—The Tribune of this city aptly says: “Senator Depew may be right in saying that strikes are a sign of prosperity, but they are not the best signs. In the flush times a live mining camp was indicated by the number of gambling rooms and dance houses, but they didn’t contribute to the prosperity of the place. They were the iniquities which accompanied prosperous conditions in the mining region, and were nothing to be bragged about. In the same sense strikes may indicate the presence of prosperity, but they are far from producing it or contributing to its continuance. Prosperity thrives no more on idleness and contention than it does on dance halls and faro banks.”