Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-11-27
GIBSON MINERS
 DID NOT REFUSE
 ID TAKE CHECKS
Head of Company Denies Re- port, Corroborating Pinto
 Creek Miners Union

s. l.. Gibson, president and general came in last evening from the mine and was asked by Silver Belt representa- tive regarding the report as to the req son for closing down the mine.
 "'There is absolutely no truth in the report that the men refused to accept our checks" said MT. Gibson, "and no committee ever came to me with a demand that we pay in cash, which they undoubtedly knew would be an impos- sibility under existing conditions, but some did come to us individually. The main reason for shutting down tempo rarily was the fact that ever since cop per has been around the present level We have been doing but little better than pay expenses. In addition to this we had been mining our richest ore and sending it to the shelter. Under these conditions almost any large mining com pany would have closed down two months ago.
 Various rumors have been current on the streets that the action was precipi- tated by Pinto Creek Miners Union No. 23S, which was said to have had meet ing to enforce the payment of cash on cheeks. The real facts of the case are that meeting was held last Friday to ascertain the wishes of the men as to the disposition of the checks on hand by the union on that date, whether or bn atar fn or place the checks on deposit in a bank to cheek against, as the First Ma tional bank, in which tue union had its account, had suspended.
 The business of the meeting was stat ed, motion made to accept scrip and immediate adjournment was taken. As to any further discussion on the subject of checks or payment, the recording sec retary of the meeting has this to say:
 "That I, NJ. c. Fischer, am willing to make affidavit that there is no record of minutes in Pinto Creek Miners union substantiating the charge that the men did or were to demand cash on their checks; that there was but one action taken at special meeting of Friday, No vember 22, and the entire substance of said meeting was as stated above. That John Harper, secretary, was not pres ent at that meeting, but was in Globe awaiting advice of the union on the one question. which was the sole object of said meeting.
 "'The Pinto Creek Miners union has L.l. hot hao been underhanded methods used to mis- represent the action of the said union | in this case, but it is to be regretted that the officials of the Gibson company should on the word of malicious enc mics. condemn without hearing the men who have worked for the Gibson com pany for the last three months and who under the circumstances during that time have tried to be conservative in action and fair at all times in deal ing with their organization and their employers.
 "For the unseen enemy who is at all times responsible for such eowardly, conteTptibe attacks upon the effort of men striving for the universal better meat of their class, we can only express ,ne usual pity and eont'mpt.
 If any committee waited upon the Gib- son Copper Co.,, as stated in the Silver Belt of Nov. 26th it was self appoint ed committee acting without any au- thority from Pinto Creek Miners Union and in no way representing the men em- ployed.
 J. S. TREvITHICK, President
 NJ. c. FISCHER, Rec. Secy.