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


only too anxious Co earn U living for
themselves aud families. And yet,
when aid ls rendered 10 the luckul.out
men from places where wages are Htll
being earned, it 10 10 the knowledge
that the labor union ~ what the ON.
plnyofa are lighting. and that urglnl1a-
tion. ana organization alone. is what
capital rs aiming 90 crush.
1.-THE remarkable prosperous coudi-
ton OF the Danish labor unions has
naturally been thorn In the eyes Of
the Employers Union. A. long nH I'M
anciai affairs furnished "a sufficiently
strong backbone for o. strike the other
side had only L. own supply of money
to advance ua ammunition. Both sides
werp bound Co be tho losers Tor time
uf course. but with ammunition spent
the conquered party had 60 Clpitulutc.
Perhaps, knowing that plenty % money
stood behind the Danish workmcn when
that carpenter strike was declared, tho
aHtuto capitalist felt that the striking
men OF that little Jutiand town were
but aa the breakers on the surf. when
from out beyond the lntimntion rolls
ahUrcwurd that mountuin-hiEh waves
arr coming. There can be no doubt
that The employers fclt assured mat
even N no lockout had been declared
strike Of magnitude would have
come 10 pass when the demands VI the
carpenters had been refused.
THE liberal press Of Copenhagen, ana
or the provinces NJ well, has recently
inugurntcd a movement which prom
Uses TO alleviate considerable suffering
n pctchnncc the arbitration board fails
TO accomplish the llfting OF the lock-
out. There are now being sent into tho
country thousands Of children whose
vacation terms may have to be extend
ed should the trouble involving the
heads OF the families be continued boz
youd the close OF school. With the chill.
drcn 40 those 81 the mothers whose pres.
Once IL absolutely necessary. Ana IN a
measure the anxiety Of the household
la somewhat mluimlzed BY the knowl-
edge that the little ones, nt least, are
free from want With a readiness 1T
ilc short % remarkable the farmers ~
the entire country have thrown open
their homes. Dotted ais ~ the country
from ono end 70 the other with prosper
Gus homesteadr, the hospitality N the
rural inhabitants comes as "a hoard 10
the fnmallies OF the lpcked-out men.
Representative of the press are tour
iug from village 60 village In order a.
Induce the farmers 20 take upon thcm-
selves these temporary charges, and "
their own y0lition many country folks
send TO the newspaper Offices letters
asking that children be sent 10 them for
any length OF time. II H. all done with
such an entire absence OF yellow jour
naliHm that the press IL be highly CONE
mCndcd Tor the work The cooperation
between tho nEriculturlsts and the
mechanics IL a living slgn Of what one
individual may accomplish to aid an
other
In this unique contest between capl-
| tai and labor one more phase in the
work OF assistance VIII undoubtedly APP
peal to Americans. While the Employ
crs' Union Is lighting the wprklnEmen
with all The means at H. command tho
wives % the capitalists arc undolng
| the scheme " their licge lords and
masters. The Danish women, lrrcspec-
| tive N standing, are furnishing nmmu-
/ milton TO the enemy. Even the mnnufac-
/ turcrH better half. and at no period
/ has this designation found better appi-
cation, ~ extending a helping hand 20
/ the wife OF the very man. perhaps. who
/ ~ out ~ work because the employer
/ belongs 20 his union Tho press teams
/ with Illustrations of this, Womcn's
| committees are being formed through
/ out the whole land. To woman, az
/ least, "a warfare between men does not
/ appear cause why her sister should
| be in want,
while these thousands OF men arr
| Idle, economists have been busy with
| plans looking toward a utilization of
! tho wasted time for some future bene-
| IT. In this city educational bureaus
| have been opened where daily instruc-
! lions la ordinary studies are given to
0
! Willingness with which the men have
| seized the opportunity TO educate them
/ selves " commendable. Thousands OF
/ mechanics whose rudlmcntnry cduca-
! ton IN no more than Il should be are
| now avalling themselves OF "a chance
such AZ not often arrives. The staid
| professors OF the university, many
| learned men whose vacation days are
| spent away from their tasks and en-
vironments, have remained behind IN
I To- a.. 10
/ call ut those whose greatest danger lies
/ In idloncHa. Not alone are the common
/ branches being taught In those tom
| pOrary schools For those who atm
| higher there are language studies In
| struction In physics and the like II In
safe TO say that no labor conflict ever
witnessed such Preparations ua direct
/ outcome OF an Industrial tie-up, The
| lesson OF the war as the people nrp be-
| ginning 10 term Il, IN making itself felt
as surely as II IL slow In coming to
| solution, N over psychological tcst
was applied 90 q labor controversy the
| Danish lockout has been such n test.
! Meantime the Employers Union has
| observed the eject which the champion
ship Of the liberal press has had In
influencing the public mind In favor Of
| the worklngmcn. To countoruCt this "A
| circular has been sent out to the cm-
ployers asking that subscriptions he
! withdrawn from all such papers whose
| policy IL In the direction NJ aiding the
/ men, The Employers Union says fur
thcr that the moral effect will be great
and, ana that when the lockod-out men
| are using their press WI. such telling
results the papers friendly TO the capt
| tnlists would do the same II encouraged.
In the papers therefore, political issues
are for the present shelved. II IN true
/ that from certain quarters come the
charges that the sociallstlc party IL In
reality az the bottom Of the whole trou-
bile. II such n the case n is hidden by
z the more immediate Issues involved.
I'm this resume OF what N done In
Denmark during a crisis like tho pres
ent one, the attitude OF tho clergy
should not be overlooked. In this lit
tie kingdom u the North the liberal
spirit OF protcstnntlsm IN the powerful
factor among the prospective nocks Il
was therefore 20 be expected that when
master and man found their grievance
es turned into opon rupture the Clergy
mon OF the realm cousldcrrdtho Hpirlt-
uai influence necessary, The appeal
which the Clergy sent 10 the country n
q document Of fairness and inn artial-
ity. The appeal says:
ct Ia not for uH 10 say who Is
right or who Is 20 blame FOR the pre-
vailinr state of affairs. Hut we consider
II our duty TO plead that the struggle
/ be not continued n second hevond the
! limo when peace may be looked fnrwn "a
10. In our daily work none see the
effect of this destroying contention as
do we. Not only are pocunlary losses
/ .vtyGtnU from which IA YvilI fufa tina