The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-09-29

at all and expectancy for a good deal,
and his entrance upon n higher plane
of civilization had not impaired much
! polish to his appearance. habits or
speech, which were those Of the old
/ time sailing ship mariner. although Of
late years he had striven to conform
more closely TO the examples of re-
| finement he witnessed In the only po-
lite society be cared for. which was
that of the family Of his dead friend,
Stanley Harris. who was general man.
ager of the Latin-American line when
he obtained control of It. He had
way of glaring at person from I'M
der his bushy eyebrows with a scru-
tiny that seemed to read through and
up and down him and made him most
Ill at ease uader it.
He made his decisions promptly. au-
thoritatively. after the manner OF a
man accustomed to command and to
be obeyed without question, and he
never changed them, at least in his
business and administrative dealings.
Add TO all this a voice like n foghorn,
the effect OF which. when he raised
It, was. as he knew full well, TO make
his subordlnates quake and to intimi-
date others who had to do with him.
and It will be realized that he lived up
fully to his reputation of being a hard
man.
For his quiet. unmovable and thor
oughly capable dock superintendent he
entertained a certain respect. He
knew from experience that the man
was not the least bit afraid or even
disturbed by his bullying manner and
his believing and that his glare. al
ways squarely met, had no more effect
upon him than 1t would have upon the
bronze statue of Washington which
stands sentinel on the steps Of the sub
treasury in Wall street.
Smith lowered himself slowly and
easily into big armchair beside the
presidents desk.
Two delegates from the Longshore-
mems union were here just now" an
nounced the captain. "They say the
freight handlers are going to strike"
"Ya.asT said Smith interrogatively.
ayes What do you know about itT'
Nothing, except that they came TO
me with a demand for higher pay for
the men. referred them to you"
"Well. didn't leave 'em any loop
hole for doubt as to my position in the
matter"
"You turned them DOWN.
Turned 'em down! or course.
! What do you think? Suppose hand
ed 'em a raise on a silver platter and
, bowed 'em out of the door?"
81 don't suppose anything about it.
I'm asking for information"
Then two blatherskites came swag-
gering and clustering in here and said
every last one of the men would quit
tomorrow morning at IL o'clock unless
they got cents more an hour. They
wasn't staggering when they went
out OF here. | tell you. | pretty soon
took the starch out of EN-"
A faint smile fitted over the superin
tendent's face. but he ventured no re-
mark
, ~ told EN-" Williams went on. THAT
I wouldn't give 'em n cent century
more and 10 strike and be ID. | also
told 'em thar any man who did 80
, ont would never get another job with
r this company. and. hy sam. he WON'T
The captains voice bad risen 10 n
roar. and he brought his fist down on
the desk with such force that pens aud
/ pencils went dying in all directions
: and he ink spashed from the wells in
: their solid crystal stand
, Them labor agitators amt got
a no notion of he fitness OF things
They amt got n grasp on economic
I conditions for cent. They got To do
, something 10 1--we without working. su
Every once IN awhile they 20 TO the
men as pays EN- 10 be walking dele
I rates. gives 'em some glib talk about
I their rights and advises 'em to strike
. Tor more money DO they look around
, and try TO find out whether an ad-
q vance is warranted by he conditions
Nary look Do any OF the men they
, hand out their advice 10 try 10 find
, out? Not on your life! They go ahead
like a lot of sheep and strike and
starve and blame the result on cap
ital"
Smith nodded
"lr the, rnrrv an their threat ard
. Iquit." cont .nurd ihe rau'ain. Won
will cl~,r MI the strikers from the
docks brow 'em oil II necessary.
knock their silly hlw Is H. hui tell
them aS wants 10 work thai fun pro-
lection viii T." given I'm arrange
with police headquarters To have n
sufficient force of buecoats on hand TO
guard our property and will also noti'
fy our docks at other ports TO be pre-
pared. You will fix up accommodations
for the strike breakers in the sheds
, here until the trouble is over and
make arrangements TO bring men from
the inland cities. In this matter you
need spare no expense. Understands
81 guess So" replied the superin
tendent