Evening star., 1897-03-20
Chapter NNNN.

The second strike was as Cleau-cut as the
first, that j. TO say. no lagsards remained
behind in the works. there was apparent
una ainIity among the men. and apparent
determination on the part cf the masters.
To all outward seeming il was to be a
st-aiEitfcrwG brutal trial of strength
between capital and the union. Narsteu
cared little for public sympathy. which
Gibbons hai cousid-red OF great import
a.ae.. and SarJwe!i cared for il nothing at
all The public took small interest either
Wy. 1t was known that the company had
Voluntarily advanced thr Wagcs Of the m-n
short time before. and employers gen
era.ly said that this showed the folly OF
s-u-imeutaIity in business: that no master
should advance wages uutn ne was forted
10 10 so. There Was no gratitude on the
part # the workfngman. they averrcd. ana
some Of th~ newspapers took the same tone.
But even those journals favorable to the
Tabor had qlaIIus about tn" wisdom Of the
strike under the circumstances, although
ta~y hoped L would succeed.
Mars'eu. however, paid small heed to the
cuTnu.eills of friend or foe. he knew that
success OF failure did not lie in what the
papers said hut ia perfect organization and
iu hitting hard. Tie knew tnat il he won
most of The praise would go 10 the de-
termination OF the men AMI the OppOrtuur-
ness OF The strike. while II he lost he would
have to shoulder all The ceuSure that had
10 b~ bestowed lie pieSetei the works In
the usual way. choosing for that duty the
FituChrSt OF t-l% friends among the men. He
asked the remainder Of the e.uplDves to
keep away from The gates and leave tho
conduct Of the night entirely 10 him ana
those IL had chosen as his lieutenaats
once the night was on Sartwell Getermin-
G.! 10 give TO quarter He resolved to I'll
up the works, Il possible. with men from
oa;z.:e. and To take back none Of the cid
eH p!Oyes who dii not sign a paper prom
Ei:S 70 abandon the union IL the former
strike ne had been anxious To get his men
ti X in body. ana had rlaie no real at
tempt 20 ti!i their places. Ie knew In the
ginning 0f The second struggle that he
was lighting for his If, ard that II he
suffered defeat he would resign. and the
IieCe that had known him for years would
h:ow him no more He had 10 fear that
the company would discharge him If he
lest the ba,te-lu fact. he knew they would
Use every effdrt to induce him TO remain
tEt u was his own stubborn pride, as his
wife cal.ei IL. that he felt he could not
Overcome, even Z be had wished to do so.
SartweIi. Ike certain swords of finely tenn
Fcret steel. would break but would rot
bend Years Of unfiiuchiug determination
In what he thought was rfg!l, had made him
a man over whom he himself had but
slight control. and he sometimes recoenlz-
cd with grim humor that while he couId
Persuade all his Confreres to take a de-
NlOJS but safe course upon anV given urol,-
lem, he could not induce himself TO fol
low anything but the straight line He
worked eight and day ct the task of fiu-
Ing the factory with new men. He secured
the country for them and his telegram
bi-ls alone were enormous. but men were
scarce-good men are always scarce-and
rev even indifferent workers were hard 10
III o. Gihbons had once said that the work
irgman OF modern times suffers from tho
fact that he is merely a cog in a big wheel
b1t this truism tells also against the en-
ployer who Is trying TO fill his shops. If a
cog is useless by itself IL must not be for
gotten that the wheel Is also useless until
The cog is replaced. Ii is easy for an en-