Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-07-31
STRIKERS LOSE
 AT MORENC|
The Company Stands Firm and Will Not Accede to the Demand Made by Their Employees fer Higher Wage, Which They Claim Is Now too High.

The Copper Era has the following to say of the strike situation in Morenci:
 On last Monday evening about 14O men employed in the smelting depart ment of the Arizona Copper company went on strike for a 50-cent increase in wages, which was refused by the company with the result that the shelter has been closed ever since.
 Those interested in the demand are the feeders, tappers, wheelers and skim mers and comparatively all of them are Mexieans. The wages they have been receiving range from $2.25 to $3.25 per day of eight hours.
 The petition was put in twenty-four hours ahead and when the answer came from the company that it could not con slider an increase, all the men refused to work and went home. Since then the shelter has been at standstill. It has not been so very long ago since these men were given eight hours, with the exception of feeders, who have had short hours for some time. The men consider that they are not paid enough.
 The company announces firmly that it cannot meet the demands, while the men stand pat and say that they will leave the camp before they will go back to work at the old scale. So far very few of the men have drawn their time and their conduct has been of the very best. There appears to be some chance of compromise in the near future.
 During the shutdown the company is taking advantage of the opportunity to do some needed repair work, which can only be done when the shelter is closed down. This work occurs annually and requires a month or six weeks, hence the trouble may possibly be settled long before they have finished.
 The Mexicans as rule receive as good wages here as in other Arizons camps, and much better than in theil own country. What the outcome vii be is hard to say, but there are numer ous reports in circulation, the most oi which are without foundation.
 The coneentrators, mines and other parts of the works are running ful blast and when the smelter is blowI in again there will be something doing At present the situation is not at al serious.
 It was at first surmised that Little the organizer, who has spent much tim, in this district, had something to d' with the strike, but an incident tool place Tuesday evening that does no make it appear that way. The Mex jeans, among whom are some who hav' worked in this district for years, calle' meeting Tuesday evening to whiel they invited local officers in order tha they might see that the meeting wa conducted in an orderly manner. MT Little thought that he could give then some fatherly advice and made an efror to attend the meeting. He attempte' to take the floor, but the chairman tol, him to shut up and withdraw from tn room. This MT. Little refused to d and he was then approached and assist ed to the open air. The Mexicans an nounced that they knew what they wer doing and considered themselves capa ble of conducting their own business They are making what they consider
 clean fight and are not ready to receiv information from outsiders. Outside O the Arizona Copper company difference there are no other troubles in the dis trict and it is to be hoped that thi little misunderstanding will be patehe up soon.