“Yes—we’ve fired him.”
“An’ small blame to ye.”
“And we won’t take him back.”
“An’ right ye are. I hope ye’ll fight it out.”
“We intend to. Mr. Schofield has placed me in charge of the situation here.”
“An’ they couldn’t ’a’ got anybody better,” put in Reddy, with conviction.
“I’m going to do the best I can, anyway—and I want you to help.”
“I’m ready.”
“You know we brought in a lot of men to-night to take the place of the strikers.”
Reddy nodded.