The Red Cloud chief., 1891-02-13

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al points coanected with EGypsoloU.
dsvotes several very Interesting pages
70 The subject IN his charming Historic
Re3dingR" Il seems that the families
OF the working glasses yer quite - in
povident IN Egypt thirty centuries ago
- some Of them are in England 1t the
present day. AZ the beginning Of the
month. whea they had Just received
their months rstiona, eating and drink
Ing went on without restraint BY the
middle Of the month the stock began -
fail. and famine began 70 stare the
thriftleas households In the face. So
again and again they went out o. strike
In order TO extort more from their su-
periorA A strike Of masons Is described
by N. Msspero in detail, and some parts
Of the description might almost be mis-
taken for extracts from an English or
German newspaper in the nineteenth
century Of tho Christian era
The 10th Of the month the builders
employed at . temple rushed tumultu-
ously ont Of the place where they were
working and sat down behind . chapel
In the temple precincts. exclaiming: I'VE
are hungry and there are eighteen days
before the next pay day" They charged
the ~paymasten with dishonesty. assert
ing that the latter gave false measure.
The psymasters, on the other hand,
charged the men with want Of fore
sight. alleging that they spent their
wages as soon ~ they touched them
After some further negotiations with
the officers Of the Government the men
resumed work IN the understanding
that the King himself should receive
their complaint Two days later Phs-
rsoh actually visited the temple, and
when the matter was laid before him
ordered relief to be given TO the woebe-
gone masons. For a short time there
was quiet, but soon provisions failed
and discomfort broke ont again with re
newcd violence. On the 10th Of the fol.
lowing month the strike was in full
force again. Not . man would work.
On the nth and 18th they still refused
to lift q tool. On the 10th they at
tempted to leave the precincts Of the
temple in order to carry their griev-
ances into the outer world. but found
that tho person who vas placed over
them had taken precautions 50 effective
~ that no one could leave. So they
spent the whole Of that day in laying
plans. On the following day they
resOrted to more noisy methods. After
vsinly appealing with loud cries to their
manager, they decided 70 apply TO the
Governor Of the city, and therefore
rushed through the busy streets to the
Inconvenience Of pedestrians, not top
ping until they reached the Governors
Like their European successors,
these discontinued artisans s%tubbornly
to work, spent many hours IN
their position and prospects.
the order of the streets BY
their impetuous movements, and ulti-
mately obtained part. ut least, Of their
So we can trace the strike
back for 5000 years; that il, to q period
Rome was not built, and even
Greek civilization wa still in its infancy.
How old the method was at that time
Il Is at present impossible to say. Per.
haps the custom is as old as the Pyra-
mids. Perhaps the first strike preceded
them most ancient of the existing mOnu-
ments Of civilization. Pail Mall Gazette.