He had come to understand union methods of discipline and recognised fully the demands for loyalty and obedience imposed upon its members by the organisation.

These men of his were bound to the union by solemn obligations.

He bore them no ill-will on that score.
Rather he respected them the more for it.

If a fight was inevitable, he would do his best to beat them but he would allow no spirit of hatred to change his mind toward them nor cloud his judgment.
The day was full of excursions and alarms.

A hurry call was sent out by McGinnis to all employers who had received copies of the document from the Allied Unions.