The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-01-30
at Sure Beats Country Places and
Bungalows at Menlo Park" He Com
muned Aloud.

cation known as the Pacific Slope Sea-
mans Union refused to work vessels
the cargoes OF which were 10 lie
handled by scab longshoremen and
freight handlers. The union presented
It's ultimatum, and then called strike.
This had been Daylights objective all
the time. Every incoming coastwtse
vessel was boarded by the union Off
Gals and its crew sent ashore. And
with the seamen went the tlremen, the
engineers and the Gasea cooks and
walters. Daily the MHntber Of Idle
steamers increased. II was ilnpossi-
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
were filled with idle ships, and sea
transportation was at a standstill. The
days and weeks dragged out, and the
strike held. The Coastwise Steam
Navigation Company and the Hawaii
an. Nlcaraguan, and Pacllic-MeXican
Steamship Company were tied up COM
pletely. The expenses Of combating
the strike We're tremendous and they
were earning nothing, while Gaily 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
neut 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
lish. But he had hardened, and at the
expense of his old-time, whole.souled
geniality. Even his human affiliations
5were descending. Playing lone hand,
contemptuous Of most Of the men with
whom he played lacking in sympathy
or understanding Of them, and certain
" Independent of them, lie found lit
tie in common with those to be en-
countered. say at the Alta.Pacilic, In
point Of fact, when the battle with the
steamship companies was at its height
and his raid was indicting lncalcula-
BILE damage on all business interests.
he had been asked to resign from the
Alta-Pacifc. 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
within that was later to play an impor.
tant part in his life. The desire 10
get out Of the city for Whit o, coun'
try air and for change OF scene was
the cause. Yet, to himself, he made
the excuse Of going to Glen Ellen for
the purnose Of inspecting brlckyard
which HoldswortIiy had sold him. lie
spent the night in the little country
hotel. and on Sunday morning, astFide
saddle horse rented frUIn the Glen
Ellen butcher, rode out of the village,
TIE brlckyard was close at hand on
the fiat beside the sonoma Creek.
Resolving to have his fun first. and
to look over the Brickyard afterward.
he rode up the hill, prospecting for n
way cross country TO get to the
knolIs. He left the country road at
the first gate he came TO and cNntered
through bayfield,. 1sE grain was