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Show H THE SUNNYSIDE SITUATION. K Mine Inspector Gomer Thomas reports that H; the striking miners at SunnysHe are mostly Ital- Hj ians. It would he interesting to have printed the H individual history of those men. How many of H them are citizens? How long have they heen iiu fl America? How does the rate of wages paid at B Sunnyside compare with what they received be- B yond tho sea? B But with them there is no complaint about B wages, except that there shall be two pay-days B monthly instead of one. No complaint about food B or working hours, nothing save that the ofllcers H; of a union in another state have ordered them Hj to strike and they obey. B It would be the same if there was a coal fa- H mine which would cause the stoppage of all ma- K chinery in the state and freeze little children in H their homes. That sort of work in a civilized fl state will not do. If necessai the Legislature H should he called in extra session and, if needed, H such laws should be passed, au would not leave H the business and comfort of the men and wo- H men of the state at the mercy of any whim which Bf the ofllcers of an organization outside of the state B might take into their heads. As it is the full B power of the state should be invoked to protect H American laborers who are willing to work against H Italians, who seem more anxious to raise Hades Hi than to raise coal. HI The Governor has done well to hurry the State K Guards forward, and while we hope no violence H will be attempted, we further hope that should there be cause for sharp work it will be done in a H way that will bo a notice to every scoundrel in Hj the land who, posing under the guise of a laborer, H is secretly hoping that chaos may come so that H he may plunder for a living instead of working H for it; that Utah is not a good place to try his B experiments in. Colorado has been trifling with M her half-loafers and half-desperadoes for a year H past; there should not be one day of that trifling in Utah. K Our country holds out its arms in welcome to the world's oppressed. It opens all its great op-Hj op-Hj portunities to them and offers them such rewards B as they nover dreamed of in the lands of their birth, most of them beo Mtizens, but some of them were brgjk, V- ne ey are no better here, and wheu- V their clamors and seek to prevent deo. vty 'om earning a living for themselves and ' ' dren, the act should be deemed a capital ' and the State should in the moft direct way , j-ceed j-ceed to establish in a most thorough manner Its authority. The law of self-preservation is sacred and it applies to states as well as to individuals. Moreover More-over the most important industries of the State are in jeopardy through the action of these causeless cause-less strikes and they should be settled in a way to remove the menace for a long time to come. |