| Show rim 1 The COlI controversy bet between the coal 1 miners In the anthracite region rellon sari nd their employer hi has 1 t last been car tte tied beyond the point JOIn t of oC negotiations and 1111 a general strike has ha been beton ordered to togo go 0 into effect on tb the mh of this month ft be strike I is II as the mOlt moE gigantic In the tha world of labor The nI or ord d r I lUll issued by the leaders leden of the Unit United ed d Workers of and tb they n ct that over inca Inen will obi obey the and eta ceass work ork The men have One of them I that the system of dock dockIe dockage Ie age Is unjust More or Ieee and anel waste wast substance I Is always alBs brought to the th In mining Ihl lb coat coal tor fr this reason the miner is only itald for a aton aton ton for ery 2800 1300 pounds he takes takee out or the grounds This the claim is II simply Imply oppressIon Thy They fur thor complain that their wage Ire are reg regularly held back after thy they are 11 due Uti and that th they K are forced to 10 trade In Stores tores whets all th goode are held above 00 tire the regular market markot price Thus thy they have to buy their own pow dir anti antl they ther allege that they ther Are charred for far this about three Um time IU as lIS as It can b be bought for or el else elsewhere where hr The lIn deny tile the charge charp They daRn they the are supplying goods u as cheap as anybody and that the WAe wages IU ate hold III reserve for the miners miner sad their antilles At the same m II time they 11 that the com companies are making Ir little tittle ou on the coal coI and nd that but for forthe forthe the profit on supplies they would have to cut down the wages warel of the working workingmen men In addition to thIs th they declare that of af their thur only front to 14 belong to the min or so IO that In fact the de mantIs for fOI arbitration corn com from an n entirelY Al association which they feel justifIed In refusing a Their I Is that the Ibe of th the Strike do not understand the anthracite situation and are not In In It The rhe public ml may not be quail tied fId to judge about the merits of the III As fAr III as the dockage tm tint Is II but when It com comes I to tIre retention of Wall wages and In stores It Is III ant nl rile ilie operators do not scent ICem to have havethe havethe the liSt of th the argument They virtu ally n sea taking enough out of the wages of et the UIe men to well swell the dividends to If what nit they consider a reasonable ApR It If that Is not robbery In disguise what I Is It It is I to lii be regretted that the orts to the leave failed to bring desirable results It If the Ihl strike 1 a general u as is III supposed b by bythe the leaders Ider of the movement tI the corn eom panlee will sustain some IOme 10 loss ant amI the tk public Will lie be taxed In the form of Gf higher hr pile for the coal product and The Tbt laba laborers will willbe be the main mIh and alter after weeks Hill or of suffering they will perhaps be compelled to RO go to 10 work w rk at wages or return turn to tI the lions now complained of There Ja leave I no doubt been some I but as a general rule capital comes com out of the contest with labor victorious a as Witness the recent Dt struggles In St It Louis Lou and Chicago ChIro Deplorable U as such laCh conflicts are N 0 must not DOt be considered entirely void old 0 of ta They will hem In bringing about tnt the peace feel tal adjustment of 01 disputes between is berets id aad And this Ibl I one OM of the great lI al needs of oC the II age lag Ii not a for of this kind It II may hi be a poor In tie tf of a adequate and 1114 proper curts of 01 arta trail HI but the litter latter will In U time at Iii be tot for tb the of all 11 pain p |
