Salt Lake Herald | 1899-06-16 | Page 4 | Colorado's New Law

I COLORADOS NEW LAW Colorados difficulty over the new eighthour law is a matter of regret everywhere among friends of the mining min-ing industry Apparently the trouble is due to causes that could have been obviated if the leaders of capital and labor had been willing to approach the subject in a conciliatory way In this regard Utah mining men and mine owners showed how easily conditions may be adjusted to meet new requirements when those interested inter-ested approach the situation in a spirit of mutual compromised The eighthour law in this state was regarded by some employers as an infringement of a constitutional con-stitutional right and they very properly asked the courts to settle the question The law was upheld by the highest court in the land and the decision was immediately accepted as final by all parties to the suit There was no talk of strikes or lockouts that could be regarded seriously and there has been no change ia the friendly relations of either employer or employee The Utah law s far has inflicted no hardship on either labor or capital and its results where they are noticeable at I all a beneficial I is to b hoped that Colorado will reach a satisfactory a solution of the dispute as was reached reach-ed here and that the forebodings of loss and suffering will prove groundless ground-less