The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-20

troops. They impiored sartwelI 70 come 70
some agreement with the men. He bad said
tho strike would DO over In three weeks; and
mined es ever. " he were wrong about the
duration q the fight. might he not be wrong
also In his treatment OF the menT was no
This sort. OF thing ,sartwell had &c, contend
with, and IL wearied bin moro than the strike
itself. He opened the papers In daily fear that
he would ind there some letter from the hrm,
in answer to the structures Of the day before.
which would show at once how the land lay.
Gibbons believed that the backbone, Of a light
was ,nonsy: as In IT many n, Sa,es 4 is; BIT ut q limo m9-
II the light was to DO conduoted on a cash basis,
the %strikers had not a ghost q n chance. be
richer than the union. He believed in fighting
the devil Will fire. Adages are supposed to
whereas they too often represent condensed
foolishness. II one has to meet IN expert
s ,oC' = p,s,o; on I, the he field Sf honor SSoIc. he %, should Esnnds ss-
Fignt tho devil n You like. but never with fire.
When Marsten had said to Gibbons, Mr.. sart-
ihe balk, . the secretary had answered grandiy
that Sartwell might see tho books Of the union
for all he csrSd' and much good might IT DO
thought II worth his whilo to find out what the
ehe% L MIGHT maI tG not be e a. b n9' p SSsR !" have S Sa a ioos
over Sartwell's shoulders and discover just
hS% selnss ONCE, Ssro & gpinH M II The Br iSrTsts d o sGs
brought his knowledge to Gibbons, the latter
MhNou ~ hSluo -hs Ol no COnto lucnOOs. t'cutlih
Marsten throughout as an enemy In the camp.
nmid little Mr.; Hope passed through the
ing at the crowd that hooted him and made re-
marks not pleasant to hear. He dreaded tho
moment OF arriving and leaving; but thought
would be neelcctina his duties as 9 Briton If
he deserted his post ut this time Of DANCER,
have called upon Mr.. Hope at Surbiton. and
ten minn1es' conversation there would have
shown him tho true state of affairs. for tho
tiIniQ little manufacturer wnS aB TRANSPARENT
as crystal. II the secretary had lured one Of
the mariners to the strikers place OF meeting.
as. with the '''blacklegs'' from the country. he
would in oil probability have had a public
resignation inevitable. Thus might Gibbons
have led his army to victory ard at tho same
thss R have plasSa his his s enemy where his army
which a clever general would have .triumphed.
himself about the effect the few editorials had
Or oduced in the minds Of the partners. he
would have endeavored to make arrangements
some moral moral rs s5T,ssHsn, ABOUT q sa sHi beg bsFlnn IN
at home. This undoubtedly would have
the feet OF, sartwell. for Monkton & Hone were
posed to. do; and until this trouble had arisen
they had thought themselves just employers:
thep 1 Msps' and she as i mGe Ti ,h.r fairness, dId, as indeed
But now they were in doubt about the mat
ter. and had an uneasy feeling that they had
their employees. Sartwell dominated them
when he was In their presence, and they knew
TiI- s"i knew. also. II t they ' gs! rsS way to tie men
without his sa- ction, they would lose him, and
they had rivals in London, who would be only
too glad to take him into their employ; Yet in
spite OF this knowledge they wavered, and 1t
would have required but q little ta,t and d.
tory all along the line.
ITO be continually