Arizona silver belt., 1896-06-11
THE OLD DOMINION TROUBLE.
The Miners Give Their Version Of lbe
 Disagreement.

published MT. Parnall's statement con cerning the recent trouble at the Old Dominion mine, it seems to me only fair to give both sides of the question to the public. I request you, there fore. to publish the following.
 MT. Parnall's statement is got up with an evident desire to create favor able impression amongst outsiders regarding the management of the mine, but he will, I think, find it difficult matter to hoodwink this community. It is rather late in the day for him to pose as friend to labor
 It seems curious thing that Mir. Parnall did not inform the men con. cerned of his intentions, instead of arbitrarily causing them to be notified that their wages would be reduced from the first of the month following. He only made the statement concerning the contract system after he was em- phatically informed that the men would not submit to further reduction peaceably, this being the second cut within five months.
 The violence attempted on Saturday night was only by one or two men under the influence of liquor, and smarting under iajustice, and was quelled by members of the crowd immediately, and before Mir. Pnrnall could have been in any way injured.
 It is time that MT. Parnall under stood, that in this camp at least, the interests of one workingman are the interests of all. It is ridiculous to say that employees of a neighboring com pany are not affected by the reduction of wages in the Old Dominion, for if the superintendent be notified by bis company that he is paying more wages than the Old Dominion company, and to reduce them, he must necessarily do so. or some other man will be put in his place.
 The spokesman referred to by Mir. Parnall has probably not had the edn- cational advantages of the latter He is, I understand, however, good mechanic, and acted by request.
 Mir Parnall could scarcely expect to be treated courteously by men whom he never failed to treat with utterly uucalled for want of courtesy, and to whom he always showed himself an autocrat.
 The demand made of Mir. Parnall, among others, was "That no man con nectcd with the party should be dis. charged ON THAT ACCOUNT; that the union should be the judge"
 The SILVER BELT is mistaken in the statement that Mexicans were only em- ployed where white men wonl5 not work. Aside from the quarry they were employed in the mine at work that white man would have been glad to obtain, aud even in the quarry the old company, l am informed, used to run out more lime, with white men, than the present company with Mexi- cans. despite the Arizona sun.
 Any person familiar with this coun- try knows that where Mexicans obtain foothold the white man (the American speaking white man, at least, is soon busted, or working for starvation wages. Tue situation amounts to this: Whether the residents of this locality, who have made their homes here, are to be allowed to earn n decent living, or whether they must give way to undesirable alieus who do not (and in most cases will not when they cam speak the American language.
 Mir ParLall has proved himself since his residence here man who would be an autocrat; one whose interests are entirely foreign to this territory and this community.
 In conclusion, allow me to state that am writing this with the approval of the union, and apologizing for occu- pying so much of your valuable space, I am, yours faithfully,
 PHILIP J. TIGAR, Approved by the committee pro tenn of the union: