| Show THE immigrants ELDER ender jomn JOHN ACCOUNT OF THE JOURNEY erom FROM LIVERPOOL an item in yesterdays yesterday yester yeater days a NEWS announced the bate aate arrival of the last company of the current seasons church emigration from euro enro europe P a thib thia morning an interview with elder john rickett pickett who had chaice of the company from liverpool to its destination gave us some bome further particulars respecting the journey some bome of which are so unpleasant that nothing but a amo me tive live of duty would induce their publication uca Hea li tion the company on the ocean oceans j for the firsti first lve ive days encountered rough weather pr which caused considerable seas sea s mcknew bickness the waves swept the deck at a fearful rate but with the exception of the bursting of the boiler pipe an incident ment mentioned lonea ionea yesterday no accident occurred the officers of the ship as aa they almost invariably are were courteous and obliging and did all they could for the comfort and convenience ortha immigrants as well as aa the faasen g gers gerb it not until they reached niagara and had bad crossed the bridge to change cars at clifton Clif toll toil that anything disagreeable aa s experienced the extra 1 SW 9 charge of the transfer created a little unpleasantness but as his action waa at sit onee oneo reported to the superior officers of the road the grand trunk of canada who have been courteous and painstaking in behalf of former companies it is needless to dwell on it here the only other cause of annoyance was a lack of water on the carsy carss cars carb owing to which some of the immigrants buffered suffered from thirst on the chicago and north western ine jine lne a conductor in charge of the train from chicago to the mississippi insisted on rousing up the elders and immigrants at 1 in the morning af after ter tor all or most of them had retired on the plea that their numbers did not correspond w with th their tickets elder pickett protested against this but all to no purpose and finally had to wake up the occupants of three carbat campat the end ol of which the conductor began to bee bes that he himself had miscounted and that the cormons mormons Mor mons as usual were all ali right a nd and had not attempted any crook crookedness edn a 9 he was ashamed of what h he had done apologized for the trouble he bad caused and endeavored deavo red to make matters right it is worthy ot mention here that the road above named Js Is noted for the uniform courtesy and fair treatment its officials extend to all who pass over it and thesis perhaps the first time a mormon company ever had any cause for complaint having arrived at council giuffi inte late on sunday night the immigrants who up to that time occupied ten xen cars were crowded into nine and when the elders asked at omaha for one more immigrant car and a first class coach for the missionaries sl blon bion arles aries as customary to their surprise they were told they could not get them mr C 0 13 havens in charge of such affairs wab was not nok present at the time tho the at the bluffs was exceedingly kind hind and crossed over the river to omaha where he rendered the company all the assistance in his hig power elder pickett refused to leave omaha without better accommodations but was told that his cars would be switched on to a side track and left if he did not go on finally lahe iyre ho concluded to proceed and so BO reached grand island nero nere to their further surprise sur eur prise and annoyance the second class car which the elders had been compelled to accept at omaha in lieu of a first class claggs was taken from them in ID a very rude manner by one dan 07 Connell II yardmaster yard master who threatened to pitch the elders out some 0 of f whom W h were ere eye writing at the time if they did not immediately vacate the car all this without a word of provocation from anyone elder PI dekett protested against such treatment treatments and was rewarded with a volley of oaths and the brutal remark that he and hib his associates were gd d d d mormon sons of b 3 9 12 etca etc etc which seemed to imply that they must not expect any better treatment added to this thib thistle the elders were furnished wi thau old dirty ditty immigrant car cold and as uncomfortable for table as possible with this thia they went through to ogden the conductor frank gregory from grand island to cheyenne did all he could for their accommodation building a fire in each end of their car and expressing ahja his regret at what had oc burred at wood river elder pickett endeavored deavo red to telegraph back to omaha for redress but from the suspicious suspicions actions of the operators and others in the office ho he haa has no faith that t h at his hib telegram which was pretty strongly worded ever reached its destination intact at kearney junction he sent another dispatch requesting an immediate answer to plum C creek r eek on the platte mr havens replied to this explaining that the car used by the elders from omaha to grand island wab was a special of a dummy train which had to be taken back to the latter place and that he had ri requested quested the superintendent from south platte west to give them first class coach in place of the sleeper they were gerein in as 03 boon soon az aa the change could be made this however was not attended to for some reason and matters remained as they were until the company reached ogden with the exception of the treatment above related and the suffering of some bome s of tho the immigrants from colds and inflammation while on the cars nothing else occurred of an unpleasant nature elder pickett fichett returns in good health and to la well satisfied with with hr hg arg hag b haa labored faithfully for the past two years in the london conference of the british mission the writer of thia this speaks from personal acquaintance as his fellow laborer in that thit foreign nield field both having left here together for europe on the of october 1881 brother Pickett rici rett sett went homo home to tooele thoele today to day |
