New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-10-07

IN q neighboring city. One OF the
foremen in this establishment, a. fine
manly young fellow, Joe Jameson by
name, was a favorite in my uncle's
= family, and always acknowledged. a
great indebtedness to my cousins Rob
ert and Edward for his start IN life.
had seen Jameson so often and
heard his name spoken with so much
consideration, that was curious to
know the story or his life. Tonight,
in reply to my questions Cousin Ned
gave me this account of it.
"Five years ago this summer, we
had our great Elm Hollow strike. [
suppose you never saw a report OF
that in the papers?'
"Ko I replied, "What the world
could any one find to strike about in
this out-of-the way placer"
6 cit was a school STRIKE" said Ned.
eve had an excellent teacher that
l,:summer, and as there were no more
/, than thirty scholars, we had a chance
to do some pretty good work.
H. "Our teacher, Miss Ward, had
taught the school for a year and we
thought there was no one like her.
She took great deal of pains, and
helped us in every way she could.
"Our class, the first one, was COM
posed of five boys. We were doing
Well in our studies, but we were not
wise enough to appreciate it.
WeSwere studying history and civil
government, and Miss Ward encour-
aged US to read the newspapers and
keep informed about public events.
She would take few minutes occa-
sionally toaask us questions about
whatwe had read, and explain mat
ters we did not understand. In this
way we learned a. great deal about
what was happening in the world.
g"That summer the papers were full
of accounts OF strikes in one place,
and lockouts in another, with work
men combining against employers,
and employers against workmen.
zone day, after eating our lunch,
the boys of our class were all lying on
the grass, discussing the latest news
about the strikes.
'I say, fellows said Harry Rog-
ers, here we are shut up by ourselves
i in this little-out-of-the-way place,
where nothing ever happens to 'liven
"a fellow up. Let's do something the
way they do it in the rest Of the
Iworld. Let's have a strike!"
"WhaJ are you going to strike
iabout?" asked Fred Andrews.
"Oh, We'll put in petition,' said
BHarry, 'and if it isn't granted, We'll
smarch out in body. That's the way
gthey always do
"What shall we petition for?"
"sOh, longer incoming, for one
Rthing.'
"'And to have school dismissed
Nearlier.' said another boy.
"'And for shorter algebra lessons,
Hthis warm weather. said anoth-
H s'That afternoon Jack Burns wrote
Etout the petition, and each one signed
Hit don't remember all our demands,
Rbut we wanted the morning recess
slengthened to half an hour, the noon
SEing to all hour and half, and the
Syday;s session shortened by half an
Sshour. We gave up the afternoons re-
cess. So much for hours.
GIN regard to work, in warm wealth
Tier the lessons were to be shortened,
Wand algebra never to exceed five prob
Hens; and we were to be allowed to
HEstudy out of doors when We wished.
THE paper closed with the state
& sment that if our requests were not all
I GRANTED by Thursday-that day was
& gTuesday-we should leave school in a
ksbody. 1t was important that we
II Should go out in a body That
n phrase always occurred in the reports
II Iof strikes. $5-a b.. g.5~rr- - D.. 49,.
4 tsWe knew that the trustees, as we'll
HI las our parents, we're not little proud
VI Sof their first class, and we thought
Chat, in their anxiety to keep us in
VI the school, they would do almost any
" thing we might ask. It was therefore,
n with a good deal OF confidence, that,
III latter school, we handed the paper to
n Miss Ward. She merely bowed, and
n Maid 1T on her desk without looking at
II Hit. Nothing remained for us but to
n Efile out.
"A .sAll the next day we were in fever
II Wof excitement, but Miss Ward said
81 ¬hing, though when we had our his
HILL EyEStory talk she spoke OF strike that
8SShad been especially disastrous to the
$Sstrikers. Their employers had refused
sAaESto take them back, and their families
S|aSSwere in want.
|6N uThursday morning just before
oil was called, we asked Miss Ward
u S}fB,f our demands were to be granted
8#She replied that, having no authority
Il herself to change the hours, she had
lzen5 our petition to the trustees. and
Has she had heard nothing from them,
The school would go on as usual. =
ssPerhaps the trustees might come
Saal uring the morning. We gave them
|aaEEhe benefit OF th6 doubt and decided
kE5o stay until recess.
S ssRecess came, but no trustees, We
to Miss Ward and told her that,
|sa8gyhile we had thing against her, we
A Bnust leave the school, as the trustees
II lad not acceded to our demands. She
\ alked to us, tried to convince usthat
Vge were taking a very foolish step;
"a but when the bell rang, we did not 60