The Red Cloud chief., 1912-01-18

was started by Express Drivers Union
NO. 1921 over the handling OF a small
heap OF baggage at Ferry building A
lew heads were broken, a score of ar
rests made. and the baggage was de
HNored. No one would have guessed
mat behind this petit, wrangle was
the fine Irish hand Of iIegan made
potent by the Klundikc gold Of Burn
lng Daylight. II was an insignificant
aNalr at bcst-or SO II seemed Bur
the Ieamster5' Union took up the
Huafrel, backed br the whole Water
Front Federation. Step by step. the
Strike became involved A refusal of
COOKS and walters to serve scab team
sters or teamStprs' EMPLOYERS
brought ont the cooks and walters
The butchers and meat cutters refused
10 handle meat destined tor unfair
restaurants. The combined Employ
ers' Associations put up a solid front
ana found facing them the 10000 or
sanized laborers of San Francisco
lhe restaurant bakers and the bakery
wagon drivers struck followed by the
mixers, milk drivers and chicken
pickers. The building trades asserted
us position in unambiguous terms. and
all San Francisco was In turmoil
But still. 1t was only San Francisco
legans intrigues were mastery. and
Daylights campaign steadily dev.i
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 ultimatum, and then called a strike
This had been Daylight's objective all
the time. Every incoming coastwise
vessel was boarded by the union oiR
cials and its crew sent ashore And
with the seamen went the tremen, the
engineers and the sea cooks and
walters. Daily the number OF idle
steamers increased. II was impossi.
bic 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 II 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 standstill The
days and weeks dragged out, and the
strike held The Coastwise Steam
Navigation Company and the Hawaii.
an. NlcaraGuan, and Pacific. Mexican
steamship Company were tied up com.
plotely. 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 goodly portion of a CONT.
nent 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
were descending, Playing 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 l;t.
| tie In common with those to be en-
countered, say at the Alta. Pacific. In
point OF fact. when tho battle with the
steamship companies was at its height
and his raid was ipflicting incalcula-
BILE damage on all business interests,
hnnn IN
Alta'Pacifc, The idea had been rath.
er 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
whim that was later to play an impor.
tant part In his life. The desire to
get out of the city for whiff of 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 purpose Of inspecting a brickyard
which Holdsworthy had sold him He
spent the night In the little country
hotel, and on Sunday morning, astride
a saddle horse rented from the Glen
Ellen butcher rode out of the village.
The brickyard 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
way cross country to get to the
knolls. He left the country road at
the first gate he came to and cantered
! through bayfield,. The grain was
waist'high on either side the wagon.
road, and he shifted the warm aroma
of 1t with delighted nostrils. At the
base OF the knolls he encountered a
tumbledown stake-and.rider fence.
He tethered the horse and wan.
dered on foot among the knolls. Their
tops were crowned with century.od
spruce trees, and their sides clothed
with oaks and madronos and native
holly. But to the perfect redwoods be.