The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-12-16

eerain age With the rompierioa A.
trribed o. sandy ami the old blue eve
that goes slfh courage lie ana hold
inE n hair sfrh % dynamite Uffh
primer attached aud addrssstne Iohn
Nartin-ME "a al BE- uas arsction-
sfely called BY the twelve hundred
meial Sorkera sho had been on strike
Tor better conditiona ln the ahops AMI
~foundnes 81 Rorkp1rt during a weary
hfe months Martin sas a member ~
ths Executive Or STRIKE Committee
n Orrick vas a SOY Zach dsv be
WORKED a. a strike breaker In me
Rorkport Foundry. ami 90 play his
part endured the logging Of The pick
eta 70 hon or course he saa com
plete strange and who pursued him
70 and from his boarding place with
argumenta and p-erruaai0ua which
sometimes In their gmp-tuosity cui
minated In = Calling IRE OF h~oiater1ua
bricks A. tho same time OrricE faced
the chance thai some fellow workman
huApecting HE ge~nuinenezE. mIEht try
the acid test n a ladle Of molten metal
spilled doVn he back Of his neck a.
he worked lie was therefore. a man
who dared each day a double dole %
danger, one OF those hardened souls
whose daily hazard was his daily
|nI|
President Boian ~ the Molders Local
having an especially delicate AMI dan
Eerous duty 90 be discharged. should
commit II 10 the iron ncrycd Orrirh
Just now Bolan. Martin and the rest
we're In a desperately rayaEe mood
over the discovery 81 a spy upon their
Executive Committee a man no whom
ths most private ~counseis ~ the union
we're not denied. and who. lI appeared.
had mailed each twcntyfour hours
since the strike began "a detailed ~.
port OF all hts ken 10 the Employer
Association N wa while The Presi.
dent % the Moiders Local was sfiil
teething With anger and dismay over
this that. In hour before In this very
room, he had pressed into the hand 81
Orrick the dynamite cartridge which
he had held up before tho asfouish.d
eyes 81 Martin as he entered the room
10 keep an appointment with Bolan
Fol two months the Rockport Ma
chino and Foundry Company had been
iAboriously preparing Tor the casting
OF a huge low pressure cylinder. one OF
the most dincult aud complicated
pieces OF work ever undertaken 10 the
foundry. Twice before they had c1m
pleted such a contract sgrrossfuUy
But that was In tho davs 90 Industrial
peace when John Martin. "a molIer OF
the highest skill and the most unaag
FinS zeal. was the right hand man N
the foreman and really more han ans
other guaranteed the perfect cast
Bolan. with hits spies Bro every shop
keeping all his Information ducts vide
open "a running freely. know about
the big casting end ifs importance to
the foundry. knew that ihr mold was
finished all but fhe lasf touches. and
that tomorrow AZ two the cast would
take place. Hc know that fhr Assist
ant Superintendent % the works had
almost slept with The mold nIEhf and
day. Eeeiuk 10 every detail watching
the laying of every brick and The ram
ming or every handful of sand. the
forming Of M several gates through
which The metal would be- poured from
The great ladies and tbc iudiriouq ar
ransement ~ vents Tor the escape NJ
gases liberated DURING The casting The
Temporary confinement and subsequent
explosion n which wuulI make uHafr
Of the hundreds of hours OF patient ana
expensive labor. fn Say nothing Of tho
blow 10 prestige and consequent loss
OF business which would come from
failure 90 maxi Ihr time dr livery
called for by che contract nolan knew
al this. and knowing I.. bad pressed
the small charge of ayulmI into or
rick's hand. saying
Drop this down "a riser Ir fIa mold
Just before the pour Then stay 20
close when 10 breaks fhey can't suspect
you Of knowing
The placinE Of che cartridge as dI.
rectcd would b. a simple TASK Tor or.
rick a. b. worked about the mold But
beyond Hat complexities hurried ni
some one would be suspected
lot course. explained r.tal "Fou
could apou me mold uifh iasf nj hans
fni Of dirt dropped .n ruf fHrf mirh O.
iook Ike On arrirnf want len fn
knou W. did it huf NOT r frf out Who
to nrf them crazy Win Har on %
tho whole shon rhafU make eu close
down. more than likely D dnr care
hou much thcy suspect ftr r. nf tho
ranE houc they SUSPECT Them aIi.
tuf want you fn ..I.. around %
close they'll never fh.r. fHr kneu
there vas r. uuie sf... of MIRO IN
there
And ret my skin HHrr ss fuu %
holes a. "a buafr. ut n.rauutal
aueric1 Orr'ck drlIt
Likely %assrnfrf rr.an
Pretty blamed .k.E declared Or
r.ck. c~mrhaflcnilr
ON. you'll ee' ava. m i a.
wred Wr'on raa.n. ar. frrr know
ina hoT uuu isr | fH waste words
With a auhorf Irffa e ..u once lr order
o. ciea. Do went OUT
nuf OrrIck Ua. nj t.rr. rrf
an be- was stIl ronlrrIrr % hcme
when Martin entered 0nit ur-..E tar
novel Dob fln u.r.HN arI .ufiug
with bic bands 'n rfe coat Hr one
OF them erHarIuE ODE ""U round