Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-09-09

NN cents an hour nor Of a cent
~ " an hour; nary raise, I'M
derstand And | don't want
you to come here thinking you can
bulldoze me. because you'll find mighty
quick you're mistaken. II any man
thinks he can do that ! want to see
him"
The words uttered in a wrathful
below. came through the closed door
OF the presidents room and were
heard by every employee and visitor
in the main office Of the Latin-Ameri-
can Steamship company, which occu-
pied an entire floor of big building
in Bowling Green. New York city.
Some Of the employees smiled and
passed the remark that the boss had
were Of the sickly. apprehensive order.
for the fact that he was IN execrable
humor was perfectly well known to
each and all. having been impressed
upon them very forciby at intervals
from the minute the great man had
made his appearance with his unvary-
ing punctuality as the clock struck 8
a. IN. Others scowled and kept their
reflections to themselves
The voices of the other parties to
the conversation were not audible to
the listeners. but that Of the president.
with its all penetrating roar. burst
forth again:
Il don't give a tin whistle what you
OF your unions do. understand. Let
'em strike. strike and be id But
you tell 'em this from me-that any
man who's fool enough to throw up
his Job does so for good and all He'll
never work again for the Latin-Ameri-
can Steamship company in this or any
other port. III take care of that IN
show 'em who and what I am if they
don't know
The door opened and two white
faced, inundated men emerged. cap
in hand They were rough looking
men. evidently aboreri Injured to the
hardest kind of work. They shufled
quickly past the neatly dressed clerks
and did not breathe freely until they
found themselves in the cross streams
OF hurrying passersby on the street
There. as they mopped their brows
and looked around fora saloon, some
thing of the arroganI' insolence with
which they had demanded audience Of
the head Of the company and which
had been speedily cowed out Of them
by that formidable and choleric per-
sOnage returned to them.
Meanwhile at the open door Of the
room in which they had been through
the ordeal Of their interview Captain
Amos Williams. president and general
manager Of the line. glared after his
departing visitors and round the Of
fee. There was dead silence. and ev-
cry employee. from the highest to the
office boys, impudent and irrepressible
there. as everywhere else. save when
Captain Williams was nigh. became
deeply engrossed in his work
call up Mr. Smith and tell him
want to see him at once" he growled
TO no one in particular. Then he re-
entered his room and slammed the
door.
In few minutes, however, his bell
rang and a boy responded to 1t with
an alacrity not customary IN any other
Ofiice ia all New York.
~Tel Mr.. Brooks to come here" was
the order be received.
The boy hurried out and approached
one Of the men behind the brass lat
tice screens.
''Mr Brooks. the captain wants you."
he announced.
Mr.. Brooks did not reply. but he got
down leisurely and with bad grace
from his stool and moved with equal
deliberation TO the presidents room.
Brooks has Fernandez & Co. that
Pernambuco firm. been heard from
yetY' demanded his employer
Check came today" was the la
eonic reply.
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