Arizona republican., 1913-06-25
Phoenix Railway Company Ordered to Appear Before Corporation Commission and Explain Present State of Inactivity.
MANAGER MITCHELL
 ISSUES STATEMENT
Presents Figures Showing Wages Paid In Other Cities as Compared With Those In Effect On Lo- cal Lines.

l nose In Effect OD LO-
 cal Lines.
 The third day of the strike of the employees uf the Phoenix Railway company yesterday witnessed another futIr effort on the part of the com pany 10 operate ears. the issuance ul au order by the Arizona Corpora tIan commission directing the Phoenix Railway company to appear at the of Ices ol the commission 1t 10 o'clock this morning to show cause why ''it i, not rendering sale and sufficient service on it's several lines Of rail- WaE." the naming of a second mem b,r to the committee of investigation t. the Phoenix Trades Council and Ihe presentation Of letter to the public by Manager Mitchell, giving comparative figures ot the wages paid -u Phoenix and those paid in six ,Gtles of Texas and the central west. Beyond these features. there were no developments materially changing the situation over that of the previous days.
 Iii police succeeded yesterday in letping the streets free of gather ing. the carmen and the labor union 4-tClltA'+--@ t-N liIt44As d us ppsoAbAoi4 NC gard tie order of Mayor Christy pro- hIDitiug such gatherings. There was practically no disorder and there were uo arrests that could in any way be ,ouu,ctet with the strike or the strikers.
 Todar the manager and inspectors of the street railway company, to- s;h-r Nitn representation from the city council, the city marshal and probably members of the Phoenix Trades Council will appear before the corporation commission to answer in tcrrogatiOns relative to the non operation of ears upon the various lines. Incidentally during the day it * likely that the investigation com mittee consisting Of a member of the common council, d member of the trades council and another appointed hy these two will get down to work and map out program Just what course this investigation will take had not been definitely determined up to Last evening
 When the cars were sent out yes terday forenoon there were no crowds along the streets. Some of the men were jeered as they passed with the cars and when First street and Wash iEston was reached there were a few eggs thrown At Fourth avenue, ac- cording to a statement issued by MT. Mitchell last evening, some stones We're thrown d the cars. and acting under instructions from the company, lhe crews immediately took their cars to the barns.
 While MT. Mitchell would not say last night just what might develop today on the part of the railway com ha indicated he believed that some decisive action would re- suit following conference between the management and the attorneys of the company.
 We tried to run cars today" said Manager Mitchell last evening, but were not afforded the police protec- ton that We hoped for. We were not given the police we needed upon our cars although we were told by the chief of police that he would dis tribute his men through town and that we need have nothing to fear When the incident of the rock throw ing occurred l ordered the cars back To the barn.
 We cannot operate until we fee that we can guarantee passengers absolute safety. We do not want oul men deputized. do not want them tC carry guns and are working in every way possible to prevent bIoodshed The city should put enough police men on each car to insure us pro lection. We do not want to operat' cars with policemen acting as mo tormen and conductors"
 Yesterday Manager Mitchell issued a letter to the public which is printed as an advertisement in The Republi can this morning in which he call attention to the wages paid the car men in several of the cities of Texa and the central west. Each of theS cities" says MT. Mitchell has
 population from three to six time greater than that of Phoenix and talk ing the figures into consideration would indicate that the salaries pal by this company are greater thaI those paid by other companies.
 We give our conductors and mo tormen. after their first years em ployment one day off each mont with full pay and we do not know c any other road in the country givin it's employees time off with pay w also allow them full time for Sun days work although the cars stal from the barn about one hour late than on week days"
 Appended to the letter is a scale
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