Burlington Strike, 1888; Labor unions -- United States; Railroads -- United States -- Employees
Commissioner Rinaker: The back truck of your engine or tender? A.
Of the tender--it throwed my tender or the tank down into the
ditch; took the back truck with it, and throwed the mail car also
down the bank; wrecked the mail car, too; also the "Q" engine went
off the track, and run along; the engine and baggage car kind of
went over, nearly onto one side; went into the ground and stopped.
Q. Was yours a passenger train? A. Yes, sir.
Was the other the "Q"? Yes, sir.
Both passenger trains? Yes, sir.
Who, if anyone, was hurt on your train? There was a route agent by
the name of Wilhelm; I don't know exactly what his name was.
Where does he live, do you know? Rock Island, I think. An express
messenger by the name of Morrison.
Do you know where he lived? I do not.
Who else? A mail agent by the name of Brown.
Do you know whether or not anyone was hurt on their train--the
Quincy train? The roadmaster, engineer and conductor of the train.
That was all that was injured? That was all that was injured.
Do you know their names? I do not.
F. L. Bliss, being recalled, was examined by Mr. Sullivan, and
testified as follows:
Q. At what rate of speed did you pull out after you left that
400-foot board--between that and the crossing? A. I pulled out
slow; it would not average over about six or eight miles an hour,
anyway.
Were you trying to make up for your lost time? No, sir.
Why? We have an order not to make up any time from Fulton Junction
to three miles west of Albany. There was an order on the board, and
has been there.
So that you were not trying to make up time, and were not running
at an extraordinary rate of speed? Not running any faster than
though we had been right on time.
And you think the time you were running between that 400 feet and
the crossing was about six to eight miles? I don't think when we
was on the crossing--I don't think it was over eight miles an hour,
anyway--six or eight.
Mr. Dawes: You rely on your fireman, don't you, to look out for his
side? A. No, sir.
Who do you rely on? I hardly ever go over the crossing without
looking myself; still, he tells me, but I think it is safer to look
myself.
You looked on your side? I did.
Did you look out on the other side? I did.
Where did you look out last? Before I started.
Before you started from the 400-foot post? Yes, sir.
Did you look out after that at all? Not after I started on the
train until I got on the crossing.
The fireman was shoveling in coal, wasn't he--firing up? Yes, sir.
Did you look out of your side of the cab after you left the
400-foot station, down the Burlington track? Yes, sir; I looked on
my side.
How long has that 400-foot post been there, do you know? The
400-foot on our track?
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