Arizona republican., 1912-02-27


 was saying. The bosses have granted everything-eUcrything," The even
 ness was all gone from his voice. It. | vibrant tones were leaping outward and upward in magnificent crescendos
 "Everything," he shouted. Every thing-Rec00HitiOn Of tue aHiOn,- | Wages !-HOHrS'- rS'-COnditionS! Snatching a paper from his pocket
 he waved 1t before them. Here's the scale" he shouted. They signed it
 half an hour ago. It's fixed for three years-three yedrSr' His voice rang
 out exultantly.
 And then the men woke up. With a
 roar like the voice of Niagara and a movement like thousand human springs uncoiled at once. they leaped to their feet They flung hats and caps in the air. They stamped They climbed upon chairs. They screamed like madmen. They hugged each other. They laughed and wept They waltzed. They waved their arms. They yelled themselves hoarse. Cheer after cheer was lifted. The men upon the plat form leaped up and pressed round Me kichnie reached for the document Mar tin was waving. He and Kaufman scanned it and were convinced. Some of the men tottered and sat down. weak with joy. Some rushed about the hall. Some dashed out of the building and ran like madmen for their homes.
 In the street the cry was raised.
 The strike is ended," The long. echoing pean fioated upon the air: We wini We wini We win,"
 What is 1t that brings a woman near. as if by instinct, in the great crisis of mans life. Suddenly one appeared. lodging eXcitedly amid the whirling throng. Her face was flushed with run ming Wisps of chestnut hair had broken away and swept the scarlet spots upon her cheeks. Her dress was cheap and poor. but clung to her hurry ing figure with a kind of grace that was attractive. That indescribable charm with which love may invest a face that IS plain and care-marked was hers. John swooped down with his strong arms, and lifted her up.
 "Johni John," she exclaimed. kiss ing him rapturously. You won it, and you won it SqHdret'
 You bet, Jennie" he responded. proudly, returning her kisses with frank Susto, and the honest look of ab- solute sincerity. "How's Jack and Tommie?"
 Fine" she answered.
 But the men were crowding round again.
 How'd you do it, Jack?" asked Me kichnie, with honest admiration. un- chagrined in the joy of victory no mat ter how near he had come to commit ting the men to a grievous mistake.
 T just went up to Chicago, put in bid and grabbed off that big canal con tract myself he answered, laughing with excitement and sheer joy Say. they was the maddest bunch of hornets you ever saw in your life. I had as good a right to bid as any'of 'em, and take my chance on sublettin'. which was what they was goin' to do. Had my bondsmen right ready too and they couldn't say a word. Besides, they calned down considerable when they found I was willin' to turn over the whole contract to them if they'd agree to recognize the unions and sign our scale for three years. They pow wOw'd a lot on the train comin' down. but finally they fell over their selves to sign up"
 But you had to have a certified | check for fifteen thousand 10 accom- | pany your bid"
 ''I had it." answered Martin, with | glowing smile of self-satisfaction, while | the round and wondering eyes of the | men grew rounder and more wonder | ing still.
 Outside, the block in front of union | headquarters was filled with wildly | jubilant men, from curb to curb. On | the nearest cross street a motor car with two men in it had been stopped | by the press of pedestrians. One of the men was MedTos. of Medros, Scan Ian 6 Co., who were to have put in the bid. The other was Lafferty. Medros was grumpily reciting the events of the day.
 "So that's what he took our fifteen thousand for" snarled the crestfallen Lafferty. ito accompany his bid against us for the contract. I thought that bloke was doin' an awful lot of thinl;in' when I was explaining the canal deal 10 him. But the bond," he gasped after a moment of further reflection. How in blazes did he get the surety to agree to go on his bond?"
 Just talked 'em into it, I guess. same as he does everybody he goes up against I even heard since I got back 10 town that he talked old Fritz Krei- ter into lending him eight thousand dollars to meet his payroll with yes erday Come to think, I reckon Fritz 1 must have helped him with the bond ing companies. That Dutchman is more of an old woman than he is a banker, if fellow just happens to get Inder his vest right, you know"
 Lafferty showed disconsolately at the end of an unlighted cigar. And he's lone us out of the fifteen thousand" le mumbled. Darned if I see, though. now the fellow can be crooked and straight at the same time"
 "Oh, he stung you like bunch of )ees," sneered Medros.
 At this stage of the conversation Martin appeared from the stairway of he hall, borne on the shoulders of en- huSiastic men. He was protesting but yielding somewhat o the hilarious spirit that had broken ut, naturally enough, with the news of he victory. From his elevated posi- ion he made out the occupants of the motor car and when the occasion al- owed, slipped to the ground and made