The Alaska daily empire., 1919-09-19
NO JUSTIFICATION FOR STRIKE

Tho socalled strike on the Alaska Juneau mine was called contrary to all the rules ot orsahiAeu M Dor in the United States Thefe were no oiron sas at all There was opportunity gwen for a conference between the mine management anu the men, so that all those employed by the conp'i' could arrive at the actual facts. There was no at tempt even to hold meeting Of the employees o ~ mining company where the whole sltuatioh oouiu be thoroughly canvassed before action was a'tep'eu
 There had been complaints from the men ehi n,oved bv the Alaska Juneau. All were contenteI and satisfied The and their employers hoo gu along with the utmost harmony m
 The so-called strike purely an organized affair. The leader was who had not been employed by the company over month. lie pro ceeded to "wrepull" man at a time to Jolh hih' in strike. When he got handfull or convert under his spell, in speech at the breaKast .ao'' he informed those there that a "str1ke had oeeh called and declared that all of the employees who were men would join the strikers and chat only ''scabs" would remain, thus appealing to the class consciousness of the men, and making It so tha' many good quit, not because they believed there should be a strike, because they were discontent cd but because they did not want to do anything that would permit any to shout "scab" at them, whether there accepted basis for the epithet or
 With this situation start, so-called labor organization appointed a committee to picket the town, and endeavor to induce those seeking work to remain away from the Alaska Juneau mine and mill.
 The very statement of the committee, which claims to represent the strikers carries refuta- tion through it's absurdity It alleges that the Alaska Juneau mine is on paying basis, as no mine would operate at loss to keep the mine open" yet abso- luely effort has been made arrive at the truth of the conclusion The statement apparently is made to appeal to the minimizing. Those who know know that many mines are operated at loss for long per iods, many other lines of business.
 This statement also made in the face of signed statement of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company which says its company is losing money It is made in the face of the statement of the Alaska Gastineau Mining Company that it is losing money It is made in the face of general knoweldge that Alaska Juneau recently issued bonds with which to get money to pay debts, and in face of knoweldge that the Alaska Gastneau has defauted in the pay ment of interest on bonds for two years. This is information that should be possession of any committee, acting in good faith before it called strike.
 There is no occasion for a strike in Alaska Work Is plentiful everywhere and in all lines No man is compelled to work at any particular job There is not dissatisfied employee anywhere who has to retain the job that he has. If he does not like the working conditions at any particular place all he has to do is to quit and get another job There plenty of them. Alaskas in need is men She has the jobs. Opportunity is everywhere There is no need or excuse for any try to interfere with any other mans job opportunity No dissatis- fled person here has any right to try to make any else dissatisfied
 Conditions are different here from what they are in the East where all lines industry and those who engaged in them thoroughly organized where 1t Is difficult for to change from one po sitfon to another, and where there can be full and free discussion among employees and between en- ployees and employers.
 But the fact is that the great majority of those employed at the Alaska Juneau and the other Jul neau mines have been doing we'll and THEY ARE GENERALLY SATISFIED. Among the most prolific sources for money for investment in Liberty Bonds last year and this at the mnes-the savings of the miners. Many of them hundreds of dollars a year. One who struck" at the Alaska Juneau a day or two before he quit at the direction a che chako employee. said that he had saved s245 in