Morris tribune., 1909-10-02
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STRIKE WITHOUT VIOLENCE

That Everything Is Quiet and Ths
100000 Men Have Returned to Wor
Strike Will Result in Much Suffer
Ing Among Workmen and Thei
Families the Coming Winter.
SWEDEN.
One thing that has been characters
tic of the great strike is that ther
has been practically no violence. TIL
latest dispatches state that everything
Is quiet and that there are at leas
100000 men that have gone back +
work. Such a peculiar strike as thi
has no parallel in the history O
modern strikes. There has been
death-like stiffness in Stockholm tha
has simply astounded the strangers
Men and women have been movin,
aimlessly about, but there have beel
no exciting scenes except the demon
stration meetings on the outskirts o
the city, generally conducted by tn,
young socialists, who have been thu
real promoters of the strike. Gener
ally these fellows are all agitators ant
are never known to work. How the,
are getting their livelihood is a puzzl,
to many, but they do not appear to bt
wholly without funds. There will bt
much suffering among workingmer
and their families this winter. They
will not have anything to purchase
fuel with and good many will suffer
much from the cold weather. The
amount in wages that the laborins
men have lost is estimated to be about
$250,000 day. On the other han6
this sum represents much reduction il
favor of the employers. Still it must
be conceded that the prolonged suspen
sion of factory work entails in sons
Industries considerable loss, which be
comes the greater the longer the strik
lasts. Not inconsiderate savings have
been made by the prohibition of the
sale of beer and spirits of all kinds
while the strike was in progress. Some
profess to believe that the economic
activities generally throughout Sweden
and the country's relation to foreign
trade will not materially be affected
by the strike, but there also are many
who share a different view and think
that Sweden's loss will aggregate into
the millions. No matter from wha'
viewpoint considered the strike has
been an unfortunate one and especial
ly is this the case so far as the strik.
ers are concerned, for they will face a
hard winter. The women and the chill
dren are the ones who are innocently
made to suffer for this seemingly up
bolstered strike.
An unusual thing happened up in
Orno, last Sunday when the regular
pastor of the church there took sud
denly i'll early in the morning. The
question now came up as to who
should take his place on the pulpit
for there were many people who had
come to attend the services. There
was theatrical director present who
volunteered to preach and the pastor
consented to his taking the pulpit. He
preached a sermon the like of which
had never before been heard of in that
community. His applications, which he
took direct from the text of the day,
were highly practical and after the
sermon was through many members of
the great congregation came up to con,
gratulate him. The gentleman who
preached the sermon was Director Au.
gust Falck, who has for years been
popular in theatrical circles in Swe.
den.
During the past summer the summer
resorts have proven very popular, ow-
ing to the fact that so many people
left the city on account of the strike.
Men doing clerical work were in many
instances thrown out of employment
and they betook themselves to
friends out in the summer resort dis.
tricts and there have been as many as
fifteen and dozen occupying only a
small cottage. A great many of the
and hotel men have been
to do credit business dur
Ing the summer and that they will
have a job to collect their bills goes
without saying.
A report current in Sweden states
that the Norwegian Nobel committee
will award the Nobel peace prize this
year to Count Leo Tolstoi. II is stated
On good authority that the famous au.
thor had fully intended to visit Stock.
holm this summer in spite of the fact
that he is eighty-one years old, but
that he did not do so because the
peace conference in Stockholm had to
be postponed on account of the strike.
Whether he will attend the postponed
peace meeting in Stockholm remains
% be seen.
King Gustaf of Sweden has officially
recognized DR.. Cook as the discovere1
If the north pole. Minister Egan, at
has informed the state
department. that the king, through the
Swedish minister at Copenhagen, has
the government of the
United States on the occasion of DR.
Cooks discovery.
The men who were arrested at the
IVA KunpSho1u'S bridge the othor