The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-21

Is nothing Tor US 10 do but shake hands ike a
pair of prize fighters before the performance
begins. think you are foolish. you know.
not to take the sub-managership."
6.I ar Cd into the night. sartwelI sat in his
oHce thinking over the situation.
CHAPTER XXXv.
Tho second strike was as clean-cut as tho
!.ind In the works: there was apparent unanim-
iy among the mon. and apparent determine
ward Sc seeminS Il was =. I TO be- %A a straishtforward
brutal trialof strength between. c aoital and the
nsiSp MAR MHTste G,b s%rsd h ltt'i c,I for Public u i, s sym,
at all. The public took small interest either
voluntar,lr advanced the wages Of the men. a
short time before. and employers generally
tally in business; that no master should ad-
rance wages until he was forced to do so. There
was no gratitude on the part of the working
Tepers took the same tone. But, even those
journals favorable TO the men had aualms
hoped it would succeed.
Marsten. however. paid small heed to the COM
or failure did not lio In what the papers said.
but In perfect organization and in hitting
praise would 90 to the determinatiol Of the
men and the opportuneness of the strike; while
II he lost. he would have TO- shoulder all the
eted the works In the usual way. choosing for
that duty the stanchest of his friends among
the men. He asked the remainder Of the en-
ployees to keep away from the gates and leave
the conduct. of the fight entirely 10 him and
those he had chosen as his lieutenants.
Once the fight was on. Sartweli determined
to give no quarter. He resolved to fill no the
works. II possible. with men from outside. and
to take back none Of the old employees, who
did not sign a paper promising to aband On tns
union. In the for ner strike he had been anx.
made no real attempt to fill their places. lie
knew In tho beginning Of the second struggle
he suffered defeat he would resign. and the
place that had known him for years would know
p aal :" Would d!schara "sI hl np III Il he 'p lost ' the e bat.
tle-in fact. he knew they would use every
effort to induce aim to remain; but # was
that he felt he could not overcome even II he
had wished to do so. sartwell. Ike certain
but would not bend. Years OF untiInchinp de.
termination In what he thought was right had
but slight control. and he sometimes recog-
nized with grim humor that while he could
persuade all his confreres to take a devious but
not induce himself TO follow ANYTHING but the
straight line; 10 worked night and DAY ut
He secured the country for them. and his tele-
graph bills alone were enormous. but men
now even Indifferent workers were hard to
find. Gibbons, had once said that the work
that he is merely a cog in a big wheel. but this
truisnL tells also, against the employer who is
trying to I'LL his shops. If cog is useless by it
self IL must not % forgotten that the wheel is
also useless until the cog Is replaced. II Is
easy Tor an employer 10 supply the place of n
single cog. but when the whole wheel Is cog.
lees, ninety-nine cogs are of no avail II the
hundredth necessary to complete the circle
1T was here that Sartwell had the fret touch
OF his OPPONENTS quality. and his anger Sas
ness and knowledge OF the business. The
hight had been conducted so quietly that no
one in the ne!ghborhood would have known.
l n anV RtOn nf Fhn n fhaf uVaR mo- In
progress. Marsten made no attempt to buy
on the new men. who came and went from
sometimes talked with the strangers. telling
them OF the strike. and asking where they
where. but never making any attempt tither
TO coerce or TO bride them. Sartwell wondered
at r5cb th y m ana ND hoped Marsten would continue
less. ITS very niildness made him anxious. and
formation to the strikers though ne WAS
well aEsre OF the uselessness OF trying TO in
@eglcate se.reeyIf for men will talk. In fact.
was going on inside the works. and saw that
the manager was quite shrewdly coneentrnt-
one time, lie. was gradually eolloctins' his
hundred Ire e9gs from All points OF u Q compass;
pinion; out Of the many wheels and pinions.
r roySs ' M; 8ne day At G1on: when the men
SsseePissa that ! here 3 at a'A last On" was s. tho Ss' hume ne
You're a new comer2" lie said.
Yes" answered tho man; II came this
I'D like 70 have a word with you" said
Marsten. keeping step with him. r.
We'll, 1t will do no harm 10 talk It over"
mltIl do 3. no 10. good; | didn't come out to
cons with fIHr %c. We We S can 'h Talk s1 %ns r !as myself
~ can, pay for my own dinner"
Certainly; I'm not Offering 10 nav for IL.
don't suppose ! get a tenth part OF the wages
are sGs /" good d." wo orS Ds Inc I mos secretary q . s1a 'n Of y tHs
union. and l Re. but a fow shillingr a week. l
wonId tell you how few bu, you probably
more at my trade" "1
Tile more fool you, for working for less
Tor !; 1.-The I / can do that. Where do son
I'm a Bolton man."
rs your family here'"
"Whya"
whats that to you. I'd like to know"
ITS a good deal TO all Of us. because Il
shows that you are not sure OF your situRtiOn."
"lt shows nothing Of tho kind. / am guar
antee amount tor We're going to win this
strike; and then where will you new corners
go back, Not ono Of You Will be- left in tho
shops. suppose you DO get good wa5es for a
enG? w N pcrm mhas T' sits ss tMs u BENEFIT sHsn II Iox sss
wRgas would be better"
Who says II Wouldn't But I haven't he
permanent situation, you see."
Now you are talking sense. Are you q
member of the unionT"
II was. had n row with he foreman, and
he gave mo the sack
I'm whose shOp wGs thatf"
AT Smighden's.'
II don't know 1t. What wages were YOU
getting thereY'
Thirty shillings a week"
Yes"
Would Yen be satisfied with thirty shiillnGs
".Yesii 4 could be sure OF getting L."