The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-31

I'M MAD
the clink of coins. He thrust his hand
down into his pocket and pulled out
some silver. gazing at it stupidity.
Ma word" he gasped at last. "Ah
thought All dreamt it,
The barman laughed, and reached for
an empty mug, erasping the beer pump
handle.
- That. dreams good enough for the
bread and cheese with it
Yes. Be quick, man.
Standing there Braunt ate and drank
| ravenously.
Il can get you a plate of cold meat"
said the barman, seeing how hungry the
man was. The other nodded, and the
plate, with knife and fork was placed
| before him.
80 the strikes off is it?" said the
! man. leaning his arms on the bar.
It'll be off when All get there
! We'll, it's not a minute too soon- Our
| trades suffered.
More than your trade has suffered,
worse luck. Dom little you'll do for
man. unless the money in ia pouch"
"Oh. if it comes to that. neither will
other people. We're not giving outdoor
relief, any more than our neighbors.'
Braunt ate his food and drank his beer
but made no reply, The barman's att
tude was commercially correct; no one
| could justly find fault with it. Moner
/ was the maSterkey of the universe; 1t
| unlocked all doors. The barman did not
care how Braunt came by it, so long as
he paid for what was ordered ana the
workman now found that courage Ecs
taking the place of despair. merely be
cause he had money in his pocket he
felt that now he had energy enough 10
cope with the strikers. simply because he
had fed while they were hungry. He
would wait for no meeting. but would
harangue the men on the street, those
of them that were assembled in futile
numbers around the closed gates ard
most of them were sure to be there II
question by promptly and conclusiveiy
knocking him bowman argument easily
comprehended by all onlookers.
Rraunt drew the back of his hand
across his Inns when he had finished his
meal and departed for the works. de
found. as he had expected. the deSpondent
men standing there, with hands l ho3e-
lessly thrust deep in their empty pockets:
Their pipes were as smOkeless as the tai
chimneys of the factory. and that OF
itself showed that their condition was at
it's lowest ebb. They were listening with
listless Indifference to a heated alterca-
ton going on between Gibbons and
Marsten. as if the subject discussed ga
!.You might have played that card last |
week. Marsten cried. but it is too late
now You can have no conference with
the owners. l tell you they nave leIt the |
country. and won't return for fortnight
and by that time the works VIII pc Eiieu |
with new men. The new men are COM
ing in on Monday. l demand that me !
a vote be taken" o..,,
Don't mind him, men,! cried GlDpohs-
Hes in Sartwells pay
The men didn't mind him, and paid no |
attention to Gibbons either. What they !
wanted was something to eat and drink:
with tobacco to smoke afterward. If |
Marsten was in Sartwells pay, urtS
would gladly have changed places with
him Braunt made his way roughly
through the crowd. elbowing the men
rudely aside. None resented thlsi an t me
,,,f of
seemed on the point of attacking GID
hons for the slanderous remark mace pt
when he felt Braunts heavy mana OIL MS
.sThe time IS past for meetings. lad
said the big man land for talk, TOO; me
meetings. here, and All deal WIN II;
Stop bothering with that 100, anu ne 60" IN
among the crowd. ready TO back me W
J. NJarsten at once did as requested. while
Braunt strobe across the oPeliL, spsor r 70
snito of the warning of a policeman 10
st FeI 9th of the force were on the ground
the authorities saw there was httie u
faar from coWed and beaten men. -.
le .aYoIiSII have to stand back said. the
officer, ''or I'll take you IN charge.
will you so?,, cried Braun 1t t trrnad
or+Iv rolling up his sleeves as ne turned
,,no1 his opponent. Then l warn you,
eapnd for help. You haven't men enough
here to take me in charge. All We ii''o q
ii' sfter giaring for moment Braunt
turned and strobe unmolested TO the
closed gate. 20 tho advice
x,I.a ne him and sent for more men. He
saw there was to be trouble OF some
Braunt smote his huge fist against ,;I o, the
PANELS and roared at the top VI MS N0io0
..Open the gates, ..o,o..
seemed to pass over the CROWD Inc me-. me-.
oihoIred closer together, shutting their
their neckS lOIWdIQ .
iThose to the rear pressed toward the
front wondering what was dpo . " IL
pen. The few policemen looked on WIN
ont interfering waiting Tor reinforce ,
1oents Rraunt beat with his INST against
the sounding timbers, the rhtnlnlc lhuos (
be:-~ the only break in the STIFFNESS eX-
cept when he repeated MS sleii1oilah u .
"Onea the gates" s. {
an attack ran for Sartwell, ana met the {
manager coming down the stairs ;
I'm afraid there's going 10 De aho,her
riot. sir said the porter breathlessiy- !
Sartwell did not answer Dot wa, WaiAe 81
quickly to the small gate, unbolted 1t,
and steooed out
what do you want?'' ne said. {
eve want our work. cried Braunt- ;
Open the gates" 80
SartwelTs glance swept swiftly over the
men. who stood with paws dropped. their I
raunt faces and Wolfish eyes turned to-
ard the closed barriers. The manager
quickly comprehended that it was no {
ime for discussion or arranging or terms:
What was needed was action, sharp and /,
prompt. He turned toward the trembling !
porter and said peremptorily;
Throw down the BARI
whatever doubts the man may have !
ia6 about the wisdom of such an order
= the face of the hostile mob, he pre-
erred to brave probable danger from the =
.-oE-d rather than the certain wrath of
he manager. and obeyed the command
With haste. The heavy gates were slowly
,ushed OPEN
Now, men. in with you cried Braunt, T
With scythe like swing of his long arm.