Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-01-23

! uNuIs W utu OUT ~ WulA Aut lANAI0t"
has chance 10 advance bfeais'uG at
cx9rbitant prices aud 90 per cont in
tercst year.
The haplos laborers fro subject 20
robbery not only from the lauilords
tui also from mom0crI % their own
ranks. Many Of the opprcs'oi people
have turned robbers aud highwaymon,
f1vofoi i1 their pursuit. by the absence
OIL highfoids, az well a. we'll n3 by tho
inrnlo.oucy oi The government 10 pro-.
tee. tho law-1biIiny, ia len, citizens.
The following description, which CO..
GUS IN On artlcls BY Sig. Iaz.5 written
fof on Italian rartr, th .ws tie awful
condition among the hb9rcfs Of that
beautiful island.
Tho extreme verge Of labor tyranny
has boon reached boo ONO ctan ulthn cHruHi,
or mina boys. under De- wears OF ngc. who
| carry sulphur out % tl8 pits, climbing
sioUp narrow ginswly- moro than 800
fec hish. Tho r'acIu.0rs. who extinct
tho sulphur, ougisa tlH boys bv nI.
NuuDiuf Go thoIr utfoutt Hour or corn
worth ID frame. go long as tho rhrOu.s
uro iu dob. tho BOYS remain Slaves.
their masters being able ovou i0
biil thUm without usk. Recently ono
boy WINS kIIlpI by p'ght strokes uf pick
and ann hur ~ "a kick in tho stomach.
Tho officials rtvu IhDIr deaths as duo 10
natural ctIs0s. Tho boys nr0 paio. sick.
ly, coping aud riek0tv, and ihcy suilHf
continually from fatigue Their backs
ufo sclrroi With old wounds. They work
twelve hours dt", flD0p in tho mines
ami food uu bread Rul OIInna. rhry cHn
obtain whtHr only ly % long walk. Niii.
hrF statistics provo that con. cripii who
have boon CIrlal Orc Incapable u service,
owing TO sickness aud doioets In
physiquc.
In later yelf' labor unions have been
introduced aud the honest working.
mon have l1eEol 10 their standards.
They hAvo membership % 100000,
and Their political creed has gradually
bseomoaosi,lis.ic,au equal distribution
Of land being demanded There are
oucfct societies with passwords auI
means of communication unknown 10
the government police. Tao matter VI
has been LARGELY attended 10
AM schools are established for the
children OF members. Women are
TAXI g leading part In the movement,
encouraging their brJthufs OF husbands
10 go forward IN the work Of libsrating
tho people from tyranny.
The praiont uprising lie oil the |
moro serious because ~ Is the |
wo'k Of the honcat, toillns !
mamro who feel that they have sui !
Tered enough. Tue u0ss from laly |
- mengut owing 10 the crusoIship |
exercised, but Il eau readily DO gather. |
"a that tue revolt in Sicily issupp9 r,Cd |
By the lAborcrs all over italy. Much |
II II Is directed against the prevailing
church. Thu priests having failed TO |
$50 their influence for tue hmsllora.
lion Of the dusil,uio condition Of tho |
masses, aru lo0koi upon as the natural
friends anu allies Of tho oppruuors.
The war Ia Therefore directed equally |
against the church and tho state, and
10 serious has the situation become
hat the pope has taken The alarm aud
sought a Place Of refuge Ia spain, Il al
emergency should atisr. Evidently |
Tue WoIAmen Of Italy are rising ca
massc, aud to county - trembling |
under tue uuad Of tho marching
masos.
Under ordinary circumstances, any |
European GOVERNMENT would be- able |
to put down movement Ut this kind |
Ia it, incipieuey. Against the hosts
OF tue people a trained army would DO
sort, and tho fjrmer would fall !
llhe grass before the scylhe.
But tho condition OF anairi IL no |
longer what II used 10 be. The vast |
population Of Europe are nowadays |
made up largely Of the people them.
fclych who have been trained for ycafa |
to military service, one result OF this |
70 that the laborors are no longer ca.
ufely unGcqunlnled with military toe.
tics. II they have arms and ammunl. |
ton anl bold leaders, they arc aOls to |
mako a stand against the regular
armiea. Tho ours, Of the rulo Of mill. |
tarlsm Il fairly In tho way OF being |
lurned against the rulers themselves.
Another fact Is that the solliers In |
the standing armies arc not quite MS
reliable as they used to be, aud many
OF them would refuse 10 do effective
service against their brothers ana |
iatheu anu fellow.countrymeu. So.
clalislic and even auarchistlc Ideas are
spread among tho armies oi Europe.
Agents Of these Organizations enlist in
the regiments and secretly propagate
their doctrines. This 10 known fact,
aud tue governments are aware that
there are contingencies IN which the
armies can no longer DO implicitly
trusted. IL would foem that some.
thing Of this kind must be feared con.
lurHiug the Italian army, Otherwise
tho upriaiug would long ago have bgop