I remember distinctly how exasperated I was at this, and the objurgations, as forcible as the presence of the ladies permitted, which I lavished upon workmen in general, and these strikers in particular.

I had abundant sympathy from those about me, and the remarks made in the desultory conversation which followed, upon the unprincipled conduct of the labor agitators, were calculated to make those gentlemen's ears tingle.

It was agreed that affairs were going from bad to worse very fast, and that there was no telling what we should come to soon.

"The worst of it," I remember Mrs.Bartlett's saying, "is that the working classes all over the world seem to be going crazy at once.

In Europe it is far worse even than here.