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Show T Trouble Over Orange Flag. A yellow flag in the hands of John Cusb-k. an employe of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company, came very near creating a distressing scene on Tuesday. Tues-day. July 12. The Rapid Transit company is engaged en-gaged in making repairs to the tracks, and a a result only one set of tracks is in use. thus ma.kinc it necessary to have a flacman to signal to the car-going car-going either way. For this purpose there was furnished fur-nished to Cusick two flass, one y and the other yellow. It did not. occur to Cu.-iek thar. ibis was Orangeman's Orange-man's day and thar the yellow flag mi a lit make trouble. It ii, had. probably no amount of ca-h would have induced him to unfurl ir. About ten minutes after he had started in he picked up the yellow flag to signal a ear to come- on. To his surprise, sur-prise, the motornutn. also a product oi' the KinraM Isle, threw up both hands and dropped buck on th-seat. th-seat. Cusick shook the flag violently, but the nn-torman nn-torman made no response and the ear stood still. In the meantime the cars began to eolh-c.. Finally Inspector Ryan of the Rapid Transit. 1 company, took in the situation and r.tn excitedly j down to the stalled cat's. "What's the matter with you '." he shouted to th.-motorman th.-motorman on the firs; car. "Why don't you come ahead! Don't you see the signal ;"' "The devil of a move I'll make." h;i-" the angry answer, "while that North .f Ireland spalpeen ' stands there waving that banner at me " An explanation followed, the cars moved and the passengers breathed easier. A green flag wsx found at once to take the place of the era nee ore, and the danger that threatened Avas averted. |