The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-07-14

with a manner If nervous pumpuSity.
Miss Claiming ="
yes. Mr.. Ec-tram?"
Permit n. TO make one last effort
To influence YOU. There's bound to be-
serious trouble a. soon as the strike
breakers 70, here. We can hold them
of till n.ghrfaU. with the men We
hav,-rerhupS. After dark almost
ANYTHING NAV Lappen. That attempt
10 blow uS up this morning. in broad
daylight. ought to convince you that
We have only the worst To fear"
And 50 You want nv permission to
telegraph the governor To call out the
militiaT"
.Such i nv earnest advice, Miss
Charming"
The girl shook her head with deter
mipation.
Il won't hermit that. It's wrong. 1t
meanS-in one word-war. II means
civil war. 1t means bloodshed. pos
sihIv rnsuSIouobtar tho killing of men
wholly uninterested in this private
quarrel het,yeen ChonniurS and its en-
nIovees We must find some other
way 70 cone with the situation without
going m sucb extremes"
Rertram. his counrenance dark with
forehoJinr. rave I'D the attempt to
nersuade the girl rs homeless, and
r,i,bour moro words moved AWAY.
"How can tbe men be 50 unreason-
abIe?" Parria complained why won't
they come 10 rs and state their griev-
onces7 We've ALWAYS treated them
fairly II they'd only give US a
chance"
"Tbev're nor unreasonable" Donald
answered "Tbav're mislad. Unscru-
nrIous leaders srhorned nv Raron HUI
rolf and his Iot bova blinded them 70
tbair host interests. II we could only
GOT Of tba mon themselves"
, potria nodded inrentIv. I'm sure
couId influence them l won
, dor
Without WARNING tho hmm of the
,pob in Powder Town rose TO a high dis
, co-dopca = cIomor of angry Wells. Not
ono of those about the gates but was
= STARTLED though all had heen momen-
: ,o-iIy opticinotipo sonething of the
| SORT They consulted one another with
: apvious owes
"uara they come ot last" Parr an.
: nopnced Now for the music"
1 Over tha crest of n little hill that
. stood bo,vaan powder Town and the
n Cbornirrs' mills urDearrd n mntorcar
Z running ~ high sneod-a car loaded n
1 rho uruir of IFS canocitv with strike
breakers and carving armed guards
; on the running boards rs well as in
n the seat beside the driver.
p simultaneously the uproar of the
L d!Safrected drew perceptibly nearer.
i Dashinc directly for the gates, il
$ swept through them almost without
SIackening speed. then pulled III smart
!. " in the yards. and discharged its oc
: cunantS.
:, Following it in close succession came
:. another ear similarly laden. and anoth
: er and auother-a long proceSSitn 81
: motorcars 10 the number Of Somethiu.
: more than twenty.
= The fifth had barely swung up Owe
: the hilltop when the vanguard Of tn
: strikers appeared in purSuit-a diSor
!. DERBY cloud Of Infatuated worhin@mrn
= running clumSily over the ROADSIDE
= fields, pauSin@ only 10 pick up ana hur
: ClOds of earth and stones ar the speed
ing automobiles. Few OF these missile
D reached their mark, none did damage
p all were ignored by both guards ant
! strike breakers. But by the time III
:. last car was safely within the gates.
!, sullen and venSeful multitude had as
/ sembled in the open spaces before IN
. factory, a mob that wanted only
! leader TO incite 1t to storm the 5uiid
: lngS. IFS temper patiently demonstrate
: by scattering or revolver ShotS iron
lis midst puhctuaung an almost con
l tlnuous night OF stones that rattie'
: against the renee OF lell INSIDE III
D yard.
Long before tllS bohalu anu Der
! tram had hurried fatrla INTO Sheitei
ana leaNlhs her as they tnought saieI'
GiSposeu VI Ior liie tiIiIe ueihs' i'"'
turned tileir ''tentlon u st"'IolilnS III
,.o,,,,1 .bo ;-,i5a Of tho fsncao rIot
= form inst high enough to permit Il maj