Arizona republican., 1911-08-28

uSeu 10 De, aSSented the man but since I took to strike-breakiu regular, 1 don't take interest an, more. I'm just here to-day and gons tomorrow"
 Do you mean to say that you make business of going around and work ing as strike-breaker?" asked John an unexplainable feeling of disgust growing in his breast
 You're on, cully," responded the other
 That's a kind of mean, uneasy sort of job. should think" John observed after some thought, as he crouched over his work
 You bet I like it." the fellow said. There's plenty of excitement-gener. ally a little doing in the rough-house way, too, and since 1 got out of my cradle always would run straight into trouble. See that scar there," and he pointed to long, ragged line in the edge of his hair; that's where a bull let grazed me in the Troy stove strike. That was near fifteen years ago. No tice bum shutter on one of my lamps, don't you? That's where I was chopped with a brick Wouldn't think that, would you? Well, sir, a guy chopped my face all up once with a broken brick, just held 1t in his hand and made hamburg steak of my mug. But say, I croaked that bloke with couplin' pin. That was out West. l did five years in Saltwater for that, too, blame the luck,"
 Do you mean to say" John queried in amazement, that you have for a long time been a professional strike breaker?"
 Well, not always a strike-breaker I've always liked to mix fin these things. Sometimes I was on one side and sometimes I was on the other But late years, since strikebreaking has got to be a regular business, have always been on the side of the bosses. have all the fun used to have. and the pay is better"
 How better?" inquired John inno- gently.
 What do you get for doing this days work partner?" asked the man by way of reply.
 Three and a quarter" answered John, 'and I earn it.'
 You bet you do, cully," said the man, "and get eight dollars for doin' the same"
 "wha-what!" gasped John in aston ishment.
 q get eight dollars a day for strike breal1in' in case like this
 Are you telling me the truth?" snarled John fiercely.
 Ask any of the boys" said the fel- low, smiling at the effect of his words. T belong to Beale's agency. drew four dollars a day for staying on call. When he is to break strike, we get from eight to twelve. and have had twenty. It's according to how danger ous a strike Is. This one right herell pay twenty before we get through it. It's too unanimous. Them fellows have got this strike won If it wasn't for us. Why in blazes a man like you didn't go out Is more than l can sec. If 1t wasn't for a few of you dubs workin' the first few days the bosses would have give up at once. l never did see 0 strike that was perfectly unanimous that didn't win from the start, and you can take it from us strike-breakers that there never was a strike won by professionals, if lot of weak-kneed, boss-lovin' dubs didn't stay on and help us. They're the ones to get kicked in the neck, too, when the strike is settled, for the great, main body of workers Is what the boss has to consider, and they're the strik- CTS. The bosses have got whole lot more respect for striker than they have for a scab." c For few minutes the mans tongue had run on like clapper, while he squatted over bis work, not noticing that John sat upon his heels, his hands l gripping the corners of the cope, the 1 eyes almost starting out of his smoke blackened face.
 Did 1 hear you right?" asked John. You say you come in here and get eight dollars day for what I've been l doing for three dollars and twenty | five cents, and that the company's pay. ing all these men here eight dollars | to hold the pace until the men are starved out and whipped, and then compel them to come back at the old wages and hours. Eight dollars a day for moidlng, while we get three and a quarterf"
 We ain't paid for moldin'." said the man. "We're paid for breakin' the strike" ,
 Flight dollars day?"
 Yep" grunted the strike-breaker fixing a key under clamp. As they talked they had superimposed the up per part of the flask upon the drag. or lower part of it, and made all fast and ready for the pour.
 A powerful resolution was forming in the mind of John Martin as he l slowly rose to his feet and straight ened himself to his full height
 Flight dollars day" he muttered and stood looking down at the finished mold. Mechanically he felt for the handle of great sledge-hammel standing near, found 1t, and his mus cies grew tense as, with all ths strength of coiled springs winding uD the sledge turned in the air and came crashing down through cope ant drag, through pattern and core, leav ing of the work of the day hopeles:
 What did you do that for?' screamed the foreman, who saw tb' act. Are you crazy? What did yo' do it for?'
 "Fight dollars a day" answered John hotly. in defiant, emphatic tones as he started for his coat and dinne' pail - |. front of him. Where are you going