CHAPTER XLVIII
There was a little city, and few men within it; And there came a
great king against it, and besieged it, And built great bulwarks
against it; Now there was found in it a Poor Wise Man, And he by
his wisdom delivered the city. --Ecclesiastes IX :14, 15.
The general strike occurred two days later, at mid-day. During the
interval a joint committee representing the workers, the employers
and the public had held a protracted sitting, but without result,
and by one o'clock the city was in the throes of a complete tie-up.
Laundry and delivery wagons were abandoned where they stood. Some
of the street cars had been returned to the barns, but others stood
in the street where the crews had deserted them.
There was no disorder, however, and the city took its difficulties
with a quiet patience and a certain sense of humor. Bulletins
similar to the ones used in Seattle began to appear.
"Strikers, the world is the workers' for the taking, and the workers
are the vast majority in society. Your interests are paramount to
those of a small, useless band of parasites who exploit you to their
advantage. You have nothing to lose but your chains and you have a
world to gain.
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