The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-27
BY FRANK CHARLTON.
lsed Wire 10 The Tribune.

[eased Wire TO The Tribune.
N YORK, Feb, 26.-Labor trou-
10 the east and west, two violent
IS raging in Pennsylvania and
8 OF dire consequence if police and
4 arc allowed 10 continue shoot
||own workmen 10 defense of cor
|on property, all indicate that the
n States stands upon the brink of
.dustrial revolution. the possibility
|hch arc appalling to contemplate.
|nuel Gompers, president of the
mean Federation of Labor, and
|ts ,onservstive leaders among the
iosnh workmep. today sounded a
4. n alarm. and it is evident from
nor of their statements they
low would have little control II
ndical element should assert
1ency.
ID Philadelphia stagnated by the
II car strike. the situation there
|s moro alarming every hour. Open
Iats are made by Strike Leader John
Mlphy. aud with the leaving or
jD Of Pennsylvania constabulary,
stnkers have grown moro bold, To-
row will see the climax IN Phlla-
Mia. At monster mass meeting
|eall may be issued for every union
man in the state TO strike,
Voting on general Strike.
Bethlehem steel works is tied up
strike, and workmeu arc voting
general strike, From the Allan.
4 the Pacific the same spirit ot
dug trouble is in the air. The
snst of living and the exposures
|-& methods. which apparently
Njed TO cause these high prices,
mug the working classes INTO
hrderlug on frenzy.
Is likely that federal interven-
nav be necessary TO restore the
which formerly existed, At least
govcrnment will move slowly IN
fqver it undertakes, for false
may precipitate a reign Of at
: (which would cause the Paris COM
70 pale into jnsiguificancc.
] ne foreign element Of workmen are
ing the wave Of violence over the
steel town of Bethlehem. The
Zion at South Bethlehem IS grow
Forse and even guard OF go state
may be inadequate 10 check the
n roting which has broken out.
May Tie Up Railroad.
employees of the great Baltimore
4 }io railroad system are voting TO
! because their demands for a
IT wage scale have been refused
vote will be announced on Tues.
and II affirmative 5000 men VIII
CUT. The sccthlng unrest among
Vaa employees has been growing TO
an extent that il is feared II
Enaltlmore &; Ohio employees strike
result in strikes upon twoscore
eds throughout the country where
demands have been made. The
. 'aa outlook is made worse by the
aurement today by the railroad
6sls that they cannot grant the
'hcr demands.
n The great United States Steel
I .'.'m, the biggest industrial cor
n ,a, In The world, stands on tia,
of stagnatiou. Rumbline
n hi dlscontent bave Jared tho
>pst ever since its formation
'9s nbor horizon is darker now
3 IL f before. Samuel Gompers
z Aorrlson and leaders of the
dag district have placed before
isEnl Iaft petition that fedora
y .aVa DO enacted to protect Tho
8 " OF the steel trust. At ib'
r. ~ sime the Amalgamated Asso
: Eoi steel, Iron and Tin Worker:
sr;;ng LINZ data against the steel trust
siI 'ih DO presented 10 the prcsl
I, uIes nas, which threaten TO tic mp thu
~ u,Sslry s,u Of the United States j:
~ III: President Thomas l.. Levi:
1niled Mine Workers Of Amcric;
SstOid Ssthaed the warning that, If ;
n YlITTly scnlc is not drawn up b.
= III ,pctwecn the miners and min'
S .aat walkout will follow.
N al May Lay Down Tools.
f(g all of these labor orcaniza
~ Iati aihllated with the American
n uhiion Of Labor. a call from th.
3 Esapm Engmm would cause practically ever,
ZXI5man IN the United States 10 la,
III eo,n .oels and veiled threats whicl
IN from even many vi the con