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Show rmtat Slain, ani Bmbu 0j Strike. refer to U a, a matter or current In-"rest In-"rest A, i, generally kn0,n a brge number of tho strikers, Wen mCam0fi"yaw'arcDt th ttelr move would fail, brok. fth the "nfeJ "WU1 for their former cut-ins. As many were taken back as vacancies were found for, bu nje maj orl.y of the strikers had to seek employment -Hewfcre. Iu U,e couth, ot ,,, or -tt thenbicu became as proficient the old, and the public ceaied to thlnkabout the notable event. The treU car men's union disbanded and became cxUnct, Then thero developed Uneath the surrace conditions which Irvl been enUrelyuneipectribythe strikers. Tl alb nad been batted and encouraged by Uie Federated Trades and Labor Council, which it w SlSf JiV W fl Ial 'aid to ?i, Ui1CI? w,h ""WW holdout. But Jrlt 1 averted, has not beeh ,thC?m.1,ns- Worro "la" Uils, tne organlxatioa vjUcli promised it'bas! f iLbi". aJI'ted and acted upon fre!at!?n that hereafter It will ffi k.a1dmilt9.lls Membership any labor Organization whost. members are not skilled. That i3 to say, orpuIzaUons consiUtue; of common laborers, tcimsterr, s'uovelera and the like Will not be admitted into the confederacy. Street car men are not siil.ed workers, within the meautng or the terra as denned by a? ,e3,u"ederatcJS, and hence can nt In future, be admitted to It. The resins for this action on the part of the confederation are so plain that they supjort the statement, state-ment, that audi action has been Uten: Unskilled labor can bo so readily repAceil that a strike by It will net ?vali to bring employes to terms. Therefore such a strike must entail a burden upon the confederation, confedera-tion, while it accomplishes nothing to Strengthen, but rather weakens, the cause or labor. It is represented that some of Uie strikers who acted upon the strength of promises that they would be given a certain sum of money each week purpose taking steps to enforce the fulfilment of those promises. Certain Cer-tain it is that the strikers have been very much disappointed about Uie support they expected to receive from tho labor confederaUon, and a great deal of bitterness has been engendered. |