in contrast to his own note on page 203, Eric notes

Ship now a heaven – lesser of two threats

in response to the sentence “(…)as he was being lifted aboard with the Detectives’ guns still crackling quietly, rendered impotent by the wind and distance,(…).”

Also, when narrator says the remaining factory workers will be submissive and act as if nothing had happened, he references Straka’s book Wineblood:

Another reference to hobo preacher’s homily. (h.p. = a idealized vision of absolute commitment to a life of principle.)

It is interesting that Eric ntoes this ecause it starts a conversation between him and Jen about this type of dedication, which is a very important theme in the novel as a whole, for both S. and Straka sacrifice a lot for a certain goal.