Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-16
MESABA STRIKE, A BLUNDER,
 IS ENDED
Attempt of Socialists to Cause Trouble in the Iron Range Fails and All Is Activity Again.
(From Iron Ore.l


 The strike on the Mesaba range is practically over after a progress of three weeks in which the whole dis trict was tied up, thousands of men in mines, on railways and steamships thrown out of employment and much loss inflicted upon both labor and cap ital. The trouble began with the dockmen. who, in violation of an agreement with the United States Steel corporation, ceased work with out notice. They had engaged in a contract with the corporation which was to be maintained until the last day of next October, and this they re- pudiated without any excuse or req son. It was a bad breach of faith, and the corporation would not treat with the union concerning it They had determined to fight 1t to the end and this was soon made apparent to the members of the union.
 The Western Federation of Miners was brought into the trouble due to the very bad advice of it's leaders, and that's usually the trouble with the strikes in this region. They are nearly always badly advised and those who are at the head are men
  gain. They know that strikes make sympathy for them, and that after wards they will be regarded as mar tyrs and that 1t will be easy for them to extract a living from the workers withing having to do any labor them selves. They parade as men who have been abused, and who are marked, and against whom the corporations fo They can go around for the rest of jaws and tongues.
 Of all the strikes in the Lake Supe- rior country very few have succeeded, and not a single instance IS recorded of where they have gained a point ln the Lake Superior iron ore mines. The leadership has been bad, weak, avari- ckous, and ill-advised so far as helping the miners is concerned. As to help ing the professional agitators, that's a different story. as they have done splendidly, but at a very heavy cost to their fellows.
 In the recent strike on the Mesaba good order WIS maintained through out, this being due to the excellent character of the men. In such times it is an easy matter to arouse feeling and to start trouble, but the miners did not want to quit work, seeing the fruitlessness of it, but the inflammar ble element was for going out and the others did not care to fight to back up their views, taking the more pa cific method of letting things take their course. The leaders in the movement were entirely incompetent and their advice was wretched. The better judgment of the miners was all that saved a severe clash that would have been attended by unfortunate re suits.
 In the resumption of work at mines and docks the companies involved are not discriminating in the taking back of the men. They know they were led away through bad influences. and they are taking back all the old hands who apply, and all seem to be apply. ing, The men return for the old wages and terms,
 If was an unfortunate affair that was we'll ended. The strike leader, a fellow, by-ths-way, who is not or this country or of the kind of foreigners who come to build up homes and hap piness, was arrested for carrying con cealed weapons. He nad s1,0OO an his person and said he was protecting this. It simply shows he Is one of the fellows who are after the money. and he isn't getting It by swinging a ham, mer, either. Such men are the curse of honest labor and have again caused the loss of many thousands of dollars to the workingmen of the Minnesota field.