Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
On the Downhrodden Wr1kn Man When He's OFT On Sthrk

FIR tn summer Do they look as though
they were sufferin'? Ye bet they don't.
TIL tired tillygraft op'rator come home last
week with a smile on his face. I have
good news FIR we, mother says he. 'Ye
haven't sthruck? says she. hope sthrug-
glin' with fear in her face. we've guessed
it, says he. We weren't exactly ordhered
out. TIL signal FIR a sthrike was to be
series iv sharp whistles firm tn walkin'
dillysate. but. whin that didn't come an
we We're tired iv waitin' tn report Nv tn
base ball game come over tn wires an we
mistook that fr signal. Ye must get the
chldher ready FIR a day in tn country.
We can't tell how soon this tur-rble
struggle again tn greed iv capital will be
declared off an we must make tn most "
1t while it lasts says he.
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Yes, sir. a sthrke is a tur-rble thing
to thin that stays at wurruk. But 1t don't
afflict tn jolly sthriker. I've niver seen
ye in such spirits as whin ye abandoned
yeer fruitful labors. Ye had a good time
an FIR tn first time in ye'er life we were
important enough to be talked about. If
ye heaved rock at somebody ye had a
chanel to see ye'er pitcher in tn pa-apers.
know tillygraft OPP ator. wan Nv thin
knights iv tn key that has a fine job in
a country deepo. All he has to do Is to be
up in time to flag number eight at six
o'clock an walt till number thirty-two goes
through at midnight. an keep thrains FIR m
bumpin into each other an turn switches,
an put up tn simaphore an clean tn
lamps an hand out time tables an sell
tickets. F'r these designations he dhraws
down all tn way firm fifteen to twinty
dollars a week. An he wants to sthrike
An TIL pa-apers say If he does he'll tie
up our impeerlyal railroad systems. Think
" that l never had much iv opinyon
" him. All he liver done f'r me was to
misspel me name. He's a little thin man
that cuddent lift an eighth iv beer with
both hands. but he's that important if he
leaps his Job Wen all have to walk.
I've often thought I'd like ito have TIL
walkin dillygate iv tn Liquor Dealers
Bnivolint Assocyation come around an
ordher me to lay down me lemon squeezer
an bung starter an walk out. But nav
thin " the kind iver happens an If it did
happen wan wud care a sthraw Tn
whole wurrud shuddhers at tn thought
that me frind Ike Simpson may take day
off. but me or Perpont Morgan might quit
f'r a year an no wan wud care. Sup
DCSn ROCKy1elleT HI fIeTpOHl MOI gan dH
jim Hill an Hartman shud form union
tn Amalgamated Federation Nv Frinzied
Financeers-an' shud demand a raise Nv a
millyOn dollars a year. reduction iv wur-
rukin' time firm two to wan hour ivry
week. tn closed shop. two apprentices f'r
each bank an no wan allowed to make
money onless he cud show union card?
Whin tn sthrilse comfy waited on us we'd
hoist our feet on tn kitchen table, light
a sce-gar. polish our bone collar button
with tn sleeve iv our red flannel shirt an
TIL thin to go to Bannagher. We'd say:
'Ye'er demans are unreasonable an we will
not submit. FIR years we have run tn
| shop almost al loss. There are plenty iv
men to take yeer places. They may not
be as efficient at first. but they'll soon larn.
| Ye'er demands are rayfused an ye can
| bang tn dure afther ye fine chanel a