Richard Stanton

Margaret Thompson

J.P. Lockney

Richard V. Spencer

John Daly, a desert miner, has struck it rich in the Centipede Mine. In spite of the wealth taken from the mine, he is still &quot;one of the boys,&quot; and refusing &quot;to put on airs.&quot; Daly&apos;s greatest delight out of work hours is to slip do...

The Strike at Centipede Mine

John Daly, a desert miner, has struck it rich in the Centipede Mine. In spite of the wealth taken from the mine, he is still "one of the boys," and refusing "to put on airs." Daly's greatest delight out of work hours is to slip down to his old friend Bill Foster's cabin and over a mug of beer play cards of an evening with Bill and court his charming daughter, Hope. Foster is foreman of Daly's mine and a loyal workman. He is also secretary of the miners' union of the district. Jim Foley, a miner rival of Daly's for the hand of Hope, is caught "high-grading" by Channing, Daly's superintendent, and fired. Foley is a trouble breeder with the "gift of gab," and in revenge against Daly, he stirs up the slumbering class hatred of the rougher element and urges them to strike and demand better wages. Foster opposed the voting of a strike but is hissed down when the miners return from a visit to Daly with a higher wage petition which Daly has declined to grant on the ground that the men are already getting higher wages than in any other mine of the district. The strike is voted and in loyalty to his comrades, Foster is forced to quit his job and strike with them. Later, while the miners' wives and children are on the verge of starvation through the failure of the strike, Daly secretly provides Hope Foster with the means to keep them in food. Daly protects his mine with armed guards. On a night when most of the men are off duty, Foley plans to raid the mine. One of the miners' wives, grateful to Hope for her assistance, tips her off to the raid, and she in turn tips off Daly in time to enable him to block Foley's plan. Foley accuses Foster of turning traitor and in the fight that follows Foster licks Foley to a finish. The men, however, believe Foster guilty and hold him a prisoner in Foley's cabin. Unable to find her father and fearing further insult at the hands of Foley, Hope takes refuge at the mine. Learning that Foley and his men have forcibly taken possession of the town saloon (they having no money and unable to get booze on credit) Daly telegraphs to the sheriff in an adjoining town for help. The sheriff and his men board a special train and race for the scene to prevent bloodshed between the guards and miners. Learning of their approach, Foley resolves to hasten the attack on the mine and wreck the sheriff's special. He sends Bloom, a lieutenant, and several men to overpower the agent and tear up the track. They are frustrated by a tramp. Meantime Foley and his men attack the mine. Channing, the superintendent, is killed while defending the mine with the guards. The sheriff and his men drive Foley away from the mine. Foley returns to his cabin and, seeing all lost, connects a fuse to a case of dynamite stolen from the mine magazine, lights it and leaves Foster to his fate. Bloom, dying from the wounds inflicted by the posse, tells Hope that her father is a captive in Foley's cabin. Hope races there just in time to save his life. The miner desperadoes are rounded up and Foley surrenders to the sheriff. Several days later the strike is broken and the men have returned to work. Daly proposes to Hope and is accepted.

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The Strike at Centipede Mine

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