Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-08
THE STRIKE SITUATION.

There seems TO be no present prob
ability Of settlement Of the difficulty
between the striking miners and the
Utah Fuel company The conference
of the organizers with the Governor
and other state officials resulted In
nothing satisfactory. except that there
was no backing down ON the part OF
the Executive and the agitatOrs We're
given TO understand that their pres
ence and activities In this State are not
regarded as conducive to the public
welfare
while the right of laboring men and
women to organize for the promotion
OF their own interests ought not to be
denied or interfered with, the right Of
other workers to refrain from becoming
members OF society or union must
be maintained, And protection must
be given both TO employers and em-
ploes whose rights or liberties are as
sailed or threatened. The militia should
be kept at the scene OF dispute AZ long
rs danger lasts TO person, property or
freedom. The cost In money Is not to
be counted, when compared with the
principle involved,
There seems to be much dread OF
scarcity Of coal because of the con-
tInued strike, We do not think the
fear Is well-founded, Coal is still
coming In from the Pleasant Valley
mines and the number OF worksrs u.s.
increasing daily with prospect Of
further additions Many OF the strlk
ers are leaving for other parts Of the
country, and as they go It Is likely that
non-union men will take their places
IN the mines, But above all that. Ia
this connection, is the fact that coal Is
being brought here without hindrancc
from Wyoming and coal famine does
not appear TO be imminent
Two things should be kept In view
Just now They are, first, that the law
viii be upheld and men who do not
choose to work themselves will not be
permitted to prevent others from work.
ing and. second, that miners who want
employment can find 1t, with ample pro-
lection, on good terms, at the mines Of
the Utah Fuel company And II Eng
lish speaking men come forward in suf-
fleient numbers, they viii not be re-
quired to labor In company with for
elgners OF the class that has become
obnoxious and Objectionable, II the
mines are manned with the right kind
OF element, the dlsturbers viii soon
disappear, and the soldiers. who are
enduring much hardship, win be able to
return TO their homes.
In the maintenance of order by civil
or military force, 1t should be remem-
bered that the law extends protection 10
all persons who respect IT, provisions.
1t is for the union man as well as the
non-union man, II is for the employe
as well as for the employer, the labor
err as well as the capitalist the striker
as we'll as the worker, the organizer"
as well as the organized or unorganized.
Everybody's rights should be considered
and upheld. That which IN done in exc.
cutlon of the law must be- done lawful
~ Force may be met with force but
peaceable agitation, persuasion. argu-
ment and assembling for their promo
ton are not TO be Illegally interfered
with.
1t IL highly desirable that the contro.
Vorsy which has so disturbed affairs
In The coal regions shall be settled
And while It may not be suppressed By
unlawful mems, the position must be
maintained that mo- individuals or com.
binations shall be permitted TO dom.
lnate business affairs by virtue of some
organization that assumes such au.
thority The line must Doe sharply
drawn against cntroachment upon IN.
diyidual or corporate liberty aud the
power and revenue OF the State win be
devoted, as long as necessary. in sup.
port OF this position, no matter what
may be- the consequences OF those who
undertake 10 rule or ruin.