The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-05
THE STRIKER
BY p. c. MAcfARLANE


John Martin had face like some
reek vulcan, and figure like a
ycops II was carly morning, and h1
AZ on the edge Of his bed and yawned.
ls face and neck and arms we're
uned by the furnace glow, but under
he hairy growth upon his cheat the
KIN lay white as ivory, aud over other
lrts OF bis muscular body cleaned
18th a satiny sheen Moreover his
oaiurca were Kind and human, with
fectlon, sentiment and sympathy
ritten large upon them large for
about the man was large
But for All his strength he would
90 80 to work To-day his business
aa TO idle With twelve hundred
her metal workers. he was endeay0r.
lg 70 win an industrial battle by the
mple process Of idling. This was
ie fret day For twenty-nlne days
Inn Martin was geab. Doggedly,
a fashion typical of the man. he
ld on his way Then he saw the
ht all In moment. while the metal
ased and aputtered ready for the
nr, saw the light and smashed his
1lds and fHHa down bis tools. and
ode headloug from the works. NJ
union headquarters almost wfth-
pau8ing 10 lake breath
That however. was yesterday TO.
iy he had union card but no jUb.
J.day stfaHga little whirlp0os Of
citing formed tn tits hreast eaGsiug
lternate areas of hinh and low baro-
1cter in tho atmosphere Of his spirits
Ilo snatched mp the paper from
1ruons the pillows and read again the
ripple head on the FIRST eoiuuin:
Feared Strikers VIII Resort 70 VIC
ence was what Il said Martin
5azed al Il frownlngly and then drove
hts great fist through tho mage, after
which he set about dressing
They'd better not" he affirmed pres
ntly in his deep. steady voice "A
nan has right 10 work"
He vas thinking Of those twenty
inc days
Breakfast.t called a feminine voice
rom the outer room i'm semicheerful
ones
John went out On the oileloth was
ofee and hard-toasted bread with
)nt butter. This was their sclfap-
0intcd strike ration Iie sat down
emmy Little Jack, quiyering with
e alert energy of ten sturdy years,
on one side Of him Tommie the
yearold, with one leg ID d plaster
was on the other Jennie Mar
an intelligent appearing woman
pa fair tired features. SIT opposite
husband. and in a hi@h chair be
her q child of two years plied his
ucn IN a bowl of mush with no
rght Of famine
'ullo Little Wieeleri" exclaimed
ather. in the cheerful, Du0yant
with which grown-ups often af
address small children "Hullo
Wiggler,' But the little one.
recognizing bis nick-name and
atherly playfellow. amiled only
his eyes, for his lips were other
ngaged
man looked about tho table with
Spectant solemnily on his face
lie placed a restraining hand
he babys wrist ard al sat
bowed heado lille The father
a blessing.
ga haven't don that in long
before, John said Jennie with
ased look
We're going 10 be more thankful
observed s0beriy
pa" JACK asked. abruptly how
uch is strike benedts9"
Seven week answered the
,ther, stirring his coffee meditatively.
4ully Chez" exclaimed the boy,
teeth cru3ching industriously,
nile hts blue eyes lost themselves In
Har ponderings.
Have YOU thought what we would
about the instalments on the
1Gse?" asked Jennie anyi0usly
That's twenty-five fifty. and il
luldn't leave us anything al all"
"I'N 60 and see old Chester" an
ered John "and get him to let us
N "a paying the interest while The
rike is on That would make big
'6erence
strikin'. are you2" piped the old
shier of the R0c6port Loan and
ildlng COMPANY 10 whom John had
ap first off after breakfast The
BE was mean and sarcastic. NO,
not extend sou any farors The
iaker Yuu fellows are starved out
/ bet gack TO work the better itl
for all concerned. he continued
3ppishly
40 union headquarters John found
q rooms fgli VI misunderstanding
IN. He knew as ho scanned them
und he had never seen $50 many
ties of eyes in an his lile before
They're running In TOO many scabs
d u.s." one man sail 20 another.
Yes" assented the second; eve got
rough IL up more
He's wronE-they're an wrong
nmented John TO himself Every
tn has a right 90 work IL he wants
We must sin fairly.
7y five o'clock of This same day his
1tictions on this subject were oe- /
sharply pnt to the test AZ thar /
ne he had dritted with hundreds of /
hers down TO- The works where De and /
ur hundred of bis kind had been
nployed before She strike. When The
histic blew. q score Of men CAME
mildly ont ana made for The ear line
lane formed almost iustaufiy OF
aunt. desperate faces and between II
ese human walls thar gnNisJ OBJ N
-3nrious epiihers and darfei menac- n
< giances. the worEmen hurried n
-er The muddy. slippery cohbles. The
81 of them leapei uerTousiy for me
othoard OF tbe already moEius ear
Is missed if and feli face downward (
to fhe narrowing gauntlet which / ,
'sei over him instantly like fhe Jaws
some huge urchis-crIr crocodile. q
There vas for moment the sound Il
a dinner pail cllrrerinE on th-