The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-04-18

81 beg your pardon" she stammered.
'I thought that this was Mr.. Temples
| room"
$50 it is" he responded briskly, 'and
| this is Mr.. Temple. Only it happens
that my father did not come down this
morning. Anything I can do for you?
I am Frank Temple
81 don't know that you'll do" she
said obviously. 'You see, I'm strike
Il mean a strike committee" she cor
rected.
'.A single committee is rather unusu-
all he smiled. do / understand that
you represent the factory"
1.-THE finishing ROOM" she explained.
''There were five of us, but the rest
ran away"
81 see," he said gravely, though his
eyes twinkled "And may ask the ma
ture of the demands to be nader
'It's that horrid Jim Bromley" she
exclaimed. 1--WE don't want more
money or anything, but we want a new
foreman. He's just as mean as can be.
He wouldn't have Bess Bradley's ma
chine fixed the other day, and when it
broke down and hurt her hand he
locked her for the time she was away.
He's always fning us for every little
thing, and he's that mean
Mates pause spoke volumes, and her
eyes added to the story. Temple
grinned.
81 shall have to look into this" he
said ''Take a chair, please" He left
her to herself, but presently he came
back with another young man as clean
cut as himself.
"Mr Everett will look into the mat
ter said Temple. "Just tell him about
the mean Mr. Bromley
"Now you're laughing at me- said
Matte indignantly.
Ear from it," he denied. "Griev-
ance committees should be treated
most seriously"
"And this Is serious" she declared,
turning to Everett. Her sense OF
wrong sustained gave her eloquence,
and her eyes snapped as she recited
long tale of Bromley's wrongs. Ever
EFT listened attentively, though at
times he and Temple exchanged SYM
pathetic glances as some quaint turn
of speech caught their sense of humor.
'This is matter that most certainly
should be looked into,' he said. II do
not believe in fines except as last
resort. Suppose you help us get at the
bottom of the trouble"
'I'm telling you all about it now"
she cried.
81 know" he agreed, "but to get
Bromley right we shall have to wait.
Now, if you will explain to the others
that the matter will be properly set
tied If they will go on as they have
been doing for week 1 think we can
hand a very unpleasant surprise to the
enterprising Mr. Bromley. 1t appears
from the books that few fines have
been turned in. On account of the
number of employees the envelopes are
, made up several days ahead, and the
foreman of each department takes out
the fines. Now, on Saturday make a
note of all the fines, bring the envel-
Opes to me. and we will have the mat
ter Strengthened out"
Matte looked him squarely in the eye.
do you really mean that?' she de-
manded
''Most certainly" he assured.
"Shake hands on it." she demanded.
Everett blushed as his fingers closed
p over the smaller hand-and fingered
! there.
Matte went back to the room with
sense of Importance. Word was pass
ed along that it was all right and to
meet OH the corner after the factory
closed There was a babel of voices as
the plot was unfolded and when at
last the impro.nptu meeting adjourned
Everett was lingering there.
"T saw t,'e c-oE-a forming" he
laughed IS he fell into sep beside
Matte, land i waited to hear the out
come"
She tucked her hand through the
proffered arm, and together they went
down the street.
The next night Everett was waiting
again. and so on until Saturday. when
at the noon hour the girls were paid
OFF. There were the usual heavy fines
marked on the envelopes. and Matte
formed q line and marched off to TIE