The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-03-09
IT MUST STOP.

IT MUST STOP.
We suggest that it is about time
something was done to restore ordei
at Silver Reef. The camp is i'll tbs
hands OF a mob, who rule sni rnr
matters with high hand. So Isl
the law has been violated in only Oh,
or two instances, but things csnno
continue much longer rs they ar.
The striking miners are showing iU
dications that their money supply l.
running short They may he receiv'
ing some assistance from those n
work, but the industrious laborers ar
not going to keep on dividing then
earnings win 800 idlers. Some OIL
the strikers have dropped hints that
they will not go hungry or make
while the stores contain provlslons
and clothing. There Is meaning u
these hints. II something be not
done soon TO check the ioafnf
threatening miners, It need not sur.
prise the community to read in The
papers one OF these mornings ths
the Rect stores have been looted by
the mob. The men are irresponsible.
They have nothing to lose through q
plundering e1pedition-not even rep
utstion or character. They msy pro.
TESS that their intentions are peaceful
and that their actions will be within
the law; bnt hungry men do no! res-
son. and are very apt to forget that
there are laws and rights in this
world. There is not the slightest
sense in the strikers holding oui
longer. They can accomplish moth
ing by continuing their present uD-
wise conduct. Whether their de-
msnd for higher wages is morally
Just or no: no longer cuts any figure
in this contest. The Stormont Com
psny will not yield. This has been
determined, and the miners may as
we'll make up their minds first
as last, to the inevitable
They must seek new camps or &C.
cept the terms offered by the com
pany, and here is where the power OF.
the community should assert itself
The company can employ as many
miners as it wants at the wages
offered, il the new men can be pro-
tected against the violence OF the
strikers. The company and those
willing to work have the right to de-
maDd that this protection be given.
If the precinct or county cannot
furnish it then let the district, or, If
needs be, the territory be called upon
to lend the aid required. 1t will not
do to permit this sort of thing TO pre-
vail. The effect is bai The Reef Ii
not the only place that must suffer
from the lswlessness. Every camp
in the territory will be more or less
affected by the strike in the south,
the influence OF which is to spread
smoDg sill lsborers. 1.-the
Reef miners are permitted to have
their own way, to idle away their
time and prevent industrious, needy l
people from earning a living by (
honest toll, the miners Of some other 5
lamps will be encouraged to engage [
n the bull doing business at the ex- :
1ebse OF themselves. Of the mining S
industry. and of willing workers who I
lAnnot afold to waste any time OF
brow away the opportunities for +
EARNING money. We are assured ths' e
Iuite q percentage Of the Reel e
miners would gladly return 20 their +
york at $3.50 per day, but they dare t
lot 90 against the order of the Union. C
Perhaps one-third OF the Union men ;
re heartily sick of the whole busl- Y
less, and anxious to be earning some
hing; but the lawless element pre- Z
ominates and by the exercise +
Its unlawful power, swes the better s.
nd intelligent class int following Y
he unwise course. The Stormont {
ompany should at once take steps TO Il
of into its mine as many men as it q
esires to employ, and then the au- y
lority of the public should be en- v
Owed to protect the lsborers and
le company's property. Let the 500 y y
1ionists of Silver Reef understand s.
Ist their will cannot be regarded as G
W in this country, and that they d
.nnot "run" matters to suit them Il
lyes. The town should be relieved ei
am the terrorism that osershsdows
and the strikers be made to under
and that this is q common wealth OF
y and order, where the rights OF II
,rsons and property must pc re- CT
ected. This Reef strike is the hrss'tl