StillmorestrikinglywasthesamepropositionrecentlydemonstratedinSanFrancisco。Asympatheticstrikecalledoutawholefederationoftrades\'unions。Thousandsofmen，inmanybranchesoftrade，quitwork，——draymen，sandteamsters，portersandpackers，longshoremen，stevedores，warehousemen，stationaryengineers，sailors，marinefiremen，stewards，sea-cooks，andsoforth，——aninterminablelist。Itwasastrikeoflargeproportions。EveryPacificcoastshippingcitywasinvolved，andtheentirecoastingservice，fromSanDiegotoPugetSound，wasvirtuallytiedup。Thetimewasconsideredauspicious。ThePhilippinesandAlaskahaddrainedthePacificcoastofsurpluslabor。Itwassummer-time，whentheagriculturaldemandforlaborerswasatitsheight，andwhenthecitieswerebareoftheirfloatingpopulations。Andyetthereremainedabodyofsurpluslaborsufficienttotaketheplacesofthestrikers。Nomatterwhatoccupation，sea-cookorstationaryengineer，sandteamsterorwarehouseman，ineverycasetherewasanidleworkerreadytodothework。Andnotonlyreadybutanxious。
Theyfoughtforachancetowork。Menwerekilled，hundredsofheadswerebroken，thehospitalswerefilledwithinjuredmen，andthousandsofassaultswerecommitted。Andstillsurpluslaborers，\"scabs，\"cameforwardtoreplacethestrikers。
Thequestionarises:WHENCECAMETHISSECONDARMYOFWORKERSTO
REPLACETHEFIRSTARMY？Onethingiscertain:thetrades\'unionsdidnotscabononeanother。Anotherthingiscertain:noindustryonthePacificslopewascrippledintheslightestdegreebyitsworkersbeingdrawnawaytofilltheplacesofthestrikers。A
thirdthingiscertain:theagriculturalworkersdidnotflocktothecitiestoreplacethestrikers。InthislastinstanceitisworthwhiletonotethattheagriculturallaborerswailedtoHighHeavenwhenafewofthestrikerswentintothecountrytocompetewiththeminunskilledemployments。Sothereisnoaccountingforthissecondarmyofworkers。Itsimplywas。Itwasthereallthistime，asurpluslaborarmyintheyearofourLord1901，ayearadjudgedmostprosperousintheannalsoftheUnitedStates。{2}