The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-31
PressCO mment on the
Strike Situation

Somehow Meyer forgot to suggest
that Colonel Cocktails be invited 10
come 10 Michigan and Try his hand al
settlement of the copper strike. But
Of course Meyer cannot be expected
To think of everything in ais present
battered condition Marquette Mning
journal.
Every fair minded. unprecedented
thinking citizen OF Michigan gives
Governor Ferris credit for his pa
tient, sympathetic, discrimnatmg.
firm and fair handling OF the copper
mines strike and accessory troubles
Should no Unforeseen snag Of huge
dimensions appear m the second year
OF the governors term and in solving
which his stock OF gumptlon should
prove inadequate, the candidates OF
other parties that are now laying
their plans To get the nomination On
opposing tickets will surely have their
troubles for then plans. Moderator
Topics.
Things have been moving rapidly |
toward a conclusion IN the copper !
country of upper Michigan The mine
owners had the labor trust licked To Il !
fragile last fall. when Secretary VII |
son galvanized the corpse of the strike
into a spasm Of poStmortem activity
hy his now famous Seattle speech.
Incidentally that speech has turned
ont To bee only the brag and buster of
a politician, lie has not made good on
any OF his sensational proposals. lie
has had al investigation. but in view
IF his relations with the labor trust,
the results Of IL are evidently unayai-
ahl" for use. His representatives at
tempted to get the mine owners and
The men together, and would have had
no difficulty in doing So, ii the owners
had been willing To accede To the de-
mauds Of the men as presented by the
government.
The fact is that there is now no
strike. The mines are being operated.
AAN lil'lA Al = ltlul llllE 10 NbIk, anu |
lut for the paper organization which
has been and still is maintained, things
would reach normal stage i'm the
Upper country within a very short
ime.
The men Of the copper country who
lave stood To their guns in their great
light and maintained at fearful cost tn
themselves the right Of free labor TO
work when and where it will, without
'ayins tribute To an autocratic organ
zation that seeks 10 control its mem
'ers way beyond the power Of any gov II
are entitled To the gratitude II
IS they have the admiration of all low II
rs of liberty and freedom. 1t was one II
If the hardest fights the federation II
Yer made To push its Jurisdiction into =
lew territory, and il is the most COM
'lete rout it ever got. The mines of ,
he copper country are still run by
heir owners. and the miners of the
upper country are free labor. The
ost 10 capital and labor has been a
rishtful one, but the result is worth
he price.
The advent of Meyer upon the scene,
nd the violence and disorder which a.,
sually follows his presence i'm a strike
we're significant of the last throes of
ne dying agony OF a lost cause. The ,
fort 10 save the face Of the federation
" the Hnal effort which is always =,
made in a beaten strike To get the men
ack without prejudice, would have
zen pathetic had it not been insolent
here was no need for any such :
greemcnt--the men were scrambling
acF To their places, ana the companies
we're taking back all they could
1t was a hard-fought ana well won
trike, ana all honor is due To those
those fidelity and courage and war
hest made it possible To Inaintain the
rights of free people i'm :
NJ spot under the protection of the
az that too often represents II free
ON that il does not secure to it's pco-
le.-Thc Searchlight.