The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-10-27

INV cents an hour nor OF q cent
Il an hour; nary q raise. un-
derstand. And don't want
you to come here thinking you can
bulldoze me, because you'll find mighty
quick you're mistaken. If any man
thinks he can do that l 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
'em bad" that day, but the smiles
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 forcibly 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 tin whistle what you
or 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. I'll take care Of that. I'll
show 'em who and what 1 am if they
don't know"
The door opened, and two white
faced, intimidated men emerged, cap
in hand. They were rough looking
men, evidently laborers Injured to the
hardest kind of work. They shuftied
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 for a saloon, some
thing of the arrogant 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
| ;oI, haI oh
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 a few minutes, however, his bell
rang, and boy responded to it with
an alacrity not customary in any other
office in all New York.
'Tell Mr.. Brooks to come here" was
the order he 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 leisuraly and with bad grace
from his stool and moved with equal
deliberation to the presidents room.
Brooks, has Fernandez & Co., thai
Pernambuco firm, been heard from
yet" demanded his employer.
"Check came today" was the La
comic reply.
"Full amountT