Show and ali the P mine lin a strikes mining is a I 1 ard hazardous occupation coal iron and copper are Indi the task of removing these treasures from the earth should bo be facilitated as much as possible in the publics interest as well as in in tho the interest of the thousands who toil amid d danger auger far under tho the ground arbitration has been teen urged by the federal department of labor labor as a means of ending tho the labor war that has for several months been m ragine gang i in the copper country of diehi michigan gan the department has four suggestions for arbitration it says these have been accepted by representatives of tho the miners but the mine owners have declined to accept on the grounds that they would not deal with the miner organization while government officials have made three attempt a 3 to mediate in tho the michigan strike and have failed and the governor of the state was spurned in his effort to bring peace equally unsuccessful efforts have been made to end the big strike of coal miners in colorado possibly the wealthy mine owners feel that they can afford to let this state of affairs continue but the public should not be compelled to suffer arbitration is recognized by all thinking men as the best solution of disputes and the side that is in the right has no reason to fear it there should be an ir immediate end to this mine warfare with its bayonets imported gunmen lawlessness killing of men starving of women and children and business losses chicago saturday blade |