They said they would starve before they would apply.
They remained idle a long while, because of course nobody could venture to employ them.
By and by the association published the fact that upon a certain date the wages would be raised to five hundred dollars per month.

All the branch associations had grown strong, now, and the Red River one had advanced wages to seven hundred dollars a month.

Reluctantly the ten outsiders yielded, in view of these things, and made application.

There was another new by-law, by this time, which required them to pay dues not only on all the wages they had received since the association was born, but also on what they would have received if they had continued at work up to the time of their application, instead of going off to pout in idleness.

It turned out to be a difficult matter to elect them, but it was accomplished at last.