s been directed to hold

report ready by the

of the most intellig

been placed on this co

ngs are n

d been used for the big meetings of the confe

sual way, and then the interest in the efforts of the special committee was confined to the few people who reali

mmittee met to discuss the phase

of a dozen of the shrewdest private detective bureaus are put in possession of the few facts that have been ascertained. In a hundred directions public and private sleuths are set i

sentinels on guard, and every move of the d

ne tenth a startling climax is brought about b

intimated that very important business will be transacted. He has in mind the discussion of a plan fo

surprise to him, as it is to a

h, the chairman announces that the meeting will procee

Stripes at Hazleton, now a committeeman who has always

chair recognizes him. Rising from his seat in the back of the room Nevins walks to the front o

t he has a matter of grave concern to i

t I am capable of expressing myself in a manner that will be clear and forceful. I am to tell y

not known by any of you, for I have studiously avoided airing my troubles to any one. To-day I intend

-story of any one," sententiously

time to hear me," retorts

d began to practice my profession of a civil engineer, in the city of New York. My father had died when I was a child and had left my mother a fortune o

anges and put the matter before the board of directors. Shortly afterward I was informed that I could proceed with the work. The work was accomplished and the officials were more than ple

money was in the road, and when the crisis came I found myself stranded. The King of the Rail Road Trust, Jaco

oly has caused my ruin. I did not succumb to fair competition. I am now enlisted in a fight against the usurpers of the free righ

y miners who were atta

heriff of Luzerne Coun

I have thought of all

s, and find that ther

ated the humble and ignorant workingmen until these poor creatures are no b

cture of a starving family is held up before the wage-earner, and he is asked if he will vote to put his wife and children on the str

s so that they will fear to make their fortunes at the

done? Ah! it is

of the committee. In almost a whisper he exclaims: "I propose to give them an

directed? Has not this suspension of work brought distress, starvation, death, to thousands of hom

form a syndicate-a Syn

f a dozen voices. "Mr.

of o

a general commotion ensues. Men begin discussing wi

standing as if awaiting an op

is restored so that his voice can be h

by a common impulse, cease to s

nd if there is sufficient ground for belief that you will be zealous workers in my syndicate, I will admit you to membership. No man who has

fter hearing your stories, will require

ted efforts of men of sound judgment; men of courage. The assa

They begin to realize the horrid character of the proposition. Much discussion follows. Men want to know what Nevins

t the details will be given as soon

who are in the secret with Nevins, advise the mem

rying professions and trades, there are those who tell of their efforts to stand up under the weigh

-the cry which has sounded through the ages as the one never varying note in the music of the universe; the dread inha