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And if that is n't enough we 'll turn off their gas and water ! Let us venture our last penny -- let us strike the last blow ! '' Pelle 's proposal was adopted , and he went westward immediately to the president of the Scavengers ' Union . He had just got up and was sitting down to his midday meal . He was a small , comfortable little man , who had always a twinkle in his eye ; he came from the coal country . Pelle had helped him at one time to get his organization into working order , and he knew that he could count on him and his men . `` Do you remember still , how I once showed you that you are the most important workers in the city , Lars Hansen ? ''