Spring in New York was accompanied by a bone-chilling wind.
The public opinion offensive launched by Felix, like this early spring chill, quickly swept across the entire East Coast.
Fowler's series of reports, titled "The Truth Beneath the Tracks," exploded in the public consciousness like heavy artillery shells.
Suddenly, the Eastern Railroad Alliance and its leader, Mr. Sloan, transformed from respected business titans into cold-blooded monopolists who exploited workers and disregarded lives.
Of course, Sloan was not one to sit idly by.
Still in his office at the Central Railroad headquarters, the railroad magnate, after much deliberation, finally came up with a plan.
Sloan said to his most trusted subordinate, Charles, "Such an old trick, they used it in Chicago and now again, they really look down on me. But, Charles, he seems to have forgotten one thing."
"What is it, sir?"
