The Strike at the Gringo
Actors
Francis Ford
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Story
The workingmen were discontented. They had read how trades had secured an increase in wages by striking, and decided to use the same tactics if necessary. A committee was chosen and went before the owner of the mine, but he would not grant their demands. Then the foreman was chosen to intercede for the men, and his failure to obtain the raise in salary led to a tragedy, for it was known that he cherished a secret love for the mine owner's daughter, and his failure was mistaken for false play. Accordingly, the foreman was made a prisoner and the men instigated a hunt for the owner, who by the way, had refused his consent to the marriage of his daughter and the foreman, believing that the latter was in leagued with the workingmen. The owner was dragged from his home and both he and the foreman were taken to a lonely spot in the woods. They were bound and gagged and tied to a stake. A powder keg was placed beneath them with wires running to a battery, by which it was to be set off. ...
