Morgan County republican., 1912-01-04

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with San Francisco furiously about his
ears. thetwo big steamship companies
had all the appearance OF winning II
looked as il Burning Daylight was be
ing beaten slowly to his knees. And
then he struck at the steamship com
NAMES. at San Francisco. at the whole
Pacific coast
It was not much Of blow at first
A Christian Erdeavor convention was
being held in san Francisco. a row
was started by Express Drivers Union
No. e27 over the handling OF a small
heap OF baggage at Ferry Building A
few heads were broken, a score OF ar
rests made. and the baggage was de
livered 40 oHe would have guessed
that behind lis petit, wrangle was
the fine Irish hand Of Hegan made
potent By the Klondike gold Of Burn
ing Daylight II was an insignificant
affair at best--Or so 1t seemed. But
the Teamsters Union took up the
quarrel, backed by the whole Water
Front Federation Step by step. the
strike became involved A refusal OF
cooks and waters to serve scab team
sters or teamsters' employers
brought out the cooks and walters
The butchers and meat cutters refused
TO handle meat destined for unfair
restaurants The combined Employ
ers' Associations put up solid front
and found facing them the 10000 or
ganized iaborers of San Francisco
The restaurant bakers and the bakery
wagon drivers struck. followed by the
mixers, milk drivers and chicken
pickers The building trades asserted
its position in unambiguous terms. and
all San Francisco was in turmoil
But still, Il was only San Francisco
Hegan's intr.gues were mastery, and
Daylight's campaign steadily devel
oped The powerful fighting organi
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 union presented
its utimatum. and then called a strike
This had been Daylight's objective all
the time. Every incoming coastwise
vessel was boarded by the union ot!l.
cials and It's crew sent ashore And
with the seamen went the firemen. the
engineers and the sea cooks and
walters. Daily the number Of idle
steamers Increased 1t was impossi
Bile 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 It meant
blood and death to 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 standstill. 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.
pletely The expenses OF combating
the strike we're tremendous. and they
were earning nothing while daily the
situation went from bad to worse. un.
I'll 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 a cont.
| nent to resume business
Day'ights coming TO civilization had
not improved him True. he wore
better clothes, had learned slightly
better manners. and spoke better Eng.
lish, But he had hardened. and at the
expense Of his old-time, whole-souled
geniality. Even his human Affiliations
were descending Playing a 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 1T
tie In common with those to be en-
countered. say at the Alta Pacific. Ir
point OF fact. when the battle with the
steamship companies was at It's heigh
and his raid was inhicting incalcula
BILE damage on all business interests
he had been asked TO resign from tn,
Alta.Pacihc. The idea had been rath
er to his liking. and he had found new
quarters In clubs like the Riverside
organized and practically maintaine,
by the city bosses,
One weekend, feeling heavy and dc
pressed and tired Of the city and II
ways. he obeyed the impulse Of
whim that was later to play an impo,
tant part in his life. The desire I
get out OF the city for whifY of cour
try air and for change of scene wa
the cause. Yet. to himself. he mad
the excuse Of going to Glen Ellen ia
| the purpose Of inspecting n brickyar
| which Holdsworthy had sold him. H
| spent the night in the little countr
| hotel, and on Sunday morning, astrid
| saddle horse rented from the Gle
| Ellen butcher, rode out OF the yillag