The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-27
(synopsls Of Preceding chapters)

Nickles and Joe vavas migratory workers. meet
under freight train while beating their way west They
get off at Colorado Springs Joe vavas barber by
trade and Nickles manages to get work as footman
at Broadmoor, the mansion of the Brodins His work is
constant drudgery Vavas is class conscious Nick
les is not but they staunch friends nevertheless
An attachment springs between Nickles and Margue-
rite the maid at the Broadmoor mansion One day Joe
Vavas tells Nickes and Marguerite that BARRIERS union
has been formed to fight against the ntoerable
tions. Joe vavas has formed the union with the help
of William who is American by birth and not an i'm
migrant like Joe. The younger elements the union
led by Joe and William force strike against bosses
The strike is by the barbers the union delegate
from Denver sells the last moment and srik
ers deprived of of the fruits their victory
The ku kux khan Of Colorado Springs holds an initiation
ceremony result of the fight of the workers They
to exerminate the reds. Mr. Brodin takes part
in the ceremony. He desires Marguerite the young
and makes love Gradually Nickles is be-
coming and more receptive to the ideas of joe
Vavas who is Communist. The Brodins are more and
more tyrannical. Christian Science service is held
at the Broadmoor mansion At the ceremony the poet
who ofciaes delivers Grafton full of the captrap of
the master class All this spiritual bunk pre-
vent the guests from devouring a great quantity of
food after the services over This means more
work for the overworked as is The
Brodins give bathing party for their friends which
means extra hard work for the servants Mr. Broidn
purposely his at the lake in order to send
Marguerite to find night when everybody is gone
He follows her the place. and there attacks her. In
Colorado Springs there is general strike follow
ing the strike of the BARRIERS The klux is pre-
pairing for counter-oensve against the workers The
Broidins give big ball at which the wealthy guests
rage against the workers while they themselves indulge
in all sorts Of pleasures Brodin makes love young
woman who responds his advances The servants are
out from their work at the ball. Joe Vavas and
William form local branch of the Workers Party The
members accept the Communist program as outlined by
William But of those present Objects saying that
they should out for bomb throwing. He leaves
the meeting when his proposition is rejected William
is elected organizer and Joe secretary Joe meets Nick
les and asks him receive the mail the local Work
Party branch instead of William because William
is being watched Nickles consents because by this
time he has become practically Joes views
His hard has caused this conversion Marguerite
reveals to her lover Nckes about wrong that
din had done her Nickles is angry at her. but at
Broidin. They decide that in two months they would
leave. leahet issued by the local branch of the
Workers Party which rallies the workers of Colorado
Springs. The reaction gathers its forces The ku klux
khan is getting the job with the purpose exermin
atng the reds and establishing law and ORDER viii
liam and Joe arrested and their homes searched
Then they are liberated. There is great excite
ment and expectation of something terrible about to
happen Now go with the story.
CHAPTER Xxx
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