Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-09-30

Latest Advices from Sweden Indicate
That Everything 10 Quiet and Tha,
100000 Men Have Returned to Work
Strike VIII Result In Much Suffer
Ing Among Workmen and Their
Families the Coming Winter.
SWEDEN.
One thing that has been characters
has been practically no violence. The
latest dispatches state that everything
Is quiet and that there are at least
100000 men that have gone back to
work. Such peculiar strike as this
has no parallel in the history OF
modern strikes. There has been 9
death-like stiffness In Stockholm that
has simply astounded the strangers
Men and women have been moving
aimlessly about, but there have been
no exciting scenes except the demon
stration meetings on the outskirts OF
the city, generally conducted by the
young socialists, who have been the
real promoters of the strike. Gener
ally these fellows are all agitators ano
are never known to work. How they
are getting their livelihood Is puzzle
to many, but they do not appear to be
wholly without funds. There will be
much suffering among workingmen
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 laborine
men have lost is estimated to be about
$250.000 a day. On the other hand
this sum represents much reduction in
favor Of the employers. Still 1t must
be conceded that the prolonged suspen.
sion of factory work entails In some
Industries considerable loss, which be
comes the greater the longer the strike
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 what
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 a theatrical director present who
volunteered to preach and the pastor
consented to his taking the pulpit. He
preached 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-
graduate 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 80 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 a dozen occupying only a
small cottage. A great many of the
innkeepers and hotel men have been
compelled to do a credit business dur.
ing the summer and that they will
have job to collect their bills goes
without saying.
A report current In Sweden states
that the Norwegian Nobel COMMITTEES
will award the Nobel peace prize this
year to Count Leo Tolstoi. It 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
to be seen.
King Gustaf of Sweden has officially
recognized Or. Cook as the discoyerer
of the north pole Minister Egan, at
Copenhagen, has informed the state
department that the king, through the
Swedish minister at Copenhagen, has
congratulated the government of the
United States on the occasion of DR..
Cooks discovery.
The men who were arrested at the
Nya Kungsholm's bridge the other
night have confessed that they were
not followers Of Hinke Bergegreh, but
that they were the disciplines of
Hjalmar Branting.