The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-05-21

own. How shall We die and when:
James Warren was one cf nv true
friends. [ loved to love him and
it gave me comfort that he loved
me and always called me Charley
as tenderly as brother. His body
Yves killed ard that was all. His
pure soul went back Immediately to
it's Creator and is now resting in
the bosom of God. That is my
faith and I hope it is the faith of
all those who loved him, for my
heart bleeds with them.
'tstrriike triefssrr@ fssrr@your altars ard your
fires,
Strike for the green graves 0syour
slres,
Strike until the last armed foe ex>
pires."
I used to speak that speech, and
when I got to that part which said,
"They come-they come-the
Greek-the Greekr' I put on mar
tial agony aid elevated my voice
add shook the floor. I Ithoughtof
all this the other day when I read
about the strikers in Atlanta going
to Mr.. Byrd's publishing house
and trying to aeduce his non-union
printers to leave him. His part
ner, Tom Lyon, showed fight and
used some cuss words and drove
them off, and they had him arrest
ed and the recorder fined him for
disturbing the public tranquility,
but if I had been the recorder |
would have excused Tom.
This thing has come home to me
at last, for Mr.. Byrd is printing a
book for me and l cant get copy,
aud am fighting mad about it.
The striking interlopers got all his
printers away, but two Or three
rascals hung around the back door
and all that Tom could do was to
watch them and exclaim, ''They
come-they come-the Greek-the
Creek But Tom is game and,
says he will whip the 6ght and
have some books for me by the last
of the week. The first edition has
all been. sold aud the second is in
the press and has been delayed
and enflated and barricadeI and
paralyzed by these contemplate
strikers, and if there ever was q JUS
ti6able excuse for using cuss words
a man ought to be hired to stand
at the back door and cuss 'em by
the day as fast as they came. r0e
no patience with these strikers and
loss with their leaders. One of
my boys has just established a
telephone plant in Houston, Tex,
and had about forty glrls employed
at good wages, when suddenly
some interlopers came and made
them all strike and he bired others
to take their places and the inter-
lopers went round,to all his pat
rons and tried to get up boycott,
but failed. The rich Mr.. Hunt
ington is the chief owner and ne
telegraphed my boy to whip that
fight regardless Of expense and he
has whipped it. Last year at Day
ton, Ohio, a big hearted rich man
established a cash register plant
and had two hundred girls employ
ed and he cared for them just like
they were his children and had
bath rooms on every floor and hot
and cold water, and mirrors and
soap and towels, so that they could
bathe and clean up before they
went home and the girls were con-
tented and happy, for all this was
no part of the contract, but some
interlopers came along and ordered
a strike because some poor old
women who did not belong to the
union had the job of washing the
towels that the girls used in their
bath rooms. y
Well, now, that is one side of
the case, but it is said every case
has two sides. The war between
capital and labor still goes on, but
labor has but little to complain Of
in this blessed land. We sec by
the papers that these union strik-