The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-01
Aftermath 0 Wineys' Strike
 0nsideyed Will Good Cheer
Reasons For Rejoicing of Final Official State ment Charitably Reviewed. -Unshackeed Labor
 to Be Rewarded
BY FRANK V. EVANS.
The strike has ended!

The strike has ended! Cheering words, to a community yearn- ing for good cheeri Cheering words to a state which has suffered the insults of organized law lessnessl
 Cheering words to msled idling people who were groping in darknessl Cheering words to all who love peace and order and prosperity and human happiness.
 It has been a bitter fight though not long one. In the minds of reasonable men there has never been the last doubt as to its final outcome. It was painful because it caused sorrow and bloodshed and lavish expenditure of money. a drain upon private purses and the pub lie treasury; painful because of its para lizing effect upon peaceful industry; painful because of the uncertainty of the length of it's sinful continuance.
 All Over Now.
 But it is all over now. and we need only recall the causes which led to it; the evils that grew out of it, Then, we shall look to see if something good can not be found to come out of even that season of terrible disorders
 Victory of law and order over lawless- ness and disorder ought to be cheering to all the people. The truth has been well established that there is a limit to the patience of the people of this state, and that they have the strength to over come evil.
 The fact has also been established that individual and property rights shall here be defended and the hand of invitation still extended to capital and labor from abroad
 It has also been demonstrated that bad men who come among us as leaders, firing the prejudices of the ignorant and making of them bushwhac ckers, dynamit- CTS, cut-throats and murderers. will nev- CT be tolerated by the people of Ala bama
 Reason for Rejoicing.
 Aside from all this, no matter what manner of men compose the membership of the executive committee of the United Mine Workers of America, the act of that authority in calling off the strike is hap oily received by all good people in this state
 Because it means peace and order and industry and prosperity for years to come
 Because it shows defeat of the enemies of law and order with no more cost of blood.
 Because it affords opportunity to thousands of msled men, who for many weeks have been anxious to return to labor for themselves and families, to do so. Because, it releases from arduous du- ties volunteer soldiers of the state, who have sacrificed time and money and placed their health and their lives in con stant danger for the protection of the people
 Because, it estops the flow of hard earned wealth from channels of egiti- mate trade to the pockets of an unwor- thy few who have feasted upon this sea- son of discord. Because it brghtens the skies for an out-pouring of hope and of good cheer. Because, it allays the anxiety and the fears and checks the flow of tears from the worthy and the innocent.
 Because it makes clear the way for sitting the seed from the chaff, a separa- ton of the good afrom the evil. Because it removes the shackes from the prisoners of ignorant, vicious and greedy mastership, and re-establishes manhood and individual freedom. Because it is good
 Better Judgment. President Lewis has now followed the advice of better judgment than that which instiRated him and his committee