Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-19


Copenhagen may be considered as
the headquarters Of the two general
staffH" The perfect order which pre-.
walls ln the rival camps Ia not the least
remarkable thing TO bee commented ON,
And IL is. perhaps, the absence OF dis
tuThHncuH which moro than anything
else has directed the sympathy of the
public on the side Of men. Not that
The Danes are OF an especially docile
nature. Their viking ancestry knows
how TO assert itself when need arises,
10 Is rather that the mon are satisfied
20 await the decision OF the arbitration
committees, which virtually are u part
u The municipal authorities, with even
y divided representation from the
ipgkcl-out men and those responsible
90 q measure Tor the condition.
but while the original cause OF tho
trouble has been lost track OF tens
uUruily, II should not be forgotten
that the lockcd-out mon ask nothing
mote at the present than to be allowed
90 return TO work ana leave the real
ulhlculty the carpenters grievance, 10
Doc settled between the only parties Il
concerns. They ask whether II r. Just
mat women ana children should be the
Innocent victims where not even the
heads uf the families were NJ fault. A
fhoemnkcr, tailor, a baker cannot see
why his connection with "a labor or
FAuiEltlon should force him on the
street NO an hour when the best har-
mohy apparently existed between mas
Tee and man.
The Employer Union or Denmark
li hn institution entirely unknown to
me United States, although IN meas
Nit ~ may be compared 90 the different
associations which flourish across tho
sea- What the Federation Of Labor
ls 90 the American worklngmnn the
employers Union ~ 10 tho Danish Cm-
llFUf uf labor, whether skilled or OF an
ordinary kind. During the last ten
years ltH power has come 10 be known
ln particular because % number OF sue
'es7iul strikes have stimulated IT,
growth M a means OF self preservation,
may be OF some good TO the workers
themselves, for on more than one occa-
tllu united action and conference be-
lNecu employer and employee saved
we DAY and prevented open rupture
when minor difficulty might have
lituyzad building operations on the
sHhhlest provocutiOn, but IL 81 quito
nppareiU that tho struggle which "
NN now mas been casting its shadow be-
l2fe and that II remained for the Em-
P.olefS Union 10 score the frst point
pl lylng up the industries Of Denmark.
lhorc one day II was suddenly dis
covered by those whose interests are at
sthe mat while the whole country was
"a, the mercy OF this gigantic lock -out,
we municipal authorities could no lon.
hrr tolerate the suspension OF work
gpon public buildings. The new court
mouse a. Copenhagen YVES as yet In a
.nmewhat unfinished condition what
t.lt mad the respective contractors Ia
NllhaIaW their men2 The crucial test
wa arrived. The workers, with the aid
t clhmorous press, were about "a
..'re point or two, Investigation was
~ once ordered. Tho city fathers had
.A,n the matter To- heart and not only
u. copenhagen, but through the length
l breadth Of the country the clty
ouheus are discussing the AFFAIR. M
low. '""' '''
As already said. riots and bloodshet
wg wanting, Masameetlngs are beine
elu daily. The employers meet with
w regularity OF trained bodies. AND
'ne nails OF the labor unions are crowd.