The apostle of free labour : the life story of William Collison, founder and general secretary of the National Free Labour Association, told by himself . ed along to them, and arranged that directlythe noise of the pantechnicons was heard, the gates were to bethrown open quickly. The manoeuvre succeeded to a nicety,and we got safely inside and closed the gates. Then I undid thevan doors. I knew then what the Black Hole of Calcutta musthave been like. There had been no ventilation inside the vans. The atmo-sphere was such that I nearly collapsed myself. Several of the 220 THE APOSTLE OF FREE LA
The apostle of free labour : the life story of William Collison, founder and general secretary of the National Free Labour Association, told by himself . ed along to them, and arranged that directlythe noise of the pantechnicons was heard, the gates were to bethrown open quickly. The manoeuvre succeeded to a nicety,and we got safely inside and closed the gates. Then I undid thevan doors. I knew then what the Black Hole of Calcutta musthave been like. There had been no ventilation inside the vans. The atmo-sphere was such that I nearly collapsed myself. Several of the 220 THE APOSTLE OF FREE LABOUR men did actually faint, and when I saw their white faces, Isaid : God help me, I shall be had up for manslaughter. But every man came round. I saw them presently at work,and they did not reproach me for that awful half-hour, You got us through them pickets all right, guvnor, saidone, but it was a tight fix, Such are the extremities we have been driven to, such are theruses we have had to adopt, to defeat the peaceful pickets. Letthe shame and the blame for such methods rest on the TradeUnion organization, whose tyranny renders them GEORGE WARD. Lancashire and Cheshire District Secretary. National Free Labour Association. \_Facinij p. 220. CHAPTER XXIII. THE CONFESSIONS OF A STRIKE-BREAKER (continued). WITH a record of six iiundred and eighty strikes defeatedin twenty years, I cannot, for reasons of space, in myLife Story refer to them all; the few I give have been selectedbecause they show the difficulties placed in the way of FreeLabour, not only by peaceful pickets, but by lukewarmemployers of labour, by Trade Union foremen, railway servants,county police, and others. I have had experiences of strikes, where the Secretary of theStrike Committee has been on the Town Council, a member ofthe Watch Committee, and a Justice of the Peace ; in whichcapacity he has plainly told the Chief Constable that if FreeLabour were encouraged, he would stand no chance of gettin
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