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Show .1 . :' 3 tl.3 er;7':vc:K v.Lo trihed Lli vrere eci -; t' L:, J;r t-ey tLulJ have econl:! tp do J, it. They had Lad aJ.anta;j tlat 11 teen uozued 1' ;. . .. , . Y"hen labor shall cease frcn violence c-Ii;.! f l.-!l recognize labor as a fact: tilt luJ t rec; -i:::.l and has a rili to be recccd there will be far less trouble.' Th?y must lock at the question 'froLi a broad and moral staJpciat aa well e frora a selitsh point of view, for the public is-interested in evefy labor disturbance. The strong, manly expressions ef the bishops fchould hate much weight. They are certainly dis- Interested and none! can deny their fitness for jud- fag the taerits of tbi case Mialy Report 01 Ltbor Questions. The report of the committee on the relations of labor and capital of the Episcopal house of bishops was perhaps one of the most important features of the general convention in Boston, Rarely have we seen of late such a fair, sensible and frank discussion discus-sion of the labor question. The conclusion was reached that the cause ol violence in strikes is not so much economical as moral. The report says strikes commonly begin in ' distrust ancf holds that in the end the responsibility rests upon all Christian citizens and especially upon the clergymen. - - The members of the committee are unable to. see much, distinction between employer and employee. They say the blacklist corresponds to the boycott and the lockout to the strike, and declare that "the laborer has learned from the capitalist to despise - order and break law. He has learned from the churchman to pursue the dissenter with menace and violence. The recent tragedies in Colorado do not follow at a far distance the massacres which in the sixteenth century ensued upon the withdrawal of Holland from the ecclesiastical union." "The committee closes its report by condemning violence on the part of unions, but defending organ- JzatioiL It says the offenses of the union are distinct dis-tinct from the cause for which it stands. It says -that without organization the right standard of -wages', hours and social conditions cannot be main-tained. main-tained. ' ' ' . Criticism of labor coming from such sincere and .powerful friends of labor as the members of the - "committee should be listened to with careful attention atten-tion and profited by. There can be no doubt that unions in the heat of passion and led by men unfit for leadership have made grievous mistakes, but the fault is not all that of the unions. The employers |