Show I I Violence Is Un-American Un I ITHE Ir r THE HE public will be glad to know that the officials of the unions which arc are engaged in a struggle with the Harriman railroads deny responsibility for forthe forthe the at attack tack which was made upon a union non-union man mana a few days das a ago o on a North Salt Lake car The condition of the tlc injured man has been serious bulit but bul it is to be hoped that he lie will soon recover sufficiently sufficiently to give a description of his assailants in order that they may be apprehended and punished It is alleged by railroad officials that the men who vrho attacked t the he union non-union workman and his companions companions com corn were strikers who are using violence to deter union non-union from pursuing their labors Up to a short time ago ngo the contest conlest between the railroad and its was conducted in good gool order and ana without lawbreaking The strikers were being praised on all sides for their moderation not because they should have been expected to be anything anything anything any any- thing else but because riot and maltreatment areso are areso areso so often the concomitants of a strike However some some turbulence nc nci apparently has begun and punishment punishment punish punish- ment should be swift and sure for those responsible The right of t to strike to enforce their demands demands demands de de- de- de mands for wages or for changes in working conditions conditions condi condi- conditions cannot be he gainsaid nor can there be the fact that others have the right to accept the vacant positions position and to be permitted to follow their duties dutie- without molestation None one of the men on strike can cla claim tu either the moral or legal right to pre prevent ent others from working at the present rate of or wages and under present conditions conditions conditions con con- and and methods if they de desire lesire ire to do so Peaceable Peaceable Peace Peace- able means persuasion and the like may be employed employed em em- plo ed probably without challenge But beating union non men with coupling pins pius to g give e weight t to the argument of the strikers is both illegal am and damnable the city police and the sheriff of the county have e a duty in the thc premises which they should discharge v The officers of tho the unions den deny responsibility the thc attack of or November 5 G may have been made by sympathizers irresponsible ible and malicious who are arc using the cover el of the strike to perform those dee deeds s sor of or violence which seem to delight them But the ther r fact should be e brought homo home to those who are are responsible re re- that the law will be enforced and that tha r. r t public opinion will not noL support an issue which requires re re- fuire quires violence to lo give gi it hope of success From Berlin comes the report leport of the o tion of or a Mans 8 Dress Reform society to lo to protest pro protest pro pro- test against the It tight air armor plating of th tin the i starched shirt shirl front the iron cast rule of black blac C frock coats for weddings and und funerals alike anthe am an I the general tem of that system ress requires the wear ing lug of man many tight-fitting tight garments each ach o the other If the new organization has bs Get ma man I S obstinacy behind it it may accomplish som 0 t |