Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE AMERICANS

THE AMERICANS

By

EDWIN DAVIES SCHOONMAKER

NEW YORK
MITCHELL KENNERLEY
1913

COPYRIGHT 1913 BY MITCHELL KENNERLEY

PRESS OF J. J. LITTLE & IVES COMPANY, NEW YORK

TO MY FATHER AND MY BROTHER FRANK

AUTHOR'S NOTE

The drama here published is logically the third in a series of racial dramas, as follows:

1. _The Saxons_
2. _The Slavs_
3. _The Americans_
4. _The Hindoos_

Of this series _The Saxons_, dealing with man's struggle for religious liberty, has already been published. For reasons that need not be given, it has been thought best to postpone _The Slavs_, which will present man's battle for political liberty, and offer _The Americans_, the theme of which is the industrial conflict that is now raging. _The Hindoos_, a drama of spiritual unfoldment, will come in its order.

PERSONS OF THE DRAMA

J. DONALD EGERTON Lumber king and mill-owner
AUGUSTUS JERGENS A partner
SAM WILLIAMS Leader of the strikers
GENERAL CHADBOURNE In command of the State Militia
CAPTAIN HASKELL Second in command
REV. EZRA HARDBROOKE Bishop of the Diocese
JOHN. W. BRADDOCK Governor of the State
RALPH ARDSLEY Editor of the Foreston Courier
CHIEF OF POLICE Coöperating with the Militia
GEORGE EGERTON Son of Donald Egerton
HARRY EGERTON Son of Donald Egerton
HARVEY ANDERSON Former cowboy and Rough Rider
BUCK BENTLEY One of the Militia
WES DICEY A walking delegate
JIM KING Supporter of Dicey
ROME MASTERS Supporter of Dicey
CAP SAUNDERS An old miner
BILL PATTEN Striker, off in search of work
SILAS MAURY Striker, off in search of work
WILLIE MAURY Son of Silas Maury
MARY EGERTON Wife of Donald Egerton
GLADYS EGERTON Daughter of Donald Egerton
SYLVIA ORR Friend of Mrs. Egerton

A chauffeur, a butler, a doctor, a nurse, two maids, two detectives, two sentries, strikers, strike-breakers, militiamen, guests at the reception, etc.

A land is not its timber but its people,
And not its Art, my father, but its men.
--HARRY EGERTON.

THE AMERICANS