EIGHTEEN NINETY-FOUR AND NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ONE.
By T.
In 1894 there was a big strike set in motion by the American Railway Union. The leaders in the strike did their best to prevent violence and rioting, but things soon went beyond their control and thousands of dollars worth of property were destroyed, and many persons were killed and wounded. The strike was finally ended, and many said that the backbone of the labor agitation was broken, and it would be a long time before such a crisis could be brought on again. The conflict was not ended; it was only a truce. The years since that time have been filled with agitation, and now a struggle is before the people of this country that looks much more dark and perplexing than anything hitherto seen. If the backbone of the labor agitation was broken in 1894, certainly a most skilful physician has been in attendance; for the spinal development of the labor unions gives unmistakable evidence of being far stronger than ever. A gigantic struggle is on. The combines of capital are determined to destroy the labor unions, and the unions are just as determined that they will not be destroyed. As to the rights and the wrongs of the contending parties, it is not ours to be the judge. But it is our duty to keep the fact before the people that a revolution is at hand that will end in the complete destruction of this whole world. The end of time is almost here, and you know as you contemplate the situation in the world that this truth urges itself upon your convictions, despite every effort to shake it off. In face of all the troubles of this time, our Almighty Father offers us a sure protection. There is nothing but destruction anywhere else. T.