"A strike!" asked Margaret. "What for? What are they going to strike for?"
"For the mastership and ownership of other people's property," said Mrs. Thornton, with a fierce snort. "That is what they always strike for. If my son's work-people strike, I will only say they are a pack of ungrateful hounds. But I have no doubt they will."
"They are wanting higher wages, I suppose?" asked Mr. Hale.

'A strike?' asked Margaret. 'What for?'
'For the mastership and ownership of other people's property,' said Mrs. Thornton, with a fierce snort. 'That is what they always strike for. If my son's work-people strike, they are a pack of ungrateful hounds. But I have no doubt they will.'
'They want higher wages, I suppose?' asked Mr. Hale.
