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END OF THE JUNGLE”-JURGIS A SOCIALIST
DRIVEN TO STRAITS OF UNEXAMPLED MISERY,
STARVATION BECOMES ALMOST A REALITY
Upton Sinclair’s Story in the
Ending ’Rouses Thoughts
of the Future.
(Copyright, ISOS, by Upton Sinclair. All right, reserved. Published by
courtesy of Doubleday, Page ft Co.)
CHAPTER XXVI (CONTINUED).
Just at thla time the mayor waa boasting that he had put an end to
gambling and prise fighting In the city: but here a swarm of professional
gamblers had leagued themselves with the police to fleece the atrlke break
ers; and any night In the big open apace In front of Brown's one might eee
brawny negroea atrlpped to the waist and pounding each other for money,
while a howling throng of three or four thousand surged about, men and
women, young white glrla from tho country rubbing elbows with big buck
negroes with daggers In their boots, while rows of woolly heads peered
down from every window of the surrounding factories: The ancestors of
these black people had been savage's In Africa; and since then they had
been chattel slaves, or had been held down by a community ruled by the
traditions of slavery. Now for the flrat time they were free—free to gratify
every passion, free to wreck themselves. They were wanted to -break a
atrlke, and when It was broken they would be shipped away and their
present masters would never see them again; and so whisky and women
were brought In by the carload and sold to them, and hell was let loose In
the yards. Every night there were stabblnga and shootlnga; It was said that
the packers had blank permits, which enabled them to ship dead bodies from
the city without troubling the authorities. They lodged men and women on
the same floor; and with the night there began a saturnalia of debauchery
—scenes such as never before had been witnessed In America. And as the
women were the dregs from the brothele of Chicago, and the men were, for
the most part. Ignorant country negroes, the nameless diseases of vice were
soon rifs; and this whers food waa being handled which was sent out to
every corner of the civilised world. :
The "Union Stock Yards" were never a pleasant place; but now they
were not only a collection of slaughter houses, but also the camping place
of an army of fifteen or twenty thousand human beasts. All day long the
biasing midsummer sun beat down upon .that square mile of abominations;
upon tens of thousands of cattle rlfiwded Into pens whose wooden floors
stank and steamed contagion; upon bare, blistering, dnder-etrewn railroad
tracks and huge blocks of dingy meat factories, whose labyrinthine passages
defied a breath of fresh air to penetrate them; and there were not merely
rivers of hot blood and car loads of moist flesh and rendering vats and soap
caldrons, glue factories and fertiliser tanka, that smalled like the craters
of hell—there were also tons of garbage festering In the sun, and the
greasy laundry of the workers hung out to dry, and dining rooms littered
filth food and black with flics, and toilet rooms that were open sewers.
And then at night, when thla throng poured out Into the streets to play
w-flghtlng, gambling, drinking and carousing, cursing and screaming, laugh
ing and Hinging, playing banjos ana dancing! They were worked In the
yards all the seven days of the week, and they had their prise fights and •
crap games on Hunday night os well; but then around the corner one might
see a bonfire biasing and an old, gray-heuded negress, lean and wltch-llke,
her hair flying wild and her eyes biasing, yelling and chanting of the fires of
perdition and the blood of the "Lamb," while men and women lay down upon
the ground nnd moaned and screamed In convulsions of terror and remorse.
Such were the stockyards during the the Indies proceeded to administer It
•trike; while the unions watched In by leaping from the truck and cracking
•ullen despair, and the country clam- at every lies
ored like a greedy child for Its food,
•nd the packers went grimly on their
way. Each day they added new work
ers, and could be more stern with the
old ones—could put them on piece
work, and dismiss them If they did not
keep up the pace. Jurgts was now
One of their agents In this process; nnd
he could feel the change day by duy,
like the alow starting up of a huge
machine. He had gotten used to being
• master of men; and because or the
stifling heat and the stench, and the
fact that he was a “scab" and knew It some men Into a barroom. One of
There were yelis of rage, and the
terrlfled people lied Iqto houses and
stores, or scattered helter-skelter down
the street. Jurgls and his gang Joined
In the sport, every man singling out
his victim, nnd striving to bring him
to bay and punch him. If he lied Into
a house his pursuer would smash In
the flimsy door and follow him up the
stairs, hitting every one who came
within reach, and Anally dragging his
squealing quarry from under a bed or
a pile of old clothes In a closet.
Jurgls and two policemen chased
and despised himself, he waa drinking,
and developing a villainous temper,
and he stormed and cursed and raged
at his men, and drove them until they
war* ready to drop with exhaustion.
Then one day late In August, a su
perintendent ran Into the place and
shouted to Jurgts and his gang to drop
their work and come. They followed
him outside, to where. In the mldet of
a dense throng, they saw several two-
horaa tracks waiting, and three patrol
wagon loads of police. Jurgls and his
nten sprang upon .one of the trucks,
and the driver yelled to the crowd,
and they went thundering away at a
gallop. Some steers had Just escaped
from the yards, and the strikers had
got bold of them, and there would be
tbs chance of a scrap!
They went out at the Ashland ave
nue gate, and over In ths direction of
the "dump." There was a yell as soon
as they were sighted, men and women
rushing out of houses and saloons as
they galloped by. There were eight or
ten policemen on the trucks, however,
and titers was no disturbance until
they came to a place where the street
was blocked with a dense throng. Those
on the flying track yelled a warning
and the crowd scattered pellmell, dis
closing one of tho steers tying In Its
blood. There were a good many cat
tle butchers about Just then, with noth
ing much to do, and hungry children
at home; and so some one had knock
ed out the atesr—and as a first-class
man can kill and dress one In a couple
of minutes, there were a good many
steaks and roasts already missing. This
called tor punishment of course; and
thorn took shelter behind the bar,
where a policeman cornered him and
proceeded to whack him over the back
and shoulders, until ho lay down and
gave a chance at his head. The oth
er* leaped a fence In the rear, balking
the second policeman, who was fat;
nnd as he came back, furious and curs
ing. a big Polish woman, the owner
of the saloon, rushed In screaming, and
received a poke In the stomach that
doubled her up on the floor. Mean
time Jurgls, who was of u practical
temper, was helping himself at the bar;
and the first policeman, who had laid
out his man. Joined him, handing out
several more bottles, and Mllng his
pockets besides, and then, as he slarted
to leave, cleaning ofr all the balance
with a sweep of Ills club. The din of
the glass crashing to the floor brought
the fat Polish woman to her feet again,
but another policeman came up behind
her and put hla knee Into her bark
and his hands over her eyes—and then
ealled to his companion, who s ent back
and broke open the cash drawer and
fllled his pockets with the contents.
Then the three went outside, and the
man who was holding the woman gave
her a shove and dashed out himself.
The gang, having already got the car
cass onto the truck, the party set out
at a trot, followed by screams and
curses and a shower of bricks and
stones from unseen enemies. These
bricks and stones would figure In the
accounts of the "riot" which would be
sent out to a few thousand newspapers
within an hour or two; but the epi
sode of the cash drawer would never
be mentioned again, save only In the
heart-breaking legends of Packlngtown.
It waa late Ip the afternoon when
they got back, and they dressed out the
remainder of the steer, and a couple of
others that had been killed, and then
knocked off for the day. Jurgts went
downtown to supper, with three friends
who had been on the other trucks,
and they exchanged reminiscences on
the way. Afterward they drifted Into a
roulette parlor, and Jurgls, who waa
never lucky at gambling, dropped about
IIS. To console himself, he had to
drink a good deal, and he went back
to Packlngtown about 2 o'clock In the
morning, very much ths worse for his
excursion, and, It must be confessed,
entirely deserving the calamity that
was In store for him.
As hs was going to the place where
he slept he met a painted-cheeked
woman In a greasy "kimono," and she
put her arm about hla waist to steady
him; they turned Into a dark room
they were passing—but scarcely had
they taken two steps before suddenly
a door swung open, and a man enter
ed, carrying a lantern. "Who's there?"
he called sharply. And Jurgls started
to mutter some reply; but at the same
Instant the man raised hi* light, which
ilaahed In hi* face, *o that It was pos
sible to recognise him. Jurgls stood
stricken dumb, and his heart gave a
leap like a mad thing. The man was
Connorl
Connor, the boss of the loading gang.
The man who had ruined his wife—who
had sent him to prison, and wrecked
his home, and ruined his Ilfs, life stood
there, staring with the light shining
full upon him.
Jurgls had often thought of Connor
since coming back to Packlngtown. but
It had been as of something far off,
that no longer concerned him. Now,
however, when he aaw him, alive and
In the flesh, the same thing happened
to him that had happened before—a
flood of rage boiled up In him, a blind
fronsy seised him. And he flung him
self nt the man, and smote him be
tween the eyes—and then, as he fell,
seised hint by the throat and began to
pound his head upon the stonea. /
The woman began screaming, nnd
people came rushing In. The lantern
had been upset and extinguished, nnd
It was so dark they could not see a
thing; but they could hear Jurgls
pnntlng, and hear the thumping of hla
victim’s skull, and they rushed them
and tried to pull him off. Precisely
as before, Jurgls came away with a
piece of his enemy's flesh between his
teeth; and, as before, he went on light
ing with those who had Interfered
with him, until a policeman had coma
and beaten him Into Insensibility.
And so Jurgls spent the balance of
the night In the stock yards station
house. This time, however, he had
money In hi* pocket, and when he came
to his senses he could get something
to drink, nnd also a messenger to take
word of hie plight to "Bush" Harper.
Harper did not appear, however, until
after the prisoner, feeling very weak
and 111. had been haled Into court and re-
tnnnded at 1500 ball to await the result
of his victim's Injuries. Jurgls wss
wild about this, because n different
magistrate had chanced to be on the
bench, nnd he had stated that he had
never been arrested before, and also
that he had been attacked flrat—and If
only some one had been there to speak
a good word for him he could have
been let off nt once.
But Harper explained that he had
been down town, nnd had not got the
message. "What's happened to your
he asked.
Tve been doing a fellow up," said
Jurgts. "nnd I’ve got to get 1500 ball.”
"I can arrange that all right.” said
the other, "though It may cost you a
few dollars, of course. But what was
the trouble?'
It was a man that did me a mean
trick once," answered Jurgls.
•Who Is he?"
•He's a foreman In Brown's—or used
to be. His name's Connor.
And the other gave a start. "Con
nor!”' he cried. "Not Phil Connor?"
Yes," said Jurgls, "that’s the fellow.
Why?"
"Good dod!" exclaimed the other,
then you're In for It, old man! I
can't help you!”
Not help me! Why not?"
Why, he's one of Scully's biggest
men—he’s a member of the War-
Whoop League, and they talked of
sending him to the legislature! Phil
Connor! Oreat heavens!"
Jurgls sat dumb with dismay.
"Why. he ran send you to Joliet. If
he wants to!" declared the other.
"Can't I have Scully get me off be
fore he finds out about It?' asked Jur
gls, at length.
"But Scully's out of town,” ths other
answered. "I don't even know where
he le—he's ran away to dodge the
strike.”
That was a pretty mess, indeed. Poor
Jurgts sat half dased. His pull had run
up against a bigger pull, and he was
down and out! "But what am I going
to do?' he asked, weakly.
How should I know?" said the oth-
“I shouldn't even dare to get ball
for you—why. I might ruin myself for
life!"
Again there waa silence. "Can* you
do It for me?" Jurgls asked. "And pre-
tend that you didn’t know who I'd
hit?"
"But what good would that do when
you came to stand trial?" asked Harp
er. Then he sat burled In thought for
a minute or two. "Thera'a nothing—
unless It's this.” he said. "I could have
your ball reduced; and then If you hatl
tho money .you could pay It and skip."
"How much will It be?" Jurgls asked,
after he had had this explained more
In detail.
"I don't know," said the other. "How
much do you own 7"
‘Tvo got about 5300,” waa the an
swer.
“Well,", said Hafpcr, "I'm not sure,
but I'll try and get you off for that. I’ll
take the risk for friendship's sake—for
I'd hate to see you sent to state prison
for a year or two.”
And so Anally Jurgls ripped out his
bank book—which was sewed up In
hta trouser*—and signed an order,
which "Bush” Harper wrote, for all the
money to be paid out. Then the lat
ter went and got it, and hurried to
the court, and explained to the magis
trate that Jurgls was a decent fellow
and a friend of Scully's, who had been
attacked by a strike-breaker. So the
ball was reduced to |S00, and Harper
went on It himself; lie did not tell this
to Jurgls, however—nor did he tell him
that when the time for trial came It
would be an easy matter for him to
avoid the forfeiting of the ball and
pocket the 1500 as his reward for the
risk of offending Mike Scully! All that
he told Jurgla was that he waa now
free, and that the best thing he could
do was to clear out as quickly as pos
sible; and ao Jurgls, overwhelmed with
gratitude and relief, took the dollar
and fourtean cents that waa left him
out of all his bank account, and put It
with ths two dollars and a quarter
that was left from hla last night's cele
bration, and bonnlcd a street car and
got off at the other end of Chicago.
CLOSING CHAPTERS
OF "THE JUNGLE."
After Chapter XXVI "The Jungle"
drops completely the narrative of life
In the stockyards nnd plunges Into the
story of bow Jurgla Is led Into a coterie
nt Socialists; how hs Imbibed their
principles, and how they promulgated
those principles.
(This la a brief synopsis of the last
flve chapters.)
Poor Jurgls was now an outcast and
a tramp once more. He was crippled
—as literally crippled as any wild ani
mal which had lost Its claws. He
could no longer command a Job when
he wanted It; he could no longer steal
with Impunity.
And also he labored under another
handicap now. When he had been out
of work before he had been content
If he could sleep In a doorway or un
der a truck out of the rain, and If he
could get 15 cents a day for saloon
lunches. But now he desired all aorta
of other things, and, suffered because
he had to do without them. He must
have a drink now and then, a drink
for Its own soka and apart from the
food that came with It.
Jurgls became once more a besieger
of factory gates. But never since he
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had been In Chicago had he stood IeB9
chance of getting a Job than Just then.
At tjie end of about ten days he had
only a few pennies left; and he had
not yet found a Job—not even a chance
to carry a satchel. Haw, naked terror
possesed him. He was going to die of
hunger! He would walk, begging for
work, until he was exhausted. Every
where he went there were hundreds of
others like him; everywhere waa the
sight of plenty—and the merciless hand
of authority waving them away. There
Is one kind of prison where the man Is
behind bars, and everything that he
desires Is outside; and there is an
other kind wltpre tho things are be
hind bars and the man Is outside.
Down to his last quarter, Jurgls took
to living on stale bread, which the
bakers sold at a reduced price, and
lived for two days upon a cabbage
which he snatched from a stall.
One night he was given a quarter
by an old lady for carrying hor bun
dles and he obtained a meal which
stuffed hie skin as tight as a football,
afterward finding himself In a hall
where Senator Spareshanks won ex
plaining the system of protection, an
Ingenious device whereby the working
man permitted the manufacturer to
charge him high prices. In order that
he might receive higher wages; thus
taking his money out of hts pocket
with one hand and putting a part of It
back with the other. To the senator
this unique arrangement had somehow
become Identified with the higher veri
ties of the universe.
Singular as It may seem, Jurgls was
making a desperate effort to compre
hend the extent of American prosper
ity. The reason was that he wanted
to keep awake. But he had eaten such
a big dinner, and ths room was so
warm, Jurgls began to snore; one of
his neighbors called a policeman and
he was thrown out.
In the street, Jurgls caught sight of
a well-dressed woman. It waa Alena
Jasaityte, who had been the belle of hla
wedding feastl
Alena gave Jurgls the address of
Marlja. a number on Clark street, and
he set out to find her. While watting
In the hall, there wa* a cry of "Po
lice!” and In the confusion Jurgls
comes upon Marlja. Every one In the
house was arrested, but the magistrate
free* Jurgls next morning, and he wan
ders past the hall from which he had
been ejected for snoring during Sena
tor Spareshanks' speech.
Another meeting was In progress,
and Jurgls entered, to find that It was
held by Roalallets. After the speaking
ho ventured to thank the lecturer for
his address end was Introduced to
Ostrinskl, a little tailor, who took Jur
gls to hit room and talked to him for
tours of the Socialist movement.
To Jurgls the packers had been
equivalent to fats; Ostrinskl showed
him that they wars the beef truth It
was a monster devouring with a thou
sand mouths, trampling with a thou
sand hoofs; It was the Oreat Butcher
—It was the spirit of capitalism made
flesh. Bribery and corruption \fiere Its
everyday methods. In Chicago the city
ovemment wa* simply one of Its
branch offices; It stole billions of gal
lons of city water openly; It dictated
to the courts the sentences of disor
derly strikers; It forbade the mayor
to enforce the building laws against It.
In the national capital It had power to
prevent Inspection of Its product, and
o falsify government reports; It vio
lated the rebate laws, and when an In
vestigation was threatened It burned
Its books and sent Its criminal agents
out of the country.
It had forced the price of cattle ao
low as to destroy the stock raising In
dustry, an occupation upon which whole
states existed! It had ruined thou
sands of butchers who had refused to
handle Its products. It divided the
country Into districts, and fixed the
price of meat In all of them; and It
owned all the refrigerator cars, and
levied an enormous tribute upon all
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After breakfast with Ostrinskl, Jur
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‘Sea hare,” he would say In the midst
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hers who’s worked there and seen ev
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to be shipped Into another state and
made Into lard. Hinds would bfng his
knee and cry, "Do you think a man
could make up a thing like that?"
And when the victim would say that
the whole country was getting stirred
up, that ths newspaper* were full of
denunciations of the beef trust, and the
government taking action asrnlttp; It,
Tommy Hinds had a knockout blow ull
ready. "Yes," he would say, "all that
Is trae—but what do.you suppose Is
the- reason for tL Art) you foolish
enough to believe that It Is done for
the public? There are other trusts la
the country Just as Illegal and extor
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coal trust, that freeses the poor In
winter: there I* the steel trust, that
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you suppose It Is
that all the fury Is
directed against the beef- trust?
And when to this the victim would
reply that there was clamor enough
over the oil trust the other would con
tinue: "Ten years ago Henry D.
Lloyd told all the truth about the
Standard Oil Company In his 'Wealth
Versus Commonwealth,* and the book
was allowed to die, and you hardly
ever hear of It. And now, why Is it all
so different with the beef trust T"
Here the other would generally admit
that he waa stuck, and Tommy Hinds
would explain to him. "It la the rail
road trust that runs your stsite govern
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tha United States senate. And all of
the trusts that I have named are rail
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The beef trust has defied the railroads
—It Is plundering them day by day
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public Is roused to fury, and the gov
ernment goes on the warpath.
"And you poor common people watch
and applaud the Job, and think It's all
done for you, and never dream that It
Is really the grand climax of the cen
tury-long battle of commercial compe
tition—the final death-grapple of the
chiefs of the beef trust and Standard
Oil for the prise of the mastery and
ownership of the United States of
America!"
After an Ineffectual effort to Induce
Marlja to abandon the life she was
leading In the house on Clark street,
Jurgla settled down to work nnd the
constant study of Socialism, ao that
when the night of the election cams
around he was one of the most excltsd
In the group receiving the returns of
the -party, and hla story ends, as on*
of the orators declaims, "'Chicago will
be ours!”
(The End.)
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