The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-09-13
THE BOsTON roZICs AgUTINY

A moro to be cononed than mutny of soldiers who had de cded a they ought to have pay and ought also to have the right join union in order bring the power of orsa nizaton to bear against ihe government"
 muny of soldiers especially in time of war Is higher offense against society thon strike of policemen, is very penalty which society imposes mu tiny than death, whe there is apparently lawI which prevents the police striking,
 The difference is observable in other matters. The soldier who sleeps on post in time may be punished with advocates like punishment for he officer who sleeps his beat
 To the study Of social phenomena Inc emotional mehoaI useful than u is in the investigation of physical phenomena What is needed with respect to strkespoco and other knds accurate information and less veza ton, Oxygen and hydogrn will no theless unite to make water a in emotional state of mind if the conditions for the reaction all present.
 a strilc of policemen usually great injury to society as some other strikes have strie of mucn would kill persons than will bo killed in the Boston riots, prolonged strike of railroad would be far more disastrous than a police strike,
 Behind the police arc hc militia and behind the militia arc soldiers that police strike need not and does not permit greater degree of disorder than other strikes.
 Tho strikes of miners in Colorado and other States in the West have approached instructions, and have laUlcs criminal bu armed attempt hc strikers side and jo nsno oncs on Inc other to settle their differences by forcr
 Serious as the crime may be- has happened from amo o time in the world ha soldiers have muinci and that they govrrnment tho established government their country This hn in Russia today, has been is thc 
 United kngiom Tho Liverpool police strike happen lko tho Boston affair, pea is like anojhor
 England stands poised the odso of direct action" and knows how thc event will fall.
 Canada had ills police strike accompanied with general tic up of tho city in Wfnnipeg Tho event was attended with
 Throughout the United States it is currently under stood inc police organizing pretty generally with the pur, pose aflialiug themselves with labor orqanizaons
 Nevertheless there s country tho which further away the Soviet type agitation inc United States American labor is not alyne scIr with the l. W w. of 1FvxifI ,1o jean Federation of Labor
 The Boston difficulty crealcd by fhc crcumsancc that the police have organized to improve hciE pay but be- they propose to join the Federation.
 is thing in the United States for engaged in the public service to organize and then seek through their organization improvement in their conditions of employment The postal employees very largely organized So many police and fire departments
 The decision involved in the Boston struggle then is not whether the police shall have organization but whether their organization shall join the Federation, whether they shall have the right to strike.
 Remedies should occupy the attention of thoughtful Anybody with half eye that the United States going through period people are very much dissatisfied means not taken to aay very much graver manifestations of it will appear.
 The right of 10 belong to unions being thoroughly tabshed will probably necessary to extend that right to all classes of persons who work for The right 10 strike is conceded In inc absence forbddng exercise of the right belongs to a including Boston police
 right is ono thing The morality displayed in the exor- else of the right another thing everybody knows a spite fence.
 The wastefuI costly strikes should be met by organized puDc DunAiS operated as informally poS in which disputes be adiudicated period Under such law strikes would be inhibited OrUaniy would be encouraged would be always a state of progress The counting the loss production which goes dissas among the workers is enough payroll sfactOry everybody if it could be saved
 It would not be hard to agree upon such a statute.
 other remedies sadly needing application such the application of government control of the and large improvements in the whole system by which modes distributed.
 When something wrong in factory, the foremen do and 0oO machinery They inquire into the of the breakdown repair the broken part
 When social machinery begins break down it is