The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-14
MIGHT HAVE AVERTED
CALUMET STRIKE
Says Secretary of Labor Wilson, Had the
Owners of the Property Been on the
Ground and Personally in
Charge.

! Washington, ID. G., Dec. l4.-SecretarN
Wilson of the department of labor, in his
annual report, submitted to-day, ex
presses the conviction that had the own
ers of the mine properties in the Calumet
copper region and the Colorado coal fields
dealt with the strike situations in theiI
inception, had they been on the ground
and personally in charge, there is reason
to believe that no strike would have oc.
Cured"
Whatever may have been the respou.
sihility of the workmcn for the strike
aud its incidents" said Secretary VIII
son, "the local management cannot be-
wholly acquitted and upon the elemen-
tary principle Of agency, as sound in NOR
als rs in law, ultimate responsibility
must rest upon the owners"
Principally. Secretary Wilson's report Is
devoted TO a review Of the labor disputes
the department has successfully mediat
ed during the last year and il defines at
some length the principles upon which
the department acts in such cases OF
the mediation and Cancellation work the
report says:
"Of all the functions Of the department
OF labor which Il il vet possible 10 ad-
minister, this one may be reasonably re-
garded ss the most important Suggest
ing with reference 20 labor disputes de-
velopmeut Of diplomatic duties N the de-
partment OF labor analogous to those in
the department Of state with reference
10 International disputes Il points Is
federal administrative system for pro-
noting and fostering industrial peacc:
not peace Of the Warsaw order. but one
of mutual benefit and good will
Primarily the department 81 labor
must conserve in industrial disputes the
interests 81 the wage-earnhrs of the
United States. such is is <ety under
{ be- law of ts operation, the first sect ION
Of which charges i with responsibility
for their general welfare. while the
eighth makes this responsibility specific I
A. 10 labor Disputes And those interests 4
1re exceptional 81 their magnitude. Not
1nlr a. sage searuers constitute in num-
'sf more than third 81 onr total pouu 4
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srrrecatf Interests arc vast. ID i doubt 4
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