Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-07-07
WhoPays?
Story No. II
oil and Tyranny
By EDWIN BLISS
Copyright 1915. by Patio Ex-
change. Inc. All moving picture
rights and all foreign copyrights
strictly reserved. Shown at the Vic
tor each Saturday,
Continued From Yesterday
Continued From Yesterday

And Laura. while entering into the
4 Eayety about her, vet found her mind
i frequently wandering away from her
4 surroundings. found herself constantly
trying to concentrate on the answer
She was so soon To give Perry.
And then he came to greet her Lonc
and fondly he sazed into her eyes and
& unconscious OF her surroundings she
let him hold her hand longer than was
strictly necessary.
Quietly her father stepped up to
where they stood.
Friends" hc said. u wish to an
nouncc the engagement OF my dauGh-
ter Laura TO Ferry Travis"
The confused laugh and the pretty
bushes that mautlsd her checks, chas-
Ing themselves in tclltale profusion up
TO the Very roots OF her wavy hair,
her fathers words had not displeased
her. Perry had his answer.
Just then. as if the fates were 10th
that happiness should reign supreme,
there came an interruption. While the
guests were crowding UP and about
Laura the women kissing her and the
men showcring CONGRATULATIONS upon
her the servants were trying 10 keep
committee OF workmen from entering
at the gate.
Tim Shand was at their head-Tim
the fiery-Tim the eloquent. For weeks
weeks there had been turmoil and
strife. For weeks there had been star
walton in the homes Of the strikers
. and restitution among the children of
the workingmen. Ever since the
trouble between Snyder ana lIurd the
discomfort OF tho mon had grown. And
then had come the last straw-the or
der given by Powers and enforced by
Snyder-au order working the men an
hour longer each day and all day sun
day without extra pay. Even snyder,
tyrannical as he was known TO be, had
protested slightly AZ the lates, out
rage.
THE menll never stand it," ne had
said.
Times are hard and it must he done"
Powers had answered.
The men will strike" Snyder had
ventured
Then we will get Others" the mil
lionaire had answered.
And so, going from group TO group
Snyder had driven them harder, had
shouted tho new orders at them, had
sought to coerce them into submission
by a volley OF flthy oaths.
Even the worm will turn, they say
and hungry. underpaid stevcdores are
less patient than the earth gru5bing
insect There were murmurs OF shy
der's orders and open rebellion at his
language. Just how it started nobody
.eemed to know just who began it
doesn't matter. Suffice TO say that
leaderless rs tho men were, impelled
by common instinct. they had sud
denly rushed the rouEh-tongucd fore
man and had thrown him of the dock
into the water. Then had come the
march 10 the Office. the demand for
better pay. the changing of the gate
the call for the police--and the strike
OF all this not word had reached
Laura OF all this not whisper, not
suggestion had found it's way be-
hind the beautiful vinc-covered stone
wall that surrounded the Powers es-
tate. Not syllable had been per-
mittcd TO disturb the peace ana ser
entity OF the milliona!rc's palatial resi-
demee. and probably never would have.
II the men. A. an opcn-air meeting on
the afternoon OF Laura's party, had
not appointed Tom Shand the head OF
a committee 20 place their grievances
before the millionaire.
we can never get 10 him ~ his
office. We Will see him at his home -
Tim had shouted
And 80 1t ha!renedcas We have seen.
that the ro!lSR .coated men. with tho
stubble OF weeks growth of beard
on their ch!ns, had showed the serv-