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to my father and said. "They're planning to | to my father and said. "They're planning to | ||
strike at the | strike at the Nakina mill." "What do they | ||
want?" "Higher wages, longer vacation on | want?" "Higher wages, longer vacation on | ||
pay, better pension system. An | pay, better pension system. An agitator got | ||
in there and stirred them all up. They've | in there and stirred them all up. They've | ||
tried to keep those fellows out but they come | tried to keep those fellows out but they come | ||
in on the | in on the Soo Line and drop off at the Junction | ||
and make it in town somehow. I told Fred to keep a | and make it in to town somehow. I told Fred to keep a | ||
shotgun loaded for the next one that shows up." | shotgun loaded for the next one that shows up." | ||
them and on a rail if he catches them. | |||
Not long after this, the clubhouse was | Not long after this, the clubhouse was | ||
burned to the ground and there were ugly | burned to the ground and there were ugly | ||
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improved version of the building was erected on the same | improved version of the building was erected on the same | ||
site during the following year. But the | site during the following year. But the | ||
[? | [[?]] methods & human attachments of the | ||
early lumbering days were giving way to the | early lumbering days were giving way to the | ||
national and international brotherhoods, the | national and international brotherhoods, the | ||
doctrines and | doctrines and decrees of labor bosses in the | ||
distance and the models of barricades in | distance and the models of barricades in | ||
the future. One evening my father put down | the future. One evening my father put down | ||
his newspaper and got up from his | his newspaper and got up from his Morris | ||
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to my father and said. "They're planning to strike at the Nakina mill." "What do they want?" "Higher wages, longer vacation on pay, better pension system. An agitator got in there and stirred them all up. They've tried to keep those fellows out but they come in on the Soo Line and drop off at the Junction and make it in to town somehow. I told Fred to keep a shotgun loaded for the next one that shows up." them and on a rail if he catches them. Not long after this, the clubhouse was burned to the ground and there were ugly rumors concerning the origin of the fire. An improved version of the building was erected on the same site during the following year. But the ? methods & human attachments of the early lumbering days were giving way to the national and international brotherhoods, the doctrines and decrees of labor bosses in the distance and the models of barricades in the future. One evening my father put down his newspaper and got up from his Morris