Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-27
VIEWS OF s.FUzz''
ON THE STRIKE.

usual SUBJECTIVE street railway
strike. "Fuzz' was the last to arrive
BY virtue of his ability to smoke the
blacklist Wheeling aKentucks' with
out any evil effects, his possession OF
a choice vocabulary OF useful and or
namenta1 profanity. and his unmis-
taxable ''gift of gab," to say nothing
of his almost insolent assurance
"Fuzz' was the warmest baby in this
bunch OF Arabs. The argument had
been rather heated previous to his ar
rival, and for. his benefit the points
were reviewed more calmly, while all
awaited the expert opinion which they
knew was about to be delivered.
"One way" he began, each one O
you ducks is right, but yuse is all
wrong on de main point. Yuse don I
git down t. de bottom o. de ting.
'Uman nachur is de main gezabo In
de whole trouble, an de guys what
wants de raise, an de bosses What
won't give it to 'em, and all de blokies
what sympathyzes wild 'em, amt none
of 'em lookin' fer de worst OF 1t.
Some O. desc geezers what's pattln'
de men on de back an wishin' EN-
luck, is trowin' de con into 'em. Dey $
after dere trade, but s'long as dey
don't ride on de cars, de laugh amt On
de strikers. An dere amt one in ten
o. de kids what trows darnicks on de
tracks dat knows what tell de strikes
all about.
Now, lemme put you next to de
Fundy Mendal troot, as de preacher
says. an ats dis-all of 'em is a-lookin'
out fer derselfs. / amt sayin' de
men oughten to have dere raise-dey
oughta git more'n dere askin' fer, at
dat. De swell guys what owns de
road amt botherin' whether de men
eats porterhouse steak er pigs feet,
s'long as dey gifts der divydens, or
what-you-call-'e m, an de men amt a
carin' bout de swell blokies if dey
gifts enough to live on, an gifts time
to talk to dere wives an see de ball
games once in a while. No matter
how de strike goes, some O. de blokies
is a-goin' to drop some O dere nuggets.
De men needs de 'cush,' an de swell
bosses won't miss it much, an dats
why I'm a sympatyzer.
But say-de con game what de
groc'ry men an de dry goods men IS
a trowin' out gives me de tired feelin'.
Dere amt more of 'em what's fer de
strikers den whats agin' 'em. Dere
after de long green, most OF 'em, or
de men 'ud git trun down hard. NO
matter how much de men gifts on Sat
urday night, dere after dat stuff, SO
dey winks one eye an does some reso-
lutin' favor O. de horny hand sons O.
toll. 'Uman nachur, l tell you, dat S
what it is-'uman nachur.
DE strikers don't take de gait so
easy as dey t'ink, but dey's too wise to
spout bout it, see? Cause ii dey
makes a holler an shows up some OF
desc guys what sells scab goods, de
grocery men an de dry goods meL
might take dere families out a-ridin'
on de cars, see? Which is just what
de men is a fightin' agin'. It's JUS
like de preacher what told me TO go to
de comishner, when l went to i'm de
time Jimmy got hurt, and he wanted
me to send i'm t de poor house. Oats
where he 'uman nachur comes in again.
Dere all a-lookin' out for dereselfs, as
l told you before.
DE way de ting STAINS, dere all a.
losin', and de men what owns de carts
is gittin' all de coin. Say-talk bout
de depetys disgracin' de burg, an max
in de geezers on de outside tink wese
playin' de Jesse James act on de street
car guys-what dyer t'ink O de pushes
what deys got de nerve t tax yer a
nickle to ride in? Dey take in as much
on one trip as some or Qem Plugs is
wort. De towns chuck full o rough
riders. A Teller what amt got a good
stummick has to walk. Some O. dem
crowbates O nags I'D be a disgrace to
Steubenville, an / amt heard o no
cushion seats in de wagons, nuther.
But de funniest ting in de whole push
is de gospel wagon On de level, now,
heard spell from de holiness cart
one night what made me quit swearin'
fer two days, but l see dat same push
wild bells on it a-runnin' on Sunday. an
de geezers a-ridin' fer a nickle a trow,
an says to myself, says, It's 'uman
nachur.'
Say, fellers, dere's lots of funny
things turns up. amt dere? De comp'ny
blokies is on t. de 'uman nachur dodge,
too. So what does dey do but dress up
one of dere Amalgamated 'Sociation of
Unwashed geezers in wimmins buds,
and sends de he-woman round de loop,
t'inkin' dat de wimmin sympatyzers
would start to ridin' agin. But de
wimmin is on to dere curves, see? Den
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