Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-02-17
g6a Coal Strike

In a recent account u tho superior preparedness
% me cal operators ana The ooa miners Tor the im
pending strike. me statement then given ts readers
BY The Cizen arc thus confirmed by Henry George Jr
'Iho prospect Of general strike OF the coal mine
workers. east Of the Rocky mountains. including possibly
tho only partly organised workers Wcei virginia now
sesa,a oninous. The strikers ia such event would
number approxima 600 and since almost as many
more men IN dependent industries contiguous 10 che
something more than million workera-about six
teonth Of the adult male population ct the whole coun
tfyAlWonid suddenly be reduced ideHesH While the
coal monopoly managers have been laying up mountains
Of coal for the coming emergency the local unions have
keen recruiting and gathering in due8 against che con.
uneoncy 90 a strike Furthermore it o. probable that
The national executive board Of the mine workers orr
sanitation viii lcYy special strike assessment This.
ID a. Estimated, may pvt into the mnC workers untonai
Treasury tJ.Oo00O0 which, with what s already there.
win make genera war chest Of something than
f6o0000o. Thus we witness preparations Tor an n-
dusrla conflict glgautic acllea scale greater and
with discipline both sides complete than was
perhaps ever before seen IN che history Of che world
Speaking ui The menace to enc general public 10
which The Citizen called attention Mt George says.
THE conact that seems impCndiug mas not come u
may at the last moment he diverted OrsaniEod labor
hQ meuRce 10 he public veal muai remain aonf the lcd7
real because passive means that two great standing
Armies are Ia the country ready irregular periods Ia
caah against each other This not cannot be- in the
natural order OF things u arise only from the
monopolrnilon Of the coal deposits oi the courtry.
Against such monopoly labor can have choice but
70 make organised resistance"
However Mt. George suggests a dnerenet remedy,
and which The Citizen thinks 10 ho inferior 20 that
which The Citizen Itself suggested the other day Mr
George says
~Bui whai Is the public 10 do7 Grin and bear iti
n VIII show no spirit then Il ought 10 Doe monopoly
ridden nui how q break the monopoly by
having the government take the mines and work
thom3 No; that would be against public policy and.
besides would be unnecessary, simpler remedy "a al
hand Increase the coal lands until the coal
monopoly ia taxed 20 death. That would pnt heavy
burden upon valuable coal deposits bearing little OF
taxes. and n consequence held out Of hy the
monopoly The monopoly would hate 90 nay such tnA.
% would hurry an of its deposits into That would
result In che mining OF coal and consequently tower
prices for consumers II would also more em-
ploymout for mine workers The OF strikes would
BE- gone. And an this would 0e at the expense merely
Of monopoly which is not goCd, but had, thing Tor
the country"
The Citizen does pos believe that The remedy pro-
posed BY Mr. George De secured the Time
waiying altogether the question OF ts dcsrabiy hui
The Citizen does believe that the remedy of legal arb
raton In an irccoDciahle disputes between capital ana
labor involving the necessities al lfo could De- secured
aud would prove amply effective