New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-09-27

same time reproaehing him for refus-
Ing TO help his former fellow laborers.
Upon this he Informed her that he had
nothing further to say on the subject,
which statement she could not but
consider dismissal
The strike continued, the mills were
Idle, the operatives suffered, One day
Mary Boyd, one of the hands, girl of
twenty, visited Bryan In his Office and
said to him:
Mr.. Bryan, some Of the children
are literally starving. II the strike IL
not soon ended there VIII be many
deaths among them"
IF 14grant the Demands" replied
the general manager II shall be doing
the operatives an injury <s.::l,
Why so =: =,
I have refused to answer that cues
ton to others, but I will answer it to
yQu On your promise not to reveal It"
q promise ~ ,..e.e.;,..,.s
Yerye well. We are barely making
the dividends. and 30 far as we can
look ahead win run behind on the
next seasons manufactures, and there
VIII llll4 be DO dtvtdends at gall. a trust
has been formed to produce our goods,
and their policy Is to shut down half
OF the mills they can get into II. they
are: now scheming to get possession Of
these works, and as soon. as they, do
win discharge every. operative. Parties
who bold the majority ,of; the stock
are Debating whether to sell the con
troll to the trust or. hold on, hoping Tor
:; change IN the market for our manu-.
factmea. II they sen the wages you
have all been getting wm be lost to-
you. Is It not better to keep what you
have than get little more for q time,
then lose the whole r - y .,si.t@
II understand 2 said Mary, '.but since
you shave sealed my. lips; what am Il
TO- dor. - ..:..::..st1. 2..:.. ..fss 81.
Only one thing IS practicable, ten
the leaders that you have seen me-,
that you have confidence am doing
the best for the operatives as well as
ZOE tia company s.s;s.s Il. yr Is
: 'They Will not believe me: At any
rate they WIN not withdraw their de-
mands."
They win believe anything you say
to them; that is they Will believe that
you have confidence IN me-"
ri you could tell them what you
have told me, they would withdraw
their demands for the present. m: ),
Il could not tell them all, and those
who have engineered this matter do
not happen to have my confidence.
They would consider what told them
a bluff and would not keep the secret"
Bryan went to the safe, opened 1t,
and took outsa- package Of bank bills.
Take this he said, "and make it
go-as Tar as you can in relieving dis
tress, but do not tell that it comes
from me-"
II wish,"' said Mary, that they knew
you as well as I. They would do any
thing you ask
Il believe they will do anything you
ask"
why do you say that?'
Because they know you to be
noble GIRL"
Whether there was something In the
tone Of voice in which these words
were spoken or the look that accom-
panied them slight color came to
Mary's cheek. She was child when
Bryan was passing from the work
mans bench to the mahogany desk, but
she had known him in both spheres,
and he had been her idol Without
another word she left him, resolved to
make strong effort to utilize her per
sonal influence over the men to induce
them to withdraw, for time at least,
demands that would deprive them of
ability to make living through the
Pollard Manufacturing company.
She began at once, ignoring the lead
ers Of the strike, making her appeal to
certain conservative persons whom
she knew to be friendly to the general
superintendent. She told them that he
had convinced her that in refusing
their demands he was acting in their
best interest. She begged them to call
off the strike and wait for more
favorable opportunity to make another
demand, assuring them that when it
was best he would favor them.
The persons to whom she appealed
talked with others, and they with 9th
ers. Without their leaders sanction they
called meeting, and Mary addressed
them, repeating to the many what she
had said to the few. When she had
finished there was protracted talk,
the operatives gathering In groups and
debating whether, first, to trust the
speaker, and, second, the man she rep
resented Before the final adjourn
ment the meeting was called to order
and resolution was offered:
Whereas, we have implicit trust in our
former fellow workman, John Bryan, and
our companion. Mary Boyd, therefore re-
solved that we who constitute this meet
Ing return to work at once.
More than half the operatives Of the
company were present, and seven