Arizona republican., 1903-09-20
Good Outlook for Mining
in Yayapai County
LOT OF AGITAT0RS
They Cannot Control the Miners,
Who are Defying the WALKING Dele
gates-Prosperity in Store for
Miner and Nine Owner.

Mr.. F. M. Murphy, president Of the
Santa Fe. Prescott and Eastern rail-
way and the Phoenix and Eastern rail-
way, accompanied by his assistant, Mr..
J. H. Emmert, and Superintendent w.
A. Drake, reached Phoenix on a special
train from Prescott at O'Clock las.
evening. Mr.. Murphy's private car
was ilnm ediately switched to the tracks
of the Maricopa and Phoenix and Salt
River Valley railroad and attached to
the regular train which left for Mari
copa at 6:15. Mr.. Murphy is on his way
to New York via Tombstone. He will
reach Tombstone early this morning,
and some time tomorrow will proceed
on his journey. He will make but a
brief stay in New York, and expects
to be in Prescott again within three
weeks.
While waiting for the train to leave
for the south, Mr.. Murphy chatted with
a representative of The Republican
and impaired the pleasing information
that the depression which the mining
industry in Yavapai county has suffered
from labor disturbances has substan-
TALLY passed away. Most of the men
who went on strike have gone else
where" he said, land their places have
been filled by miners from other places.
A great many miners are coming in
from Cripple Creek, Colorado. The
trouble in Yavapai-which never was OF
great agnitude-was caused by the
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the sanction Of the miners individually.
Only their loyalty to their oganization
the Miners Federation-made it pos
sible for the walking delegates to have
any control. And it is an interesting
fact that the miners who are coming in
from Cripple Creek and other points
| in Colorado are coming for the same
reason that many miners have left
Arizona-to get away from the tyranny
| of the labor bosses. They figure. evil
IDENTIFY, that after they have been sub
jected 10 loss by one foolish strike it is
their duty to look after their own in
| terestS thereafter. and as they view it
| they can have more freedom by start
| ing in elsewhere than the points where
/ they have had recent trouble. While
most of the miners who are coming in
have belonged to the western federation
and are still nOminally members of that
organization, they come to Arizona.
| with the full understanding that the
| dictation of professional agitators and
! troubled will not be tolerated in
| this territory. This is healthy sign,
I think, and / look for a prosperous
winter for all the miners in Yavapai
county.
| by the way" Mr.. Murphy added,
the firm attitude taken by President
Roosevelt in dealing with the disturb
ers of labor is having a far-rea ching
and beneficial effect.''
Mr. Murphy stated that work is pro-
crossing rapidly and most satisfactorily
| in developing the great Silver Bell
group-known in Pima county as THE
Old Boot'-there being quite $50 men
| regularly employed. When the prop
erty was taken over from the Zecken-
dorf company by the Imperial Copper
company IN May last the group had
been developed sufficiently to prove it
a copper mine of remarkable value, and
the systematic development which has
been carried on by Superintendent Will
| liams has more than fulfilled the ex-
pectations of the new owners. New ore
| bodies of great richness and extent
| have been revealed, and it is the judg-
ment of Mr.. Murphy and his associates
that the Silver Bell group will soon be
one of the most important producers
| in the list of great copper mines.
Mr.. Drake and Mr.. Emmert stopped
| in Phoenix for the purpose of inspect
ing the construction of the Phoenix and
| Eastern.