Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-02-06
Would PROHIBIT Use Of.
I FIREARMS IN STRIKE Wars

guards, furnished by agencies, in 9th
or states supplying men to take thu
place Of local strikers, accompanied
those men to Grand Rapids. THE,
were there turned back by the United
States marshal under instructions
from the district Judge. In thes:Calu
met copper4mining region, armed
guards under contract with the EN-,
ployers were forwarded to theslocal
ity by agencies in other states"
On relations of capital and labor,
Secretary Wilson takes advanced
ground. "The relation Of employer
and wage.earner,"" says he, "is no
longer personal or Individual" be-
cause both employers and operatives
act in groups. IA
1T is obvious." the report ausays,
that this method of. e%mploymens gen.
orally necessary for success insmod-
ern industry, may give to- employers
great contractual advantages. over
wage earners. Unless wage earners
also act collectively thro,tghastheir
own agents, they are often at a@..prac.
tical disadvantage. Employers who
act collectively in hiring wage earn
ers are often averse to dealing with
agents of wage earners who collect.
lively offer their services. They de.
sire to contract with wage earners in
d%ividually. 1t is upon this point. that
labor disputes frequently spring up
and become acute. In most instances
in which employers accord Workrnen
practical recognition of the right Of
objective bargaining which they them
selves exercise, fair relations are
maintained. @u.t
4. In any circumstances, differences
must be expected to arise. In such
cases the department of labor might
possibly find a common ground for
agreement which the disputants, in
their eagerness for advantage or in
the heat of their controversy, had
overlooked"
In that connection, it is suggested
that congress clearly define the func.
tions of the department Of labor in the
mediation Of labor disputes and vote
appropriation adequate to meet
the requirements of mediation.MOYk.
In that way, it was suggested6.''the
welfare of Wage.earners could be fOs-.
tered while the prosperity Of en-
plOyers and the peace and good order
Of society at large were conserved.
Amicable settlements between the
themselves, without media;
are manifestly first in thetorder
Of preference. Mediation comes next.
Arbitration third. But any Of the
three is preferable to; strikes or lock
ID.
The success already achieved by
The department Of labor, in the ad.
lust!nent Of labor controversies, dem.
onstrates, in the Judgment of Secre.
tary Wilson, that such disputes near!
always may be adjusted to the
profit of all interests; and he pbelieves
hat the department properly equip,
ped, should be able to make media.
ion progressively popular with bothI
he employing and the wage.earning
interests of the country p,
The report contains a review of the
abOr controversies in which the good
offices of the department Of labor
we're exercised during the 10 months
If its existence: In practically all of
hem, agents Of the department were
successful. although in the Colorado
,oal strike and III the Michigan cop.
Ter strike no peaceful solutions yet
sheen reached because. it was
out, parties to the controver.
lies could not be induced to accept
nediOtion.
During the fiscal year ended June
%, 1913, 1882 immigrants came
o this country, an increase of $685.
20 yer the previous vera. Ofuthose
were between IA and "A years
# age, 147,158 were under IA, and
.4,S79 were As or over. T%wenty.six
cent OF the aliens admitted were
ilfiterate. The bulk of the
immigration came from the countries