The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1907-08-22
ORE MINERS STRIKE
STILL in PROGRESS
ourages Against Justice and Society Daily Per-
pretrated by Armed Thugs Clothed in
the Livery of the State.

The miners of the Mesaba Range
arc still on strike, says the Duluth
LABOR World, and the best cyi.
uencc that the men are out arises
from the fact that tho Sheriff. or
rather his temporary subordinate,
ene employers Detective associa.
ton, is still employing deputies to
protect CD the property of the
steel Trust. The company has
Offices in the Mcsaba block. and all
sorts of Inducements arc being of,
f"red to young men to shoulder n
rifle and help fight the battle of
the trust.
lsn'tit funny that every mothers
son VIII curse a trust when he is
oblsea to pay monopoly prices for
tho things he uses, and when the
TRUST is III trouble there are II good
~ portion of them who do not hes
itate to come to its relief.
The miners are the first who have
had the courage to question the
right of the Steel Corporation TO
claim all the riches in the mines of
Northern Minnesota. They ask
Tor Il small share for themselves.
and when they do SO surprising
~ large number of well meaning
people oppose them, because they
arc obliged to make II sacrifice with
The miners, who are willing to
surrender all they possess for the
time being, and with the hope that
postcrity at least will enjoy some
OF the fruits of their efforts.
III IS unfortunate for the miners
OF course that factors have entered
into their contest which are not i'm
accord with popular sentiment, but
tnat cannot be helped. They arc
simply the effect for which there
must be some cause. Wherever
there is a radical association of
capital, such as is represented in
the United States Steel corpora.
ton, there will also be found men
of the most extreme thoughts for
the solution of the labor problem.
These two go together, just as
40 luxury and want. The reading
OF a newspaper. published in a
mining locality is sufficient to bear
out our contention. We read one
this week that convinced us that
its editor was bordering close to
insanity. According to his idea
every newspaper in Minnesota
which attempted to he fair. the
Governor of this State, and the
members of his commission were
either towards or trimmers.
He advised a coat of tar and
feathers for strike leaders. He
lauded the killing thugs and
professional detectives, the most
dangerous. of men in any COM
munity as suitable candidates for
angelic honors. 1t was noticeable.
TOO, that not a word of criticism
was passed upon the Steel Corpor-
alton or its officials, who stand
Just as good chance for being
wrong as do the others he men.
tionS.
There may be some phases in the
miners strike which we can not en-
dorse, butas a general proposition.
II our choice is to go between the
steel Trust and the miners. we
shall not permit ourselves to be
accused of cowardice, simply he.
cause the so-called influential and
respectable CD people of this
country are opposed to the West
ern Federation of Miners.
The miners are charged with
treason because few socialists on
tn" >lesaba Range parade on the
Pc C highways under red ban
ner by the side of the Stars and
Stripes The union is not respon-
sibl. .or what the socialists NAV
do, but is the Steel Trust free
from the accusation of treason far
more dangerous than the raising of
a red banners
They speak about anarchy on
the Mesaba Range. So far as we
have been able to ascertain, after
a careful search through our die
tlonaries, anarchy means disre-
spect of the law. Have the min
ers shown any disposition to pro-