The sun., 1897-01-03

| Xix, this A man who robs bank has some
| courage. but a man who tempts poverty
| stricken wretches 10 commit the crimo, while
| he standJ safely aside and reaps the bonedt-
there is no decent word In the language to
| characterize him. Now, men, You know what
has been done. and tho result is that our treas
ury IL empty, as IL Sartwell had broken INTO
| Il with n Jimmy. The manager is waiting
! oxpectantly for the reward OF his burglary.
| He will throw tho gates Of tho works open to-
| morrow for you TO enter and complete hie
| triumph. Tho question before the meeting to-
| night ls-Arc you going ini"
| A universal shout OF Never! Well starve
hrst.' rose TO tho rafters of the building.
When he first confronted the meeting that
| night. Gibbons:f feared he could not rouse the
men from their evident GOODNESS toward him:
as tae speech went on. increasing murmurs
among the men and at length savage outbursts
OF rage showed him that he held them in the
hollow OF his hand: at the end. a word from
him. and all the police In that part OF London
could not have saved the works from wreck
and flames.
ITO the worksw was the cry and there was
| q general movement in response TO II.
mo. men," shouted Gibbons. his stentorian
voice dominating the uproar. Not to the
works. Every man home tonight. but bc on
tho ground in the morning. We must not play
lntO tNe eneuly DD INV o't'hf' ~ Wv
ience. Tomorrow we will intercept Monkton
and Hope and demand our rights from them in
person. Let them refuse at their peril. Wen
have no more dealings with Sartwell."
There was cheer at his. and the meeting dis
bandcd-quietly.
Next morning the men were out In forcc at
the still closed gates. and there were angry
| threats against tho manager IL wa. all richt
enough. thcy said. for Gibbons To counsel mod
| GRAFTON, but the time for moderation was pas.
There was an increased body OF police. who
KEEP. til: :crowd moving rs much as was posi-.
BILE. having for the fret time during the strike
were in ugly temper. and did not obey orders or
merly displayed; hut the police showed great
| fOrbearance. and evidently had instructions not
to use their trunchcons except ns IA last resort:
Sirtwcii kno wing a:criss was at hand. had
slept In his ofllco. and the increasing mob hooted
when he did not appear 81 his usual time, ,,
everywhere. tried to keen his ncn In hand and
prevent conflict They, ,cheercd lin. but paid
shortly after 10 o'clock hanson drove TO
the, outskirts Of .hc mob, and vas received
| TO the front OF II and addressed the OCCUPANT.
mir. Hope" lie began.
Mir. Hone" cried GiSbons, II want ten
| Little Mr.. Hopo shrank into a corner OF the
hanson, succchless. his face as white ms a
stand back. say!" The officer pushed Glib.
h ahs%er msn IN NH SSa speak for
minute with your men-the men who have
stand back reiterated the officer, pushing
The bansom moved in n by inch nearer the
| gates The crowd seeth,d Ike an uneasy sea,
but every man mold his breath.
| Listen 70 me. Mr., Hope; Your men are
The officer nushed the: speaker back once
more Gibbons's heel caught on cobblestone
| and he went down backward.
| The crowd broke like n wsve submerRine the
| police for a moment. flooding tho street as II
dam Tvna Sa given S s hs Sn i
| looked like o castaway perghed on u buoy In an
angry, ocean. He made the tactical mistake
| instant the hanson was over and down, with a
crash Of splintsring glass. The police. edeine
quite matched the less disciplined rage OF the
mob. The officers fought their wav until there
@i them picked i % up Mr. n HOPE. Who was helpless
| with fear and horror. and these two, with the
man between T then by
Glove their way through the dense mass to tho
gates. where the small door in the large gate
and one supporting policeman inside.
Gibbons. his hat gone his coa, % n rags. ard
figure. rose above the struggling mob. and
stood on the TOP OF the fallen cab.
re, the 0e pces Fn 6acs Fs oh
He might a. we'll have shouted to the
winds. The police laid about them like de-
not because Gibbons ord,red them to. In an
incredibly short spnce Of time. the police in
a body marched down the strart. and there was
none to oppose 'h-m. Th" remnants OF what
"a few minutes before seemed an Irresistible
force lay on the, pavement and sroaned, or
leaned against the walls. the more seriously
wounded 10 he taken 10 the hospitals. the
spo 10 .hs S 1Is hss dsf.S in III. morning tn,
men gathered once more about the wor ks In
the afternoon. and the threatening crowd was
even greater than before. because the evening
papers had spread over London startling ac-
counts Of the riot. as they called IL. and the
news had attracted .idlers from all parts OF the
metropolis. The widest rumors were ahoat;
the men were going TO wreck the works; they
street; they had armed themselves and were
about TO march on falgar square. With
resolu,e and desperate Leader. ,here Is no saI M
bons. who had put another coat on his back
and much sticking pln-ter oil his, face, moved
about counscling mode ration and respect for
the law. They would forfeit. public sympathy
h, said. by resorting to violence. although SONS
Of his hearers growed that "a bleedin' lot o
good" puolic sympathy had done for them
What we want: and wins; We mean to have
They are bound TO come ont soon"
They dd tTGS,snud 9a qtmas sSa and
Hope 1t would have been hard to fnd in al
the land that day. They were surrounded by
a dozen policemen. whose resollte demeenol
gates Immediately clo.ed behind this formid
able orocession, and II quickly made Its way
up the street; The; tho crowd ieering and groantni
We've got nothing against them" shouted
one. Bring out sartwel. and we'll chow
| You wot for"
Hatred for the manager rather than the own
ers was plainly tho dominant sentiment OF the
gathering. They cheered the remark. nnt
| gave three groans for the unpopular manager
When the protected mon disappeared, th'
vigilance OF the force relaxed and the Gro w
surRed into the gap the police had cleared
With the masters safe and out OF reach. th,
Il critical moment OF the day seeed IN have passed
| The police could not be expected TO know
| that tho real resentment of the mob was no
directed against tho man whose cab had been
/ nvAFl
~ hope Sartwell won't venture out" sale
Marsten 70 Braunt. 1T will take more thar
| twelve policemen 10 guard him II he does
He has some sense" replied Braunt. "ant
| will stay where he is"
Neither Braunt nor Marsten had been presen
during the mornings battle. but they, Ike
many others with nothing to do. had come II
the afternoon.
AS BraunJ spoke the small door in the gnt
opened. and Sartwell. entirely alone, ste eppec
out. He had no more formidable weapon IL
, his'hand than his customary slim and trim um
brella. His sill; hat was as glossy, end hi
clothes were as spck and span as II he were
tailor's model, He seemed to have aged q trf
since the.strike began. but his wry, wellkni
|, body was as erect rs ever, and In his eye wa
that stern look of command before which, q
al..- a.. III. I.