Their demands for more pay and shorter hours having been bluntly turned down by Dell, the firemen declare a strike. The president promptly hires strike-breakers. Blanche, Dell's daughter, ... See full summary
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Their demands for more pay and shorter hours having been bluntly turned down by Dell, the firemen declare a strike. The president promptly hires strike-breakers. Blanche, Dell's daughter, boards one of the crack trains for a trip to a distant city. Five minutes after the flyer pulls out, a freight train lumbers in. In leaning out of the cab, the engineer of the freight is struck by the arm of a water tower and seriously injured. In falling, the man pulls the throttle wide open. The freight dashes after the train on which Helen is one of the passengers. The fireman on the freight, a strike-breaker, unable to stop the runaway, leaps off in terror. A striker cuts the telegraph wires. The operator at a country station discovers that the passenger train is threatened with destruction by the runaway freight. Unable to get in communication with the station ahead because of the severed wires, the man phones to headquarters. Dell learns of his daughter's peril. Wild with anxiety, the president...
| Cast overview: | |||
 | Major J.A. McGuire | - | John Dell - the Railroad President (as J.A. McGuire) |
 | Billie Rhodes | - | Blanche Dell - the Railroad President's Daughter |
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