Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-28
1ng PULLMAN WAR

Nothing illustrates better the power
and compiclness Of consolidated labor
than the war now wagei on the Pail
man company. Hardly had the order
been Issued to boycott that company
on account Of i,s refusal 10 pay higher
wages, be- ore the effects Of the com.
mand were felt all over the continent.
Roads are tod up unless they 10.
fuse to carry Pullman sleepefs and
traffic IA impeded In various ways 10
has come to this tina, an employer II 20
longer dealing exclusively with his
employees but with gigantic ofganizi.
ton Of which his own workmen
are but small part. And as
there are innumerabls such
aud tho whole machinery u apt 10 be
set In motion whenever one Of them
hasa grievance, condition Of strikes
aud boycotts bids fair 10 become per-
mAnent, since the chances are that one
set Of laborep or another will always
have something 10 complain Of
The avowed purpose Of the oppoa-
tlou leaders In the Pullman fight is TO
bankrupt the company, unless the de-
mands arc aocedvd to. The manager
OF the company claims that they have
for some time been running the works
vt a loss In order to keep their work
men employed. ifthis claim IL found.
cd on facts II seems that tbs
company IL placed Ia post.
ton where ruin h Inevitable. IL
IL only matter Of choice between
5cylla anu Chafybiis. 70 resume
work At the demanded wages means
bankruptcy In the end, since it Ia not
possible 10 carry on any enterprise In
definitely at loss; aud the penalty Of
refusing 10 work 10 also financial ruin.
What can An employer under such cir.
oumsianees do2
Perhaps the railway union Is power.
ful enough TO carry cut IT. threat and
perhaps not. But II II 10, the closing
Of the works where Thousands 10 yea n
past have found profitable employ
ment must necessary result In suffer .
lngs TO tho workmcu too. The
loal strike Ia calculated TO have
cost the laborou over ton millions
iollafs In wages alone. The victories
won by strikes are expensive and the
question Is whether they are worth the
price paid ior them.
One thing L. sure, peace aud good
will among mon IL necessary to ma
tefial prosperity. Contention aud
slriics 10 the industrial arena, no less
thun on the baitcGtlds, are conducive
10 Ices anu ruin ~ all parties engaged
therein. 10 tho interest Of the work.
log classes bs well as Of tho whole
country, policy Of peace must be nd
vooated. Differences viii arise be-.
tween representatives OF different In.
teresls, aud Il Is only too tfuo that labor
10 not always given the confederation
liz Importance can justly claim.
But all such differences eau be settled
In an amicsOls way, provided there is
willingness on both sides to show
fairno's. Arbitration, not war, ought
to 10 the remedy iu an age VI clyiliza.
ton. The condition that now prgvalls,
labor and capital Standing against
each other az two Antagonists, armed
to the tooIn, uud each seeking 10 iuu &c.
fatal wound on the other, Is mos,
abnormal one. 10 can result In no
good, ls theTc any reason why Gnu.
ployrr AMI cmployo should not be true
friends, each ageSiug 20 promote a., mt
ns possible the inlor,s. Of the other9
Inso doing an would be we'll satisfied
ana the earth would by and by be
entering into another golden age.