Show I t I I I I I I f THE COAL STRIKE t 4 j I III M M II I I M I 4 4 44 44 4 I I M j M I I I Strikes which involve the suspension of production production production pro pro- in given industries perhaps may be be justified by attending circumstances no matter how badly the innocent general eral public may suffer When hen they extend to the point of property and plant destruction c. c tion they are not entitled to sympathy From Pennsylvania it i is reported that th the sta stationary ta- ta engineers firemen and nd n of f i the mines are going out i in ilk sympathy y with the miners i That is their undoubted undoubted right right if they so so wis wish They hey have no right whatever to the to-the the introduction inti of men in the their l places who while the strike is on will keep the workings from being flooded and ruined There is a mark beyond which coercion whether on the side of capital or of labor should not be permitted to gp go There are interests interest higher r than those represented represented rep rep- rep rp- resented by e either ther party to a labor struggle and they should be respected The operating companies may be wrong in not conceding the demands of their men On the other hand han l they absolutely are right in insisting upon pon protection n when they place any so sort t of men they can get in their mines to pre pre- pre pre- serve serve them from flooding Heretofore if we remember the miners' miners unions have not expected these con conservators of property to strike on their account This time the idea seems to be different and it will not appeal to the great American public as a sensible one |