The Irish standard., 1916-09-16

Ing special dcputy's stars, and man
In police uniform were dragging Ma
than Ashby from his Office.
"Orders," the policeman told Jim
when for an instant Nathan Ashby
was quiet-"orders from Chicago. as
I've tried to explain to him, sir
There's the deuce to pay there, sir!
Thcre'll be martial law by night if the
riots keep up. They've arrested lot
of men-one of them named lIonlan.
who had a good deal to do with your
father yesterday afternoon. Orders
are to arrest and hold for examination
every one Homan saw, so we're doing
1t. That's all there is to it, and you
nor no one can do anything different
about it till we get different orders
from Chicago"
Jim went with his father to the pc.
lice station, where the cells already
were full Of men and boys taken that
morning. The police, booking Nathan
Ashby under the charge Of conspiracy
against the safety Of the state, thrust
him with two others into a cell. Jim.
able to do nothing then, went back to
the factory. Smoke was still coming
from the chimney, but all work inside
was stopped, and the worEmcn We're
leaving the building.
"What's the matter?' Jim demanded
Of Drayton, the superintendent.
"Look ut thesew Drayton cried, shov.
ing at Jim sheaf Of kilograms.
"They've been coming in all morning
as fast as the wires could carry them
and some by telephone too. Cancclla.
tions-all cancellations! We'd almost
cleared the boards, you know. to start
work on the automobile parts for De.
troit. That was cancelled at . o'clock.
and everything else we're working on
has followed. The conntry's pamlyzcd,
tell you. They're shutting down CIV
crything everywhere. That's some of
the trouble in Chicago, | understand:
they're turning OF people by the tens
of thousands there and everywhere
And stocks! Lord. they never dared
open the exchanges! But the banks"
Drayton stopped hclplcssly. "oh, its
terrible. nnd it's only begun"
Portcntous things were happening
portcntous without parallel even IN the
terrible twelve days" Of July and An,
gust, 1911. Then the whole world
knowing little OF the methods and
means Of modern destruction. WIS par
alsZcd as to normal industry and pal
sled to all new enterprise except the
awful obscsson of war. AMI now the
world knew that war meant for the
invaded nation destruction and ruin
OH Il scale nnlrcamed of before; ulSn
In 1911 the world knew that the pow
crs opposed were 50 equal that neither
alliance might work its will upon the
other, but now in 1917. upon the ncu
trail exchanges of Europe. American
sccurit ics--thc standard" securities
Of 81 few months before were uhlitrr
atc1 rs things of vnl,ir. anl IN Amer
lea cvrryM here men displayed their
tcrrors of the future. R".nrc noon.
when Il moratorium waS declared IN
every state in the Union. credit had
ceased to exist. The men and women
who had awakened to Il morning of
amazcmcnt before news office and bul,
lctin bonru crushed to the banks tu
withdraw their money, hut they clam.
| ored usclcss,y IN the streets and beat
npon doors which were closed ana
barred And businesses except the
trade in The supply Of the barcSt daily
necessities ANA the manufacture of
arms and munitions of war-- was dead.
The capitol cric.l to the country for
aid. IA million men between sunrise
| and snnsct'--tllc million men who, as
the country had been told TO believe.
would ward oft all disaster. And IN
that day the country pledged to the
capitol more than 800 600 mon, a rec.
ord for voluntary enlistment under any
similar conditions, and. with the mil
lion soon to be assured, the country
called to the capitol now for tho pro.
lection promised II the volunteers came
forward
So in the cabinet room ut the capitol
the chief OF stnff--his name was Stone