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Show KocLj i.r-:r.t-ir.i ere with cc.vl measures which ;:t i rc. ,.r.t are;val;:;I. . 3. lint Lecau-o of the millloj cf purchasers cf the product of the Eastern mines, they are exceedingly valuable, and having caused those purchasers of their coals to lean upon them for their needed supplies, sup-plies, those mine owners should not be permitted to spread unmeasured distress among them. If they attempt it, then the State governments should interpose in-terpose and 6top them. . Then, too, there is a deeper principle involved. The progress of this country rests upon the brawn and brain of its working men, and the liberties of the people rest upon the intelligence and-patriotism of those 6a me workers. While. they should not be pe rmitted to usurp unjust powers, at the same time, uo individuals nor corporations should be permit ted to degrade or oppress the labor they employ. In seeking for an adjustment both ithese facts should te considered, and if they are, in fair spirit, the adjustment can be made. The miners should have in eight-hour day, and every intelligent mine owner in the West encourages his employees to organize and uphold union's. They do this because experience experi-ence has taught them' that they get better work, piore intelligent work, more contentment, more pride in the work performed, and that generally the esprit de corps of the service . is vastly improved. The reason is, we presume, that in most Western mines the chief owners are on the ground and come in daily contact with their employees. The great corporations in the East should make a note of this, and should go to work in earnest to agree upon terms with the miners." If they will not then the States in which the mines are situated should interfere and compel a settlement. f . - SHOULD BE AN ADJUSTMENT. The last great coal strike cost the employers millions, the employees millions and entailed ex-;ireme ex-;ireme suffering upon thousands of "families. That I .was .the immediate and direct effect. ! 1 But it did not stop there. It carried consternation consterna-tion and loss to the thousands and tens of thou-!s-nds of people who were living in the cities that drew their coal supplies from the closed mines. It threatened a mighty coal famine in a dozen cities, and the closing of a thousand industrial enterprises that depended upon coal for fuel. It had to be set-jtled set-jtled at last. . j ; The present threatened strike should be settled before it begins. If miners and mine owners cannot get together, then the States in. which the mines are situated should interpose. 2so private corporation corpora-tion should ever be permitted to put in jeopardy the .business and the comforts of some millions of peo-; peo-; pie. Tlie companies depend upon those people for all the business they have, for all the profits they accumulate, and they should not be permitted to distress their customers. The Governors of those States should serve notice on those mine owners and miners that unless an adjustment is reached ithin a certain number of days, then a commission commis-sion will be appointed to make the adjustment and the committee will be backed by the full power of the States. K j . If nothing else can be done, the States can ex-rrcise ex-rrcise their sovereign prerogative, have the mines npprnised and condemned, pay for them and take possession. . , .''''' ..'.'! -: -: :' ; : it is useless to say no agreement could be reached, if there were an earnest 'desire to make an rjrreement.. The mines cannot be worked without :.iiners; the miners cannot live without work. There U an interdependence of each upon the other, and it a sense of fairness possessed both sides, an un-rvfauding un-rvfauding could be reached. If they were gold instead of coal miners, the sit-would sit-would be different; the owners could close s if tlie.v pleased, and only the miners and lies would have a right to complain. Uut ' the coal . mines is not intrinsic. The |