The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-29

wanted ~ hear II. WINDOWS were cpgu
around Men were grpapsd ahead OF
the corner where h4 would taszs tne
r9r for fh@~Rsil He AID nor want to
hear .sanaragnl word bur most o4 ali
be hoped Jennls would net hear H.
The first tirna would be avail
Something pulled his head aEoaad He
had TO look bach sne bad isft the
doorstep and waa standing on the
bricks watching him
Hacab," yelled woman across the
street
flushed aud stepped inside the door
John looked az the woman, Inundated,
angry
Scab" yefied boy a, ne eorner
The epfthat pointed at him this
time. he flushed and turned about
scabt" Yelled the hoy again.
John compressed his lips signify
and walked dogsediy to the car There
was q knot Of men al the corner where
be got OF. fellow workmen OF his,
some Of whom he knew personally.
and with whom he bad always been
popular He nodded 20 tkeFn. His &C,
quaiutances received hts greeting with
blank silence and stared al him as he
passed amazed AT the snpGdence OF
such creature daring TO address 70
spectacle working man. The strangers
in the crowd muttessd nastily. la
front Of the factory rhs way was
blocked BY the tnrong On one corner
McKichnie Eias organizer. was making
speech
Hurrging toward the foundry. John
Was confronted AL the very gates by
Joe Sturfnvant His usually red face
was drawn and pale. as. with mingled
love and horror be mutrered hoarsely,
'Johnl" Then he stood stlil. gazirs
up intently into the face of his friend.
Martin felt the mans eyes searching
ike tentacles feeling into The depths
Of MS very soul II angered hfm
What right had any man TO search hts
soul?
we'll" he said sneerf'ey glmcst
harsnly. 'wsit doifT you smash me In
the sscs?"
Great Cod" Joe gulped sofrfs. and
skunk away in the crowd, lihesa beaten
man
John Martin staIkad intu me mn.
fiercely. but there vas fttf4 sinking
spot in his heart, a kind OF mlagtTfng
What made me mean To Joe, II I'm
30 sure I'm rigm?v vas the question
he asked himself But IN moment
he remembered how ths irnpudsnt
Mrs Letzinsky had called hfs v-ffa
''scab" d half hour bcsoTe, and his
heart hardened
~Cattles" be growlsd bseween hia
teeth T'li bet It's the only English
word abe knows
The emptiness OF the grsat sneds
was oppressive
Forty out Of four hundredg' was
whispered round. at Boon-
Only forty out Of four hundred
that's got sense and the courage OF
their con vfctionS declared John re-
Aectively. as he planted his strong.
clean teeth in the sornsr Of a sand.
Wich and left ii looking as though IL
rad been bitten by steam shovel
But hys remark pxoyoked only suisgA.
mumbled comment. save for one man.
VINO spoke up loudly. almost Fazhiy
That's righs. partner" sasG shs
man. Fith q sNagger, as he fel! 10
curging the labor unions AfferWsrd
John learned that be was union SPY
At io@ thirty they took OF small
heat in the foundry John vas forta
aate In getting the frsr iron AS
quickly as possible be threw OF his
copes and hurried out
A chorus OF ieers and hoarse. Insult
ing cries assailed him az he left Lhs
foundry doors Instantly a group 0t
the cooler heads surrounded and
sought TO argue with him
~Irs no use. boys hs said aatly.
looking on over their heads Thfn one
eane up oatsipA the circle. a rs4seaced
excited man, who reaching over The
shoulder OF another. shBok hts ass in
his face. aad hissed through clsnchel
teeth;
You scab. You dirty scaht"
Tae man wa Joe SturteFaut
John fist relieved when his eh-
came. The mOtSrnaan started Hp sav-
agely. making him lnSch awkward
as hs stepped toward a seat and tia
conductor pounesc on him with a giar
TN moment he sst DOWN. sud sheugE
. Fare iE a voice disagspeabig loud
Seems iil,e I'm a sind of a ysiic
dog. today john mutteFsd 70 hln-
self
When he reached home be found b
vile 90 tears A. The vegetable wsgoa
n the morning some of the women O,
he nsighhoFhOod. as they e-oEdef
around had regarded her With r1
iooks snd silence Others bad sueeral
openly. and one woman Bridge
O'Ma}isy had threatened her wifa
physical fleieH ana made her tte
object o. saeh au awlul frsds ta8-
she had thrown her AgIQ- over he-
ears and taken ~ dlghi Later Waea
size vas Aanglns oct ne wash Bricgr
siafoBess heTsef OF -he upper sa'r
way 0f the Flannisau aoue ae1f @
thea On tte rstr anl Llr.ei dom
ric'ors. remarks while every laf
porch ~ i1e bioek .haf t1mmandsl
sleT was o-aipisi - an .utszesfs
ard rnre
5otr siarfiH Eissef fhe tears OF ci
tsy sfes Ard raret her ou fha stor
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