The Dolores star., 1921-12-09

Ing ersy nnd clipping coupo,, =,
safety-deposit room of q Broad ,,rs..
bank" 'e~
The ooss laughed at that nm,
telling you right now that I w,s a..
to know that he was still able to I,nn1 naa
you've never seen the asv ,,,
you wanted to renege. UPTON. nnd nen
know H." he hit back. .Think n, ,vu
perfectly good technical education Wv. @s
were wasting When took hold a, Wv yos
and Jerked you out here"
"Huh!" said our millionaire. an
Just had two enginemen on IN. -
for running over an old rsnchnnp,
pet cow They said they couIdn,,
help II: but l told them that md
the 'public-be-pIeased' policy thors
got to help It,"
The boss chuc1led. 81 believe vo,.
Joke at your own funeral, Upton W.
didn't come here to tell me ahou, ~.
ranchmnn's pet cow"
mot exactly. came to tell v,u
that Citizens Storage & Warehouse !.
due to have strike on Its hands tn.
manngement-which seems in r.
got itself consolidated in some wav"
shot out a lot OF new bosses all slo,.
the line on the through train ,.s.
night. and this morning the entIr.
works. elevators. packeries. coal ward,
lumber mills. and everything ar,
posted with notices of blankat on,
In wages; twenty per cent. fat. for
everybody. The news has been trIct,,r,
IN over the wires all morning; and m.
last word is that a general STRIFE a,
all c. S. & w. employees Will 20 on =,
noon tomorrow"
That Is move number one" said
the boss. And then: "You have heard
that the Hatch people have reached
ont and taken in the C. S. & W?-
''Hornack was telling me sornetbIn,
about It; yes"
ut is true; and the fight Is on You
see what Hatch is doing. AT ops
| stroke he gets rid OF all the loca, ON.
ployees of c. s. & W., who have bee,
drawing good pay and who might make
trouble for him little later on. and
fills their places with strike. breaker,
who have no local sympathzers."
but there will be another resul,
which he may not have counted upon-
Mr.. Van Britt put in. "The blanket
cut serves notice upon everybody that
once more the old strong arm monopoly
is in the saddle. The newspapers will
tell us about II tomorrow morning,
Also. n good many OF them will ba
asking us what we are going to do
about 1t; whether we are going to
fight the new monopoly us we did
the old. or stand in with the graft a,
our predecessors did"
I'VE needn't go over that ground
agaln-you and /. Upton" said Mr.,
Norcross. you know where stand.
But the conditions have changed. We
have been knitted In the back" And
with that he gave the stocky little
operating chief crisp outline Of the
new situation precipitated by tho
Dunton- -CollingwoOd political bribery.
Mr.. Van Britt took 1t quietly, as he
did most things. sitting with his hands
In his pockets and smiling blandly
where Hornack had exploded in wrath.
ful profanity. At the wind-up he said:
"Old Uncle breckenridge is one TOO
many for you. Graham. You can't
stand the gaff-this new gar Of
Hatch's; and neither can you 90 be
| fore the people as the accuser Of your
| president-and hope to hold your job.
The one thing for you TO do Is to lock
| up your office and walk out"
Upton. IL I thought you meant
| You seriously"
"The two enginemen who ran over
| the ranchman's pet COW had no such
| difficulty, l assure you. And isn't II
good advice? You know. rs well as
do. that Chadwick is holding you here
by main strength; that you can never
accomplish anything permanent while
Dunton and his cronies are at the steer
Ing-wheel. 1t might be different II you
had the local backing OF your con-
stituency-the people served by tns
Short Line. But you haven't that; Up
to date, the people are merely Inter
ested spectators"
"G0 on" said the boss, frowninS
again.
"They have q stake in the game
the biggest of the stakes, as matter
Of fact-but 1t isn't sufficiently sp
parent to make them climb In as
fight for you. They are saying. ~n
good bit Of reason, that. after "
Is said and done, Big Money-"an
Street-still has the call. ana any
twenty-four hours may see the Wn0'.
thing slump back into eraft an'
crooked politics"
ut is SO true that you might
reading It out of book" was the oos'
comment. And then: "Whats the ar
swerf" AZ
Mr.. Van Britt shook his head
don't know. II you had money enouIA