The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-23
REAL RON\ANCEC OF T11E BUCINEJG WORLD
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 There is story that when MT. Kwegg entered Wall street he was not the cold bitter creature he is today. Whatever he had was taken from him, for he was one of the lambs in those days Years of poverty hardened him, sharpened his wits, taught him much that he knows and uses now, and de- veloped talents that might never have been brought into play had his eXper- fences not been so trying.
 Few men trust MT. Kwegg, and those who do are not anxious to have the ! fact known. He has played so many sharp tricks, been involved in so many queer transactions, has bled so many influential persons who have not forgotten or forgiven him, that it is well to have all association with him kept secret But the few men whom MT. Kwegg at rare intervals honors with his confidence usually profit | through him. They know he never goes to them through good nature or through the spirit of generosity, but through money hunger. He plays fair with them because 1t is 10 his interest. And they play fair With him because they fear him.
 One day MT. Kwegg sat in his office
 
 unfolded to him. The tape tells every thing to those who know it's mystic signs. The market was sick. It had been sick for months. The greatest strike in the history of America was on For months scores of thousands of miners had been idle. Dozens of railroads were crippled. Thousands of industries were suffering because the full supply was cut off Count less millions of dollars were being wasted through the struggle between capital and labor. The representatives of the miners and the presidents of the coal railroads and the presidents of big mining corpora tions had met and discussed the points at issue but neither side would concede enough to form a basis for peace. Capi- tals chief spokesman was a railroad pres ident, a stern, implacable man. trained to the law, shrewd and clever but lack ing in every element of sympathy neces- sary to the proper handling of such a question: He was so forciful, so dominant a person that he ruled all the others. He was unalterably opposed to compromise To his mind there would be no lasting safety for capital until the unions were crushed.
 The tape rolled out and Mir. Kwegg read it's message He had no more love for the strikers than for the railroads. He had L,Ve for no one but Mir Kwegg. For weeks he had been short of the market, and as stocks kept declining he had req sen tc he thankful.
 As Mr twe5g sat and smoked and watcked the tape an idea popped into his mind that thrilled him. He had been quiet for months and longed for excitement. The idea fred his imagination. It was something Machiavelian in it's subtlety and darine. Quickly he weighed the chances Of success or failure. It did not take him long. Then, having come to a
 IL, called his brokers. Within a few minutes he had closed out his short sales and was out of the mari;et. Then he sent his office bcv away on an errand that would keep him absent for an hour. MT. Kwegg was suspicious of Cffce boys. While the office | boy was absent MT. kwegg had some im- portant and extremely delicate business to transact This busniess satisfactorily accomplished he again called up his brok CTS, and this time he gave an order to