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Show LABOR AND MORMONS. Dr. Scolt Talks of Cocur d'Alcues and Saints lu Illinois and Iowa ' The labor situation In the Coeur 1 Menesand theenrli die of Mormon-Ism Mormon-Ism lu Illinois and Iowa wem two sub-Jettn sub-Jettn discussed by Di William N Scolt at the Kensoii lesterdiy lie wns tailed in Wallace, Ida , by the lllnees of one of Ids gran lehll lien nnd while there he Inquired suinnwlial Into Iho conditions of labm 'It is Just Ihe levcree of whit we have In Ihc Last he said Hark whole I live a. man iaun.it get work If he Is lint a member or bis trad, x union Out lu Idaho he has t prove that he Is not a member of iv union and has never been on u strike There is n mini who trcrives nil implications for work lie takes dim n the ngo, height .oinplexl.in mime, former plnio of uni l.ism. lit and other facts concerning tho appll. ml und If he Is tint a mcmbei of u union and hits never been on a strike lie gets a permit to gn to woik It seemed funny to me, after seeing Iho was they clci in Iowa Most of the miners now emplosed In tho (ocur .1 Aleuea come from Jopllu Mo, and the old miners who were In the slrlko ate reclined In the neii-sslty of doing nn old thing they can git to do em (he outside in make a living The millers get 13 TO nnd lion I or day mid work ten hours Those best Informed nil organization mil that further tinti hie iiilghl be looked for The men have r o seilnun grievances of theli own but, having learned more of the clrciuu-stances clrciuu-stances of the stilke their sympathies aie with the former strikers, nnd they wnnt to see Iho discrimination dona away with I take more than ordinary Interest In Salt IJikn Clly," continued Dr Srotl, ' been u so my hoshood homo in Iowa wns not far from Nauvoo I lemember Jnseph Smith nnd the other founders of thcthurch vers dlatlnctls and tan also iccall seeing hundreds of Hie saints cmnped ulong the rivet Sinllh used to preaih nt the settlements on Ihe Iowa side of Ihe ilvir Nothing wns henrd of Iho doctrine of polygnmy then unless un-less it was taught soon tly The Mnr inon meetings were more llko Methodist camp meetings than nus thing live " hen the lemple at Nauvoo was burned in 1843 I got up at ulRht lo look nt the blnse it was icpnrte.l nt the time thnt some of the Mormona had tome back and set (Ire to It in keep It from being desecrated but m my yeaia afterward a Nauvoo merchant confessed con-fessed that lie started the flro for fear the Mormons woull come back if tho temple was allowed lo rtnnrl The old feellnir nrallist the Moimoiis buck there has died out entlrels and they are aa much respected us any nth. r clasa of people "It la very Interesting to me to see what a tits the Mormons built up nut here I have been to Ihe Tabernacle mid other historic places nnd I nm de lighted with (he way I have been IteiK ed by the Mormona 1 have not seen u sign of Immorality in the tlty since I came." |
