Bisbee daily review., 1907-07-17
WESTERN FEDERATION MAKING SLOW PROGRESS.
Douglas International-Amerioan.

nat.onatAmeriean can gather the or ganizers of the Western Federation of Miners are making little or no headway with the men engaged at the smelters in this city. It is not known just how many names have been en- rolled in the proposed local union, but it IS known that among the shelter men here is a pronounced disposition to have nothing to do with the pro posed unionizlng of Douglas under the Western Federation of Miners and the Industrial Workers of the World
 Such disposition is quite natural among the men employed in the smelters here. Certainly no one now engaged at the smelters can possibly benefit himself by joining an organ ization which forced itself into Bisbee against the expressed will of the min CTS at work in the district and which is trying now to force itself here un- der like conditions
 The companies who refused to give recognition to the Western Fedora tion of Miners in Bisbee need not be expected to recognize this same or ganization in Douglas. The organfz- CTS made considerable trouble in Bis bee, but they fell far short of unioniz- ing the district as they declared they would when they arrived there.
 They failed in Bisbee because they were there against the expressed will of the miners of Bisbee, given at an election held previous to their com ing on the question of whether there should be a union organization in the Warren district or not.
 A failure will result in Douglas from identically the same reason, be- cause the men at work here will be found to be of the same frame of mind as were the men in Bisbee-opposed to the coming of an organization which can only bring a disturbance of present satisfactory conditions and opposed to being led into unfriendly relations with their employers by the organizers who only come here in an effort to make additional trouble for the companies who have filled the mines at Bisbee with non-union men, or men who refused to obey a strike call which was wholly without reason and which sought to remedy no griev- ance as to wages or hours of work.
 Working men of Douglas cannot benefit themselves by aIligning them selves with men who have only per sonal revenge as an object.
 A union of the Western Federation of Miners means that a strike will be called at the smelters and that all who belong to the union will be or dered to quit their employment here.
 When the organizers arrived in Bisbee they declared that nothing would be done to disturb conditions there, but when they succeeded in several thousand dollars in initiation fees and dues a pretext was found no calling for a strike.
 No matter what representations may be made in Douglas the result of the coming of the Western Federation here will be the same as in Bisbee should it succeed in enrolling a con siderable number of the smeltermen.
 Opposition to the coming of the Western Federation to Douglas does not involve the question of favoring or opposing organized labor, but it does involve the question of whether pr not the present peaceful and pros porous industrial condition shall con tinue undisturbed here or whether | his condition shall be suppIanted by 1 ,ne of general chaos which will tenn i put stop to the growth of i Douglas and disturb business and property values of every kind.
 Great effort is being made to orgar. ze the Mexicans at the smelters, Sue cess in this direction would probably 'esult in the Mexican labor being dis 'laced by Slavonians or other foreign ITS, but it is believed the Mexicans will not be willing to contribute their lard earned money to anyone who :an offer nothing to their benefit in eturn.
 Altogether the Western Federation f Miners is making slow progress in r.a {. A. f, .- ,.a