The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-07-05
HeFlBDEH nEETs /
WALKING DELEGATE
LaTTEE ATTEMPTS TO BULLY
The NEW FIREMAN AND
GETS TRouNcgD.
Their he Essays to Force : Strike on
the Road-Presideas Takes Per
sonzl Charge and Notifies the
Union He'll Fight

Union He'll Fight
TT was with some anxiety manifest
4 ed In the tone Of her voice that
4 Brush asked MeFadden enc even
ing HAZE you joined the union p
Il haven't he replied.
Mrs Hoolihan tells me. said
Brush that IL you amt a member OF
| the Union you're goin' TO have trou-
BILE It's unionism or bust. she SAYS =
McFadden gave the tobacco in his
pipe an extra poke with his finger.
stretched his legs and then replied.
I'm goin' TO join the union as soon
as | have the dough to pay my dues
Gavin tells me the real way OF Twin is
for every man 10 stand on his own
legs an treat his kind as he wants to
be treated: but be saws as things 60
today no man can stand alone. an II
he's poor he either needs a pull. a
drag or the union to get him his rights
an show him the way TO Twin
SO I'm goin' to Join what they call
the fremen's union. | gets benefits
il I'm sick or hurt. an you get some
thing If I'm killed But I tells you
this. Brush, an I've been thinkin' il
over hard. | amt goin' to let any
thing join take my horse sense away
from me I'll be square with the
union. but | won't be sucker. I'll
obey all the right rules and regula-
tions. but there amt anybody goin' to
drive me"
Brush looked at him with great ad
miration. Her husband was waking
up. The man who had been the rather
duh teamster. now that he was in the
creative work. was beginning to use
his own wits New independence was
coming 10 him. and he was stronger
and greater in the eyes of his girl wife
than he had ever been before. And.
really. il life conditions were right
and if the social system were not
wrong from top to bottom there should
have been some person of the top
present at this conversation to have
reached out a helping hand to this
man and to have aided him in becom-
ing all he desired to be- But he went
on alone.
Swabbing his engine at the end OF
his division run several days later. he
was approached by a smooth-looking.
well-dressed man, who called him by
name and said that he wished
few moments conversation with him.
I McFadden answered.
Cant talk now Got my work to
do. Have to see me when you catch
me doin' nothin'.n
The man made a grimace: then he
climbed TO the running board and
ranged himself alongside of McFad-
den. He introduced himself as rep
resentative of the union, and he de-
sired McFadden's application for
membership.
Il suppose you're what they call
the walking delegate" observed Nc
Fadden.
We'll. hardly that" replied the
man. I'm sort of business agent.
look after things in general"
Same thing said MeFadden- Now
you trot along and saw wood some
where else I'm busy. I've got my
wages to earn an when | have bit
of them to spare I'm goin' to join.
| You've no business up here, anyway.
Move"
The man was black in the face with
anger by this time. He said. menac-
/ ingly. to McFadden:
You'll join now. or I'll have your
| Job in a day. You understand me2"
For answer McFadden whirled on
| him. picked him up as il he were a
rat. shook him and then dropped him
/ from the running board to the ground
| He followed him and squared himself.
/ The man. beside himself with rage.
/ made a rush for him and met all the
concentrated strength of the product
| of the tenement district For McFad
| den beat him down mercilessly. ham
mered him into insensibility and flung
| his quivering body into an ash heap.
II one despises the tenement district
and its product. one should not forget
that the product has suffered so long
it has attained the power OF a NY
draulic RAM its destructive power is
greater than its constructive wit So
ciety has half learned this once or
twice in past centuries
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McFadden resumed his work. The
business agent collected his senses
ana skunk away The seed had been
sown for what has now passed into
history as the rat strike 1t was
McFadden who was called the rat
and upon him for a time the respon
sibliity for the strike rested Gavin
returned TO the engine and learned Of
the trouble He shook his head while
/ inwardly chuckling.
There amt better union in ths
country. nor one more reasonable thar
the Firemen's Union. he said to hi:
fireman. but this guy you mauled Il
an Indian an he's got power Jus
now. He'll hit back Of you an at yor
an give his life but what he'll gei
you. It's the misfortune Of all oul
unions that We seem 10 have to havs
4 seallawag with US in order to &c
along
FITS gainst the rules. said Nc
4 Fadden. sfor any stranger TO get OF