Show THE V3BDICT of the jury as read to the Silver Beef strikers in the Beaver court on Wednesday night mast have been a conclusive argument to the minds of the miners that striking it i not a paying business especial when it is accompanied by lawlessness lawless-ness and violence on the part of those engaged in it It must have struck them very forcibly that instead ol being heroes battling for rights that were denied them they were in reality guilty of breaking the law It is to be hoped that they will not forget for-get their unhappy experience but will profit by it and in future bt guided by reason within the lines ol the statute This case ought also U exercise a lasting and beneficial influence in-fluence upon miners and laborers throughout the territory It ought to impress upon their sainda that others than themselves have rights which must be respected that a man ha the right to obtain as much for his labor as possible and the right to work for ca little as ho is willing to accept that an employer has tht right to hire at as low a price m h can that he cannot compel a mat to work for lets than the latter chooses to accept nor ba forced to pay more than he cares to Then are some of the things that thu verdict ver-dict should convey to the mind not only of the Reel unionist but to union mea and individual laborers everywhere The unfortunate men who have been convicted of riot are in no sense martyrs They went against tbe fdvico of their best frieudi and those who have the interest inter-est of the laboring man at heart They refused to listen to wi = < counsel and repelled alike the advances ad-vances of friend and enemy Ana now they must buffer the const quences of their unwise and reckless conduct However it is to ba hoped that unnecessary punishment will not he inflicted upon them and particularly par-ticularly that vindictiveness will not be allowed to oppress them This is the first offense of the kind in the territory ter-ritory and while it mud be dealt with firmly as much for the example ac for the proper punishment of the guilty what has to be done cn be without great severity and if rtann able mildness rather than harshness be employed the efJact will bj better |