| Show It roll Ion Tho The latest dispatches dl from Pittsburg it are to the thc effect that the tho great Indus Industrial 4 trial battle b Is la to continue The r general 1 strike order so BO long expected has been lUlled issued and It Is III thought that thousands upon thousands of laborers will In III a n afew 1 r few fes days lay In down their tools l The cause of tho the strike Is stated da tM In Jn the call Tho The of the Slot Stel t trust It have refused cd to recognize 1 I nize rde th right of laborers to organize organise I The freedom of working men Is I con consequently on nt at t stake make and tho the fight Is Ison Ison isI I on for the preservation of or this liber liberty ty I The contest Is primarily between the I Ste l trust the laborers 1 employed In the various planta but l Industrial battles battled of such magnitude ec are not confined to those there Immediately I I engaged President Prisident Similar Is well wellI I of at this fact net Ho He admits admit that J the UI closing of the mills will be felt by byall byA A nil all classes cla OI because It will stop production product t lion tion and Commerce to some come extent And Ani AndI I the tho general I public must bear this In InI I I mind Industrial conflicts In n a count coun country un i try h are arc no longer merely private n ak aka 0 a fairs talu of no concern to a n tied third party They are really rony civil war r fought on onY Y ground lilt fair beyond the boundaries t within whish the combatants are su zu supreme zul il l 1 j preme Sc I f t This suggests that Industrial t should be secured by Jy some som action of I the state Courts CourtR of ot conciliation and an o arbitration are called conI for tor by b the th ex cx existing x xI l I I lIng and such courts should i 1 be clothed with adequate te power flOwer to pro peu protect j teat t t the rights ot of nil all and la to preserve t pence peace on tho the Industrial domain Clash of Interests Inte there will wm always tx ho between and employers as nl li Ii long as human nature Is Ii I not DOt materially changed The wag wage earner earon naturally L desire atall nt at all times to Improve Impton hi ide hh iI economic condition no matter how fa a at t t 1 the these theM may be lit and the h er tr as naturally at sit nil times time endeavors 4 to nap map the greatest greet benefit honet 1 h from Irom labor labar Hence disputes n a as to te tot tel l t tJ and anel privilege and a d each oh 00 petty party I 1 hen eagerly bent lent on victory M e k ks te to ei gain Its It point nt by Inflicting Injury en sen thu thuM M j 1 4 other This evidently It Ii I wrong In Ire It a ari rrt ri MII d community which has hall no nu UM uv f f for It ft li Is I a 11 crud J m e of adjusting dUT n and it it Is fo one on In h th laborer t m cr V r f fv t tI v very er often gets worsted no what ti final fuel is Ia The Tho employer tony may Ina lee lac heavily while the conflict In III vt itt Often lie III finds u It way of ot rohn himself afterwards In tho the form of higher prices price on hit his products while the wo Keg lost lo t by tho tilo employee remain remaina n a permanent i low lose IO While Willie It Is recognized I then that con conflicts filets lel of interests are nil thoughtful minds mines should be bt bent on finding a 1 remedy Y against I either olther party or err the general llo being wronged Working men nion Ion It seems to us should bring eli all their Influence to bear Jear for thea th of ot courts of arbitration with sufficient power pow r to adjudicate dif dlf differences They should unite on hat Is la IsSue suo Sue Tills ThIs view vIes is slowly but surety surelY gaining ground Prof Proto T 1 Ely Kly of thu University of or Wisconsin comes Comell out In favor aror of at auch Buch courts for lor oil all of s In which the lie JI II Interest Is He lie says say In the th Boston Transcript Naturally railways railway telegraph lines am II the of tation and nn together with lighting in plants and other so 10 called local IbCal public utilities In Inthe Inthe Inthe the class In which the anoint Interest itself most mOlt vigorously 1 Hero the th Interest of society IS para porn paramount paramount mount amI and the duty of ot preserving the continuous operatIon OI of ot the these theae services 1 Is II like litO that of the tho prevention of a crime rime In other words In these particular cases casca we have hM courts of or conciliation arbitration with adequate power to settle lettle disputes without a 1 recourse to private Industrial warfare Ho So far Cur as ns other industries are concerned o we could have a Q further Into thoo with n a 1 very large lari social Interest as 08 coal cosi mining and In IH which the tho social Interest In any ono one economic con concern cern corn IH is relatively 11 In t he t small mall e v g merean tile pursuits those Iho ranking just below tho the railways Conciliation ion and arbitration Ion tion hoards boards should be furnished with powers to gather together all nil tho the facts In regard to disputed between employer and employed to make reo tee to th parties and nn to Inform and anil educate public Ion tori No of this kind hind kIn II should ever bo be clothed with so o little power as to tobe tobe tobe be and tim the reasons why a Il a ran can accomplish nothing to those them which would l r rent ran n dor tier of little use USI It if contempt of ot court were vere permissible rIte 1110 professor Is in perhaps tho lie first economist of high standing In this country to como out oUI In favor of ROry sory arbitration of Industrial disputes Ho lie believes that thal the Ihl present tendency to consolidation of Interests makes such nn an arrangement necessary It would bo ho better bettor then lion for or nil all classes to come com together awl nn study tull out ways and means for or the tho of ot such audi courts us ns antim tho tim evolution of society now coils coll for or rather than to 10 marshal forces to In Injure jure ono one another The Industrial world needs very much touch a 1 conference In the Interest of permanent porn allent peace |
