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Show MITCHELL'S RETROGRESSION. It is certainly a great surprise to see John Mitchell, president of the coal miners' union, declare himself in favor of strikes and lock-outs. It Is qUlte true that under the present Industrial conditions, neither side can be deprived of this "right," but It had been supposed sup-posed that he with others vitally interested inter-ested In labor questions, desired a change of conditions, whereby these barbarous and questionable "remedies" would be relegated to disuse as relics of an unenlightened age, no longer fit for the serious consideration of men of intelligence. Such waste of energy as is Involved In these wars between capital and labor la-bor are surely not to be considered as the best solutions ,of disputes between men who live in an advanced age, when every energy should be made to count for good, and every strife should be for building up and not for tearing down. It is not only a surprise, It is a great disappointment to see a man who a year ago was the most powerful advocate advo-cate among the labor champions for peaceful methods of settlement of all difficulties come out now in faor of the most barbarous methods. 'It shows retrogression, ret-rogression, and It is a bad omen for labor. Tho word given out by the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, that the coal strike In southern Colorado will be settled set-tled by June 1st, Is probably authentic. It is also most welcome, and not alone for Colorado. For with the settlement of that strike will also come the calling off of the strike In all of District No. 15, which Includes Utah. It may be as the. coal company officials say, that the strike amounts to nothing any more in this State; but It will certainly be pleasanter when the strikers are no longer hanging around, a bone of contention, con-tention, and a cause of lawlessness In others if' they do not commit any lawless law-less acts themselves. Doubtless the ancient seal of China, which was offered for sale in San Francisco, was part of the loot which came from the Invasion of the "forbidden "forbid-den citV" in the occupation of Peking by the allies in 1901. This old seal Is said to be of gold, and intrinsically worth five thousand dollars. But its value is enormously greater than that, as a relic, and it is not surprising lo hear that the Chinese Consul-General has guaranteed to pay double that price for it. But Is there not a better way to restore It? Cannot the looter who took it be found, and Its restoration restora-tion compelled? |
