The sun., 1900-07-28

outsiders who may some day menace them IN
their positions. Her brother had thought OF
yery w bSIom young woman. % Mazzarcnis $ young
the Cardinal mills, said ne would be very glad
10 teach his friends sister silk weaving
So on Tuesday morning Christina went to
work She sat beside Thames loom all the
morning. She asked plenty of questions about
answer every time. and when night came Chris
tina had little-a very little, IL Is true but still
alittle-knowledee Of the trade OF weaving.
She had become acquainted with Iizsane. too.
and he came around and called that evening
and told Christina lot OF things that he had
not had time To tell her during the day.
sdt es ,ossssr snd es decided TIA, na
against the rule to teach outsiders the business
Of weaving IL ought TO be. The rules OF their
So @ they consuited an % oioer Of Z" the the Union
which they had become part. and learned that
what Tizane was doing was indeed grieyous
was TO Become Ses and TIA, % the
weavers stirred themselves up on the subject OF
their rights.
They went to work In the morning with 2
Sohs Sa iss Gsss.s j as %SnPs
ara ssn %nSsss After shs nsr had ss Ia taken Ss
seat alongside Tinsane's loom ell the other
looms In the plaoe came TO sudden stop.
1t W was most rnI snnsIsi Thing 70 happen 1u}
Chris tina The rest sat around leaning on the
looms and waiting for the storm which they
maud S % %xh2 had
stopped one Mclean, the leader OF the
weaver, and the man who had organized them
Wei" he said. we aint going to have peo-
pie coming in here learning this busne and
then going and taking the bread out Of our
aoH Girls the % business 81 and We'V Won't
stand I; Either the girl gets out of the mill or
McLeap's chest swellsd. as the chest Of 2 man
ished are pearls Of wisdom The superintsnd-
and and o." consulted Mr. Cardinal When the Mil.
owner heard that It was the little Italian girl
who was TO be driven out Of chance to earn
ssd hs and Women Who Wsrs
lined up to receive their employers reply, :,
You Gan quit, every one OF YOU. MI; Cardi-
little use in trying to treat you people deoenty.
You do not know how 70 appreciate It. You
may stay, or so, as you IKE The girl stays as
iong as she wants y, & 70. Ihats a. Al AL. ,.n,..
away The men and women began putting on
their hats and bonneu. number Of them
just here it Ia necessary to record an incident
which takes romance out Of the situation.
man turned to TizZane. who had made no move
thus far
you going 10 stay or to come out with us''
Tizzone looked at Christina who sat beside
him quietly weeping He hesitatei for almost
q minute and then jumping UP. grabbed his hat
and went out with the rest And the whole
crowd has been out ever since. Christina went
out Of the mill and back TO the fax works, For
there was no one 10 teach her to weave. But In
the meantime Mr. Cardinal, to the great dis
gust of the STRIKERS, filed their places
with men who had no changing alliances
His new worRnen are all making good
pay now, and II there were only about twice as
many Of them the strikers wouldn't even be
missed. The strikers have attempted no vio-
lence Thev have threatened 10 do all sorts Of
things TO Christina, because they say she Is the
cause of all their troubles, but they haven't
tried any funny business with the stawart
young men Who have taken their pla ces at the
looms OF the Cardinal mill 1t is az ected that
they will begin TO drift back in few days
although Mr.. Cardinal and his superintendent
say that they do not care whether they ever
come back.
Christina IL not happy. for she really wanted
to be a weaver
She said Yesterday: II can make four dollar.
sometime five. in the faI mill But that Is all a
week Five year from now | make no more.
go wish 10 go TO something that is good de-
sire to weave. but | do not know how. friend
offers 10 learn me, but the union put me out.
Weavers make two dollar day sometimes I
wish to make that much money. too need II
10 live on. But the union SAYS no. must not
weave and make living. So come back to
the fax mill