The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-13

conesses to Little that he had put the gunpowder in
So Mao 9s Without the ao s
te church and beat Little within an inch OF his lire,
II not XIII him. They go there and terrible stIng,
ge ensue5 and Little Is getting the worst OF II wnen
rescue arrives in the person Of Mr. Raby, his uncle,
who Is not even acquainted with nm. In rev
against the wishes brother and they had never
me. since The result Of this rescue y thaS Mr.
lsaby learns who the young man 49, and Little soon
after asses TO he a workman.
HIS troubles with the trades unions are not yet
moss as a master cutter. Four OF his employees, mem
bersof the Saw Grinders linton. are behlndhand IN
letter notifying him OF that TACT Little writes note
to Groiait expressing regret ana ,d MS aus ais,
i.tsr he receives another anonymous letter.
threatening him If the money Is not PAID
two u OF his Wheel bands are missing. Then he IS
| compelled to advance the trade contributions and
stop the amonnt ron the de.aners wages aiser
and Little, who Is an inventor. invents machine TO
grind saws. whereby there ~ an immense saving OF
labor. He forms copartnership with an eccentric
Character named Ben Bolt, who has capital Ihey
purchase plot or ground In Hillsborough and pre-.
pare to build factory ON 1t, but have no sooner
started than al! the brickmaker5 strike because
machine for making BRICK Is brought into service.
A series OF outrsgcs follow Outsiders are employed
Some runan fills the clay with needles, and the
workmen's hands are severely injured. One night
fifty thousand raw bricks are trampled into shape
| less mass. Another night man Is beaten
nearly to death; stu another night quantity
fire. naphiha beng first poured over them.
| In spite OF these Drawbacks some of the
| bricks are made ana a carter employed to wheel
| them away. The poor mans haystack and stable
| are fired and lis gray mare burned to aeath. How
| ever, the bricks are all finally delivered, and then
| comes another difficulty. Not bricklayer VIII work
them because they have peen made By machinery.
The contractor begs TO be discharged from his con-
tract and Little Bolt are In the end compelled to
purchase factory which, luckily, oilers Tor sale at
The time. One part OF the building Is kept under
lock and key, and into this the machines for grind
| ing saws aie put up. TWO workmen nom Birining-
ham are employed at large wages to run them Sc
labor of ave men. Little sees himself on the high
roa1 to fortune. Bolts cupldty Ia excited, and he
is openly devoted TO Il g machines, and for twenty
one days they com money. On the twenty-second
the saw Grinders Union address Little d
| new invention as one designed to destroy
their handcraft and starve the. craftsmen
viii not be used. No reply is sent and outrsges
at once begin. The wheel bands vanish and new
| ones are bought. Next comes an anonymOu letter
| threatening the OF gunpowder. one night man
armed with bow aud arrow follows Little aud is In
ton Is frustrated by Jae DeDce who has been watch
ing the wre.ch and comes up III time 10 throw her
| aims round his neck, drag him back suddenly and,
dlscOncerting hs AIM Causes the arrow to ny OH IN
an opposite direction. Another anony nous leter 10
| Little has CONN drawn upon 1t, informs him that
| lie Is q doomed man and advises MIN to prepare to
meet his God Al nine O'Clock next night the factory
| IS blown up by gunpowder, but not before Little
VINO 81 pt in lf has fortunately started secretly Tor
the United states. But tae purpose to Kill him.
and he Is supposed to be deadfor long while
|
| union outrages. With the love story and the draw
ing OF the characters leave the reader to become
| acquainted. Our purpose has merely been to sketch
| the prominent feature OF the book Had MIR. Reado
written nothing but iict0nw we should have bestowed
little space Oh his narrative But all he has written
| Is founded on fact--0n sworn evidence, obtained
| before Parliamentary commission, and which the
reader Will remember as causing sensation at the
time. The question Of these outrages allecs the PEG.
pie OF the United States not less tnan those OF Great
britain. While we exonelate the great mass OF our
| w0rKngmen. as Mr.. Reade does that OF England OF
the Siightes participation In, or even sympathy with,
| the 0uIrdges which are daily committed IN the name
OF II not by the direct instruction trades union
1t Is none the less ue that they are committed, to
the grea. disgrace OF our civilization. There are,
we lear plenty OF GrOtaits In our midst. There are
miserable deinagoguls who seek to mount into
| power by making thoushtiess men believe
That capital Is inlmical TO labor. There
| the real workingmen to take the bread from the
mouth OF fellow being because he asserts The right
| sp0nsiLe organization. Ii the facts could he OBJ
tanned it would be discovered That these very leaders
| are at the bottom those deeds OF violence upon
mon. uillonists' which we SO ollen record. HOW
common q thing 1t IL for ''striiersh to beat and
maltreat other laporer5 VINO Take ther places IN me
/. Killed and the zeal hiurde,efs 10 unpInished
Our workingmen, rs mass, feel he same adherence
or these outrages that we do; but they are quescent
| when they SHOULD be active IN Suppressing tnem;
and all occaiiss lhey are led away By the false I'M.
preston that Their interests are being served some
| how.
| SELF in HIS Place. to The reading pupic, confident
that aside from It's great merits as novel, 1t VIII
perform immense servic, in interesting the masses
OF all classes in question OF vital Importance in
our political economy
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