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In Dubious Battle Chapter Summary & Analysis - Chapter 14 Summary

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Chapter 14 Summary

Mac shows the paper he got, and it reports that the strikers committed all the violence, including the burning of Anderson's barn. The stories accuse Mac and his people of being foreign agitators bringing violence from Red Russia into peaceful America. The paper calls the pickers "fruit tramps" who are living on the fat of the land, supplied by secret sympathizers. The article calls them malcontents and murderers and urges action. It reports the two old cows and the calf they slaughtered as three prime steers.

Mac tells Jim about a hideout under the bridge where there is food, water and blankets, just in case they get dynamited out. Jim asks Mac what he is holding back, and Mac says he just has a felling. He predicts that London will become a party member too. More outside agitators from the town are slipping in. Jim meets one at the latrine...
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