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Show B ill Tiicre havo been quite a numbor of wage in- Hfa creases in the United States in recent months, Bjl employers in general having shown a willingness BjS t (dlow their employoH to shuro in the prospor- Hf ity. Most of these concessions have been made B without any demands upon the part of the work- Bjlj men. Demands have been made, however, by Hb the miners and the railroad men, and the latter, BJ aro nou' taking n vote which may result in a Bjb strike. Tho Sun cannot but agree with Salt Iaku , Mfi v City's Tribune when it says: "It will be calatn- BfF Rous indeed if groat strikes are precipitated, p' during the coming spring and summer, when U everything looks so favorable for business of all Bjj kinds. In fact, there is no excuse whatever for Bfj cessation of work pending negotiations on tho Rgj scale question and tho eight-hour day. Strikes Hntjf are and always have been a losing proposition, Bftf' not only to tho men engaged in them and their ' ( employers, but to the general public as well. Un- j m) fortunately the general public does not receive I B any more consideration in time of strikes than B, neutral nation)) in timo of war. There sliould be B some remedy In both cases." The grievances of H': 1 tho railroad men and those of tho coal miners, LBlii jTA. l0 latter aired at IndiannpoliB, Ind., this week Hgttfm "' last, are pretty fully set forth on other pngea HmB of titis impression of Tho Sun, HSmtmWmWmWmtmmiKMmmmam |