Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1912-10-03

Bungalows at MEMO Park" He Com
muned Aloud.
zation known as the Pacific Slope Sea-
mans Union refused to work vessels
the cargoes of which were to be
handled by scab longshoremen and
freight handlers. The rnion presented
its ultimatum, and then called a strike.
This had been Daylight's objective all
the time. Every incoming coastwise
vessel was boarded by the union Off
cials and its crew sent ashore. And
with the seamen went the flremen, the
engineers and the sea cooks and
walters. Daily the ,auifbss of Ids
steamers ircreased. 1t was impossi-
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 1t meant
blood and death to scabs. This phase
of the strike spread up and down the
entire Pacific coast, until all the ports
were filled with idle ships, and sea
transportation was at standstill The
days. and weeks dragged out, and the
strike held. The Coastwise Steam
Navigation Company and the Hawaii
an, Nicaraguan, and Pacihc-MeNcap
Steamship Company were tied up com.
pletely. The expenses of combating
the strike were tremendous, and they
we're earning nothing, while daily the
situation went from bad to worse, I'M
til peace at any price" became the
cry. And still there was no peace
until Daylight and his allies played out
their hand, raked In the winnings, and
allowed a goodly portion Of CONT
nent to resume business.
Daylight's coming to civilization had
not improved him. True, he wore
better clothes, had learned slightly
better manners, and spoke better Eng.
fish. But he had hardened, and at the
expense Of his old-time, Hhole-souled
geniality. Even his human Affiliations
were descending. Playing lone hand,
contemptuous Of most OF the men with
whom he played, lacking in sympathy
or understanding of them, and certain
ly Independent Of them, he found lit.
tie in common with those to be en-
countered, say at the Alta.Paciflc. In
point of fact, when the battle with the
steamship companies was at its height
and his raid was inhlcung incalcula-
BILE damage on all business interests,
he had been asked to resign from the
Alta-Paoifc. The idea had been rath-
err 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 de.
pressed and tired Of the city and its
ways, he obeyed the impulse Of a
whim that was later to play an impor.
tant part In his life. The desire to
get out of the city for a Whit of coun.
try air and for a change of scene was
the cause, Yet, TO himself, he made
the excuse of going to Glen Ellen for
the purpose OF inspecting q brickyard
which Holdsworthy had sold him. He
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 briclSyard was close at hand on
the fat beside the sonoma Creek
Resolving TO have his fun first, and
TO look over the briclSyard afterward,
he rode up the hill, prospecting for n
way cross country to get to the
Snolls. He left the country road at
the first gate he came to and cantered
through a bayfield,. The grain was
waist'high on either side the wagon.
road, and he shifted the warm aroma
of 1t with delighted nostrils. At the
base Of the knobs he encountered q
tumble.down stake.and-rider fence.
He tethered the horse and wan.
dered on foot among the knolls. Their
tops were crowned with century.old
spruce trees, and their sides clothed
with oaks and madronos and native
holly. But to the perfect redwoods be,
longsd the small but deep canyon that
threaded its way among the knobs.