Bisbee daily review., 1905-03-05
SPLENDID CONDITIONS

It has ever been know that the con
 dition of tho miner and smeltermen il
 the employ of the Copper Queen wa
 all that could be desired. They hay
 always been paid the highest price fo
 their labor that could be obtained il
 any mining camp in the west and lonl before the eight hour law was pHt upon the Arizona statute book the miners at Bisbee worked under ground by the Copper Queen and the Calumet & Arizona were granted the eight hour s day system and that without their ever having made a demand for it.. So satisfactory has been the labor conditions at Bisbee during its twenty years of existence that miners em- ployed there have never even consid- cred the proposition to form union. Labor delegates have gone to Bisbee time and again to discuss tn matter of having union there and upon investi- gating the conditions have invariably svdised agains it.
 No place in the country can be found better condition of labor than in the mines at Bisbee and the smelters in Douglas; perfect harmony has pre- vailed between the employers and the employees always.
 Good wages are paid promply in cash, unless the employe finds it nec- esssry to ask an advance on his wages before payday; then bs is given credit at the company store and at the end of the month this amount is deducted and the remainder due him is given to him in a check on one of the local banks. They compel DO one to trade at their store here or at Bisbes and it is known that many of them do not patronize the Copper Queen. In Douglas the Copper Queen store is as alert in solic iting trade as are the other merchants. 2 A stranger coming to Douglas and Bisbee IS at once impressed with the splendid labor condition found and comment upon it. This harmonious condition should not be disturbed by any hot air agitation; if the employees of the Copper Queen are dissatisfied let them put in their grievance. bat let it not be said that Douglas has men who would seek to create a prejudice against a company which has been noted for so long in its fair treatment of its employees.
 The Copper Queen has done much for Douglas in the past and will do much in the future for the growth of the city unless there should be created hostile sentiment which would make it undesirable for that company to become further interested iz the welfare of the city.
 It has not been six months since the citizens of Douglas held g mass meet ing for the purpose of asking those who are in charge of the Copper Queen and the El Paso & Southwestern rail road to locate the car shops in this city. At that mass meeting a com mittee of wenty five was appointed to visit General Manager Walter Douglas and assure that individual of the loy- slty of Douglas and of every assist ance in promoting and maintaining a satisfactory condition between the company and its employees. This com- pany visited MT. Dougsls with Judge Wm. Neville at it's head and in line with instructions from the mass meet ing made such representations to him that secured the promise that the shops should be located here.
 As stated above Judge Neville was chairman of that committee and ss rch made the speech of assuIsnoe of his friendship aud that of this city fer [