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Although he was , for a time , a prominent striker , he saw the folly of further resistance on the part of the employees , and this morning came to the company 's office and begged to be allowed to return to his old run , which request was granted . Cowels is a thoroughly competent engineer and has been on this same run for five years , and up to the time of the strike had never missed a trip . It is expected that his return to his engine will be the signal for a general stampede . The company has generously agreed to reïnstate all old employees -LRB- unless guilty of some lawless act -RRB- who return before noon to-morrow . STONAKER . It would be difficult to say which of these dispatches distressed him most . The first said he had sold himself for so much money , the second that he had gone to the company and begged to be reïnstated .