The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-03-15

pelng hold In san Francisco. n row
was started by Express Drivers Union
No. g27 over the handling Of a small
heap OF baggage at Ferry Building 4
Few heads were broken. score of ar.
rests made. and the baggage was de.
livored. No one would have guessed
that behind this petty wranglo was
the fine Irish hand Of Hogan. made
potent by the Klondike gold of Burn.
Ing Daylight II was an insignificant
anair at best-or 40 II seemed Hut
tho Transfers Union took up the
quarrel. backed by the whole Water
Front Federation. Step by step. the
strike became involved. A refusal Of
cooks and walters TO serve scab team.
stors or transfers employers
brought out tho cooks and walters.
The butchers and meat cutters refused
to handle meat destined for unfair
restaurants. Tho combined Employ.
ors' Associations put up u solid front.
and found facing them the 10000 or.
ganlzed laborors Of san Francisco
The restaurant bakers and the bakery
wagon drivers struck. followed by the
mixers. milk drivers and chicken
pickcrs. The building trades asserted
It's position In unnmblguous terms, and
all san Francisco was In turmoil
hut stlll II was only san Francisco
llogan's intrlgues were mnsterly. and
Dayllghts campaign steadily devol.
oped. The powerful fighting organl.
zatlon known M the Pacific Slope sea.
mans Union refused to work vessels
the cnrgoos Of which we're 20 be
handled by scab longshorcmcn and
freight handlers. The union presented
It's ultlmatum, and then called strike
This had been Daylights objective all
the time. Every incoming coastwifo
vessel was boarded by the union OH.
cials and It's crew sent ashore. And
with the scamcn went the iiremon. the
engineers and the sea cooks and
walters. Daily the number Of idle
steamers increased. II was impossl.
bic TO get scab crews. for the men OF
the Seamen's Union were fighters
trained In the hard school OF the sea,
and when they went out II meant
blood and death 10 scabs. This phase
OF the strike spread up and down the
entire Pacific coast. until all the ports
we're filled with idle ships. and sea
transportation was at standstlll. The
days and weeks dragged out and the
strike held. The Coastwise Steam
Navigation Company and the Hawaii.
an. Nicaraguan. and Pacific. Mexican
Steamship Company were tied up com,
plotely. The expenses Of combating
tho strike were tremendous. and they
were earning nothing. while daily the
situation went from bad TO worse. un.
III peace at any price" became the
cry. And stlll there was no peace,
until Daylight and his allies played out
their hand. rakcd In the winnings. and
allowed a goodly portion OF n cont.
nent to resume business
Daylights coming TO civilization had
not improved him. True. he wore
better clothes. had learned slightly
better manners. and spoke better Eng.
fish Hut he had hardened. and NJ tho
expense Of his old.tlmc. wholosouled
genlallty, Even his human Affiliations
were descending Playing lone hand
contemptuons Of most Of the men with
whom he played, lacking In sympathy
or understanding Of them. and certain.
~ Independent Of them. he found NJ.
tie In common with those to be en-.
countered, say NJ the Alta. Pacific. In
point Of fact when tho battle with the
steamship companies was al It's height
and his raid was lnnlctlng lncnlcnla.
BILE damage on all business interests.
he had been asked TO resign from the
Alin'Paciflc, The idea had been rath.
or TO his liking and he had found new
quarters In clubs like the Riverside
organized and practically maintained
by the city bosses
one weekend, feeling heavy and do.
pressed and tired Of the city and fla
ways he obeyod the Impulse Of
whim that was later TO play an impor
tant part In his life. The desire TO
get ont OF the city for Whit OF coun.
try air and for a change Of scene was
the cause. Yet, 10 himself he mnde
the excuse OF going 10 Glen Ellen for
the purpose Of inspecting a brlckyard
which Holdsworthy had sold him lie
spent the night in the little country
hotel. and on Sunday morning. astride
saddle horse rented from the Glen
Ellen butcher, rode out OF the village.
The brickyard was close at hand on
the fiat beside the sonoma Creek.
Resolving to have his fun first. and
10 look over the brlckyard afterward,
he rode up the hill. prospecting for a
way cross country TO get TO the
knolls He left the country road nj
the first gate he came TO and cantered
through a bayfield,. The grain was
waisthigh on either side the wagon.
road, and he shifted the warm aroma
Of II with delighted nostrils. Al the
base OF the knobs he encountered a
tumble'down stakeand.rlder fence.
lie tethered the horse and wan.
dered on foot among the knobs. Their
tops were crowned with century.old
spruce trees, and their sides clothed
with oaks and madronos and native
holly. But 10 the perfect redwoods be.
'Jnged the small but deep canyon that