Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-08-29
CHAPTER xI.

Daylight was IN the thick Of his
spectacular and intensely bitter fight
with the Coastwise Steam Navigation
Company, and the Hawaiian, Mica
raguan, and Pacif1c-Mexican Steam
ship Company. He stirred up big
ger muss than he had anticipated.
and even he was astounded at the
wide ramificatfons Of the struggle and
at the unexpected and homogeneous In
terests that were drawn into 1t. Every
newspaper In San Francisco turned
upon him. It was true, one or two Of
them had first intimated that they
were open to subsidization, but Day
lights Judgment was that the sftua-
ton did not warrant such expenditure
Up to this time the press had been
amusingly tolerant and good.nsturedly
sensational about him, but now he was:
to learn what virulent scurrilousness
an antagonized press was capable Of.
Every episode Of his life was resur-
rected to serve as foundations for ma.
l!cfous fabrications. Daylight was
frankly amazed at the new interpre-
tatton put upon all that he had ac-
compNshed and the deeds he had
done From an Alaskan hero he was
metamorphosed into an Alaskan
bully, liar, desperate, and all.around
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 as martyr and a victim to
Daylight's ferocious brutality.
He was like q big bear raiding a
beehive, and, regardless OF the stings,
ne obstinately persisted In paving for
the honey. He gritted his teeth and
struck back. Beginning with q raid on
two steamship companies. II develop
ed into pitched battle with a city,
state and continental coast line. Al
lied with him, on splendid " salary,
with princely Picktngs thrown IN. was
q lawyer. Larry Hogan, q young Irish
man with a reputation to make, and
whose peculiar genius had been I'm.
| recognized until Daylight had picked
| up with him. It was Hogan who guided
Daylight through the intricacies OF
modern politics, labor Organization,
and commercial and corporation law.
It was Hogan, prolific OF resource and
suggestion who B opened Daylight,s
eyes to undreamedof possibilities Ia
Misunderstanding warfare; end II was
Daylight, rejecting. accepting, and
elabcrating who planned the cam.
pAigns and prosecuted them. With the
Pacific coast, from Puget Sound to
Panama, buxking and hnmminE, and
with San Francisco furiouslys about his
ears, the two big steamship companies
had all the appearance Of winning. II
looked az II Burning Daylight was b.
ing beaten slowly to his knees. And
then he struck lat the stsamship com,
panles, ut San Francisco, at the whole
Pacific coastx g 4ss
Il was not much Of : blow at first
\ Christian Endeavor convention was
4 being held In San Francisco, d row
vas started by Express Drivers Union
\ No. e27 over the handling OF small
4 heap Of baggage ct Ferry Building. "A
4 .ew heads were broken, q score Of ar
i tests made, and the baggage was de-
1vered. No one would have guessed
hat behind this petty wrangle was
he tina Irish hand Of Hegan, made
potent BY the Klondike gold Of Burn.
4 ng Daylight. It was m insignificant
lhair at best or SO It seemed. But
l:he Teamsters' Union took up the
quarrel, backed by the whole Water
Front Federation. Step Nv step, the
strike became involved. IA refusal Of
cooks and walters to serve scab team
tiers Or teamsters, employers
brought ont the cooks and HaitAra.
Tho butchers and NEST custers refused
10 handle meat destined for unfair