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JOIIN AR�S�ROI� art'ill t.> saorn,w. Ariestrung finals&
we ought W give in.'
'Give in f cried ul4 'Wagstaff, angrily.
Id RIC ELAN ; 'Give in to a mob of taw seechanies like
that ! What are you thinking of, Arm-
ua, e
strong 1 We shouldn't leaks half what
we did last year.'
FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP And if the strike lasts, we shall not
OF THE LADDER v make s ant till it'd over• sir,' said John,
very. celmly.
'We're gut a thousand Italians ready
.s.rr sf .w • W tea anent eeaereea. to go on et a duller s day,' answered Mr.
Wgatalf. 'It will reduce our pay roll to
hire them.'
XIII. 'Aud as soon as they understand what
wages theother men are getting they
D44ILI DIALIAU will strikeltop, sir. %Ye shall need' all
John Armstrong looked at the onhaiag- the men we have and more too, to get
er with glowing eye& the onitracta thro•gh in tints, and shell
'Du yon suppose 1 said what 1 did to be able to dictate our uwu tents to any
deceive these men r le ask,wl, w • low one asking estimates on Dew jobs while
tons. 'No, sir. I had no idea you in- i the mea are out.'
tended to do such a foolish thing. The old president seemed struck by
Malian•! Why, they don't know seething this enju..ient, and said hastily :
about our work. Yuu can't trust thew 'De you think in -eh r
to do a ob decently.' 'I'm sure of it, air. If we stop the
Hua y est his teeth. strike to -day, we may not make as much
'I eau ens them tan boat thaw brutes, money on each job as we did last year ;
who want 10 coma we. I'll teach them but we shall do three times as mach
that Abel Handy is their master. They've work and make • fair percentage. Prof -
struck for higher wages at a busy time, its must emus down, Mr. Wagstaff ; but
and I'll be even with them. I'll not we shall not starve.'
take 'sot back till they Dune lit owe ten 'No, un', 11.4 lame ; but—See here
pot at oto their old wages. direr- Handy. Yoe undentand the trade. • 1
un
tors will book me. I'm bound to break was not brought up to it. Do you ad -
thou fellows. 1 11 tnake'ew sup sorrone vise to hive the &dvea.s tor nut r
I'll keep the shop shut for all the season, Handy hesitated. He weenie shrewd
but I'll kill their union,' to give an answer that might be used
John heard hunt through quietly, and Against him ib use ot had results, so he
theca ae.werai lista : oo.t.ntsd hi.s.W by observing :
'And in' tis meantime, I suppose, our ' 'There et • good deal to say on both
salaries an to atop 1 We eau t ask the aides, sir. Mr. Armstrong thinks that
oompaay to pay us when we've uothiug the dividend would come down to 2} per
in the world to do.' cent. quarterly'—
Handy laughed.
'Do jou know where old R'asataff's
'You must be green. Not a bit of it. gone asked Handy, keeling.
The company will stand by the men who Armstrong shook his head.
sand by it. Wel can afford to pay uut `To Wall -street, to sell out if he can.
fifty thousand dialers in the saving of If he can't, then the inen will gat the
other wages. We'll take back all the advance. If he does, there will he no
.foremen who want to come, and give meeting to -night. You're too innocent.
-them the advance, to teach the green. You might maks half a million on this,
'horns ; but, between you and mo, I'm if you had nerve.'
getting those Italians at a dollar a day.' Armstrong shrugged his st;oulders.
'They may proye dear at that,' said `Whit I lack may not be nerve, Mr.
John, significantly. 'I suppose you know Handy. I don't criticise your motives,
thatour telegram came too late to stop nor those of Mr. Wagstaff, but I do
the I�itabegf eontrsct& We shall get things differently, that's all.'
•the fist steel next week.' Then he went out to look over the
Heady ,tom works, and when he got back to the
ej'b• deuce ! Why did you not go back office Handy said to him
mss las udiate the costs... r 'You can act your own pleasure about
t]ismaass,' said John, quietly, 'I have the police, Annatrun,.'
4 respect for my own work, if not for He was twisting in his fingers • tele-
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reputation of the company. We gram, and added, Indifferently :
name afford to repudiate, Mr. and
'By -the -bye, the meeting will be held,
fln•thelast two years we've gone to the sod yoer're invited to be repent.'
bead of the trade, thanks to Mr. Stryk- Armstrong nodded, and went away to
er's death, and we cannot afford to give the sergeant of police, to whom he said :
np our position. We shall make ummh 'We shall not want you any more, at
-on the new contracts to pay the men the all events today. Tell your captain
4.1 Mani, they ask, and have the advan• that we are nisch obliged for his kind-
tage of forcing the other firms to do the nes& Good day to you &IL'
same or shut up their shops.'
he ase the policemen file off,
:Mandy looked thoughtful. He had with a sense of relief ; and at the same
gone intothe inner office, leaving the time observed a small group of men op-
polioe outside, and they were alone. polite break up and, disperse, among
%But in thkt case,' he observed, 'we whom ..e recognized the figures of Mike
mh•ll have to roduoe the quarterly divi- Hennessy and Barker.
deed.' Then he left the arorks to, go to din -
"And suppose we do,' said John quiet. ner, and noticed quite* number of news-
,ly. The shareholders made thirty-two boys running along, yelling 'Extra ! Ex-
iper.cent. last year. 1f they come down tra 1'
•to ten, the stock will remain a good in- The extra sheet turned out to be an
?sstment, will it not 1' account of a serious riot in the morning
.Handy started, and his roving eyes at the Excelsior Works, in which two
Arendered over the office, while his mouth policemen had been killed and seven or
twitched as he replied ; eight strikers, though the affair ended by
' A.rsilow might do worse than to sell a 'victory for law and order,' after three
short on the marked and get to own •platoons of police had been called up
.controllin interest -eh, John 7 We two From the reserves.
'Mr. Stryker,head of the works,' went
m ht make our stake.'
JoLn coloured s1i;!ntly as he said : en the story, 'was the object of great
'I prefer net to understand you. My hatred on the part of the rioters, on ac-
adviee is given in the interest ot the count of a bitter speech mads last night.
.company -not for stock jobbing pur- He is closely guarded oy the police, ani
,poses. If I owned" any stock, I should it is rumored that he will be obliged to
feel at liberty to give it, but it would be flee the city, if matters do not mend.
.a point of honour with me not to buy in The strike has spread to Pittsburg, and
stock if it fell in consequence of my ad- the iron -workers are demanding advents -
.vice being taken.' es everywhere. The out -look is gloomy
Handy s lip curled with a sneer as be for several weak houses.'
answered : John read the account, enk took a
'You'll never make a business man. walk after dipnor to the Excelsior
-You're too scrupulous. Every one does Works. The street was fuller than it
lit. That's the way to nukes fortune.' was in the morning, and no police were
'I do not expectas
to make one that to be seen; but as he approached, he w
-way.' replied John, coldly. 'A fortune grated with a wild cheer of welcome,
may be won at toe dear a price if it and saw that the men from the Vulcan
leaves a man without his honour. I shop had joined the other strikers, and
believe we can afford to compromise with had beeu telling them of their hopes and
the men and Rhee them the advance. fan.
:What do you think 1' As he came near, hundreds of men ran
Handl looked at him keenly. shouting to meet him, and he heard the
'I can t quite make you out, he retort- words from more than one :
ed. 'There's only one way to justify 'Armstrong, the poor man's friend !
such a yielding in my eye& We must He's the boy to cow the bosses ! Hooray
fool the diteoeon and make our own for John Armstrong ! Hooray !'
stake off it. They'll no doubt kick when Then he asked them :
I make the proposition, and will have to '%\here are the police L'
calla special meeting to do it. I can 'In the shop, cue em !' cried one of
stand the row if I see any money in it the men, triumphantly. '\%e druv 'em
for myself ; bot you don't appear to do in. and we're goin' to keep 'em. They
that.' can't bulldoze us no more with their
John Armstrong looked at him as clubs.'
keenly as himself, saying : And John saw that his fears had been
'I have told you onus, I prefer not to realised The riot had become strias,
understand you. What shall I say to and the men round him had become ex -
the foremen when they come in 1' •operated to that pitch, that they were
Handy yawned slightly. ready to defy all consequences.
'Oh, pet them off I must have a He riaiaed his hand for silence, and one
little time to think over it. We'll call • of the met called out :
special meeting for to -night, and give 'Speech -speech ! He'll tell us what
them their answer in the morning. If I to do. Armstrong for ever !'
find the stockholders obstinate -why, Then Armstrong made the tint speech
we must fight, and try the Italians. lI of his life, unconscious that he was do -
can get a hundred policemen, if I want ing so. It did net seem to him as if he
them.' was doing anything at all, though he had
'You don't want any,' was John's quiet attempted addressing o•llege debating
reply. 'Send away those you have, and societies before, and had always broke
I'll answer for the safety of the shop, down. 1t did net oecur to him till after -
but not without. i suppose you know wards that the reason he folt so oinl
they had a riot at the Etcellor this now was that he :new he was the mental
morning
r superior of the men around him, while
'No. Did they 1 Glad of it. Shoot hie eeeiesty handicapped him before his
$ few of these tankers, and the rest will shtswow•tas.
run.' +Des here, boys,' b. .aid. 'ro oue „r
'Os the 000*trary, Mr. Handy, shoot s yollmesl es• Two leen ago I was a
few of then mea, and they will sweep, riveter, end Ism nothing MANE bet a
away the polies like chaff. Remember plan ereeliag.alib yaw 1M I know
the Pith/hang Ada Ido sect watt to soseMh*g you don't. I know that if
see them rrps•bi here. MO .sal. ere rem Ito * sat p iambs/ tush yon hays
behoving a good deal otter than tieYowit be **lei the Ole" 414 pe
se der. Thy only west to bees tessos.' �1., , so d you
Soret light the Mlaoai•,
VS hidessughed the tope.img et bet you meet bat the Dasa. The •rel•
the deer, esu w 4 the nets- dlets will be wasted est weight. it
. the en hell "obi elwMlt enol 1M
:� y �..�!Y r ..«~ fav yes, ., thou -1D be It.
i.ryi.it Mr brad ten m,s rew
^4 �4� ,hewta the 1 I ehuertlsg, with fes fathers to look to De
sapsMsi to gad a gttiag e., artdwest to be shot down like wild
M
there's .• .eel is the .trent.' 1 Iallr f yes, ndywed* the
Saudi 'Tee, Waggle& A Mlle rasa of advise is Is
Volas .en 1 es. abet Tem e•u iris
ease. 1 teid Meat we mint here thew is the.Mike If you keep y..' I.aprile I
to call a eseethig sad give as •.ower. M if tea try to hellion Mbar tae., dee
They ogres' le fess • d.psatlos and woo Ism all you bar. galled. The Vol.
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can Coutpanye, I thin"; guiag lattice Talons notionin his head that he tieghe4 You have, b..rw Yo.. 'wtwiseita
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the advatwe. gaw4ior stent will I see Ell I ..l•.ru.ii. But t!iu house was to try any mob law if 1 sent away the
haus to do the s nae, ••r shut sot. You silent es he /anent by it, and he teasew- police, and 1 have done is. Non, gin
have sallied ase trstight by a nauw which bend that school hours were nut over us fair play. Where's the delegation to
makes w proud -the mor man's friend. yet. He looked at hie watch, and fogad taut ea r
As the pour man's fries my mit ice to to be ten miuutes to three, and set of 'It is hen,' said Steve Harker, se grisaltr.
you all is -gas home t day. Yuu can towards the school buildings, which he 'And I'd have you tu know, Arewnwag,
du nothing here by alog at the walls reached just as the children were pour- that if the beard et direct•,n don't it
of that shop ; but you tray be held re- iog out. the scale, a ton .4 steno don't get w.,rk-
sponsibls fur breading • riot. Hold a H. took a turn up the block till the ed up in this shop this year. That'. oar-
muting
urmuting somewhere, tchuose delegates, crowd lied passed ; looked back : saw the twin.
an send a deputatiuu to Mr. Stryker'- teachers Doming down the steps ; wheel- 'And I'd have yen remember, Steve,'
e was interrupted by a voice. ed round and strode uta the group in retorted John, firmly, 'that if we don't
' ryker be hanged ! He told us he'd the most indifferent w�my, affecting a ow- work in the shop yon and your family
see us all starve in the gutter, and be taro amount of surpt•trit as he raised his will starve. So no threats to two'
glad on it. He called w paupers !' hat to Ella and took his way with her to- With that he walked into the works,
Then was an e.iuineus growl from the wards Ashley street, as if he had dune it and left the emwd of workmen slowly
crowd ; bet Armstrong went on : all his life. melting away on the other side of the
'Se such the -better for you. He's Yet it cost John • severe struggle with street.
put himself in the wrong. Do you want his natural bashfulness to do this, and Inside the office lie found nu one but
to beat him or not 1' he would hardly have dared it, had it one of the clerks, who, told hint :
' We do -we do !' shouted the crowd. not been for the exciting scenes of the 'They're all up in the directors' room,
'Then take illy advice. Scatteraud go day, which made other things seem tri- sir.'
hems. No one knows you yet. I don't vial in comparison. The directors' room was over the
see a face I want to recognize ; but two 'Well, Mr. Armstrong ;' and Ella's office, and it was clear that a muting
policemen have been killed, 1 hear, and eyes were dancing in her head, while the had been called earlier than had been
if any one is looking for the murderers, other teachers kept casting curious glans anticipated,
it may be hard fo.r more than one of you. ccs at the big, hannsome fellow beside 'Did they ask for nie ?' said John.
Go home, aid de as I tell you, and in- her as they went off. 'Where did you 'Yes, sir. You were to go up as soon
side of a week you'll get the advance. spring from, I wonder 1 1 thought you as you came in.'
See if Tai not right. gentlemen of business could nut find So John Armstrong, mechanic, a few
Re had struck the right chord. In time to escort ladies homo in the after- minutes later, stood bareheaded in the
five minutes after the street was empty, noon 1' directors' room, before a table full of old
and Armstrong saw the policemen cum- 'I could nut hare done it, perhaps, on gentlemen. some with bald heads, some
Mg cautivualy out of the works. any other day than to -day,' said John ; grey, others white, most with red fomes,
`bet you know our men are on strike.' and all looking mon or less excited, for
She started and looked frightened. they had been arguing before he came
`No, I didn't know it.' in,
'Du m't yon read the paper, then 1' Mr. Abel Handy, • meekly -resigned
'Yes, but I didn't see anything -yes, smile on his astute countenance, sat by
I remember now I did see something the chair of President Wagstaff, and the
of it, but I never •ssoaated it with you two looked as if they tied been under -
or your place. I hope they will not do going • severe course of questioning.
anything violent It always frightens A. soon as Armstrong came in, up
ate to hear of strikes, after those terrible jumped a bald-headed old geiitleinan
riots in Pittsburg. You know that was chirping :
where my poor father was killed, or •`Mr. Chairman, here's • young man
rather where he died from overwora.' who can perhaps give us • plain answer
'No, I did not know it, Miss Merton. to • plain question, if Mr. Handy won't.
How was it, may I atk ?' He knows the whole cost of everything,
Ella shuddered sli •htly. and that's what we went to know. I
'You know he used to be in the a. my, wish to ask him, sir, through you,wheth-
and when he came back he went into er he has the face to recommend the ex -
business at Pittsburg. And then they tortionate terms of these men, determin-
gct up a Grand Army Post in the city, ed to ruin us all.'
and he was elected commander, just be- Old Wagstaff looked at Armstrong and
fon the riots brone out. And after the said to him :
militia ran away the citizens called on 'You hear Mr. Holten'. question. Tell
the Grand Army Post to restore order, him what he wishes to know.'
and then they ell mounted guard there John smiled and asked :
over the smoking ruins, till order was 'What is it Mr. Bolton wishes to
restored. And it was one of those night- know.'
guards that father caught a severe cold, 'Whether you're in favor of this ad -
took intlammation on the lungs, and vance'-began Bolton, when Armstrong
died three days after the United States nodded and observed :
troops entered Pitteburg.' I sin, decidedly. If you don't make
'And how came you to New York, it, you will have to shut up the shop.
then r asked John, curiously ; then he It's not a question of liking. It mutt be
stammered, 'I beg your pardon. No done if we aro to go on. That's all,
business of mine. Beg pardon.' sir.'
'My mother is a born New Yorker. 'I told you so,' cried Wagstaff, tri•
We found, after closing nnv father's busi- umphantly. 'It's got to be done, gentle-
ness, that we had just two hundred dol- men, and you that don't like it can take
San left ; and we came here, where your choice between loosing eighty cents
mother knew several people, who, she ou the dollar in ,tanks, r,r loosing the
thought, would get me int% the school& whole dollar and being called on to make
But it was a hard time we had before I up another.'
did at lest.' Then there arose such a hubbub of
'And that frightens yuu, when you voices round that table, all talking to -
bear of strikes,' said John, soothingly. gather, that John could not help think -
'Well, you need not fear this one. The ing to himself :
men are quite quiet, and I hope it will be 'There's not much to choose between
over to -morrow. Still, please be cagefnl the men and the bosses. There seems
to keep away from the Excelsior or Vul- to be about as much teniper on one side
can works for a few days till tt is all as the other.'
over. The streets are full cf idlers, and And all the time Handy sat looking on
a good-inany are drinking, so that there with a covert smile on his shrewd face,
niay be trouble Within two or three and old Wagstaff kept rapping the table,
blocks all round the works,' till sumo one yelled :
`Oh, you may be sure I shall not go 'Put the question !' Question !
near either place. I have no reason, to
go there. I suppose this will keep you CHAPTER XV.
away on Paiday ?'
'On Friday ! Oh, yes.cotnmencement. THE LADDER THROWN DOWN.
Well, I hardly know. Lhcpe it will be John was watching every one, and he
all over by that time.' saw that the call for the question came
But John's voice did not sound very from a foxy looking director with a black
hopeful, and preseutly he added :
'1 am afraid this trouble may interfere
CHAPTER XIV.
Tat *TBIIa crtanJA?rain
The police had a worried, anxious look
about them, and started up and down
the *ruts as if exploring. Oue of theca
paved by Armstrong and looked at him
o.rieurly, but without the offensive bru-
tality he had shone in the morning. He
seemed to recognize in the well-dressed
young man one who had a right to be
there.
Armstrong, on his part went up to the
door of the works, and asked the ser-
geant.
'Is Mr. Stryker here yet 1'
The sergeant nodded gruffly.
'Yes la's inside. Are you a friend of
his ?'
'No. I'm in the Vulcan Works. My
name is Armstrong.'
The sergeant looked surprised.
'I've heard a good deal about you to-
day, sir. The fellows have been shout-
ing for you like mad. They say you've
stopped the strike at the Vulcan. Is
that true or only a story 1'
'I've done umy best to stop it. But
toll me, sergeant, is it true you had a
fight here and killed some men, as they
hare it in the paper 1'
'No, sir. Nobody's been killed,
though at one time it looked bad. Be-
tween you and me, Mr. Armstrong, we
don't like this kind of duty. That Mr.
Stryker seems to be trying to coax s fight
out of the men. They didn't offer to
fight till he came and began to abuse
them. I1 there was older men here to
manage, this thing needn't have gone so
far.'
And the sergeant looked gloomily at
the office door, adding :
'He's back there in the works some-
where, with a whole arsenal of guns and
pistols. Bless you, there ain't any need
of 'em. We only fired over their heads
and clubbed one or two of the worst.'
'Did you send for the reserve ? . The
papers says you c'id.
'Not a bit of it. Them reporters nev-
er get a thing straight if they can help
it. We wore going to send one time,
but the captain came and told us to keep
inside the yard. We weren't called on
to clear the sidewalk. He don't like it
no better than me. We ain't called on
to take sides in $ strike, as long as the
men don't want to hurt nobody. Peo-
ple thinks police is fond of clubbing. It
ain't so. Some nien gets in the force as
ought never to be there, but I never with poor Stryker's speech that night,
clubbed a man yet that didn't hit me and I should be sorry for that, because I
first. Do you want tui see Mr. Stryker, feel that I dislike him, end ought not to
sir ?' I allow my dislike to bias me against his
John hesitated. • talents, which are undeniable.'
'If j thought I could do any good'- Ella gave alittle toss of her head and
'You might advise him to keep his a slight pout, as she remarked :
temper a bit. That would do good.' 'I in sure I don't want to hear him,
Armstrong shook his head. but I should like you to speak.'
'No. There's only one way. 1'11 go ,iolnh smiled awkwardly.
in and see him.' 'You told me so before. But I tell
And he entered the office and looked you that I don't know what to say.'
round for Stryker, who wta nowhere to 'Oh, I'm sure if I were you I could
be seen. A policeman said :find something to say. Don t yon ever
'He's out in the shop, is Stryker, if apesk to the men T
you're looking for him.' John colored slightly.
John went into the shop he had not 'Why, I declare, so I did, this morn -
visited for two years, and found Stryker, ing. But then that was business, you
with his old cronies, Munson and Wheel- know. I couldn't,get along without it.
er, in a sort of fortification made on an- It didn't seem to me I was making •
vils, where they were mounting guard speech at all. I was just talking to
with thew policemen and a profusion of them about what we both felt interest -
arms. As soon as he saw them he burst ed in.'
into a laugh, crying out : 'And isn't tbat better than making a
'Why, gentlemen, one would think long speech about something that no one
you expected an attack ?' has any interest in 1' said Ella, in a
'So we do.' answered Munson, sharp- brisk way. 'I declare I find it easy to
ly`Yoe wouldn't laugh if you'd seen speak to my class.'
times devils outside, and heard them 'Ah, yes,' responded John, with •
howling for our blood. But we're ready sigh ; •out you're different, you know.
for dim if they dare to come in-ain t it comes easily to you, busing you have
seam Jim t' been used to it from a child ; but I've
returned Stryker, in a thick had to pick it up late in life.'
voice; •we'll gine the how -laved hounds She looked sidewise up at him in a
fid if they come in here. I've gut a strange way, as she said softly :
gratling Doming to -morrow.' 'Perhaps you underralus yourself.
'But who's going to fight you ?' asked It is tree you have apoired your oda-
Armstrong. 'Do you know that the - cation by your own work ; but that is no
street's empty outside ? The men have discredit to you. I think it the reverse.
dispersed and the Vulcan managers And what did r•u say to the mon to -
have made up these minds to give thead• day r
vans asked for.' I told them that it was foolish for us
Stryker scowled. John could see that to quarrel about business, and they saw
he and his friends had been drinking to it as soon as 1 mentioned the fact. That
keep up their courage, while the police- was the grist of it, I believe. But hen
men inside had a stupid look about we are at your house. How quiet and
them. tees)J it Tooke t'
'The Vulcan can go to blazes growl- •Ye& Won't you Dome in r asked
ed Jit.. 'I dew't take pattern by them. Ella, not without a little palpitation st
I any I won't pay the advance. Tint the though,. of her mother's 'emptier.
settle. it' John hesitated.
'Then you'll have to go out of the 'Td like to de it very much,' he avid ;
trade,' was John's quiet answer. 'I'11 'bot 1 feat 1 esght to be going back to
tat ,w what rve dere. i've sent away the works. There's so telling what may
all the pane, and the Ines will be at bappae if two hot heat gather, en
work to - good-bye. morning. The found- I'II bid you gd-bye. 11 the s/Aie soda
rias
haitegyeed to advance. too. Yee'll the evening. I'll Dome rood and let you
be slew inhere to -teensy night. That's know.'
all rte we to say, .aspt tlria : Don't And he strode off down the stye t,
ohne y.•aarY too semi M Meets e t. ; RAM, in a wiattui way, watching him W1
in moos .1 these *beam sees are very he had termed a e.tner, when she opened
bitter what Lyes, peahya nap follow the deer, with a sighs, elurmoring :
ys. sr poen oesilAys, sow. 'He doesn't know, sad it's ioeky he
re rein bask to *sr troths.' doeen•t. It might epuil him.'
Aid he wsR.d seer lest*, the three M.sowhtle John west book to the
nailed mwmani-au to Web over what Velma Works, where be found a orowd
he had fait sesetebied in the street, watching a line
a the wag frees the lassilier be sap .t .mugs. le frost of the shop.
astern* /aseMeet, ep AshleMeet, wk Jobs went up to the crowd, saying
• ra gj.it of s Tit
eeou.
�� f�•alsal to sell methiout. I ell sendBloin my
reg iCtsoo to -sight.'
gore name a knock Attlee door, and
thestsrk breed is to ear :
'Dspwtat o n''1 hands wag for so
waver, air. \that shall I dayitin1'
`Tell ikon' we refuse the arson,'
gnarled Randy, ill-Mmpeiedly. "1'isil
flier. to gulf.'
Toe ol.rk jiesitated, and tersest white.
'Please, sir, I d•rent.'
Wagstaff and untidy jsalped up.
'Daren't ! flat oat. Ds as poise
told.'
They spoke so savagely thea Wade*
disappeared in a fright, Io •totber sus -
moot came a great racket in the ase
sdhownrieking stain, and they hued the clerk
'Murder! Help!'
Then Mr. Vulpin turned pale, and
cried out .
`Go down, Handy -go down ! Order
them out. Du you hear, sir r
Handy laughed sardonically.
'Thank you. Not sank a fool. Yoe
let the board vote the measure. You
take the responsibility. I don't want to
get my head broken.'
All this time the noise increased, and
thheard heavy feet on the stain.
eJohn sat still, feeling utterly hopeless
and despairing after the action of the
board, till the door was buret open, and
into the room rushed Steve Barker,ltlike
Hennessy, and some twenty others,
shooting :
'Where's Handy 1 Where's Gimlet l
We'll fix 'em -we'll fix 'em !'
But Handy had already got behind has
desk at the back of the room, and now
cocked a Winchester ritle, saying sharp-
ly :
'Halt ! None of that. Get out of
this room.'
'Shoot if you dare " roared Mike
Hennessy, savagely. 'We conte here to
meet the board. Where is it 1 What
have ye done ?'
'We refuse the advance !' cried Han-
dy, fiercely. `Make the meat of it. In
five minutes the police will be here. If
you're not uut, you'll bo . clubbed out.
You've no business in this room.'
Vulpin and Wagstaff, tory pale, were
behind the plucky nianaier,and Wag-
staff called out, coaxingly :
'Now go away like good nien-do.
\Ve'il take you all on again at the old
wages, but we really can't afford the ad-
vance. It would ruin us - indeod 'it
would.' •
Steve Barker uttered a furious curse
of mingled anipurandcouteutpt. Heed
all the rest were pale with rage.
'You are a confounded old coward !'
he hissed to Wagstaff. 'Happen you'll
stay, in the works till the cops come, or
you'll get your head br,ken. What are
you going to do -take on scabs ?'
'Take on what we please,' cried Han-
dy, defiantly. `Do you uuderstand thetT
We aro going to run these works topleaae
ourselves, not you. Do your worst. If
you're not' out of here in s minute, I'll
open fire.
The men steed hesitating, cowed by
the glegwing rifle in spite of themselves,
when one of them cried out :
'Where's Armstrong ? The lying trait-
or- he tcld us we should get tho ad-
vance !'
Armstrong had been sitting in a corner
unseen, his face buried in hie hands, and
now he raised it, and said :
'I'm here, boys. Let me speak, and
then do what you please.'
Ha was outside the railing and close to
them : so that in a moment they had sur-
rounded him,with menacing looks, Steve
Barker growling :
(To ax CONTI/41 WD. )
A Cure for sere Threat.
Mrs. Wm. Allen, of Acton, speaks
beard, one of the.yeuugest on the board,
highly of Hagyard'sYelluwOil as a house
but noted for lois aitutenesa on Wall hold remedy for colds, sore throat, stiff
street. neck, croup, etc., as well as for burns,
The hubbub began to quiet down at scalds and other injuries of common oc-
the call, and the president said : currents in every family. 2
'The gtlestion before the board arises
on the mution of Mr. Vulpin, that the Gives me by whose.
manager bo instructed to grant the ad- 'Is it possible that Mr. Godfrey is up
vsnce. Are you ready for the ques- and at work, and cured by so siinple a
tion 1'
remedy There
Thore was a silence, only broken by 'j aaaure you it is true that he is en -
the growl of the baldheaded Belton : tirely cured, and with nothing but Hop
'Question ! Vote it down ! Ayes and Bitters ; and only ten days ago his doe -
nays !' ton gave him up and said he must
Then ghe question was put to each die!'
member, and it turned out that nine 'W.11•a-day ! That's remarkable ! I
were opposed to the advance, with seven will go this day and get some for my
in favor of it, so that President Wagstaff poor George -I know hops are good.%
declared it lost, at wh::h John's honest
face fell, While Hendy'a countenance ex- Thousands are being cuted a Catarrh
hibited not a ince of emotion. every year with Hall's Catarrh Cure, that
Then ensued an uncomfortable silence he doctors had given up and said could
in the board, broken by the president : not be cured. 75 ciente a bottle. Sold
'What is the further pleasure of the by George Mynas, sole agent for Gods
board 1' rah. 3m
'I move,' said Mr. Vulpin, slowly,
'that the manager be instructed to sn• Seeing is believing. Road the testi
gage new foremen and hands at his die- moniala in the pamphlet nn Dr. Van
creciun, the aggregate wages not to ex- r Buren's Kidney Cure, then boy a betels
coed those paid at present in the and relieve yenras)f of all those dietress-
w.orks.' ing pains. Your Dinggest can tell you
'I second tho motion,' cried Bolton, all about it. Sold byJ WilsonGoderioh
ea orally. 'It's time we taught these 2m
fellows the don't control us.'
The motion • peared to give satufac- The use nauseous,f Pills, Sgriping
tr th, fin.,
tion, and was carried unanimous) when and other griping substitute
y• is unnecessary, as a pleasant substitute
Mr. Vulpin proceeded : is found in Dr, Canon's Bitten. which
'Now, I more that the salaries of the act as a Cathartic without griping or
manager and assistant superintendent pausing nausea. All druggists sell it
be raised ten per cent., in consideration 60 cents a bottle.
of the increased labor devolving on them
with the new hands to train.' KAm%Meat ayhlNes
This deo was carried, and Mr. Bolton Nelda no advertising when once intro -
further mored . duped. Every bottle s.dd sells hundreds
That the police authorities be asked I of ethers by doing all and more than re -
to detail fifty men to guard the works till
the rebellious men learn their duty to
their employers.
John looked round amazed, thinking
`Surd they will not peas such a thing
as that !
But they did pass it, and the board, iu
• few minutes afar, adjoerned, the
member going home in their esmageet
laving Wagstaff', Vulpin, Handy, and
John alone in the boatd•ruom.
As r,00 as the room was quiet, Vnl•
pin gave • little chuckle, and observed :
'well, Handy, en' yuu think we are
beatenH1'
andy scowled.
'I don't ears. They'll be sorry for it
inside of • week.'
'HW 1 SsMip.w we re not by any means
beaten,' permed V.Ipin, calmly. 'if we
had granted the ad eases, the stock would
hays folies maty per net. Now it will
go N nothing at ail. I'm � to Wall
M
street toes As) erdp., Wag r
Kr Wagstaff. who wee adoireired by
title ht.Uisv till., growled out
presented for Ne.r&lgia, Toothache,
Headache, eta it removes any pain
instantly quick as flash. Try it and yon
will say it is well named Fluid lightning.
Get • 26 cant bottle at G. Rhyne. drug
store. b
eeee..ee etvvreed
Fut any Testimonials recommending
McGregor's $psedy Cars for Droppers,.
Indignities. Commotion, M-adssi.,eta .
that are .ot gea.e•e ; or** of whhrb are
from in the States or Ihesesado
of ' away, but from moms is and
around Hasei`toe, parOnt. we give trial
bottles free of eon, as, that Toe same(
be deceived Ay plinkini.g a worthless me -
tido, but know i1. valet Wen baying.
Trial bottles and teethemei is gives free
at O. Ahynai dreg stow&
All Nervosa Debi-lilyeared by the as.
of Dr. 1 0. West's Nerve and 1oi
Treatment. Dee adv rttes.ast ehewh,w
Mold at W ihna's Arse *ss Me)