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Grinding Life Down

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  • Released: 1916
  • Studio: Universal Film Manufacturing Company
  • Genres: Drama - Documentary

The experience of Bruce on the grain steamer has been a great shock to Dorothy. She thinks Stone responsible and breaks her engagement, despite the pleadings of her father. Tom Larnigan is working for the Textile Trust in Lyndham. The low wages have caused a strike. Tom does what he can for the workers. The hired thugs of the Trust attack an auto driven by Ben Travers. Tom goes to his assistance and finds an old friend from whom he gets money to help the workers. Dorothy over... (Full plot summary below)

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The experience of Bruce on the grain steamer has been a great shock to Dorothy. She thinks Stone responsible and breaks her engagement, despite the pleadings of her father. Tom Larnigan is working for the Textile Trust in Lyndham. The low wages have caused a strike. Tom does what he can for the workers. The hired thugs of the Trust attack an auto driven by Ben Travers. Tom goes to his assistance and finds an old friend from whom he gets money to help the workers. Dorothy overheard Stone's plot to secure Tom by putting him out of the way, under cover of the strike excitement. One of Stone's underworld aids has seen Tom. She is to accompany the men and point him out. Dorothy presents herself at Dunn's office as this woman, her object being to see Tom and warn him. The thugs become suspicious and bind and gag her, throwing her in the bottom of the auto. In this chapter Dorothy's fate is left in doubt. Ayers, the head of the Trust, has returned to New York and attends a meeting of the Graft Trust. Ayers sneers at the efforts to remove the Larnigan family. Travers, who has been invited to Ayers' reception with Tom, as his mining partner, attends the social function. Tom picks up many pieces of information while poking as Travers' partner. Ayers, in conversation with Travers, pulls Tom's note from his pocket and remarks that he wants to meet the writer, is anxious to meet him, in fact. Travers points to his partner: "There is a man who knows him well," he says. Laughingly, "In fact, he is Larnigan's best friend." Ayers asks Tom if he thinks he could induce Larnigan to visit him (Ayers). Tom thinks he could. Ayers begs Tom to bring Larnigan to his house that night. Promising to return with the wanted man, Tom takes his leave. Ayers prepares for his reception, arranges a device to chloroform Tom while he sits at his desk. In the next room is a couch that will kill the sleeper and leave no trace. Tom finds Ayres' son drunk, so picks him up and carries him to his home. Ayres is alone. He tells Tom to place him on the murder couch. Tom does so; Ayres starts the machinery and draws Tom to the library, closing the door. He and Tom sit at the desk; Ayers is loud in praise of Tom's promptness. Tom cuts him short by giving him a paper to sign granting the increase of wages asked and the employment of the men now on strike. Ayers is dumbfounded at such a request. Tom reveals his identity. Ayers starts back in astonishment and terror. "Then who is the man in the next room?" He rushes in. followed by Tom, reverses the machinery and finds his own son dead.

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