Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-11-20 | Page 6 | Postoffice Strike.

POSTOFFICE STRIKE. The clerks and carriers of the Vair-mout, Vair-mout, W. Va., postoflice, twenty-five men all told, have gone on strike as a protest against the discharge of the assistant as-sistant postmaster and three other employees. em-ployees. The postmaster is a Democrat and most, if uot all, of the strikers are Be.publieans. It is presumed the assistant assis-tant postmaster aud the other discharged dis-charged employees are also Republicans. We do not know anything about the merits of the case, but we are against strikes on general principles, especially among government employees protected bv the civil service law. Only a few years ago the business of France was paralyzed by a strike of postal employees em-ployees and the sternest measures were necessary upon the part, of the government. govern-ment. The same thing will happeu in this country unless the Fairmont strikers strik-ers are brought up with a sharp turn. The action of the Democratic postmaster postmas-ter may call for redress, but striking is not the proper way to obtain it. The general public has righs in such cases which should not be ignored. It is up to the postoffice department at Washington Wash-ington to investigate the affair at Fairmont Fair-mont and mete out exact justice, without with-out regard to politics. Tf the strikers have not already returned their places should be filled at, once.