. The Burlington strike: its motives and methods, including the causes of the strike, remote and direct, and the relations to it, of the organizations of Locomotive engineers, Locomotive firemen, Switchmen's M. A. A., and action taken by order Brotherhood R. R. brakemen, order Railway conductors, and Knights of labor. The great dynamite conspiracy; ending with a sketch by C. H. Frisbie: forty-seven years on a locomotive .. . the most important witnesses for the statewere absent. Among them was Granger, the scabengineer, with whom George Watts was talking whendriven off the engine. This man had
. The Burlington strike: its motives and methods, including the causes of the strike, remote and direct, and the relations to it, of the organizations of Locomotive engineers, Locomotive firemen, Switchmen's M. A. A., and action taken by order Brotherhood R. R. brakemen, order Railway conductors, and Knights of labor. The great dynamite conspiracy; ending with a sketch by C. H. Frisbie: forty-seven years on a locomotive .. . the most important witnesses for the statewere absent. Among them was Granger, the scabengineer, with whom George Watts was talking whendriven off the engine. This man had said that Wattsconducted himself like a gentleman, and if there everwas a murder committed that was one. Granger hadbeen discharged but had not yet left Brookfield at thebeginning of the term of court, but at trial day he wasgone. It is said he was given transportation to Cali-fornia by the Burlington company; at all events hewas missing when wanted, as were the other two whowere employed by the company. But the superintend-ent, road master, chief train dispatcher, etc., of the Bur-lington were on hand ready for the trial. This neces-sitated the state calling for a continuance on accountof absence of main witnesses. Then the trial was post-poned again to the December term, 1889. If the manis innocent why not let the law take its course, and freehim from the stain of murder ? If he is guilty, why y, > v. c - >. THE MURDER OF GEORGE WATTS. 241 does the Burlington Company resort to every meansto defeat justice ? If the Burlington Company doesnot assume the responsibility for the act of this man,what is the incentive for his defense by them r The great philanthropist, John Howard, said that itwas his own personal experience and observation thatkindled his compassion for those of his fellow menwho had no one to stand between them and the arbi-trary will of unwatched officials. The world has pro-duced no duplicate of John Howard in the benevolentwork of prison reform; yet his
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