The Bozeman weekly chronicle., 1888-11-07
On Wages in Arizona.

Il see" said Mr.. ID" ney. q rnminrnt
member of the local Miners Union t" a
Miner representative last nigh'. It al
the Inter NJ mntain' still p .rsists in IL.
rn'lcavors /, pla.e Mr.. Clark in !, ,ai'r
light heinrr H.. peep, IA the Territory,
and the miners "s;,rcia: Y. in r.sari IT,
his connection WIZ niIrrs' wsg"s in
Arizona. | know Tho ,-Rl taci+ in The
case anl w,'uld ]ik" To make n statement
concerning tit mater III ora r that The
truth shalt bp known an ju,ti.p,ne done
Mr.. Clark.
Il have worked in all of the principal
miDin. camps in the west. and southwest.
and have bs en- connected with all the
troubles growing out Of
THE WAGE QUESTION
which has occurred In those localities.
Eighteen months ago came to Butte
from Bisbee. Cochise County, Arizona,
where had been employed in the Cop
per Queen as timberman, and quit be.
cause the reduction made in wages.
Shortly after my arrival here received
letter from my brother, who was work.
ing in one of the mines of Clifton. Ari
zona, stating, in substance, as follows;
"A Montana man, a banker from
Butte named Clark, whom, no doubt,
ynu have met, has bought the Verdi
mines aud adopted the wages paid in
Mintana, which you know, are higher
than here. He advertised for skilled
labor and pays miners $3.50 per day and
timbermen $4.0O. These wages he paid
from the surface. lis action has com
PEELED the other mines Of the Trrr,rry
to follow snit, and wages nre better mere
now than eyer.
"BefDre thus man CLARK began opera
tions hore, the
"'wAGEs AT THE NEAREST CAMP
were $3.50, s9.75 and $500 per day, Al
ifton, where Professor Douglas is op
Grating, wages have been $500, " so ant
$2.76 par day, and the preference is given
TO Cinnamon and Greasers. But as soor
as Clark began work Douglas was oom
PEELED to raise wages, and he now pay
miners 50, which is still so cents les.
than the Montana man pays
"The letter." continued Mr.. Deeney
further stated that the Copper Queen
where l formerly worked, was also com
PEELED to raise the schedule of wages
| ,.b ;,l, yro , GO a, a DO 5n ,rIo,, 7 ,,,, 81,
to $3.50 and ST. as the manage was un
able to secure white labor at n less pric,
than Mr.. Clrrk paid, This mine Is un
der the supervision of Prof Dous,as
whom my brother mentioned
ITO show you
THE DIFFERENCE IN MEN,
will simply compare the actions o
Douglas and Mr.. Clark. WheI the fur
mer purchased the Copper Queen for hi
company, wages of the mine were 81 an,
So, He ut once cut them to $3.50 ap,
$3.50, subsequently he made anoihe
reduction and paid Int 50 and S3,50, Il
which point concl rled that things ha,
gone far enough and quit.
As soon as Mr.. Clark began operalii
in the TERRITORY, unlike Douglas, he di,
not begin to cut wages nor even aduJ
the schedule in force, but volnnta,il
raised the pay of the men in his emf !,
: TO that Of the men he employed |
Montana, and by 81 doing not onl
-, raised the wages of the men in his ow
, employ, but Also raised those of ever
mise in the Territory of Arizona.
There was another man In Butte
short time ago, who knows the facts tl,i
have related, as well as l do. Fl
name is Duncan Mcdonald, and i
+ worked with me in the Copper Qnee
IS He came to Butte about five months az
o but has gone to the C@ur d'Alenes, ,whe
1t think he is now. He told me the san
Il thing that my brother wrote, and 81
n that when
:, Mr.. CLARK RAISED THE WAGES
10 at the Verdi mines, the Clifton mines a
u vanced theirs to S3 and $3.50.
Another good thing Mr.. Clark d
was this: He hired his men, paid the
q their wages and allowed them to aper
. the money where and how they clos
- But not go Prof. Douglas company.
of Clifton they owned store, buardil
. house and even church, and compell,
10 their men to buy at the company's stol
"a board at the company boarding hou
'u m and worship the company's God, or
III least worship God at their church. NJ
Clark was to broad and liberal q man t
be guilty of sucl, contemplate and t
ranical acts. and compelled no man
'r eat his board, buy his goods or kneel
is his shrine, but like a true Americ,
1T citizen allowed everybody the san
= liberties he enjoyed.
% "Tnese are cold, unvarnished d facts al
X. as such want you to publish them, II
es Inter Mountain to the contrary, notwit
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