New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-27


make 'em do it,"
Soon the agitation began 10 be felt More
speakers were brought into the employment o.,
the Americans. With the exception o. Hurd
not one Of them knew anything Of the interest
or participation Of our friends.
A corps Of bright American detectives. headed
by Gus Close, "A een-eyed level headed New.
Yorker accompanied Cutting and Swift. and
these gentlemen reported daily to their prnci-
pals. Hurd was discovered red-handed appro.
! priating some OF the Americans money 10 his
own use; it was no small amount but Cutting
smiled grimly and said:
ITS all right. ! didn't picR HUrd out for hs
honesty. | want results"
After eight weeks of unromitting attention 10
detail on the part ~ the mischief brcederS
Labor decided to declare the strike on Al A
given hour every ironworkcr in England was 10
! lay down his tools and march out OF his shop
and there remain until his employer surrendered
to a demand which he knew might prove fatal
to Labor as well as 10 himself Tho sober
minded married men behaved just Cutting
and Swift had prophesicd. In tho councils Of
Labor they had protested, pleaded, almost wept
but their reasoning was In vain the younger
and the drinking element outyotcd them By 4
decisive majority. When the hour came 10 desert
the shops the 20 niger men. with showing OF
braggadociO marched boldly and hraycy out
The older and wiser heads hcsiiated their tools
still graspel tightly In their hrawny honest
ork-stained hands Dumb and sad they
watched their coworkers fling out shrinking
at the jccrs and taunts u mon whom they had
known from boyhoOd, but still they s,ubbornly
held their posts.
Suddenly from open doorway and windov
there arose the dread, the bitter threatening
cry of "Scabs, Scabsw II echoed through the
almost deserted shops and revorberated in the
rafters Of the building. They regarded each
other pteously. They hesitated. Again came
the awful cry, "Scabs, Scabs" this time toned
and pitched in key OF rage. shane Shame.
Cowards." hooted the mob. Some 81 the remain
ing workmcn dropped their tools and slipped out
OF the shops amid the cheers ana shouts OK
the crowd. one niddle-aged stalwart fellow
remained. He was picture OF strength and
honest manhood. Again the cry Of "Scab" went
up 1t was useless to stay-he recognized that
/ IN a half-shamed, half-defant way he dashed
bis hand across his eyes and regarded the mob
/ for a moment. His cheeks were wet with tears
Idleness to him might mean the death or
patient, careworn wife-might mean loss OK
home II a serious step. but with that COW.
ardly, dreadful cry OF "Scab." In his ears. with
/ the jeers and gbes and taunts OF his companions
being hurled at him, he weakened. and as b
marched out between rows OF motonless lathes
and drills the crowd set up a shout OF Joy that
made the deserted building seem to rock. Cutting
| aftcrward heard Of this mans conduct and I'M
mediately employed him for his American works
Hurd and jerks. although they begged hard 10
be taken to America, were compelled TO remain
at home.
I'VE have too many Hurds and Jenkses mis-
leading American Labor already" said Swift
! significantly.
The strike was The mill proprietors held
repeated conferences in London with hope Of
solving the difficulty The magazines and daily
papers were crowded with articles and mono
graphs concerning The Great Strike" Tn
question was one OF national Importance.
Cutting and Swift were more In earnest now
than ever before From every available shop
they had Hurd procure one and in some In.
stances two men to secretly visit the superfn.
tendent of their former place OF employment
These men assumed to be displeased at the
! turn OF affairs and offered to spy upon the
! strikers and furnish Information that would
keep the owners advised as to the feeling among
/ the men.
This bait was swallowed with aydity by tho
superintendent Particularly as, under instruc-
tions from Cutting the news conveyed by the
! supposed inforncrs tailed exactly. and ran 10
/ the effect that the strikers would soon weaken
For several days this deluson was kept up
! Meanwhile. wherever the American detectives
/ could uncover n case OF suffering brought about
| hy the strike Cutting and Swift promptly ana
/ literally rendered monetary assistance, ano