Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-04

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|5epyrixht, 1910. Mrs. Wilson woodrow.
SYNOPSIS or PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
|SSbIs s,Y Clark. VIII" had been reared IN lux
S!ssar by tn. death and ruin OF his fa th,g!
inositinEn had no training. il. cannot ind a
DsinnlIs which his father had formerly con-
|st,golled. and is turned over to Joe Carr a
IssMepsrtmrnt foreman who Srccts HIN warmly
rapidi$ pro,notea i tails ' IN love %s' w aHH
sfshe returns his love Arncw Graham. ,hs
|Si r,s,, .superintcnd"nt and man OF unsavory
|slsepntation. tries TO prejudice the president
SeRainst Tom. but is unsuccessful. IA he is
Eannn an the mills one rainy evening he meets
tn ,s autSmoeils This is precursor OF many
|H1wi!th Edna. and her head is turned by hi,
|esattentions. Nevertheless. sho refuses -
smarry him. Tom hears ahou, her rides with
L sGraham; reproachcs her and they part in
lsnEeri Tom meets Graham ard they have
sspeatinE for Graham.
Continued from ThursdayD
| Il did my best for YOU, lad" re-
|s5ported tho old man when he had told
Efthe news to Tom and to group OF
stsympathctic workmcn who came over
gsto listen. But it was no use. Ora
Ssham was there, with his face all
S5sw%llen and cut and he kept saying.
ssiAIr. Peltz, either Clark goes or
i@go! 1 told Peltz you were the best
III worker on the floor: hut he stood by
SGrahaIn and"
And guess tho boys will stand
Iby Tom Clark spoke up one Of tho
Sout cause, and that's dead against
your agreement with the company
IS Wen call a meeting for tonight
.Sand-"
Not on my account. begged Tom.
don't want to make any OF you men
CLOSE a days work get in bad with
4Graham for my sake. can find work
ssomewhere. And"
And you'll hnd II right here in
these mills" supplemented Carr, "or
swe'll know tho reason why. Mr.. AZ
ssnow GrahaIn's gone a step too far
this time"
! On the following day committee
of the men formally waited upon Mr..
Peltz in the lnttcr's office. Graham
was there. still hideously disfrured by
! his thrashinr.
! Peltz nodded CURLY 70 the commit
sStee and bado them stutc their errand.
\ The spokesman cleared his throat and
i besan n speech he had carefully re-
hearsed.
mfr. Peltz." said he. I'VE arc here
as delegation of your entire force.
we should be Obliged"
oh, cut out the fpwery language
and come to the point" snapped Ora
slham. Whats your grievance"
The spokesman, still addressing
Peltz. resumed:
\ Thomas Clark was yesterday dis
charged without assigned cause. and
for no reason concerning his work and
conduct here in the mills. We de-
mand, respectfully. that he he rein
stated by or before noon to-day"
And II We rcfuse?" sneered Ora
ham what them
I. Then" retorted tho spok esman.
7 stirred out of his sclf-control by tho
insolent tone; then at noon every man
in these mills will register his pro-
test by walking out--that is final"
Walk out. then" yelled Graham.
!, Strike. if you're fools enough, Not
u man who strikes on account of that
clark blackboard will ever get an
other job here. That's final, too"
Z, us that your decision, TOO, Mr.
sPeltg' asked the spokesman.
1T is replied the president we
intend TO run our mills without dicta.
,tion from our employees"
Clark was unius,iy discharged"
argued the spokesman, land contrary
to section 10 Of our aGrecmen, with
the company. DO you refuse to rein
state him."
y do" srun,ed rol,a; that's my
'u1iimatum.''
I'VE walk out at noon to-day" said
from the Office.
AZ they departed they heard era
ham saytto tho president:
Perhaps, YOU see now why didn't (
like Clarks popularity with tho men
Telegraph 20 Narcl" INTERRUPTED |
Z Peltz. Tell him TO ship us 400 STRIKE |
8 breakers and my. guards Wen see
this thing through. '1mfi Narcl 10 rush
his men her. oil the FIRST possible
train"
u But it was ON" thing to summon
battalion of strikchrcakers ami cutie
another thing to break Il strife a.
Peltz and Graham speedily discovered
The men OF the mills were ncrcelv
lin earnest. They had struck. not only |
%for a man they liked hut in defense
OF a principle. They We're not minded
ito starve while professional hohoca
ana strong arm men got their jobs
wherefore, rs tho guarded strike !
breakers marched up the street toward
the mill from tho railroad station rho
strikers barred their progress RI.
police and the hired guards sought 10
arrive BACK the solid body Of mon who
opposed the s,rikebreakers' march.
stone few; 'h"n another Thcn
guards charged: but The strikers dung
upon their foes with :;
Steady determination that forced them
Ito halt. ''
The air was thick with sto,4e 40,
clubs. Here and there a reyolvar s,,at
syiciously. Hundreds Of men wore en-.
tangled In no-quartcr. hand-to-hand
5conhict.
rs Bit by bit the strikers gained ground
to s sean nAq clark i'nplorsa them
Eistah"' The Law. Their blood wns
mp. were aEhtine for their
thomes. or thcir principles. and thrv