Show END OP A ST11TKE In Durcarvlllo the Knights of Labor FMW tu on ularjulng extent They wol1h1 meet In tile town hall every Saturday night and It was ftatid ot ono time that every IIInn and wonitin employe1 III Iho mills ut Durairtlllo hud been Initiated and wai a full fledged mcmlier > hierHhlng h merer iuocd along riucoably until one day tile weave hands In tile Hdorii cotton mill read a notice posted on tho wall to tho oCfect that bo ginning on the first of the next month the coinpuiy Mould te compelled to re dam tho price of weaving from sy to 23 cents Par bl I lie Ills t morning them appeared on thu elikrnillis und on the won of many boue Nixon 11sttrlon chalk mnrk Tile sunw gj light about a oclock n gnat stream ot puopl Could be sten going InWard In-ward the city hall and then the uninitiated uninitiat-ed began to speak ot the chalk marks and nod their Lads know llmly The Knights kit their own counsel end It was absolutely Impossible to Obtain tiny lritorlllllllon as to their InleDllon Hut tho Indications appealed to point to a big strike All tl o next morning little fcnoH of worknun about the Lldira mill could bo Been evidently dluORlng I the sltuntlcn Before 10 oclock It was nnnoimced that n eninmlltro of Knliditu composed of rnnklln wtoon the Udom superintend cnt who strange to say wn n lending silrlt among Iho Knights mud twi work men woulil wait np in Juilan Cirson vlco resident nod also 1 nrvldtntuf J the biggest tobacco factory In town to protest against Iho lruIOJe1 reduction Mr Carwn waq 0 tolr man still did posed luKltlc the mutter to tho wtlifno tl < n of 111 iartles concerned Hut nn mound mo-und thought horcfirrcd it all to General Unnapor Ccokhaw Superintendent Watson ns upeAker for tho eonmittteo told tile general hmnnger that should tlm prold reduction I > I inadfl II strike nf tile Ildora employees would follow and advised nsnlnst It Ill run thl mill according to my own Ideas I Cookshan said and It atiiny time our people Krmic dlsintlsflixl and want to quit the ciniloMJ llurcaro thouihinds of idlo Workmen who wouhl be only too glad to fill their plawll A strike woe Inaugurated Ocncrul Manager Cookshaw Itecamo ob EtlnatoanddKclnrM that In would sweep the Knights of lAbor from the faro ot the earth But his efforts to fill the places of tho strll < ira veto nb > lutely fruitless I he fight In a few days began to wax cicecdiiigl arm end a report that nil tho cinplojecs of the other mills would bo call41 out in syini athy created no little excitement Tho report VM true for Jn leas than six houn from the little 1C I had gained cumn cy nut u wheel of machinery Uurcarvlllo was turning i hvorj thing was tied up tighter than a drum Bubble was completely Paralyzed dogged I In a fv ilaya thero would suffering and starving among tho people for they wtroullof the poor class und their our Jogs did not amount to n great donl It would never do 1 ho strike must bo settled The people of Durcnrvillc is eta of a very religious telllperamellt 1 here was n great prencher In Duruar villa ot the namo uf Imonsontho Boy Oeorgo Lomuuson ami he was a power tookBrothcr Ilnithir Lomanson would preach twice every Sunday bury nil the dead officiate At every marriage weep vhcu others wept and lauch uhon they laughdl He would visit tile sick comfort tho dying and was I think an Ideal village faster although be had full sway In Durcarvlllo of nearly lUOOu pui illation Brother Lumanson took a hand In tin strik Sunday ho preached from the text The laborir Is worthy of his hire Thu church crowded and after tile i regular mrvlces the I readier announced that thucit morning 10 oclock there I would be n mass melting of tile people of Domirvltlo ut the public square and hon i h-on cirryhoily to bo on hand 111 1s needless to spy that tbo entire jjo niauon tarred nor ljccano the etrlko WM thel I apst ill Ing to o rlou proportions An ImpfTWd mnd had been I nrrnllgc far the lenl 1 r and Just minute or two before 10 o I < elt Miss 111rdleEdwo rdley 0 lovely IIttl a IIIIlot I I 17 who wns hcmll il ono of tile c rlkf rs employed Iho Eldora mill Wax Kin tiwulnjr her way through thin rowd float uround the trxnkers stand Kinchins the Blips mile quickly asecnded and In moinint stood facing tho Ml multitude Ilcforo any ono could realize what It all meant her voice was lienrd In sweetest dongs All hlll the power of Jams name I Lut acRiiU iiruvtrat ru Atill forth bttf Vra 1 t on Anil crown hint txrd or all Tho prcnt throng of strikers joined In tile singing and the cry hills and valleys about Durnarvllln rcrerlcrattd and echoed intll tin sun RAW craned to stop nnd look urtou Iy upon the stntngu scene rnithci Ijomnnson IntbriuiMntlmo wo walking buck and forth on tho Platform singing with Ills told Cre Oencral Slinugrr Conkslmw who Was oil tile 01 JSlrts cf the crowd could stand the scene wl ilnnjtr lie gae n signal to Brother Loimnt und Instant the glnglng ceasid U hen a auncril Manager Cookslmw mode n stat ULiit Iroui tho platform nnothcr hour errry tortory In Durenrrlll wa nlll fling In full blast Iho strike had ended and all were happy Just cno year to tho very day after Iha stirring cccncs on the putllo Kiuaro all the people of Dunarvlllo turned out to witness tlu most Important wuldlng lu the history of tho little city Superintend enl Unison acted as Kit man and Death er I oruTnwi olllelateil as usual und the brldo Miss lllrdlo Idwurdle vaa the try plcturo of loel I net Jlr 1 and Mrs Cookshnw went on au ex feuded ljrlltl tour nmll a heard It said that they urn the happiest couple lu North Carolina And to this tiny tl o pivpla of Durcar rlllc till of lIe great nrlke which for unlquene anti Us happy 1 Krlnlnatlan has gone Into history without u IMrllllollJ ebollg |