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How long could a man expect to stand on the steps of a company building, with a super and a pit-boss at his back, and organise a union of mineworkers? Hal realised that he must move the crowd from that perilous place.
"You'll do what I say, now? " he demanded; and when they agreed in chorus, he added the warning: "There'll be no fighting! And no drinking! If you see any man drunk tonight, sit on him and hold him down!"