Bisbee daily review., 1906-01-24

ton. the community at large is of the opinion that such a move on the part of the miners would be unwise and in- advised, and last, but not least, a ma jority of the miners employed by the minng companies of this distrct, hold to the opinion. and are not backward
 about expressing 1t. that the coming
 of the Western Federation of Miners organization to Bisbee could result in no good, but in all probability would l be a repetition of the trying and de-
 plorable scenes recently enacted in Colorado.
 We are cognizant of the fact that
 at least seventy per cent of the min CTS employed in the mines of this dis trict are members of the Western
 Federation of Miners. We believe they are loyal members, but at the
 same time they are men of common
 sense and judgment, and can foresee what the inauguration of strife be tween employees and employers in this camp means. The coming of the
 Western Federation of Miners to Bis bee means strife. It is no use irving to argue against certainty, and where mining companies are, disposed to grant to their employees practically all conditions that could be contended for
 by a union, and have done so in the
 past, without coercion or intimidation,
 where Union men are not discriminat-
 ed against, where men with families
 gre again making a start without
 cloud of unsasiness on the horizon, it is good common sense to let veil enough alone.
 The Review is speaking in the best
 interest of all classes in Bisbee when
 we advise against any encouragement being given the organizers in this camp.
 For twenty years and more Bisbee
 has been advertised as minils camp
 where employees are treated as men
 and American citizens. The. same conditions that have been the rule Of
 mining companies operating here in
 the past, is the rule today. If some
 decided departure from the well
 known policy of these mining compa- nies had been made of late, there might be some excuse for the appear ance of the mischief-makers in our midst, but there has been none. and even if there was cause for complaint on the part of employees in Bisbee, the
 manly way to do would be to walk over to the general office Of the com panies and make those complaints known. The miners of Bisbee can ac- complish more for themselves by so- ing straight to headquarters. when ever they feel they have a cause for complaint, than can be accomplished in ten years by following the lead of the, walking organizer
 Let's be honest with ourselves. Do we want trouble, discontent, idleness,
 bad feeling and loss in Bisbee, or is it best to continue in the future, az this camp has in the past, with an era of good feeling prevailing, where em- ployer and employe are on friendly terms, insuring for Bisbee in the fu-
 ture the greatest copper camp in the world, not only in point of production,
 but in pleasant and profitable condi- tion for employees.
 These are things to be carefully pondered over when the Organizer
 commences to get in his work. The
 Review asks that ever man weigh
 these questions for himself. decide them for himself, and to think twice
 before he consents to be party to Q
 disturbance of the existing conditions
 in Bisbee. brought about Dy a sense of fair play and the square deal.