America 1881: They Call Me Legend

Chapter 406

"What? General strike? Chinese laborers? Why should they?"

After listening to the supervisor's report, Manager Riley couldn't believe it.

He had been in the coal mine for so many years, and it was the first time he heard that the Chinese labor union was on strike.

"This is ridiculous, how could the Chinese laborers go on strike." Riley muttered.

However, at this time, another noise came from the other side of the river.

Riley and the overseer rushed out of the house again and climbed up the hill.

"What are they doing?" Riley looked at the workers gathered in front of the Labor Knights Hall.

He felt like he was going crazy!

The supervisor watched that direction carefully, and he found that more and more workers who had resumed work had come out of Shaft No. [-].

"Hey, boss, I guess we have witnessed history." The supervisor said something that he couldn't usually say, "It seems that the Chinese workers have united with the white miners."

Riley said nothing, the look on his face pained.

He doesn't want to witness history, he just wants to be a manager with a salary.

More than an hour ago, he just sent a telegram to the headquarters, telling the headquarters that there is no big problem here.

In Riley's view, this is the best outcome.

The contradiction was successfully drawn to those Chinese workers.

The Chinese laborers may have suffered some losses, but this does not prevent them from continuing to dig coal for the company;

As for those white miners, keep cursing those Chinese workers!Love it or not.

However, the situation has changed now, and the most unexpected situation has appeared for him.

Manager Riley had to go and rewire headquarters.

First slap yourself on the face and show that the telegram an hour ago was pure nonsense.

Then tell the old men sitting in the office:
They will have to face a joint general strike!

"Boss, what should we do now?" The overseer looked at Riley anxiously.

"Wait for now and wait for the trade union to come to us." Riley is quite experienced. "They estimate that they will ask us soon, so we can wait for the reply from the headquarters."

He pointed to the supervisor: "If the headquarters is willing to procrastinate, then we will procrastinate. I really don't believe how these people can support their families without jobs."

Sure enough, Hawley and Hanks showed up at Riley's office the next day.

Come with them, and Liao Dabai.

"Our requirements are written here!" Hawley handed a piece of paper to Riley.

"First of all, we demand that the original labor price be restored, and the unit price of every bushel (measurement unit, 35.238 liters) of coal dug will be restored from four cents to five cents."

"Secondly, we want to reduce the hours of forced labor. The current way of working has caused great harm to our bodies!"

Hawley clearly repeated the union's demands to Riley point by point.

These requirements were agreed upon at the meeting.

Chen Jianqiu didn't show up. He seemed to be busy with other things. Li Sifu took the boat to the opposite side instead of him and attended the meeting.

Riley was smiling and nodding all the way, looking kind and approachable.

"No problem, I will report this to the headquarters, but I still hope that everyone will return to their posts! After all, the company is a whole."

Riley said frankly.

"Only by waving the mining hoe can we earn income. Everyone still has to take care of the overall situation."

Hawley had no intention of saving face for the manager.

He stood up straight:
"Sir, I can tell you clearly that this strike action is united."

He took out a telegram and photographed it on the table.

"From San Francisco to Kansas City, every coal mine of the Pacific Coal Mining Company on this rail line will go on strike! If you cannot meet our demands, then on my honor, none of the workers will return to work!"

Holly stared into Riley's eyes.

Both parties have no intention of making concessions, and naturally it is impossible to reach an agreement.

The members of the union turned and walked out of the cabin.

Looking at their backs, Riley sneered for a while.

Now it depends on whether the headquarters is willing to bear the loss of the shutdown.

It is unrealistic for you to expect those workers to be monolithic. If it takes a little longer, some people will definitely not be able to survive.

Let's see.

Liao Dabai and Hanks were also a little worried about this issue.

The wages of the Chinese workers have been severely deducted. If the strike continues, it will mean that they will have to eat their money;

Although the income of the white miners will be much higher, they often have families. If the income is cut off, the family will soon be in trouble.

You can't ask everyone to be willing to hold on.

They shared their concerns with Hawley.

Hawley said only one sentence: "Mr. Chen said he would solve these problems."

The two followed Holly out of the No. [-] mine suspiciously.

The time has come to evening.

The Chinese workers in Shiquan Town sat in front of their dormitories or houses.

After coming to the United States, these people almost never have their own time, let alone what leisure is.

At this time, some of them were chatting; some were cooking dinner; some were picking stones on the ground to play games like children.

Suddenly, a young miner called out loudly.

He sat on the barrel that Sean drilled through before, looking in the direction of Carbon County.

"Boss Chen is back!"

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed.

Sure enough, several flat carriages with cloth behind them appeared on the only road.

And Chen Jianqiu, with a straw in his mouth, sat on the shaft of the first carriage.

The carriage quickly stopped in the open space of the residential area.

Chen Jianqiu jumped down.

"Open!"

He greeted Li Sifu.

Li Sifu walked quickly to the carriage with several Chinese militiamen, and lifted the canvas covering the carriage.

The car was full of bulging cloth bags.

Chen Jianqiu untied the rope of one of the cloth bags, and put his hand inside.

By the time he took his hand out of the cloth bag, it had turned white.

Chen Jianqiu opened his palms.

"Wheat flour!"

The Huagong next to him exclaimed.

Chen Jianqiu stuffed the flour back into the bag, and then tied the mouth again.

"Everyone, please rest for two days. Here is some flour." He pointed to the two carriages behind, "There are potatoes, and various vegetables and meat will be delivered later."

"The Pacific Coal Mining Company is willing to spend it, so we will spend it with him. I want to see if their loss is greater or ours."

Chen Jianqiu looked towards the hillside where Manager Riley stood.

Manager Riley and the supervisor both stretched their heads and looked at their side.

"By the way, Xiao En, use a boat to send some to the other side of the river. There are not many things, but it will not be a big problem if you last for more than a week." Chen Jianqiu called Xiao En and ordered.

On the hillside, Riley was a little out of breath.

He thought about it, but he didn't expect that these Chinese workers actually got food and planned to fight the Pacific Coal Mining Company for a long time.

The question is, where did they get the money to purchase the supplies? !

His heart kept cursing:

This group of Chinese workers really learned from bad habits and slipped away. Either they didn't go on strike, or if they went on strike, they used their savings to kill themselves.

As for?
The Chinese laborers in front of us now have food and guns, so why stop working?Just robbed the coal mine.

Thinking of this, Riley felt a chill run down his spine.

These Chinese laborers belonged to a group beyond his knowledge, so what they would do, he could not guess at all.

no!You have to notify the headquarters immediately and let them send someone to protect the coal mine!
(End of this chapter)