Rumblings of the Social Volcano
By F.
PITCHED battles between police reserves and strike sympathizers characterized the strike of the three thousand Standard Oil employees at Bayonne, New Jersey. One woman was killed, three men seriously wounded, and more than twenty suffered minor wounds in one of the frays. On October 2, 800 window washers in New York City went on a strike. They have been working fifty-one hours a week, at an average wage of sixteen dollars. They demand eighteen dollars for forty-eight hours' labor. Twelve hundred miners are out on strike and lockout in the Sutter Creek and Amador City, California, districts. The strike started by the colored workers on the Panama Canal spread until 500 street car employees have gone out, completely tying up the system. There were many fights, but no fatalities. Twelve hundred barbers went out on a strike at Brooklyn, New York, in their endeavor to enforce certain agreements which they allege have been violated. The strike in the plant of Thomas A. Edison has spread until 600 men are now idle. Such are some of the rumblings and mutterings of the social volcano. These intensifying conditions will produce in part the "perilous times" foretold by the apostle Paul. 2 Tim. 3: 1. But according to the divine Word, we may expect such things to continue and increase until Christ returns. Then, and not until then, will end the world's industrial strife. Then will wickedness be overthrown. Then will justice, equity, and truth be established eternally. F.