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Show a i.uioit stniki: ami irs con. aql'MU. TilR alrlko of coal ralnera of Kng-land Kng-land and Walea la now In full blaiU Ita 1 roportlom are glganllc. Three hundred and fifty tbouaaad ralnera aro out. The reaulta of thla atep are lar-reaching lar-reaching nnd dlaiilroui lu tho bml-neaa bml-neaa of that country. Other Industrie aro blucked by It, aa manufAclurera are ellhir unable to get coal with which lo run their furuacea and machinery, or are unable lo ay the high prlcea now charged for the article. I n con-4iuence of thla altuation two huuJred thousand workiiiru of different differ-ent clanea tvldea tho mlnera, are thrown out of employment, and hereby deprive! of the niant of livelihood. Whea Ilia fact la taken Into consideration that a very large pro lorllou of thlv great maa of unemployed unemploy-ed incii are the hrnda of famlllea, the breailth anddejth of the dlilren Inbiwhlch probably a couple of mil-llona mil-llona of oplo are plunged may be I arlly Imagined. To thlr aroju of the alluillon may le addel the aullerlng occasioned among all clou of the or, Ucause tf thu dinicully, and, lu ecoree of thouiaudsof caiea, the practical prac-tical lmlblllly of their obululng fuel at the present rattr. The ul Ject ot tho atllke-the cauie of Ible tremendoua duailer U to reduce Ihe output of coal lu ordtr to give Ihe rnlituowuers mi excuse for rrduclng wagrs. lliln movement has buth a MDMlniAnl an Inhuman asrech The latter feature of It conslita of the bring-In bring-In of untold and Incalculable hardship hard-ship and misery upon an Immense aggregation of human Uinta for the attainment of a felflih object. ob-ject. The senMlei-inen of the step la Indicated by the fact that no profit ran powdbly remit lo thnsu whoare ihe active parllilpauta. In tho tint place thu atllkela aru losing every day they aru out, the lout In thla respect lelng probably much grinter than would have ensued by a llinltrd reduction of wsgoa. Then there are the facilities which must Inevitably l employed to obtain coal supplies from outside source. Already contracts ate entered Into with ralue owners of Itelglumaul France to ship coal to llnglaud. Thus thu hope o( diminish Ing the output ao as to koep up prices of the Lngllih article Is partially dissipated. dis-sipated. I'orclgn mlnera are employed to meet the demands of thu Kngllih mstkel, while HrlUali workmen are going around with Ihelr hands lu their otherwlio unpty pockets, while their atomacha are likewise allllcted with vacuity. It Is threatened that thu stclkirs and Ihelr syinalhliera will Attempt to prevent pre-vent the unloading of foreign coal at the docks. If thla threat Is carried out matters will only lo uiadu worse, Huch an attenift In a country which has tremendous faclllllia for quelling pu!ar disturbances, and which la not, aa a rule, alow to utlllte thrm, Isex ceedlngly dangerous. Indeed tho present crisis would, In such case, Justlty prompt action on the part of the authorities, as the distress precipitated by the strike of the miner must be relieved from aome aouice. This great movement In (Ireat IlrlUIn Is another among many similar object lessons that are furnished by the Irrepresslblu cou filet ttween capital and labor. 0eratloni In that line ere l-e-coming more and more extensive, and threiten to Involve the civilized world lu a mautfetrom of strife. Activity on one side of the question In-clUa In-clUa n similar condition on the other and thua the fight i roceida and ox-lends ox-lends Its pro(orlluus. Oil the side of capital every shade an 1 grade of mono-lulylBheliigdeVttlojed mono-lulylBheliigdeVttlojed and nu that ot labor every species of resistance is being be-ing brought Into Mug, from the oi-rratlime ot tho sensible, Intilllgent, fareielng class of worklugmen, who luibit Us) the prevaleucu of sound ecouomlo lleas and nuasurts, dun u to the rampnnt, blood and thunder thun-der anarchist who e'emanda an equal dlvlilun of. prorerty. To tome right dowu to facts, the labor and raj ttal qilUMtlou overtops all others wllh which statesmen and philanthropies philanthro-pies htvu to deal. We luslit that from the present drift of Atlalrs, the siOJect Is pregnant with future niults, which, when turn, will startle the whole civ-lilted civ-lilted world |
