Show RAILROAD MEN ON STRIKE It it extremely unfortunate that there thero should be a n strike among the railroad men men or or that any number of railroad men should bo be locked out Men ten n a may reline on the proposition Some will Rill hold bold it i Is a strike some that it i Is II a lock lockout ut But the fact remains There Is a a. difference b be be- 2 it i k J J j c tween the men inn and the Rio Grande railroad officials and the men are not working It is lamentable because of ot tho the character character char char- acter Of C tho the men Involved For the most part they ther ar Br of the very best citizenship A vcr er very large Jarge percentage of them are arc homo home E owners hero in the city Very many maur o of of- them have lived cd her here here- for years Q Im taken their part partin in III tho lie of r the lie city have lInTe contributed of oC their money for taxes and have havo been a force for law taw nUl and order aD and Industry rind good citizenship citizenship citizen citizen- ship by their example That sort of or man nina Is a good thing to encourage to help to protect Wo We do not for a t pretend to pronounce for either cither party in the dispute which has terminated in the enforced idleness ot or the Ute men But Dut it I would woul l be a ft blessed thing if the dlf- dlf i between them and th company com corn pany could be De adjusted Otherwise a good man many citizens will wilt have to go awn away Otherwise an element clement of oC value allie in lit the community will be lost j jAnd And we e do 10 not 1101 think their places will be supplied by better men I Here is the condition These men inca are caI capable They seem reasonable In every er e other matter Here is the railroad company capable in management management manage manage- ment meat of course Is there no way in which company and former can be got to together ether This Is not solo solo- I ly a difference of opinion between employer em cm- and o It IL is a phase of lIfo In which h hundreds s of our fellow citizens are vitally taU interested Can they lher get together I II I |