The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-25

railroad corporation may not do the
like. They are not merely accountable
to their stockholders. They are ac-
countable to the public first and to the
stockholders second. They have duties
to the public to perform, and they
must perform them. If they cannot get
labor to perform such duties at what
pay they offer, then they must pay
more, and as much as is necessary to
get it. Likewise, if the conditions in
respect of hours or otherwise which
they impose, repel labor, they must
adopt more lenient or just conditions.
as they may not stop their cars for
one hour much. less one week or one
year, thereby to beat or coerce the
price or conditions of labor down to
the price or conditions they offer. For
them to do so would be a defiance OF
law and of government, which, becona-
ing general, would inevitably, by the
force of example. lead to general dis
quiet, to the disintegration of the So
cial order and even the downfall of the
government itself Experience shows
the wisdom of our fathers in retaining
at least some control of corporations
to whom are given public franchises
! for the performance of public duties.
| Law in the Case.
'The law of this case was too far
but too clearly stated by Justice Gull
len to be misunderstood in an applica-
ton similar to this a few days ago.
That learned judge held that the COM
pany had made no adequate answer
to the case presented against it and
only withheld the granting Of the writ
to give the company more time to con-
form to the law which he so clearly
enunciated, probably in the reasonable
hope that would suffice without re-
sort to the coercive power of the peo-
pie of the state lodged in court
''The counsel for each side will be
heard at 10 o'clock on Jan. %, as tC
which form of writ shall be issued"
Instances of violence toward the men
have been frequent, and quite num-
Der Of arrests were made during the
day of men guilty of assaults. Several
wire. cutters also fell into the hands OF
the police, and it is a notable fact
that they were strikers. Long stretches
of wire have been carried away II
some localities and &. general DISPOSE
ton shown to -injure the property OF
the street railway companies, as much
as possible. Traffic is not yet con
tinued through the night. On some
lines cars were in as early as 6 o'clock
but on others they continued to make
their trips as late as 10 o'clock. Tht
streets generally present an aspect o
tranquility.
Ten experienced trolley men who lla(
been brought here from Pittsburg yes
terday by the Brooklyn Heights rail
road company, deserted the Flatbusl
avenue cars in a body this Afternoon
at Briggs and Manhattan avenues AM
the adjacent streets, and were brough
TO strikers headquarters. They sa.
they were brought here under falls
pretenses. They We're told the strik
was over and there was no troubl
with the employees. The Pittsbur
men are all married and say they ar
: going back to that city as soon as pos
, sible.
At Brooklyn Heights depot at Mint
avenue and Twentieth streets, nctnin
: has been done to repair the wire
which were cut 10y Wholesale last nigh
= and no attempt was made to run tn
l cars today.