The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-02-21
CHAPTER xI.

Daylight was In the thick of hia
spectacular and intensely bitter flght
with the Coastwise Steam Navigation
Company. and the Hawaiian. Mica.
raguan. and PaciAc-Mexican Steam.
chip Company. He stirred up a big.
ser muss than he had Anticipated,
and even he was astounded at the
wide ramifications of the struggle and
at the unexpected and incongruous In.
terests that were drawn into it. Every
newspaper In San Francisco turned
upon him. Ii was true, one or two OF
them had first intimated that they
were open to subsldixation, but Day.
lights Judgment was that the situa.
tion did not warrant such expenditure.
Up to this time the press had been
amusinsly tolerant and good-naturedly
sensatfona! about him. but now he was
to learn what virulent scurrilousness
an antagonised press was capable OF.
Every episode Of his life was resur.
rected to serve as foundations for ma,
licious fabrications. Daylight was
frankly amazed at the new interpre-
tation put upon all that he had &C.
complished and the deeds he had
done. From an Alaskan hero he was
metamorphosed into an Alaskan
bully. liar. despsrado, and allaround
bad man" The whole affair sank to
the deeper deeps of rancor and savage
ness. The poor woman who had killed
herself was dragged out Of her grave
and paraded on thousands of reams
OF paper al a martyr and a victim to
paylisht's ferocious brutality.
He was like big bear raiding q
beehive. and. regardless Of the stings,
he obstinately persisted in paving for
the honey. He gritted his teeth and
struck back. Beginning with q raid on
Two steamship companies, II develop
Cd INTO . pitched battle with a city,
stats and continental coast line. Al.
He'd With him. on q splsndid salary.
with princeay pickings thrown IN, was
Q lawyer. Larry Hegnn. q young Irish
man with q reputation to make, and
whose peculiar genius had been IN
rscognised until Daylight had picked
up With him. 1t was Hsean who guided
Daylight through the intr1cacies q
modern politics. labor organization.
and commercial and corporation law.
II was Heean. prolific Of resource and
su8vestfo0. who opened Dayiight's
stss to undreamsd-of possibilities In
tvsntisthcsntury warfare: and II was
Daylight. rejecting. accepting. and
celebrating. who planned tho cam.
paisns and prosecuted them. With the
Pacific coast. from Puget Sound TO
Panama, bvssing and humming, and
With Gan Francisco furiously about his
ears. the two big steamship companies
had all the appearance of winning. Il
looked ~ II Burning Daylight was be-
Ing beaten slowly to his knees. And
then he struck--At the steamship com
panies. at San Franz eco, ut the Whole
Pacific coast. na...
II was not much Of q blow at first.
A Christian Endeayor convention was
being held In San Francisco, a row
vas started by Express Drivers Union
NO. 927 over the handling OF a small,
heap OF baggage at Ferry Building. A
Few heads wero broken, q score OF ar.
rests made. and the baggage was de-
livered. No one would have guessed
that behind this petty wrangle was
the fins Irish hand Of Hogan. made
potent by the Klondike gold of Burn.
Ing Daylight. 1t was an insignificant
affair at best--or so 1t seemed. But
the Teamsters' Union took I'D 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
sters or teamsters EMPLOYERS
brought out the cooks and walters.
The butchers and meat cutters refused
10 handle meat destined for unfair
restaurants. The combined Employ.
ers Associations put up a solid front,
and found facing them the 10000 Or
ganized laborers OF San Francisco.
The restaurant bakers and the bakery
wagon drivers struck. followed by the
mixers. milk drivers and chicken
Nckers. The building trades asserted
Its position In unambiguous terms. and
all San Francisco was In turmoil
But still. At was only Ban Francisco.
Hegans intrigues were mastery, and
Daylights campaign steadily devel.
oped. The powerful lighting organi.
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