I studied their business as thoroughly as I studied the case of the men.

I soon got from them all the concessions we had demanded when we called the strike.

It was fortunate for us that the strike was cancelled, for we kept our jobs and in due course got all the things that we were going to strike for.
In fact, I got so many concessions by dickering with those bosses that I made life a burden for them at times.

I knew the cost of every different kind of plate the mill put out, and so I could demand a high rate of wages and support my demands with logic.

My midnight studies had not been in vain.