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

Then It Is realized that stores are be-
coming deplsteJ, that credit has passed
lie Limit, and that wholesale and retail
dealers are doing business on 80 con
sentative a basis that trade nearly
amounts to n standstill, with manuiac-
tories closed beiide,; 80 that supply Is
uncertain, for accumulation Is not
desired, ami simple momontary supply
will not keep the wheels goinll
The outlook is discouraging, to some
hopeless, and TO all, Que VI great strain
and Intense anxiety.
In the mining districts Of Pennsyl.
vania and Ohio where there IL an
accumulating foreign element, serious
troubles may occur Mt any moment, u
not directly from the strike Itself, at
least from those who ailomptto prevent
non.union men from taking that labor
refused by the strikers, save at
the prlcos which they have
already determined upon. Force, not
only organized moral force, but that
force which means violence aud des.
truc,ion, Is becoming more iamiiiatand
less obnoxious TO the laboring mind
,hsD -yeI O-ioi-. some thing- ale J6DV
and others suggested, which would
but very little time sgo, have
seemed outrageous ami In fact impoi-
sible.
Many remedies have been suggested
but nothing decisive has been reached
a. yet. Representatives Of labor aud
its combinations have intorvlewei
managers aud propfirtors; but ooniaos
have only Intensified the opposition,
notably with this coke furnace men In
Pennsylvania at the Frlck works,
which seem more turbulent than
others, and are In striking contrast
with the course pursued la other couu-
tries at least. Two aud a quarter mil.
lions Ia the estimated number now o.
strikers and idle industrial workers,
which would seem TO be small per-
centage Of the siKty.nve millions "
population. but when those depend.
ent upon this class are included, Il
must mean that near onc-ienth Of the
whole are fl'c,od, outside OF an im.
meuss uumUcr who undoubtedly gym.
paIhi1p 10 feeling, aud are prepared
- AID and abet thelr fellow.
labor,r., not knowing but that they
may need reciprocal aid la an imme.
diate fuiurol When It IL said that the
three monthystrike cost the silk weAv.
ers one aud a quarter millions In
wages II slides on the tongue gllbly
enough; but besides this there must
have been considerable wage accumu.
lallon prior thereto, or credit, else
collapse would have come earlier.
though the rrsull-lolhing-might
have boon just tho same.
ThIs lons " productive labor IL nm
important one to the nation, and II
would seem that some national board
OF arbitration could entertain these
disputes. and allow work TO 10 on In
the interim OF ldlsoussion and conclu.
sion. The maiu idea Ia opposition to
this Ia said to DO tho lack Of power In
the enforcement Of decision. But
surely this Is lees formidable than even
liberty would indicate, for SONS moral
force would bo inevitable 10 such a
tribunal, and penalty Of some kind
would accrue TO the non.accep,oH
The loss alluded TO In ono lluo Of iu
duslFial action Is however but "drop
Ia the bucket" o, Aborlive effort aud
absolute loss, and II seems surprising
that no braiu, no sympaihlEvr, nc
loader has as yet suggested that sach
fce intelligonlly applied would eslab
lish works or secure an Interest In
works already existing; 90 that labor IL
"boatds Of management" could b,
represented one and n quarter mil
lion dollars would surely be potent IL
some section Of silk manufacture, ytI
that amount Ia deliberately throw d
away In vain or for unsuccessful self
defensel II Is admitted that labor Il
unwilling for sacrifice save ia It's owl
conventional way. Even IA Utah
where there Ia m unity Of interest be