Show 1 J I j I r A Avoid void a Strike I I Labor unions l ions resort resort to Ue the use use of as asby characterized Strike because they believe such action will bring to them by a J s lt they d desire sire The strike is is used as their last resort i hete t have hav of course been been exceptions s tot to this d dictum bec because use t a or unions have at times times' been illy advised just as have employers r. r there here are blacK sheep sheep i in the labor f family l but for the he of editorial going to eliminate all consideration of the i this we are i flack sheep We Ve are thinking only of f the men who desire Jo to Learn honest day days day's s work an honest living by doing an Large arge copper companies have announced a reduction in 1 I s the cut ranging from 75 cents to 1 I a day per man man f t I The rh companies explain that the reduction in wages has been beef r forced by the reduction in the price of of copper The fact is there h has been been a decided drop drop in the price of copper op er The The miners how how- p t that is natural for fori r. r ever ver object t to the cut in m wages an objectIon IS i y c Ifo aio man enjoys seeing his wage cut and while the price of copper copperI I has not been reduced eXistence r la gone down the price of Sympathy naturally goes forth to the man who protests because t lie e is asked to work on a a cent 75 basIs today whereas yesterday J i was Vas paid on a dollar basis and he is still expected to do just justi i f as Jas' Jas much work t The unrest amon among copper miners miner IS now rampant at Garfield Ii i and and Bingham and elsewhere in this district Some men have already alS al- al S I ready quit work others are leaving their jobs and there is talk of a af f strike involving all the men working in the he mines and nd the smelters for protesting hut before a strike e eI the f We cant can't blame men t I ls is called there are many things for the miners to consider The rii W What at Will ill be the result I Butte went Vent on a strike and the strike failed 11 The miners miner at Jr f pr practical result it t. t The millers at Jerome went went wenton on strike and the mir mines es shut shutdown down with the th ann announcement that they would not hot reopen for fOT six f or or eight months It It s quite probable they will not remain closed that long but in in- inthe the meantime the miners have lost th their ir jobs job's jobst t r and they have gained nothing C The Butte and nd J Jerome rome incidents have been recorded They 17 a are e matters of fact and are cited solely because of the bearing th thy they y may possibly have on the local situation Back of the whole thing from the employers standpoint ii fact that there is an oversupply of copper The market is t f. f r d not t demanding the product and as a result the price has tumbled t Walt tIt is reasonable to presume e therefore that copper copper companies may not Inot shy from an opportunity to shut down their mines until the ther r market has ha been restored and copper again brings a high price l What is the use of mining copper now if if off for a few months it can be sold for a price considerably higher Under the he conditions this appears as the poorest possible time the min miners rs to attempt to enforce an issue in regard to wages 11 The e men men may b be entitled to every cent they demand but can call they i ili li it copper copper market m is is' is at its present low ebb Would 6 fo forbearance b bran ran for a fw tw months m nth beth bethe part of f 5 If there is Isa a shutdown of the mmes mines thousands of off resides sides th those e. e actually working g at the mines will be indirectly ff effected There is certainly a reasonable basis on which fair It is as of all conc concerned to find fing this thi i minded ded me men may agree agee a duty f. f basis aSIS for fOT If they dont don't thousands of persons W will ll suffer because r. r o f tl the e d. d disagreement t |