Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-02
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WATCHMAN, WHAT OF THE NIGHT

II fairly staggors manufacturer TO
contemplate tho industrial situation at
the present timol. -Gr9ccr's Criterion.
Such IL the editorial comment upon
this "burning question:" aud yet In II
scarcely an inkllng Of that situation IL
given, MOI TO any extent Ia there reason
assigned tor Il, or solution offered.
Here and there, from other sources,
the facts can DO CLEANED, II kilograms
OF strikes and controversy did not su.
persedo the notices which come by
regular issue Of trade journals and a
local pres; II IA evident that collision,
resistance aud blood ate In theair, that
riot aud destruction may at any time
gain the ascendancy, aud II this should
be the case, he would be a soor Indeed
who could determine the limits Of such
an event. The great strike In the coal
districts IL having effect on traffic by
sea and lanO; steamship, railroads,
factories and all industrial workshops
are caught In that struggle, which Ia
said to depend upon mine-ownors and
mine. workers. both Of whom seek for
and intend asoendancy, but after
lengthy conference there seems only
10 be an increase Of irritation,
ilerceness and determination. Just
why mine.owneTs should refuse the
retention OF present wages or deny a
trIillng advance II something difficult
to understand; and why coal should be
hurried from English shipping ports
and from Nova Scotia by steamers 10
meet-At increased pTices-an unex.
peoted demand here, IL equally sur.
prising; for ordinary msn would
naturally say that II was cheaper,
easier aud better to pay that advance
TO home labor, than TO spectators from
beyond the seas. La Illinois some
mines have been fired, and In towns
where the water supply depends on
coal, every opportunity Is given to iu'
cendlATism beyond control. The
agents Of coal mines which have sup
piled outgoing steamers from Now
York have negotiated for foreign coal,
which can be brought In In Unlimited
quantities almost, and at near compsl.
ing prices, seeing that other freight
under business stagnation Is limited
beyond oil past experience.
Markets Of all kinds are depressed
aa well, yet there IL In moneyed
centers continued and In.
cTeaslng amount OF idle funds,
albeit the government reserve Qt Il
saldl l., by gold shipments, again
dwindling below the safety point, as
fuancioa call 1t. As coal advances
from scarcity, there 10 a closing down
Of factories and "a dischurgo Of men,
which ia addition to the strikers al.
ready out, makes the depression only
more profound; and prospectiyely
many thousands more will DO added TO
those already existing, for railroads
are taking OH trains to economlze IN
coal, aud traffic is falling OF In such
proportion, that II long continued, will
mean suspension aud insolvency all
through
ltisa curious feature OF the times
that sumo four thousand men arc out
On strike In the Pullman carriage
works, where contention has hitherto
been unknown. The strike Of the
silk weavets OF Paterson, n. j. has
continued for now three months, In
which some ten thousand persons are
involved, with loss Of wages already
amounting to over million and a
| quarter dollarp; while brlck'workers,
plumbers, painters aud interdependenI
trades have been out for weeks
at season OF the year when
they arc supposed to BIO In the full
tide Of labor, and accommodating a sur