Wealthy businessman Carson Burr discovers first-hand the problem of social unrest when he loses his cook and his chauffeur and he is insulted by a waiter. Burr runs for mayor to improve the labor situation and is elected. The editor of The Red Messenger organizes the streetcar drivers to begin a general strike, but Burr manages to break up the strike

Cast

Frank Keenan

Carson Burr

Clark Marshall

Theodore Burr

Janice Wilson

Roxy Burr

Bert Sprotte

Nicolai Poppoff

Claire Du Brey

Emma Reich

Kathleen Kerrigan

Mrs. Burr

Joseph McManus

George Knox