Bisbee daily review., 1914-08-21

Immediate steps for the ammelior- alton of the local labor question will be taken by city. county and state governments. In addition several other moves are on foot whereby men may be employed in public or quasi public enterprises for at least short terms These were the decisions reached in meetings and conclaves yesterday Means for the immediate promotion of the decisions were ta- ken or will be taken at once.
 At the special meeting Of the city council called last evening by Mayor l. C. F. Adams a committee of seven was named. This committee will at once start a campaign for discovering means of helping the working men of the district and will report their find ings to either the state or to local or county officials as the case demands. The committee was constructed at the suggestion of pr w. c. Simms at the afternoon meeting.
 In addition. a resolution which had been suggested at the instance of John s Williams. city attorney. at the afternoon meeting -=s -rafted. read and approved and sent immedi- ately to the governor. The resolu- uon endorses the proposed replacing Of convict labor with married citizen labor and pledges the aid Of city and county in Tightening the load of the laboriug man.
 No other direct action was taken by the council on the proposed plan of the council to make room for the em. ployment of several crews of men in and about the city This will prob. ably be taken up at the next meeting of the council or privately
 The members Of the committee named by Mayor Adams to have charge of Investigating local affairs and reporting either to the governor or to city or county authorities are as follows. C. w. Allen. W. G Simms J B. Henderson, Lem Overlook, Os car Zapp and F. J. Vaughn The latter wa snamed to dll the place of l.. c Shattuck who was not present.
 Contractors Win Employ
 Additional employment for abou l5O men is also promised in the an uouncement that the force on the Bak ersylue division of the Warren roat will be increased materially inside tho next ten days. The statement tha the force will be increased comes iron A. w. Tarrant Of the firm of Baiue 6 TaUaut. contractors on the road, wh, have been in charge of the construct ion and who some months ago laid of a large force Of the men who werD working On the eection which is to bD rushed by an increased crew immed lately.
 Al present a force of fifty men il employed in the section. They ar engaged in raising and lowering thu tracks to conform with the gradinl specifications. This work will be fin ished inside a week. and immediau steps win then be taken for putting the additional force of men on th job
 It is anticipated by the contractor that the work for the increased fore of men will last in the neighborhoo of seven weeks, and that a large nun ber of them will then be employed f. other road work by the same emplo! ers
 This announcement adds consideri bly to the problem of solving the uI employed workmen question, and wi materially aid the city county an state in their campaign for the en ployment of an worthy men who aI at present out of work While it not considered probable that the E ropean disturbance will be settle at the end of the two months whic the road contractors win be able employ this force of men. it IS thougl that at the end of that time matter nm Che United States and in Arizor especially will have been SO claridC as to make it possible for the men return to their old positions at the old pay. and consequent feeling safety comes with the mnouncemei that another large crew of the uneI uIOvad will be taken care of until sucl