When there is only so much of the same thing, and when two men want all they can get of the same thing, there is a conflict of interest between labor and capital.

And it is an irreconcilable conflict.

As long as workingmen and capitalists exist, they will continue to quarrel over the division.
If you were in San Francisco this afternoon, you'd have to walk.

There isn't a street car running." "Another strike ?"* the Bishop queried with alarm.
* These quarrels were very common in those irrational and anarchic times.

Sometimes the laborers refused to work.
Sometimes the capitalists refused to let the laborers work.
In the violence and turbulence of such disagreements much property was destroyed and many lives lost.