Bisbee daily review., 1906-03-01
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There has been a great deal of talk concerning the Western Fedora tiJn of Miners in Bisbee. So far as the w F. M. are concerned. they have no fight on the Copper Queen com pany directly. but the struggle is be- tween capital and labor, and the struggle between capital and labor will continue wherever labor is em- ployed. I am glad to say that Presi- dent Douglas. of the Copper Queen, has given his pledge that any person can attend this meeting and express his views without being fired after wards and he goes on to state that the Copper Queen has discharged nobody for belonging to the Western Federation of Miners, and further that the company would not take any such action.
 That may be President Douglass opinion of it. but the fact remains that We know absolutely that two men have been fired for belonging to the Western Federation of Miners" (Cheers. A voice. Three cheers for the Western Federation of Miners."D
 One of the speakers who has spoken here asks us what is the use? He says peace and harmony prevail. Yes. it does prevail. but it is the peace and harmony that exists be- tween the lion and the lamb. Gaugh- ter.) IL will prevail until the lamb is swallowed up by the lion"
 At this point the trend of the speakers argument being distinctly socialistic. cries of Throw him out, the d. socialist" were heard. and it was with di+culty that the chairman secured a hearing for MT. Cannon.
 It was now very evident that the socialists had determined to take pos session of the meeting, and continued demands to put them out of the hall were made to the chair, the reason being given that the meeting was not called for the purpose of discussing socialism. but to decide whether or
 Continuing. the speaker said, ''It has been stated that if the WesterE Federation of Miners obtains a foot hold in Bisbee. the Copper Queen and other mining companies will close down their mines. and that condi- tions in Bisbee are so exceedingly good that organizations of this sort are not necessary. but. men, when an insignificant upstart of a digger boss is your master. and owns you body and soul. it is time something was done to bring back your manhood"
 What Kills Socialism.
 O. E. Sperry said: 'I know Mir Cannon, the last speaker. and must say that he is a very good speaker. much better than I ever hope to be. but I wish to say that I have worked for the Copper Queen and have be- Miners for the past three years, and want to say that the reason I dis continued belonging to them is that they have been playing a losing game Tell me, how many strikes have they won? Loud cheers.) All a man has,
 
 and he gets good days pay. Tl1a is all any man can ask for. and here he can get it. Someone has said that scale of 8 is what the Western Federation of Miners stands for. Il worked in Jerome four years ago, and the scale there was. under the Western Federation. s250 a day. In, California, the rate is s2.50 and sS. ard in some place as low as s2 and s2.25. I have nothing against the Western Federation of Miners. but I would like to know what killed the Socialist party in Pennsvlvania What killed it in San Francisco and many other places? Nothing hurts the socialists as much as the labor unions. Take the states in which the unions are the strongest. Montana and Nevada. Aren't they absolutely