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“
It
’
s
funny
,
”
she
replied
,
still
doubting
.
“
What
’
s
the
use
of
your
standing
there
and
talking
like
that
,
now
?
”
he
asked
.
“
Do
you
think
I
’
ve
had
it
alone
?
You
talk
as
if
I
’
d
taken
something
.
”
“
Well
,
it
’
s
too
much
,
anyhow
,
”
said
Carrie
.
“
I
oughtn
’
t
to
be
made
to
pay
for
it
.
I
’
ve
got
more
than
I
can
pay
for
now
.
”
“
All
right
,
”
replied
Hurstwood
,
sitting
down
in
silence
.
He
was
sick
of
the
grind
of
this
thing
.
Carrie
went
out
and
there
he
sat
,
determining
to
do
something
.
There
had
been
appearing
in
the
papers
about
this
time
rumours
and
notices
of
an
approaching
strike
on
the
trolley
lines
in
Brooklyn
.
There
was
general
dissatisfaction
as
to
the
hours
of
labour
required
and
the
wages
paid
.
As
usual
—
and
for
some
inexplicable
reason
—
the
men
chose
the
winter
for
the
forcing
of
the
hand
of
their
employers
and
the
settlement
of
their
difficulties
.
Hurstwood
had
been
reading
of
this
thing
,
and
wondering
concerning
the
huge
tie
-
up
which
would
follow
.
A
day
or
two
before
this
trouble
with
Carrie
,
it
came
.
On
a
cold
afternoon
,
when
everything
was
grey
and
it
threatened
to
snow
,
the
papers
announced
that
the
men
had
been
called
out
on
all
the
lines
.
Being
so
utterly
idle
,
and
his
mind
filled
with
the
numerous
predictions
which
had
been
made
concerning
the
scarcity
of
labour
this
winter
and
the
panicky
state
of
the
financial
market
,
Hurstwood
read
this
with
interest
.
He
noted
the
claims
of
the
striking
motormen
and
conductors
,
who
said
that
they
had
been
wont
to
receive
two
dollars
a
day
in
times
past
,
but
that
for
a
year
or
more
“
trippers
”
had
been
introduced
,
which
cut
down
their
chance
of
livelihood
one
-
half
,
and
increased
their
hours
of
servitude
from
ten
to
twelve
,
and
even
fourteen
.
These
“
trippers
”
were
men
put
on
during
the
busy
and
rush
hours
,
to
take
a
car
out
for
one
trip
.
The
compensation
paid
for
such
a
trip
was
only
twenty
-
five
cents
.
When
the
rush
or
busy
hours
were
over
,
they
were
laid
off
.
Worst
of
all
,
no
man
might
know
when
he
was
going
to
get
a
car
.
He
must
come
to
the
barns
in
the
morning
and
wait
around
in
fair
and
foul
weather
until
such
time
as
he
was
needed
.
Two
trips
were
an
average
reward
for
so
much
waiting
—
a
little
over
three
hours
’
work
for
fifty
cents
.
The
work
of
waiting
was
not
counted
.
The
men
complained
that
this
system
was
extending
,
and
that
the
time
was
not
far
off
when
but
a
few
out
of
7
,
000
employees
would
have
regular
two
-
dollar
-
a
-
day
work
at
all
.
They
demanded
that
the
system
be
abolished
,
and
that
ten
hours
be
considered
a
day
’
s
work
,
barring
unavoidable
delays
,
with
$
2
.
25
pay
.
They
demanded
immediate
acceptance
of
these
terms
,
which
the
various
trolley
companies
refused
.
Hurstwood
at
first
sympathised
with
the
demands
of
these
men
—
indeed
,
it
is
a
question
whether
he
did
not
always
sympathise
with
them
to
the
end
,
belie
him
as
his
actions
might
.
Reading
nearly
all
the
news
,
he
was
attracted
first
by
the
scare
-
heads
with
which
the
trouble
was
noted
in
the
“
World
.
