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that style on this road.' I said, ' I have been aware of 

 that for ten years past ; and I propose to see if you can- 

 not be compelled to do business in that style upon this 

 road.' He said we were all against him, and lie would 

 leave it to the superintendent. 



" The train had stopped in the mean time at Stam- 

 ford. I paid no further attention to the conductor, but 

 commenced reading. Very soon some one shouted, 

 ' They are coming for you.' The conductor came in at 

 the head of five or six rough brakemen and baggage- 

 men, and said, pointing to me, ' This is the man ; pull 

 him out, and put him out on the platform.' They 

 seized my coat and tried to roll me out of the seat. My 

 coat tore, and they did not move me. This seemed to 

 enrage them, and they sprang upon me like so many 

 tigers. Two of them seized me by the legs, and as 

 many as could got in back of the seat and seized me by 

 the shoulders and commenced violently wrenching me 

 from the seat. I instinctively grasped the arms of the 

 seat, and they took the cushion and frame up with 

 me. When they got me into the aisle, and had me 

 completely at their mercy, three heavy blows with 

 the clinched fist were struck upon the back of my 

 head. Every individual in the car jumped to his feet 

 the instant the blows were struck. The ladies screamed, 

 and some of the gentlemen rushed to stop the conductor 

 and his roughs from striking me. Fearing for my life, 

 I struck one of the ruffians under the chin, and planted 

 a blow square in the face of another. We had a hard 

 struggle until they overpowered me. They carried me 

 horizontally until they reached the car door, when they 

 dropped my feet a little to pass through singly. I 

 struck another away from me, and he went over be- 



