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Show I THE STRIKE IN OGDEN. ' . "Two weeks of the most orderly strike ever conducted in Ogden." Og-den." That is the summing up of the walkout of the Switchmen who j left their positions in the local yards. I The Switchmen are supposed to be made up of the most radical elements of the railroad unions, owing to the fact that a percentage are known as "boomers," or workers who move from one place to another, but, greatly to the surprise of those who looked for trouble, there has been not one overt act of wrongdoing, i A business man, commenting on the good record of the strikers, said ; "I attribute this remarkable showing, first, to the intelligent, common sense of the men involved, who recognize that, at no time; in the past, has any body of union men gained anything by unlawful methods; and, second, I see in this pleasing situation the direct benefits bene-fits of prohibition. On the day the men struck, had the saloons been open, what would have followed? Strong drink inflames the minds of men of certain temperament, and a few bottles of liquor would have brought on a mob spirit. Drink has done that in the past and, itjs not unfair to say, a repetition would have occurred." If the present strike ends unfavorable to the men, the railroad officials have a great opportunity in dealing with the situation, to show that generous treatment which is devoid of revenge or a desire to place the heavy heel of mastery on men who have families dependent depend-ent on them. In these great industrial battles, men enter into them not to solely advance themselves,, but to better the workers as a whole. Often rhey are too insistent, and at times the unreasonable is demanded by them, but always the thought uppermost in the minds of the honest union man is protection against the greed and rapacity of the pow-j erful. Whenever a worker is fighting for that which he firmly considers consid-ers to be the welfare of his kind, he must be treated with consideration, considera-tion, even though he be laboring under a false conception of his rights. When both sides to these labor disputes begin to fully realize 1 that neither must pursue a policy of destruction, then a better under-j under-j standing will pervade the industrial world. |