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Show ! HOW TO ADJUST STRIKE. i ; In our last issue the problem of capital and la-i la-i bor was presented by a correspondent., who asked for a solution of the difficulty. The intricate ques-' ques-' lions seoem to baffle our wisest statesmen. Tho ; vagaries and unjust demands of social reformers make it more difficult to reach a satisfactory solu-j solu-j tion. The rights of property are denied on the ground that God created the universe for the bene-j bene-j fit of mankind, whilst the most advanced of these ! same theorizers deny the existence of a Supreme I Being. Apropos to the question propounded in our last issue, we find in Our Dumb Animals a communication from a correspondent of that or- gan which bears directly on the subject, and which i will be of great interest at the present time. The correspondent, Amos Judson Bailey, like "Justice," who wrote to The Intermountain Catholic, presupposes pre-supposes four distinct parties, who are interested in all labor troubles. namely,'capital, labor, the pub- lie and the government. To the following com- ! muuication was awarded a prize of $200 offered by Our Dumb Animals: ' ' Establish a system of courts, one system to be established by the state, and the judges to be elected by the people; another system, with corresponding jurisdiction, to be established by the federal government, gov-ernment, the judges to be appointed by the president, presi-dent, with the consent of the senate. These state courts may be called the industrial court ; the industrial in-dustrial court of appeals; the industrial supreme court. To the other series may be prefixed the word federal in each case. These courts shall have full jurisdiction in every ease in which industrial problems are involved, and which cannot be tried in the civil courts. Full liberty shall be given in the presenting of evidence, and no evidence which may have a bearing on the case in hand shall bo ruled out on technical grounds. In rendering a decision, the court shall first strive to so suggest adjustments of differences that the decision of the court shall be satisfactory to both, or all, parties concerned, and may be voluntarily accepted by them. But in case of failure in such arbitration the decision of the court shall be according to tho facts and shall be final, subject only to appeal from lower to higher courts.. And such appeal may be from a lower court of one series to a higher court; of the other series, or of the same series. BEGINNING A SUIT. A case may be, .brought before an industrial court before or after a strike. It may be brought! by employers by any agent appointed by them for this purpose. Employes may become plaintiffs in any case by ageuts duly appointed by them in a meeting called for the purpose of appointing such agents, or by persons authorized to act for strikers, or a portion of them. The public may enter suit in the industrial co'urt by an agent or committee appointed ap-pointed in a meeting of citizens called for the pur pose of making such appointment. The government may take actic.n on its own account. The court may, on its own behalf, summon the contending parties for a hearing of the case as if it had been) brought, by one or the other of the parties as plaintiff. ACTION BY THE GOVERNMENT. In case of a strike the government may, at its discretion, and in case of danger of riotiug or other disturbance of the peace, it shall take possession of the labor "part of the business or industry involved. in-volved. It shall, by public notice, inform the strikers strik-ers that the case and all matters involved in the strike are in charge of the court. And when such notice is given to the strikers and .the employes, all further negotiations tJiall be through the court; and any disturbance .en the part of the strikers, or other persens because of the strike, shall be treated as contempt of court. In-order to protect, the owners and the public against needless loss by the cessation of labor, the court may employ laborers la-borers to take the places made temporarily vacant by the strike, on such terms as shall be satisfactory to the employers and also the court. But such employes em-ployes shall hold such places only until the settlement settle-ment of the strike. And when the strike is settled, if it is in favor of the strikers, all laborers shall be reinstated in the places made vacant by the strike, if they so elect. If the case is decided against the strikers, the court shall also decide as to the reinstatement of the strikers. |
