The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-07-01

the stroke OF noon, and train from
the west, arriving late In tie after
noon, brought Ripley.
THE conditions all along the me
are almost revolutionary" was RIP
ley's summing.up Of the situation.
"Generally speaking. the public j. not
holding us responsible as yet, though
OF course there are crOakers who are
saying that Il IL entirely railroad
move. and predicting that We wont
do anything TO Interfere with the new
graft"
"Cantrell says the public sentiment
Is altogether on the side OF the {. ).
& w. strikers the boss put H.
at Is: angrily so. There Is hot
talk OF boycott 10 be extended 10
everything sold or handled by The
Hatch syndicate. hope there won't
be any effort made to Introduce strike
breakers. In the present state Of af-
fairs that would mean arson and riot
ing and bloody murder"
81 wired you because ] wanted 10
consult you once more about those
ground leases, Ripley. Do you SIN
think you Gun made them holdT
"If Hatch breaks the conditions,
wen give him the fight Of his life"
was the confident rejonder
'But that will mean long contest
I'm the courts. The Supreme court is
full year behind its docket, and the
delay will inevitably multiply your
few i'croakers bI many thousands
But that isn't the worst of it. Hatch
has better hold on us than the law $
delay" And to this third member OF
his staff Mr. NorcrOss told the story
Of the political trap into which COZ
lingwood ard the New York stock
iohbers had betrayed the railroad man
agement.
Rlpley comment was little IKE
HOrnack's; less profane, perhaps nut
also loss hopeful.
Good Lord he CALCULATED. so
that is what Hatch has had up ms
sleeve7 | don't know how you feel
about It. hut | should say that 1t IS
all over but the shouting. If the Dun
ron crowd had been deliberately try
Inc TO wreck the property, they couldn I
have gone about It in any surer way.
"That is the way 1t looked to me,
Ripley, at first; but I've had chance
TO sleep on it--as you haven't. Inc
Gun flat can't be spiked in some way
hos never vet been built. ! nave lhe
names of The eleven men who were
bribed. Hatch was daring enough 10
give them TO me. Holding the alll-
davits which they were foolish enough
10 give him. Hatch can make theh
swear to anything he pleaseS. But II
could get those atHdavits ia go 10
these men separately and make each
one tell me how much he had been
! pald by Bullock for his vote
"Well, what thenF
wrhcn I should make every mother
son of Them come across with the luil
amount of the brihe, on pain OF an
exposure which the drtiest politician
IN this state couldn't afford to face.
That would settle it. Hatch couldn't
work the same game n second time"
We were closing our desks to go 10
dinner when Fred May came in TO say
that delegation Of the payroll men
was outside and wanting to have a
word with The "Big Boss Mr. Nor
cross stopped With his desk curtain
half drawn down.
"What is It, Fred?" he asked.
81 don't know" said the Pitts
burgher II should call 1t grievance
committee. If it wasn't so big. And
they don't seem to be mad about any
thing. Bart Hoskns is doing the talk
ing for them"
"Send them ln," was the curt com
mand. and Il minute later the inner
Office was about three-f0urths filled
IN with Shuffling crowd of p. ). l..
men.
The chief looked the crowd over,
There was bunch Of train and engine
men, squad from the shops, and