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The Sons of Toil (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

The Sons of Toil (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Jim Denton is the foreman of a coal mine and is in love with Delia Marsden, whose brother is a natural orator and the leader of the miners. The proprietor of the mines, John Wesley, refuses to sign a new wage scale, and the men prepare to ...See moreJim Denton is the foreman of a coal mine and is in love with Delia Marsden, whose brother is a natural orator and the leader of the miners. The proprietor of the mines, John Wesley, refuses to sign a new wage scale, and the men prepare to strike. Wesley hires as a spy among the miners. Guy Ford, who is also in love with Delia Ford, in order to drive Denton out of town, places a note purporting to come from Wesley in Denton's pocket in which he is revealed as a secret spy of Wesley and the result is that Denton, because of Ford's treachery, is driven out of town. He goes back to his old position as Sergeant in the U.S. Army, and his aged mother is ministered to by Delia, who refuses to believe the story of her sweetheart's treachery. The miners strike and Denton returns to the colleries as a sergeant in the army. He practically deserts as he cannot fire on his old companions. The soldiers repulse the miners and the defeated miners gather on a siding to prevent the arrival of a train load of non-union men on which train is also Wesley and Ford. They escape in the melee. The miners follow the men and Wesley takes refuge in a deserted cabin. Marsden has also taken refuge in the cabin of Denton and there discovers Denton, who is with his mother and Delia. The men make up their quarrel and Marsden leaves on the horse of Denton as Denton undertakes to take him to a place of safety. They arrive at the cabin where Wesley is concealed and the old man, hearing the miners outside, agrees to sign the wage scale and the trouble is settled. Guy Ford meanwhile has seen Denton and Marsden enter the cabin and informs the soldiers whom he meets. They go to the cabin and there Wesley, in gratitude for Denton saving his life as Marsden was choking him, agrees to say that Denton came back there to protect him from the miners. Denton is accepted back into the troop, and the story ends with the departure of Denton on the troop train and Guy Ford is driven out of town. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Richard Stanton Jim Denton Jim Denton See fewer	Graft (1915)
Jack Nelson Guy Ford Guy Ford See fewer	A Fighting Heart (1924)
Margaret Thompson Delia Marsden Delia Marsden See fewer	The Thoroughbred (II) (1916)
Milton Ross Bill Marsden Bill Marsden See fewer	The Penalty (1920)
J.P. Lockney John Wesley (as Joseph P. Lockney) John Wesley (as Joseph P. Lockney) See fewer	The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1920)

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