..A minister gave his meeting-house to the men to meet and sleep in, and was looked upon by some of the railway officials as a disturbing factor, but he seems to have been the one unselfish friend the men had. By the end of a week, many of the men had spent what money they had. To the amazement of the townspeople and the chagrin of the strikers, the railroad company made no effort to end the strike. The company argued that it had had no Sand in bringing the strike about ; and, moreover, it was money saved to the company if the men remained idle through the month of March.