Reading nearly all the news, he was attracted first by the scare-heads with which the trouble was noted in the "World." He read it fully--the names of the seven companies involved, the number of men.
"They're foolish to strike in this sort of weather," he thought to himself.

"Let 'em win if they can, though." The next day there was even a larger notice of it.

"Brooklynites Walk," said the "World." "Knights of Labor Tie up the Trolley Lines Across the Bridge." "About Seven Thousand Men Out." Hurstwood read this, formulating to himself his own idea of what would be the outcome.

He was a great believer in the strength of corporations.
"They can't win," he said, concerning the men.

"They haven't any money.
The police will protect the companies.