of Circassian
Princesses and skeleton men as an attraction.
no made an agreement with
the Zoological Garden by whieh he was
to have the animal for $10,000. But
when the news spread in London that
the pet of all the future lords and
ladies of tho land was to join a traveling
American show, a howl of indignation
I was heard in the metropolis, but he was
I brought; away, nevertheless, and safely
arrived in this country, where for several
years he bns been the chief feature of
Btirnum's
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Lt gal Cant on.
Counsel (for the prosecution)?You
will admit that you- t was in Boston
at the time th^ a' curred.
Counsel (for t?.t- ..i-i'endant)?No, Sir.
Counsel?You will admit tVt 'onrclicrt
was in Boston about the ti..i the i fnir
occurred?
Counsel?No, Sir.
Connsel?You will at least artm >
'here ia such a place as Boston /
Counsel (emphatically)?No,
Ihe prosecution wishes to
evidence that such a place as .;<>si u ?_
ista, it haif got to prove it. We admit
nothii g. I
THOS. McCE"
of the largest SALOON in llio tip-^oon
advertisements. Tho half is not men
prepared for fall trade. The Falmotto J
Foreign and Dome
tho best tho markot affords. He
Rye and Corn, Iris
Apple, Peach, California and ]
Ho can cheerfully recommend his
mixed drinks with all tho DEJjICIOUS
k'ERATE DRINKS. His specialty is a
GENTLEMEN'S RESOI
and you will not forgot again.
A G-ood Line of Tobac
Beer
CUNNINGHAN
? haa
Their Larp anil
FALL AND V
Consisting
Foreign and Do
NTOT
HC.A.TS, HATS, :
HARDWARE, HA
Groceries, Grocer
Crocker
At Lower Prices thun they were ]
PAVILION HOT!
C1IRLESTON, S.
[First Class in all its Appointm
RATES. S2.00, $2.50
Excellent Cnisone, large airyroomn
Pasaentrer Elevator. Electric bell ami li
Heated rotunda centrally located.
Oct. I, 'c4-tf
QENTKAL HOTEL,
Mrs. M.W.THOMA.3, Propriety
Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
I^XCIIANGE HOTEL,
GltEKNVILLE, S. C.
The Only Two-Class H<
in the World.
W. R. "WHITE, Proprietor,
j^TEW DINNER HOUSE,
Grkkxwood, S. C.
Kept by Mrs. F. G. PARKS. Cheap x
Firat-claSs faro.
June loth. 1882 tf.
t. p. thomson. ?j. "w. ttiom
'PHOXSON & THOMSON,
Attorn eys-at-Law,
AllBKVILI.E, S.
??F"Office in rear Mr. Tree's.
June 8th, ifc8u-tf.
QALIIOUN & MABRY,
Attorneys and Comsellxs at Law
Abbeville C. H., 8.
Office formerly occupied by Judge T1
3on. tf
1
noivr. it, uempuill, wm. r. calii
?JEMPHILL & CALIIOUN,
Attorneys-at-Laws
Abbeville, 8.
Will prnctice in thu Courts of the S
u. w. pe1uiin t. p. cotii
JJERR1N & COTIIRAN,
Attorneys-at-Law.
Abbbvillb, 8.
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O SALOON
rTIGAN, Proprietor
itry, don't intend to dupe his castomorn by fnls
tionod in tlio throo Abbeville papers, Heis wel
blouse ia well stocked with everything in the lino o
stic Wines and Linunrs
i has got Liquors niuo years old. Good old
h and Scotch Whiskies,
French. Brandies,
Porter, Ale and Fresh Lager Beei
goods to the public for MEDICINAL USE, an
BEVERAGES of tho season. Also COOL., TEM
largo stock of PURE GOODS. Call at tho
IT. NO. 4 WASHINGTON ST
THOMAS McGETTIGAN.
:co and Cigars. Budweise:
a Specialty. 47
I & TEMPLETON
irE IN STORE
Well Selected Stock of
VINTER GOODS
in Part ot
mestic Dry Goods
HATS,
OOXS AND SHOES
RDWARF, HARDWARE,
ies, Groceries,
y, Crockery, Crockery
Svcr Offered Before. l-tf-2'
4*
ETB0S2ED D7 W EETTEii ii
SCIENTISTS A3 ^f?&C52AKR TI
en$" ritACTiCALLTf AKY
Indesiractlble j|||p! ||| ST0ill
i Jhts? Ovor 5CO ?$jj|i Send 1
Q1 Beautiful j|-jS^lI>r'c? *-ij
" Designs. ^rCU>a
? i v
MANUI- ACT1IRKD BY
MONUMENTAL BRONZE COMPA^
RBIDGEPOJIT. CONII.
>tel 18 8
"*? AT THE??
4
~ Centennial Salooi
ft"or this year will be found
a tee.
A KO^VII^aIM DUMA QMIMIIA
]n Miiguiuivi} ruioopitiwi
:bon. ^orth Carolina copper distilled Corn, Fine
brands of Kentucky Rye, from
?2 to $6 Per Gallon.
imported Copse Brandy a Specialt
C. ALSO
Ales, Porter, Champagnes, &
100 fa fact all t"he popular and standard goo
that can be obtained. Together with
11 an assortment of
Tobaccos and Fine Cigars
' that can not be excelled in quality.
G.
Pera jns needing each goods would not
iom- iiuinbugyoa by buying from tbem.
en Tna place is second door from Cot
So 160.
~ O'DOKNELL & CUNNINGHAM
Proprietors,
ABBEVILLE, S. Q>
jan 14-tf 2
U? '
AIAj the new shades in tinto and Bonni
with Ribbons, Birds, Flowers, Bati
IT"" and Velvets to matob.
bZ R. M. HADDON & CO.
KAK* j?UGENE B. GARY,
Attorney and Counselloivat-Lft
0 Abbeville, 8. C,
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f GOODYEA1
Carriage Rep
piAN EE FOUND THE LARGEST STOCK Ol
Phnotmis r<oao (.-Hr'.s, Plantation Wntron" (nil sizes, 1
Hnrnes* Smhlles. ttalliner, lonthor of nil kinds, Wneon A
. ' thirty dav< J ^iH OFFKR RPECTATj BA.RGAINS IN A L(
*; GIFS at. less limn Mnnufactarers' Prices. These Buggjef
ctn mukos: which i win gunrnntop equal to the best. Oil
d vinco yoursolvos that thoy are absolute bargains,
^V. R. GOODY1
(Successor to It. IT. May & Co.,) OPP. CEO
' I AUGUSTA. GEOI
r
DAY & TANf
Arc Now Receiving a Fine A
CARRIAGES AND B
FOR THE SPRINGAT
PIUCES TO SUIT T
* And Never Before Attained in the Hi
We :;rc cuuli'.cri to i;ivc our customers every ad van
at the cicscfc! possible cash prices. Cull and be con\
, Children's Carriages in (
The fillet cf HANDBAGS and SATCI
TRUNKS. Willi'!* liMl'?K ELLAS.
Til K WII.SON, CHILD'S & CO.'S PIIILA. WAG
'I ICN NESSKK W A (JONS. 1, 2. and 4 Horse.
DAY TANN A MILL'S ONE AND TWO IIOE
^ i:xri;i:ss and delivery wagons.
Av:es, Spring'!. I Libit, Spokes, Rubber Belti
HOYT'S LEATIIIUi LELTINO. The best in tin
LACINC, KIVKTS, Etc. OAK AND HEMLOCK
v<i\ i <r rt is i' IjI .n i in *? JLiAfjl'S, TIIK1SAL)
IIAItNKSS AND SADDLES. WK (5ALL PAT
OUli IIAKNKS?..n; MEPAliTMICNT, IN WHICH W1
pmcr..
DAY Ad TA1
?3
J
WHITE BRO
Wonld call tho attotion of buyers to a Few Spet
u. El It'ESS <3Nimjtfiiinlly
l:iri?n and ? trirM*p. They have the cheap
liiiVM ??vor ulTfrod. 'I'livy h?>wo nUn noire handsome Coi<
Horiiitonl. uf l;lnok mid (!i)luiv(l VKLVETEENS for Dre,
u uicc lino of Wool Iiu ul) colors, the Intent tiling f
' Their Hlciok ??f HLACK <V\XII^ERE cannot bosuipas
mm eaio ifi I ho Kuh?cli<?ti of lliexo yoods, and are nppnred the;
, gimiily ami |-A. i;nr>d lino of JERSEY JACKETS,
*** It would H'ttonish any one to how very cheap FLAN
Jt reason Jiiivi.-iM in tln-> lino uor.ld do well to examine th
Is "WHITE; BRC
CARPETS? nrr> <10 vory nhonp h"? to be in the roach of 1
1 PELS and UU'iSwui ti? found lit tho storo of WUlTE
V The a'?ovi? urn only ?i few linos in whio Special Barpfai
Vf Ti.c txct.erul Stock of Fall and Winter Goods now offe
Jy AV IIITE B R Ol
TV
h I?*' ?s-orLcd, and more attractive than tl
ricto tri ali dci.H'tmcnU.
'?
THE HUMAN EYE AND
JOSEPH S
OPTIOI
M Smn?ri'ir ? (?ny uihur in ?i*i?. in arrorilunc?
1 ??f mi iho |Mi<Miliiir ffirnt ?if h ('( IMfJW12 -CON VI
! ?.u ll>* t.f nirfl't, ni:d p<tif?olly natural to tl?o eye
lw tin* \i*ii?.?u riviir invented,
J. SILVER
\r>-l f? |rnvp|in(? it fhiR timo thronehont the State of Qi
Limvvti his Thorny and I'motirn. nnil at the Harnti lime inl
Iim spectacle.- have been t?iod they are spoken of in the
livUnii'jiiiitU will certify; llici original and ninny other?
ist rooni'i He at the same lime wislms to lie understood )i
quacks who merely h lis yon a pair of glasses at oxo
never see njrain. Hh has establishnd in Augusta, at prt
case you should happen to losoor break your glasses. ho
a "mull nominal mini, a* it is his oiihIoiu to k?ep a rotfi.M
bin. to know jnst the trlas-j yon have purnhasod I'roin hn
y such u?en at> Jud^e 1'oltlo, Govern Colquii, Ui-u. tiuidun
CLOTHING! CLOTHING^
imiler Eiro
V y:"' " * ' ' 'r'^
ository.
F CARRIAGES, BUGGIES,
to f> hopsot) Single nnrt Donble
Tntorial. <S$<v. kc. For tho next
)T OF O'EN AND TOP "RUG
i are nil Fine Northern an<1 EastII
and cxamino them and conEAR,
AgantRGIA
RAILROAD BANK.
!flll I FACTORY. 703
bUlA. I Ellis Street
III - --uu?m?
IAHILL,
Lssortment of
IUGGIES
TRADE,
HE TIMES !
story of tho Business
dtage 1)}' purchasing our good
'inccd.
Sreat Variety.
1ELS ever brought to the citj
IONS, all sizes.
:SE WAGONS.
ng and Packing.
c World.
[ SO LIS LEATHER.
. CEMENT, Err.
mcuL.\u attention to
i? EXCEL IN QUALITY ANL
XNAHILF^ >
Augusta, Ga.
THERS
3iultios: Tiioir stock of
O O JUP ss
est lino of BLACK SILKS thej
;rod S?lks. thoy-have a gool ho
ises and Trimmings. They have
wi U11U LllUllUtU ;0?
sed. They have bestowed uuwual
y are nil ri ;hl iu ro? ir .l to color,
choapor tlmn over b .-fore.
INELSand BL.YNliEL'S are thi?
o stock of
iTHERS
fill. A pood assortment of CAR
BROIHEKS.
ns can be had.
irod to the public by
7 XI E R S,
iey have ever carried. It is com
sep.30, 88-i
SPECTACLES.
ILVER,
with tbe science and philosopbj
IX ELIl'SES. admirably adapted
, afloidin^ the best artificial belt
LI^IIED A
: ULASS EMi'OKIUM
OF AGUSTA.
aorcria for the purpose of making
troducinpthoso Lenses. Wherever
) lnyhost terms, as the following
? can be stun and examined at his
int ho is not one of the traveling
rbitant prices aud whom yon may
wont, f?48 Broad Street, whore in
will replace the nnme for yon at
.er of all he sells, thereby enables
m. Tlieao testimonials are from *
aud a hojt of others, sep.3 ,1?8.
I rtr nmTTTwn
VrliUiIUi\ or l
OK at the old gent above in a
Ix isn't he with his pants all
xy and no fit? My friends do
wish to avoid getting into just
a scrape? Then when you
e up your mind to buy a suit of
lies come right along to our * c
j and have your measure taken
t lit, just say to us "wend these
,ics right back, I don't want v
a and wont have them." Moro-1
1j i i
, wc wduiii nui ivi> you ?lcc(?
i ourselves if they did not fit
"We arc not working for a fatt
d, but a trade we can by giving
e satisfaction -hold in the fultewember
our motto is "no
> pay.
"We are yours truly, jt
timers.
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