Bisbee daily review., 1907-07-04
fE DAY REvEW THURSDAY MORNING.

be true or not we have no definite knowledge, but we desire here and now to say word to the working men of this city.
 So far as We know the companies owning the smelters here are paying good wages and we believe they are disposed to treat their men fairly and listen to any just complaint which may at any time be made to them be- cause of objectionable labor condi- tions.
 This is no time for agitation in Douglas. The men who brought on the strike in Bisbee have lost out com pletely; the companies have filled the positions made vacant by the strikers. If the men working at the smelters in Douglas should now give encouragement to the organizers who have succeeded only in harming the laboring men and business men in Bisbee, by joining them in a Douglas union they may expect that a disturb ance of present conditions will follow in Douglas. The same men who brought the trouble on Bisbee will bring like trouble to Douglas if they can; the socialist spielers must have trouble or they must go to work like other people; it is their business to stir up trouble that their tongues and pens may have opportunity to wreak in denunciation of all men who em- ploy labor; they now have special reason for feeling reyengeful toward the Bisbee companies who own the smelters here because these com panies refused to heed their strike call at Bisbee and placed other men in the places made vacant by those who quit; revenge is now to be attempted by drawing the men at work in Doug las into an organization which it is known in advance will never receive recognition by either of the smelter companies in this city. The men at the head of these companies have been abused and ylllifed by the West. ern Federation organizers in a man. ner that has widened the breach until It could hardly be expected that they can ever get together.
 This paper feels an interest in Douglas and the men who are giving to Douglas its support and who are building homes here. It hopes that the union organizers will fail to at tract sufficient strength to disturb conditions. Trouble, such as has been witnessed in Bisbee, brought on by the same people who now propose to organize the smeltermen in Douglas. must result in the greatest loss to the men who can least afford it. Douglas Is now growing in prosperity and we hope that it will continue undisturbed We know of no grievance which can be lighted by an organization here; on the contrary there has been no complaint of conditions from those who do the work As wages have been raised in Bisbee so have they in Douglas.
 We know that the companies re- fused recognition to the Western Fed eration of Miners in Bisbee and this action may be expected to be repeated in Douglas. Then would come the strike call and, a possible shut down of the smeIters for time. The h. standardization asks the shelter men of Douglas to consider well their own interests before being drawn in- to line with those who are in Douglas Ito further revengeful feeling against the Copper Queen and the Calumet and Arizona mining companies, rather than to right any wrong labor condi- tion here.
 This paper acknowledges the right of every working man to join any labor organization he choses, but one should always be guided by surrounding cir cumstances and conditions in what ever he does and we leave the smelt- ermen of Douglas to follow their own desires. but repeat that they have no thing to gain by helping the agitators bring the labor trouble from Bisbee to Douglas.