Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-30
THE STRIKE SETTLED.

l1drIy lllls morning. llie SItIlI HllS
announcement was made chat the
strike had been settled and that bus-
mess would RESUME its vonted activity.
The agreement was tho result Of q
compromise This boys set an Inv
crease Of wages and certain other con-
eessions hut they do not obtain recog-
niticn for The union,
We thInll both sides to this con-
troveIsv ARE entitled 90 commentator
for The moderation shown, Ii tney
mad not had she welfare Of the pub
lie, as well as their OWL interests, at
heart, they would probably have con-
tluuod the strife for some time Both
Sides made concessions. and that re-
suited ia an amicablo agreement The
"boyS' must be commended. too, for
their ord srly conduct curing the con-
troversy They were no; conspicuous
in the crowds that created disturb
anccs They fealizHs that iaw-break~
Ing was not part OF their program.
The men are particularly to be con,
graduated THAT they did not hold out
far so-cailcd closed shop. That Is an
nn-American demand. IN This country
every hon est man has Constitutional
right to earn an honest living for him
self and family. regardless of his 3f-
Hltation with fraternliies or unions.
Every man has also a right to work,
mmoIestel for whatever wages he
thinks sufficient That they did not
Insist on UNA merican and unreason-
able conditions proves their good
sense. They would. besides almost
certainly have lost on that point The
general public would not have been
with them on that ISSUE. \ defeat
would have been disastrous To- chem
selves. Some years ago the news
papers reported n similar strike IN
western state The men demanded
more pay and recognition for their
nnIon The question OF wages was
admitted 10 he just. but the other
ISSUE was not Tho men decided to
hold out. ana the result was that they.
after a while. foiind themselves With
cut work and had to 80 out into the
country. to the farms and VINEYARDS
and work for whatever they could
rot Their wages rs farm hands were
bom $3.50 TO $500. They had struck
In the city because they did not earn
more than from $500 10 $500 A
clear case of biting OF the nose 10
spite The face
rs FAR as we can see. there was n"
occasion for continuing the strike. MI
Bancroft has ali the tine declared
1lmself willing to arbitrate the ques-
lion of wages or any other legitimate
ssue the boys might bring APP. He has
mad the hand Of Cancellation stretched
lorth all the time only he would not
recognize the right of strangers to
some In here and take part of the NAH
ugement of the business out of has
hands The wage question. as we I'M
fersiand the situation, could have
been settled without a strike. just as
NelI as with one The strike itself did
not If that view Is correct, serve as Il
1sefuf factor in the settlement II
rather cmbarras scd the situation Wa
1ope the men Will remember this an
sthor dime. and try arbitration first
sven IL professional strike managers,
m their own Well understood Interests,
AXE another view. This community
has been slngularIY free from aetla-
son and labor troubles. owing to the
Intelligence of the laboring classes and
NE fairness of employers. We should
m work together 10 keep that class
II troubles away from the clay
. I-tlHf,rl islG f-l tunes