Bisbee daily review., 1907-04-21
1 SETTLING THE
 STRIKE.

| me suggestions coming Irom Inosf
 who started the senseless and uncalle6
 for strike of the Western Federation
 of Miners in the Warren district that
 the strike could be ended in the War
 ren district in twenty minutes only
 serves to call attention to the fact that
 there was no earthly cause for it. Of
 course the strike could be ended if
 the company managers would allow
 the organizers to prescribe just who
 should be employed, how they should
 be employed and what should consist
 of cause for discharge.
 The organizers have tried to lay
 stress on the assertion that they were
 not seeking recognition from the min
 ing companies, but this assertion does
 not agree with their acts in the dis
 trict. When they announced in Bis
 bee that they had secured federation
 charter it was said that they in-
 tended to peacefully proceed to get members of the union in the district,
 but they were not long in finding cause for ordering strike which they knew would result in the loss of em- ployment to many hundreds of miners. who have been forced out of the camp and to seek work elsewhere, not be- cause the wages were not satisfactory. not because the hours were not satis- factory, not because other conditions of labor and treatment were disagree able, but because the managers of the companies refused to consent to 2 change in conditions which had result ed in peace and prosperity in the Warren district for twenty-five years. The organizers make the claim that they are only asking for the abolish ment of the blacklist or discrimina- tion against union miners, but they give the name of no man that has been blacklisted; man may be re- fused employment because of his known incompetency, because of his disposition to agitate and create dis satisfaction among his fellow work men, because of his known immoral character or for many other good and sufficient reasons. The fact that, ac- cording to the claims of the organiz- CTS, more than half of the men em- ployed in the Bisbee mines were called out on strike by the union is con- elusive that the companies have not concerned themselves about whether their employees were union or nonunion men, only contending at all times that the district should remain an open camp to all, regardless of affiliation with labor organizations.
 The strike was ordered without just cause and therefore has not received the sympathy or support of the people in the district, even a majority of the miners remaining at work at ali times. It is now reaching it's end with com plete failure, the companies having refused to recognize the right of the union to come into the district anl attempt to change a peaceful and pros porous condition. Every day brings more men to the mines for work: hun dreds have left the district blaming the organizers for their action in call ing the strike, but refusing to sur render their standing in the union.
 Yesterday it was estimated that the Copper Queen had very nearly ninety per cent of it's normal force and any one who will watch the dinner bucket brigade on their way to and from the shafts will be ready to believe that this estimate is not far from correct. The Calumet and Arizona is sending to Douglas plenty of ore to keep the furnaces going to their full capacity and the shattuck-Arizona and the Denn are rapidly getting back to their normal condition.
 Bisbee is very quiet and there has been no disturbance of a serious na- ture and it is to be hoped that good order will continue. and as the great bulk of the strikers have left the dis trict the only thing remaining now is to attract more miners 10 the camp and this will not require long time and it Is not believed that the strike will result iD any reduction of copper production.