Evening star., 1897-01-02

hut a r-=Ern of starvation. that powerful
aliy Of rJIsterS ali the world over?
Hu, ; rtweu forgot that the Englishman
knows 3,aT. 20 starve. No Indian ever tight
eES lis f@it another rotCh with gT:nmer
ds e. -r'l'i..a ti1n - compress hunger than
EIEl'sn-z-.n sets his teeth and starves. il
7 I'd be He has starved on the ice
the pole and under the burning sun in the
desert
H has ,aar fa.nire face to face in beIeag-
u"reG for with no thought of surrender
and mas .sisG with scruDulous exactitude
tho insult .!aat portions of food on q raft in
nl1c.c.E The poet has starved in his gar
let, making no outcry, and the world has
said If - had only known In the for
eslS and On The plains il the jungle and on
the mountains. and-perhaps. worst of all
in the great cities, amid plenty the Eng
lsnnan has shown he knows how TO starve.
saying with the poet:
have uo1 WINGED nor cried aloud
When Gibbons heard what Marsten had to
tell h@ promptly said 1T is a lie but the
committee looked one at the other with ap-
pr"nenSion IN their faces, fearing it was the
truth
The question is said Marsten. "are Won
going 20 l.L h mer know thisg''
'e-tdIniy, If | ttnd il is true; but don't
f..-'.F-- d word Of it. Perhaps you want the
Pleasure OF being the bearer of bad news to
i intend to tell them if you do not"
YOU
q it committee dismissed MarSteu and
went INTO secret session, shortly ssfteryard
SEPARATING 10 meet again in the evening
Just before the large gathering in the Sal.
Na'iSI nan In the interval Gibbons and
~ I'Lip" members made active search for
Jhe alleged fraudulent workmen bur they
ltG1d none; the birds had flown It wss
evident thtt the word had been passed and
Ihat Tearing the vengeance of the Iasyiti
mate claimants TO the union funds The
FORMER ."l2cklegs" had taken themselves
OI1 y''y ol ile redch of possible harm
'i'L the committee met for the second
'lhir that day the members were divided
among themselves as 10 the advisa htI,tI,
OF taking the men fully into their CONT
dence some thought it best to break the
u'l'iul n%Ts gradually; others that the
worst snot Id be known at once Gibbons
hoWeFer said there was in reality no
cholce- the men must be told the whole
truth. for if the committee tried any haIf
iilT5s sufes. Marsten would undoubtedly rise
IN ms place and relate what Sartweli had
loid MIN So the whole truth and nothing
hIl the truth was resolved upon
When Gibbons faced his audience that
ilsh' il,. IN me large hall. he saw that he
had 10 deal with a body of men whose
nloOd Was totally different from that of
the crowd which Iight-heartedIy voted with
a hurFah TO go on strike. There was now
niue popularity among the men: tbey sat
IN tne'F places in sullen silence. A feeling
tnat something ominous was in the air
seemed TO perVade the hall and as Glib
boAs stepped TO the front of the platform
q
was asa-ns- him; that he had to proceed
with great caution. or his hold on the men
was lost He knew he was a good sneaker
but he knew also that the men were Just
trihe impatient with much talk and such
small result from it all.
tonl14nat tIOn,' ne began. lis the natural
consequence OF the modern conditions of
ao7r- woTkingman of today may be
IAeleo 20 single pipe in a large organ
He can sound but one note He spends
MS lie doing part Of something He does
NOT beGl1 any article of commerce go
ON with IT, and finish il as did the work
mon OF former days. he merely takes it
from fellow workman who has nut a
tcueh on 1t, puts his own touch on it and
passes III on 10 another. and thus the arti-
e!e travels from hand 10 hand until II
reaches the Anisher. The workman of to-
DAY Is merely small cog on very large
"fe-l. and so, II he does not combine with
ms fellows. he is helpless. The workman of
former times was much more indeDepdent
he began his work and completed it, If
ne was a cooper he made the whole bar
rel hooping 1t and heading 1t. If one of
us may be compared to single pipe in
an organ the workman of yesterday might
he Ikened to a flute on which a whole
tune could be played. He
An chuck it.' cried a disgusted man
IN IA rom. We don't want no philosophy:
we wants strike pay, or masters paw
Ear. ear rang through the hall: the
interrupted quite evidently voicing the SEN
thnent Of the meeting. Gibbons stood for
Il second two looking at them
y es, he cried, his voice like trumpet
call. i viii chuck IL. This is not the time
for philosophy. as our friend said: it is
the time TO act. When a man strips to
fight. what does he expect?"
"A d good thrashing" was the un-
looked-for reply
1t is never safe for an orator TO depend
on hls audience for answers to his aues-
tions; but The laugh that went up showed
gibbons that the crowd was getting into
belter humoF. which what he most
desired
hen an Engishmaa takes of his coat
10 night, he asks no favor from his oppo-
ntht; but ne does expect fair play. and If
EDglishmen are the onlookers he t,ets II
whether they like him or whether thew
DON'T He doesn't expect to be struck be-
low the belt; he doesn't expect to be
strangled on the ropes; he doesn't expect