Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-01-30

that there's a big dock strike on.
, Well, no less sum than $4,000 has
been subscribed by the working men
of Germany, and this money has been
! sent over - their fsllsx~woxknsa in
=; England To enable them to carry on
the war which is being waged against
capital.
AT least, we are told that the money
has been subscribed by the working
men OF Germany, and some of the pa
pers have prophesied the coming of the
millennium on the strength of il. The
gush about universal brotherhood in
which they are INDUCING is quite pref
ty to read.
Germany give us $4,000 for moth
ing! / knew better than that, so | set
TO work to get the truth, and what do
you think 1T is? Not COO pence of tina
money has come from German work.
men, 1t has come-almost the whole
of it-from German employers. and Is
sent to furnish sinews of war to the
agitators who are fermenting mischief
between the masters and men. But
why? Because every day the strike
lasts sees our trade drifting into tho
hands of Germans, who, when they
have once got it, will take care to keep
/ 1T. / don't say that the strike leaders
aren't honest men. They are honest,
hut they're fools, for all that, for if
they knew how much the German en-
ployers have had to do with starting
the strike, and what 1t is worth to Ger
man trade, they'd advise the men to go
back TO work tomorrow on any terms
But I'm not here to talk politics;
: I'm here for us to consider how we
can turn what's going on to our own
advantage. Well, gentlemen, I'm
known in the commercial world as Mr..
RICHARDSON Hall, the secretary of the
Anti-Capitalist Association for the
Protection of Labor. and the money
has been sent to me to pay over to
the strike leader. The question is,
how is that money to find its way into
our pockets, instead of into the pock-
cts Of the agitators? 1 tell you frankly
that even if | were an honest man, in
stead of being a swindler and thief.
I'd make no bones about laying hands
upon that money. Rogue as | am, I'd
rather chuck 1t into the sea tomorrow
than that it should go to the strikers.
when l know that it has been sent over
by Germans only because they know
that while the English workman and
the English employer have their hands
on each others throats. the trade Is
being diverted to Germany. That the
wife and children of the men are starv-
ing, and the masters are being ruined.
doesn't trouble these Germans, so long
as they can pocket the coin So, as
I say, although I am appointed to re-
ceive the money and to hand 1t over to
the strikers, I'm ready to tumble to
any plan that will put the cash into
our own pockets I'm not without a
conscience, though / am a thief, but
on that matter l confess I've no more
conscience than a spider. The question
is, how is 1t to be done?"
Have you got the money!" asked
Number Six
Eyes, it is in my possession at this
moment"
Then don't let 1t go out of your
possession. Let's share it between us
and make ourselves scarce"
My good fellow. don't talk like a
madman!" said Number Two. "A seat
on the council is worth thousands a
year to each OF US, and to do as you
propose would be to Kill the goose that
Lays the golden egg. and for a paltry