CHAPTER VIII

FROM DENVER TO THE PACIFIC 338

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE SENSE OF INFINITY IS HEIGHTENED BY THE FLOATING MIST Frontispiece

FACING PAGE “THAT MEETING IS NOT FAR,” HE IS SAYING, “AND IT’S WARM THERE. WON’T YOU GO?” 16

IN THE CORNER NEAR US ARE THREE MEN, SLOUCHING, LISTLESS, WEARY SPECIMENS OF THEIR KIND, WHO ARE PLAYING “COMRADES” 24

SHE IS FACING US NEAR AT HAND, HER HEAD FRAMED IN THE DARK UMBRELLA WHICH RESTS UPON HER SHOULDER 30

OVERFLOWING THROUGH THE OPEN DOOR OF THE FARTHEST PASSAGE UPON THE FLOOR OF THE MAIN CORRIDOR ARE THE SPRAWLING FIGURES OF MEN ASLEEP 36

THE POLICE-STATION BREAKFAST 42

“OUT YOU GO, NOW” 50

“WE’LL FEED, PARTNER, WE’LL FEED” 54

ALL OF THEM WERE SHOUTING OATHS AND VIOLENT ABUSE 60

SHE DREW BACK AND LOOKED AT ME PERPLEXED 66

HE WAS PUTTING THE MEN THROUGH A CATECHISM RESPECTING THEIR NATIONALITIES, THEIR HOMES AND OCCUPATIONS, AND THEIR MOTIVES IN COMING TO CHICAGO 88

I THINK THAT THE COOK THOROUGHLY ENJOYED FEEDING US 94

IN THE MIDST OF THE APPLAUSE WHICH MARKED THE PASSAGE OF THE RESOLUTION, SHE WAS ON HER FEET 106

“DON’T YOU TOUCH IT,” SHE SAID, FIERCELY 114

“WE’VE GOT SOME GRUB, MA!” CRIED THE OLDER CHILD, IN A TONE OF SUCCESS, AS SHE RAN UP TO HER MOTHER WITH THE BASKET. “RILEY’S BARREL WAS FULL TO-NIGHT” 118

WAITING FOR A JOB OUTSIDE THE FACTORY GATES 130

I WAS STRONG AND WARM IN THE WILD JOY OF THE LUST FOR BLOOD 136

LOADING THE BOX-CARS UNDER CRIST’S GUIDANCE 150

IN THE FACTORY 154

CROWDS OF MEN STREAMING FROM EVERY DOOR AND PRESSING SWIFTLY THROUGH THE GATE 160

THE NOON HOUR 164

MRS. SCHULZ’S BOARDING-HOUSE 168

NEVER ONCE DID I FAIL OF A FRIENDLY GREETING 196

HE HATED KINGS AND POTENTATES AND ALL GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY 214

THE SOCIALIST MEETING 222

THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE DOMESTIC SCENE WHICH MET US TO SUGGEST THE HOME OF A REVOLUTIONARY 232

AN EVASION OF THE FACTORY SYSTEM OF PRODUCTION 236

RETURNING WORK FROM SWEAT SHOPS 240

“DON’T TALK TO US ABOUT DISEASE; IT’S _BREAD_ WE’RE AFTER, _BREAD_!” 246

IT WAS A WELL-FED CROWD WHICH SAT SMOKING FOR A QUARTER OF AN HOUR OR MORE ON THE ROUGH EMBANKMENTS, OVERLOOKING THE AGRICULTURAL BUILDING BEFORE GOING BACK TO WORK 256

THE FOURTH OF JULY--“TWO TOWNSHIPS WERE TO PLAY EACH OTHER” 318

PRICE COULD SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE, AND NOW AND THEN ONE JOINED US IN CAMP 370

THE WORKERS