Show MUIIK a Aol hllllkU Whom lire gods would linlrojr they flrtt make mad petite likely to bo exemplified lu the can of some labor union members In the West unleH their brethren In the Kail lnlor ie a buries Ihli li the out wllli the Colorado coal l miners The announcement announce-ment li I made that on May every coal l mini In IboContepnlil stele will be shutdown and Hut 1003 mom will goon go-on itrlke Tin only prospect of a change front lull determination It In the altitude ol the United Mine Workers 01 Aiiurlca which hit been In neulon lot everal Jays alColumlut O The Colorado mIner hate agreed to bids by the declilotl I of tint body the chief I I iropoiltlou before which H whether to declare a tlrlko tram coast to cent Involving over 100 women fLu Colorado mliiu workers union won an anxious la bring about a great strike that their delegate Win llowtr was Initructed to vole for II unconditionally audio hong U I time feeling that Mr lived lire stole coal l mine nap ectar Ira come out ofllcUlly and tcJoriiJ the ironotltlou for a general strike Hit urged lint a crisis Ins been reached where the mon cannot wilt for leglilntlou Tire avenge lay 1 of coat I miner In Colorado for lire lam i 1 yi > r this said tin been about et per day Men trays work for but one two or Hire dayi a week and are ground down poverty It U argued that by cutting nil the coal l iufly wages < < of 1 miner can bo furred up and tint II I Hid policy were followed throughout the Union II I would Improve lha con dilloo lire minors by giving them more pay for their work Tuna argument present a very familiar nppearauie la those who Walsh the labor couUloti tint are going on The lattImportant ocoailon of their use among coal miser wai lire great tlrlkelu Inland last Bummer The miner liter were talked to In H Imlltr way Their wages were low and there wai lean of Ibulr going lower U was argued that If Ibo ooal upply topped l wages would RO up and the turners would bo In clover Tha miner ilruolc era coal lupply ceated Bo alto 1 did mills and faclorlei and workthoi People who could trot get coalfor fuel turned to wood oil and other material In addition to the miner ten ol Ihouiaudi of oplo worn thrown out of employment the dlilrlcti moit directly atleitod lout their trade I the country was mulcted tuudriHli of thoutandi of dollars In lie Induitrlal productloni being llmlttid Ineowotnes and chIlJroDlooluJlni the sinkers and their famlllm worD re duied to tin verge of itarvatlou and had to trip their monies of furnltuio and Ibrnllln 01 clothing to buy food and then bad to bo lupiorlwl by chailly and tooret were starved lu death while thodratltullon Indirectly caused the Ion ol many other lives ilut the wage or the shoots did not go up On Ibo contrary Iho mm were gild lo get back alter moiilhi of IdlencH and uHtirlng at n ten percent per-cent reduction outhitr former wage Iithereany thing that i > ronili giiml er tuioeit lo Ibo mlneriof Colorado or Ibo country generally In the propowil > strike No Ititaadof laving two or three day a week they will kayo no work at all liven tlio Jl n day overage over-age which they hove been maklut for Fart lltmj will bo toil lo them unu they will hate lo urpond fur heir mile nauca on the charity ol lliwo whom they would drprlveof fuel whom they would exclude from meant of getting von irony livelihood by dialog mille and workihO e and whuii they would inject to luolorallo low I ami Injurj Then when IIU nil Ilir lugh Iliu uopl 10 will nit wont any more coal with tine txctpllou of tbu naturally liicrvuti dnuaud than they uio now there flllba proporlloiuuly no more urn ployratiut anu no muru wage In act Ibo treasure > of nuiBiHy will it duce rather than Incrraw tlitie It accrue slrouge that rho coal minor will not Me that II there II 1 not sultl cleat troplnymunt In their lluatgan Kaxa them nouMautly thu only remedy li 1 to reduoa Iho number at producer I by having them turn attention corn other avocittQU fuuro It 110 methtii bywiuuli luy will bu ablo tu draw n wok wage for w irk which can 4u dour lu eau it two dar Condi Ion will not admit ol t4 Wheru luoro b I but ono Uiyj work lor eaoU of ilx R k t I m ifu lire only way I > r out t hV I ei t < ady employment il h > i Ihrr live I I ouo iom < ilhinK die I II the change oannalbtmtda noli will have to dn with lilt clash and It supreme folly 10 throw Ibe whole away lu tha hope < 01 InipnTtliiR nutttrt There le I n partial remitjy far funds In lie hllod 01 the workari tlienualTui One miring that is yet In ajmpiratl n abundance the West la I the unllll 01 1 unoultlvaiml l nd It In teased In ha vvaant oily lol In Ibo unuml aim and the Unonuplal publlo do mails Time arlh If mall lo loJu here only a Rill ptroenu if what It loan da anll I limtlalodo alHWitra 11 f ball ul I use mill who are In part or llogotlitt out of employment were to take a oourx lh < t rniiliw no more oiHal er meioi to live on than they now have la Rat ram tome moral or ether and were to alx Ibo vegetable and frulli that would teed I them tin other half woulJ have twachancoe lob where now they hue but one an I tuna nnl half would Inll loss auythliiK by being wi oU front a wuraa of supply which now fall I la mot the demands upon II It does eeem a 11111 luoeoiUUnt forman for-man who claim to waul work olwa tabaiiullllnn work III or let to enloro their demand Mil I ilerIraine that U the rtun why they are always I Retllntl loll In one way or another OoeMlon shy aetrlke beings n rOse lu wages and the eomlltlniii may Juitlly It 11 shown by I tba result Hut the a InilanaM note rare A utrlka ever lnereaed the uppoitiinlly for employment on the part of the striker II I never auimeuted the UP ruand for the proJuai of the worker loll nor luerva d the rolunn of buil < one Thwi latter foatuiM arc thota which are riiulrad lu time prwvnl Industrial illuatlon nod at they are pecatud against by cool strikes aa Ibo ne proposed the Utter must fill It would be a good scheme for labor atliillnto try a plan of working lu IcnJol nun eorktng t9 ImpioTu liE If > tog uondltloni If when beoauae of scarcity of workmen are engaged only n portion of time time they could put In parelioun In raltlngtwat bean pats I oei ard onloiM they would have noniv Ihlllg 10 eat and eke out their wanly arnlnji luitcad ol Idling 1 their day and grumblloit or worrying trey would direct attention lu cultivating apples pencliM sod itrawbcrile they would have some of the noiirllblnit Uellca 01 life If Inileodof loaOlig Hit the limo or boors they would put II In railing wheat and reed for a cow or no they could enjoy healthful fond Throe could ba all drawn Irani Ilia Mill In tins port ol lire country In a way that could be arranged for by eoc otln at lOll ozloooe than It now cods lor ailltallnK crlevautri And above all It would rliow that lire laborer wn willing 10 Inbor and was doing till belt I tolilpblniMlf Than If charily were needed It could beclalmxl with Iwller grace Rut Hill can ba I done only by work and hard folk at that fine leafing ilrlk wont do II nor do any other good in tire present iituillnu |