, 1906-06-27

Pin Il member of the executive com
mittee."
"Since when?'
NO matter when. What say goes"
"Does it, Well, you keep a civil
tongue in your jaws when speaking to
me"
Erock rose. you'll close down to-
morrow or well close you down."
Raymond faced him. I'VE will not
close down. and you can't close us
down. Carter knows, and you know,
Jack. I've played fair in this. | have
not believed in your methods. | stood
with Larned, your w organizer.
against violence. If you cant convince
my men by argument you needn't come
to me to Dragon them into your ranks.
What difference will my hands make
%anywny?'
Carter seized upon this. ut will
make all the difference there is. There
are n dozen of these small operators
holding out because you and Kelly do.
Yonr men are all strong men and
ought to be with us. Besides. it weak
ems our discipline
RAYMOND interrupted. We've been
all over that before. | am not concern
ed with your discipline. | have no
quarrel with my men. They are salts
fed with our present arrangement.
You're going mt this back end to. Ii
YOU would turn yolr attention to re-
forming min ng laws and crushing out
these speculative owners of mining
lands. YOU would really be doing some
thing. but your assault on men who are
paying labor full wages weaken your
case"
Kelly opened the door and entered
while Raymond was speaking.
'What's the meaning of all this"
he asked.
Raymond coldly replied. "These men
have come 10 serve Il final notice on
rs TO discharge our |nonunion men or
shut down."
Not at air. cried out Carter. who
feared Kelly. "All we ask IS that you
recommend your men to join the I'M
ion
Brock sprung to his feet again. "Oh.
ratsi What's the use beating around
the bush? we know that you fellers
are the backbone of the free miners
association and that they would all
come in if you said SO, and we need
you and your men. We want you to
head EN- our way"
Kelly smiled. "Ye're not asking
much. So far as I'm concerned, Car
ter. | don't believe "A word in you and
your %schoolboy, tomfool antics. From
the very start we've gone wrong. You
began by defending a lot of drunken
blaggards, and that queered We with
every decent man. Go back to camp,
arrest Denver Dan, San Juan Jones,
Hob Smith and the rest of the bunch
and send them down to the valley as Il
peace Offering; then serve notice on
the men that blew up the Red Star
that they'll be hung tomorrow morn
ing. By that time III begin to believe
in you and your love for the honest
~workingman."
Carter. utterly unable to stem the
flood of Kelly's indignant speech, sat
with dropping head. He stammered,
"~You-you're Il traitor to labor"
81 am Il traitor to nothing that is
good, but | am worn out and weary
with your yellin', cursin', gamblin',
drunken looms that assume TO be work
men. | have more respect for the
weak little dagoeS, for they do want
work and need it, but the buns that
fill the streets are Il sorry threat to a
decent man, let alone Il decent woman.
And here's Jack Numerically turned,
and the smile died out of the young
desperado's face-'he's chief of a gang
of hoodlum cowboys and still pretends
to be keepin' the peace. If you want
to help the cause of labor, Jack, me
boy. close the saloons while this strike
is going on, protect the women and
children, arrest and throw out the men
that blew up the Red Star mine-you
know who they are
Il do not said Munro.
Kelly was lionlike in his wrath, and
the group of labor leaders covered be-
fore him like revealed conspirators.
Only Munro seemed u%nabashed.
That's all well enough to demand,
Matt, but to carry it out is another
story"
Because ye're one O. them,' answer
ed Kelly. You boast of your power.
Ye're IL man of education-some say
military education. You know what
discipline is. but when it m to con-
trolling your men from insulting
strangers and abusing women you set
down. Now. listen to me. This is
my last word on this subject. We are
neutral. We have had no part in this