The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-07-27
Miners Strike o. Gigantic Proper
: tions inaugprateds on the Iron
Ranges Of This County Under
the Auspices: of the Western
Federation of Miners.
Fully Ten Thousand Men Are Ar
ranged in Vigorous Protest
Against the Policy and Methods
Of the Greatest Industrial In
stitution in the World.
Both Parties to the Controversy
Evince q Determination to In
definitely Prolong the Struggle
and Wise Efforts at Meditation
Should be Forthco oming.

The long expected, the long dreaded,
and the much postponed strike OF the
Western Federation OF. Miners Is on in
full force on. the sMesaba range. Over
10000 men are effected, and no inclin-
alton is manifested by the steel trust
to begin operations, either by making
terms with the strikers. or by import
ing new men.
The contestants in the greatest
industrial struggle ever affecting cap
ital and labor In Minnesota are the
United States Steel corporation on
one side and the Western Federation
Of Miners on the other. From present
indications 1t looks like a grim death
struggle. Neither side. will make con-
cessions nor will they accept any. One
is as determined as the other to win
the strike. The steel trust hopes to
wage such oppos1tion as will result in
the complete determination Of the
Western Federation of Miners, while
the latter will listen to nothing short
of. the eight hour day.
Tho Contendng Parties.
The United States aSteel corporation
Is the greatest industrial institution in
the world. Its opponent, the Western
Federation Of Miners, is the most ag-
gressive labor organization in exist
ence. With these powerful factors in
deadly conflict is it any: wonder that
the people Of this country are gravely
apprehensive Of disastrous results?
This is no time fnr.Yiolent expression
from the pens. Of journalists or the
mouths Of men. The exercise Of great
wisdom in this respect lis the duty Of
the hour The highest discretion
should characterize our every utter
ance. 1ll-advised: remarks may be
productive Of mischief untold, and
fraught with consequences Of the most
serious nature. .---.
. During periods rof, excitement such
as these every good :, citizen should
use his best .endeavors to- still the
troubled waters, and contribute to the
restoration Of peace and good will be-
tween the contesting parties. Our con-
duct must accord with human nature
as we find it,. and, not; as it may be
after the dawn. Of the millennium.
aICaif Of Duty,
= AAS ouSCSSoA VI Ol0EaIlOu OF the min.
Ing industry is the. life Of the range
towns. as we'll as being valuable
financial acquisition to the city Of Du-
luth. and to the entire state for that
mater. It is our bounden duty there
fore. individually and: collectively. to
use every possible -endeavor to effect
a reconciliation between the contend
ing parties. Rancor, ;abus and denun-
ciation are factors wholly foreign to
methods Of peace; :: :. -: :: =:
We do not, want to. "Coloradoixe"
Minnesota, nor do we want a repeti-
ton OF the evils which. followed In the
trail of, the Industrial tupheavals Of
that state in, which capital. labor and
the officials of the state earned for
themselves an uneviable reputation.
Labor Worlds Position,
The Labor. World n1akes no pretense
to a thorough understanding Of the
merits Of the controversy. Because Of
the attitude of thesWestern Federation
Of Miners. in holding themselves dis
tinctly aloof from the great trade
union movement OF which this paper IL
an uncompromisings advocate we are