Show A GOOD BULB Cnsfl Five housand men on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railway rave been laid off By the company not vol lunTarily but as an act of economy and protection The engineers and 1 jtaitcbTmeu struck and as the usual number of trains could not be moved there was not employment for the 5000 men who hava been laid off Thus 25000 or 30000 persons will be directly affected by the strike to say nothing of the injury that will be done to the business busi-ness of the country by the temporary suspension of traffic an interest In this connection comes ing announcement from the officials of the road It is that if employees this shall not appear at their posts I morning prepared to work they will never again be taken into the service of the company It is to be hoped that the liSt Paul will have the courage and stamina to make this notice something more than a mere threat that it will stand by it through all time and for once teach men that they cannot with impunity and without cause stop the frafficof a greet railway It would be well also if ether railroads f would follow the example of this one I and give their employees to understand t at a strike would mean a severance of all connection between the strikers and the company The railways have it in ther power to put a stop to this j thing of their employees striking because be-cause of some petty whm or to comply com-ply with the order of some self important boas who wants to show his authority If the companies Will do as the St Paul proposes to do men will think twice before leaving situations to which they can never return They will hesitate before throwing up paying positions because be-cause somebody else has quarreled with some other company over something which does not concern the former The public will stand by a road which will adopt and enforce ths rule and when men find themselves without employment em-ployment sal without popular sympathy sym-pathy they will be more careful how they conduct themselves |