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Show THE CITIZEN more space and effort to mining" I, a ,re view of the The matters than heretofore, placing this great Utah industry in its proper light public. Citizen invites all DEATH of ROBERT C. GEMMELL A DISTINCT LOSS. the Cop-Compa- ny, S)8 sev-promin- Rotary. Mr. Gimmells loss will be keenly felt through the west. are hard to replace. ent the i Such YOU MUST REGISTER While it must be admitted that the people generally appear to and not seriously concerned in the political situation year, yet when November 7 comes around they will all want to But, however indifferent they may be, this feeling will give to one more consistent with party solidarity and the common i of our common cuntry; and they will rush to the booths to cast r ballots. Then, too late, perhaps, many will find their names been stricken from the rolls. Their remains one more day, ober 31, n which to check your registration in your home dis-- t. Better take advantage of it. Many a candidate has gone down to defeat because his friends party supporters were lax in this matter of registration. Take by the forelock, lead yourself and the voting members of your ly to the registration booths, October 31, and see to it that all properly recorded in the registration books of the district in A they reside. Mistakes and omissions often occur in transferlines on these registration rolls. apathetic t. e e Democratic leaders are demanding that the United tes lake a direct and active part in European affairs and assume r?er burden of the costs of the war, they have thus far failed to ress the ultimate end of their policy. Joining the league and illation of international debts are only vaguely referred to. They afraid to state specifically the real purpose of their arguments for er relations with Europe. But we know that they stand for the rjdro'v Wilson supreme sacrifice and all it implies in the way 'tfeign entanglements and foreign domination. Republicans favor inS out and minding our own business. They believe that to 'Dse the Democratic policy would soon leave us without any ness worth minding in the end. Although Those who make the bill of particulars. tltl0n of a congress fail to charge of a They content themselves with a triesome do-nothi- ng phrase as misleading as He kept us out of war. perts who point out methods by which Europe may reduce its jdness to the U. S. A., fail to develop much originality. The nored idea that the way to get rid of a debt is to pay it seems a'e Scaped them. Views Of Labor And Strikes forward looking people to join its ranks. death of Robert C. Gemmell, assistant managing director lie Jackling allied porphyry mining properties, Utah has lost one tsmost eminent and beloved mining experts. Mr. Gimmell was most beloved by the organization which he has and successfully for upwards of sixteen years, :f(l so efficiently ittested to by Louis S. Cates, general manager of the Utah on learning of the sad news of his sudden death last dnesday night. Mr. Gimmell was one of the foremost mining engineers of the t He came to the Utah Copper Company in 1906 and moved :ard constantly, through successive managerial positions, until in she was made assistant managing director of the Jackling por-r- y mines in Utah and Nevada. Mr. Gimmell was a Republican in politics and served two years to 1900 as state engineer of Utah. He held membership in the leading mining engineer associations of America and in local clubs, including the Bonneville, the University In Close-U- p 5 (Memphis Commercial Appeal.) We had some close-u- p views of labor, strikes and labor controversies and adjustments last week. We saw some things that made a profound impression. We will try to transfer, these impressions to you. Maybe you can draw some conclusions from them. Maybe you can see a way out from the tragedies, the absurdities and the incongruities that are in the present situation. We came away from a supreme arbitration board. This board sits at Indianapolis. .It is a board of final appeals where wage and working conditions between unions, whose members are on newspapers, and the publishers of the newspapers,' are settled. We had before us six appealed cases. Before the cases got to us they had been gone over by local arbitration boards. The composition of these boards is arranged for under the general agreement. After a local arbitration either side can appeal or both sides can appeal. The higher board is composed of representatives of publishers and three representatives of whatever union is concerned. The cases last week concerned stereotypers and pressmen. In some cases representatives sat with stereotypers representatives, in others they sat with pressmens representatives. Two of the general officers of each of these unions and men from the body of the unions constituted the labor representatives. We were three and three. We adjusted the differences coming from four great cities of the United States. About twenty papers were involved and we should say that about twenty-fivhundred mechanics were directly or indirectly concerned. Without an organization, without order, without conciliation, these disputes running along might have led to strikes and lockouts. Now everybody is satisfied. Some wages were raised, some wages remained stationary, some wages were slightly reduced, working conditions were permitted to remain In some cases, in other cases they were the publishers e changed. These three men on each side agreed because they met each other fairly, frankly, respecting each others viewpoint and all determined to find a way out and in so doing to render substantial justice. They cut orators off when they went far afield and they permit- ted no short cuts. Newspaper mechanics are highly intelligent and their general officers are men of broad grasp and clear vision. This makes an adjustment comparatively easy. Leaving Indianapolis we caught a late train out of Louisville. At Louisville we sat at the gate and talked for an hour with the Pullman conductor, a courtly and fine old gentleman. About midnight there was a change of shifts. We saw a group of workingmen pass through a gate. There were twenty-fiv- e or thirty of them. Most of them were white, a few were black. In front walked a man with a star on his coat. He was armed. In the rear walked another man with a badge on his coat; he was armed. The workers were quiet. They seemed to be tired. The guards looked to be sleepy. There was no visible sign of danger. We saw no men in ambush. In a few minutes i . other workers passed in; other guards were with them. The next morning we saw daylight at Russellville. Russellville is a quiet little town, not far from Bowling Green. In Russellville are churches and schools. We saw the top of a building that looks like a courthouse. We saw a man get on the train. He looked to be a minister. Not far from the crossing we saw guards. We saw men at work. We saw other men not at work, and we left Russellville with a vision of an armed man, a church spire and the dome either of the courthouse or a college. We came to Guthrie. Guthrie is an important point on the railroad. Two big lines cross at Guthrie. At Guthrie there were more guards. Either at Guthrie or Russellville there were tents which the workers used for quarters. The train dropped down by easy stages to Paris. It had passed through Clarksville, a city of culture, fine traditions and good schools. We crossed the Cumberland and for many miles skirted its banks. As far as the eye could reach there were fields of green corn and rich meadows. All seemed to be peace in and around the farm houses. The good God had sent a gentle rain and the trees and grass showed their gratitude in their greener coloring. At Paris the engines were changed. At Paris there are railroad shops. A half dozen workers left the train at Paris. They had been doing a job on the line. In front was a guard with a pump gun on his shoulder. In the rear was another guard. He carried a double-barre- l shot gun. These guards wore overalls. One was very thin, the other was very fat. We wondered why the fat man carried the gun. His eyes were kindly, his big round face was as mild as a full moon. Standing around were men who were not at vrork. They bought the morning papers. They eagerly read the strike news. It was on the morning when the paper contained the story of the final failure of the New York conference. A young man gave a snort of resentfulness. An older man seemed to utter a note of hopefulness. He probably had worked for the road all the active years of his life. In the evening of his life he had gone out on a strike. You may question the judgment of such men, but contemplation of that man makes one sad. And Paris is a city of churches and 1 k. ' J i 5 : |