The broad ax., 1899-03-11
sTORY OF A STRIKE.

~ promlnent horse car railroad His
prov was overcast with many troubles.
BIS telephone was constantly pouring
u unintelligible messages from all
quarters. His ONCE boy had started
TWO hours befofe for the next block.
and being largely Of the opinion that
Inc ONCE should seek the office boy and
not the office boy the ONCE, his return
was as uncertain as result Of a basei
oall match. His cashier had just
eloped with a considerable sum Of
money intrusted to him to pay q bet
which the president had lost to a prom
inent city Official, and three hundred
and seventy-nine answers to an ad-
vertisement for a successor to the de-
parted one were strewn over the pres
dents desk. They were all unsatis-
factory. Many Of the applicants
wanted as much as eight dollars q
week; some Of them did not know
more than seven languages, and could
not speak all of these fiuently; some
were ignorant Of stenography, type
writing and telegraph operating, all OF
which were sine qui non; and even Of
those who could write shorthand many
could only write $50 words per min
ute; and Of the few who met the re-
qus-ements as to efficiency, some were
Sunday school superintendents.
Turning aside from these applica-
tons, the presidents eye rested 5pon
4 statement of receipts and disburse-
ments for a week past, and he saw
with sorrow that even on very wet
lays the receipts were not equal to the
counsel fees. He sighed YEARLY. and
was Just about to affix his signature to
= number Of bonds which he knew
nothing about, although he supposed
they were all right, when the door
opened and a driver Of Boodleopolis
Horse Car Railroad company stood
before him. Having ascertained that
the man was only using the twenty
minutes allowed by the company to
eat dinner Tin case he felt like indulg-
ing In such extravagance), he gracious
y consented to hear his story. 1t was
4 touching one, told frankly and sim
ply. The driver loved the old mans
laughter. Frequently did she ride on
ais car and drop a counterfeit nickel
In the box, and, as he himself was de-
roting all the energy Of brilliant In
tellect to the same object Of getting
ahead Of a soulless corporation, bond
Of sympathy sprang up between them
Two souls with but a single thought,
Two hearts that beat as one"
He was not as wealthy as she, but,
noble girl, she cared not. She would
marry him II her father would but
consent. Would he consent? A dol
lar and a half a day was, as the old
man had stated in many public doc
nment, a magnificent salary. Any
body ought to be satisfied with Ii. EN-
lnent statisticians had proved that a
.amily of eleven or less could easily
live on s. a week. Then deduct nine
dollars a month for rent ION the top
aoor OF a seyen-story fat, occupied
unly by SIX families on q floor, and
forming a secluded retreat for the
beautiful bride of toiD, and SO foI
beer; there would still remain a heavy
surplus, which, accommodating at COM
pound interest for q sufficient time,
would be enough to wipe out the ma
.ional debt. Would the old man con-
sent?
Silence gives consent, but not when,
rs in the present case, II Is accompa-
MED by hurting an ink bottle at the
head OF the party who has last spok-
en-. The driver lodged the missile
vowed vengeance and left the room.
Ten days later the employees Of the
BoodIeopolis horse car railroad struck
They demanded one dollar and seven
ity-fve cents a day and a reduction oi
the hours of labor from seventeen &c
fourteen. The directors replied that
hey considered a dollar and a half ar
sxtravagant sum for a days work, and
could not possibly pay any more; and
with regard to the demand for shorter
hours. they had already conceded the
men seven hours out Of the twenty
our. and thought It quite sufficient
but candidly confessed that their chic
objection to allowing more leisure tint
was that it would be spent In beel
SaIoons. II the men would spend theii
leisure time in excursions through The
aty as passengers on the BoodleopoliI
horse car railroad there would not b
10 much objection, but the beer sa
Don obstacle could not be overcome
Two days afterward they agreed II
pay one dollar and sixty cents per da,
Tor fifteen hours work. and the car
vtartsd, every one with new broom
A week later, instigated BY the re
Fengeful driver, they struck again Z
obtain the discharge of two men VIII
. Iiid not belong to the union tn
struggle was very obstinate. but (thii
; vas IN Boodieopolis) the men were dis
! charged. Elated by this victory, the!
loon aftervard struck again. Thei
: demands were-hrst. that the fare bel
lhould be abolished. and that any on
Who. with the existence Of the bel
,taring him In the face. should contains
. hat inventions benefit the laborini
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