The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-02-10
The Wreckers
Francis Lynde
Continued From Yesterday,

FOLLOWING this talk with itornack
there was a ,ry-out with Billoughby
and Juneman. but as this three
eornered conference was held In
the private room OF the suite.
dont know what was said. A little
farther along. when tho boss was
once more whiting ut the dieta'
ton. MIR. Van Britt strolled In. Mr..
Norcross told me TO take my bunch
Of notes 20 May and then he gave
MIR. Van Britt his inning. starting
off with: '*Nveil. how r. thu gcn.
eral superintendent this fine morn
inEy-
Mr.. Van Britt wrinkied his NOSE.
''The general superintendent IL
wondering. enc more time why un-
der the starry heavens he l. out
here in this country that God has
forgotten. serapplng for a living on
this onehorse railroad OF yours
when. he nigh, be in good little old
New York. living easy and clipping
coupons In the afetydeposit room
OF Broad street bank
The boss laughed nj that ana TIN
telling you right now that was
glad to know that he was stu able
TO laugh
you've never seen the day when
you wanted TO rcnege. Upton. and
you know IT, he hit hack. Think
OF the perfectly good technical edu'
cation you wcr, wasting when I
took hold of you and Jerked you
out here
HUH said our millionaire. tive
got other things TO think of. I've
just had two enslnemen on the car
pet for running over an old ranch.
mans pet cow. They said they
couldn't help IL: but told them
that under the pubiic-be pleased
policy. they'd got to help IL
Again the boss chuckled. Il be
lieve you'd joke at your own run.
eral, Upton. You didn't come here
to tell me about the ranchmans pet
cow"
Not exactly. came to ten you
that Citizens Storage a Warehouse
Il due TO have a strike on It's hands.
Tho which seems 20
have got itself consolidated In some
way--shot out = lot OF new bosses
all along the line on the through
train last night. and this morning
tho entire works. elevators. pack.
cries. coal yards. lumber mlllers,
and everything. are posted with no
tees OF blanket cut In wages. 20
per cent fiat. for everybody. The
news has been trickiins in over the
wires all morning. and the last
word il that q general strike OF all
c. s a W. employees will so on at
noon tomorrow
That L. move number ena' said
the boss. And then: You have
heard that the Hatch people have
reached out and taken In the c. s.
q W.
-Hornack wAs telling me- sume
thing about II: yea
1T Is true. and the fight b sn-
You SEQ what Hatch L. doing. A.
one stroke he gets rid Of all the
local employees OF C. s. a W. who
have been drawing good pay and
who might make trouble for him
little later on. and rls their places
with strikebreakers who have no
local sympafhirers.-
But there win Be another result
which he may not have counted up
on MFR. Van Britt put In. The
blanket cut serves notice upon ev
that once more the old
strong arm monopoly Is In the sad
die. The newspapers VIII tell us
about II tomorrow morning. Also.
a good many Of them will be ask
ing us what we are going 20 do
about u. whether we are going 10
fight the new monopoly as we did
in the old. or stand IN with the
graft. as our predecessors DID
we neednt 80 over that ground
and I. up,on.- sald Mr.
Sorrross. You know where
stand. But the conditions have
We have been knitted in
the back And with that he gave
the stocky little operating chief
crisp outline OF the new situation
by the Dunton- Colllng
wood political bribery.
Mr.. Van Britt took n quietly. A.
he DID most things. sitting with hts
hands I'm his pockets and smiling
blandiy where Hornack had cxplod
ed In wrathfui profanity. At the
wind up be said:
-OId Uncle Breckenridge m one
too many for you. Graham. You
can't stand tn. gaff--thls new gaff
Of Hatchs: and neither can you so
before the people as the accuser Of
your presldent-and hope 10 hold
your sob. The one thing for you
to do IL 10 lock up your office and
walk out
Upton. II thought you meant
! never know when 10
take you seriously
The two enginemen who ran
over tho ranchmans pet COW had
no such difficulty. assure you.
And isn't II good advice7 You know.
a. well as do, that Chadwick is
holding you here by main strength.
hat you can never accomplish any
hing permanent while DuntUn and
his cronles are at the steering
Wheel II might be different II you
rad the local backing OF your con.
Itituency-the people served by the
short Line. But you haven't that;
~ TO date. the people are merely
Interested spectators
"Go on said the boss. frowuing
gain.
They have . stake IN the game
the biggest of the stakes. as a
natter OF fact-but II isnt suf
Iclentiy apparent To make them
limb In and fight for YOU They
IRE saying. with n good bit Of rea.
on. that. after all II said and done.
Big Money--wall street--still has
he call. and any twenty-four hours
nay see the whole thing slump
,ack into graft and crooked poll.
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