Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-11
THURSDAY

Can pe ho ooupt ana thdl IS l1dt Ne Western Federation will not control the Warren district if the company managers remain in their present at titude towards it and it is not believed they will ever yield any semblanee of recognition to the union.
 This paper has maintained from the time of the arrival of the organizers that they could only make trouble in this district by attempting to force it under union control and now trouble has come to a great many. Besides the hundreds who have already left the district other hundreds will be going during the near future. some leaving family and homes to seek employment elsewhere and for what? Certainly not because there was any grievance be- cause of either wages, hours of work or other conditions surrounding the miner This paper has maintained that it would be best to leave a satis- factory condition undisturbed; the miners in Bisbee sustained this posi- tion when they passed their judgment on the union proposition a year ago. It is to be regretted that the Western Fedaation of Miners were not willing to allow a continuance of condition which has given to grand old Bisbee the reputation, far and near, of being mining camp second to none so far as the excellent condition of the men in the mines was concerned. a condi- tioE of highest pay. minimum hours, the best of hospital service, free read ing rooms. etc, etc.
 Now that the struggle is on between the mining companies and those in control of the union it behooves every man in Cochise county and in Arizona to remember that he is an American citizen and that that citizenship means a contention for the principle that all men are born free and equal and thal under the constitution of our country are guaranteed freedom of speech and action so long as the rights and prop erty of others are not interferred with that the right of liberty and the right to work or play under whatever condi tion he chooses is guaranteed to every man. If conditions of labor fin the Bisbee mines are not Satisfactory it is ones privilege to call for his time ana quit; on the other hand those who ! choose to continue to work, finding conditions satisfactory or necessities requiring it, are guaranteed that righ | by the same law and principle of gov ernment which guarantees the man. right to quit
 No man may question the right O another to connect himself with any labor organization, church, lodge o society and no man may rightfully die tate to the owners of any enterpris, the policies he shall adopt in it's man agement, or the character of labo
 which shall be employed. A recogni
 ton of these guaranteed rights in Bis
 bee will preclude any trouble her
 and this will be wished for by all wh, hope for the continued good name o
 Bisbee as a peaceful camp.
 The issue is clear cut; the uniol
 asks recognition and the companies re
 fuse to grant it.
 l The withdrawal of the men unde
 the control of the union will necessaI
 fly greatly reduce production in tn
 mines already short of several hun
 dred men when the strike was called
 production of copper at the shelter
 will be reduced and all lines of bus ness will suffer corresponding fallini
 away of trade, but while feeling o
 depression must necessarily prevai
 we should not forget the fact tha
 here we have the richest copper dis
 trict in the world and that Bisbee al.
 Douglas will soon survive every threat
 ened trouble and peace and prosperit
 will again reign in the future as in tn
 past
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