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Show The Mine Owners... During the past two weeks about -.000 cards have been issued to the miners, min-ers, it was practically a case of you must accept or quit work. The miners have lost nothing. The conditional of their labor remain the same and the w ages paid will not be changed. -For our citizens to throw up their positions, abandon their little homes and deprive their children of the blessings of a Christian education for the sole purpose pur-pose of adhering to a platform that not only countenances socialism, but affirms af-firms it without justice or right. Would not only be folly but the ruin of themselves them-selves and their children. Hence they have chosen, and chosen wisely. There has been no trouble in the camp. Perhaps Per-haps ten or fifteen quit work and went to Montana. We learn that most of those were like the Prodigal of old-tired old-tired of their father's house; they desired de-sired to get away from pa and ma that they might have more control over the monthly check. Judge Owers, the district judge of this country, came up last Saturday, and on the appeal of the Western Federation Fed-eration issued an Injunction against the mine owners, prohibiting them from compelling the miners to take out the cards. The result was nil. The act of the miners was voluntary. Indeed, the action of Judge Owers rather, accelerated accel-erated the movement of the miners in this direction. Everything is quiet and no trouble of any kind is anticipated in Leadville. , |