Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-25
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tAh' -
"a TO: III not give EN- n raise Of,
tSS cents an hour nor of n cent
a an hour: nary II raise. M.
dprsiund. Aud don't want
you to come here thinking you can
me. because you'll find mighty
miyk you're mistaken. II any man
links he can do that ! want to see
MIN"
The words. uttered In a wrathful
rlluw. came through the closed door
{ the presidents room aud were
heard 10y every employee and visitor
IN the main office Of the Latin Ameri.
IAN Steamship company. which U'cu-
pied IN entire floor Of u big building
In Bowling Green. New York city.
Some Of the employees smiled and
;,ass,d the remark that the boss had
EN- had" that day. but the smiles
were Of the sickly. rpprehensive order.
or the fact that he was In exeorable
nuu"r was perfectly well known to
zach and ALL having been Impressed
lj,un them very forcibly at Intervals
from the minute the great man had
made his appearance with his unvnry-
ing punciunlity MS the clock struck 0
4. IA Others scowlcd and kept their
Reflections 10 themselves.
The voices Of the other parties to
lie conversation were not audible to
the listeners. hut that Of the president.
with It's all penetrating roar. burst
forth again:
II don't give n tin whistle whnt YOU
ar your unions do. understand. Let
'rm strike. strike and he Id. But
you tell 'rm this from me that any
man who's fool enough Ia throw NJ
his jnl, does so for good and all. He'll
never work again for the l.alin.Ameri.
ran Steamship company In this or any
other port. III take care Of that. III
show 'cm who and what | am II they
don't know
The door opened. and two white
faced. inilmidaied iuen emerged. cap
IN hand. They were rough looking
men. evidently lnborer Injured To the
hardest kind Of work. They shutiied
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 moppcd their brows
and looked around for saloon, some
thing of the arrogant ilnsolence with
which they had demanded audience OF
the head OF the company and which
had been speedily cowed out OF them
by that formidable aud choleric per-
sonage returned 10 them.
Meanwhile at the open door OF the
room IN which theS had been through
the ordeal OF their Interview Captain
Amos Williams. president and general
manager OF the line. giared after his
departing visitors and round the Of
! fee. There was dead silence. and cv-
cry employee. from the highest TO the
Office boys, inipudent and irrepresslble
there. ms everywhere else. save when
Captain Williams was nigh, became
, deeply cngrossed In his work,
"Call up Mr.. Smith and tell him |
want to see him N once" he grpwled
to no one In particular Then he re-.
entered his room and slammed the
door.
| In n few minutes. however. his bell
rang. and boysrespondcd to 1t with
an nacriiy not customary In any other
office IN all New York
Tell Mr., Brooks 10 come here" was
the order he received.
Tie boy hurried out and approach
one Of the men behind the brass lat
| tice screens.
mir. 'rooks. the captain wants you,
he announced,
Mr., Brooks did not reply. hut he got
down lei.urply and with bud grace
from his stool and moved with equa
del!beralion To the presidents room.
| "Rrooks. has Fernandez Il Co, that
I'ernambuco firm lecn heard from
yet" demanded his employer
, "'h~k came today" WAS the In
comic reply
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