Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-08
MOYER IS BACK At
SCENE OF TROUBLE
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The deputies will act as bodyguards
as long as the men are here.
It was understood that as soon as
the grand jury has excused the men
they will leave for Washington to
attend the meeting of the executive
council of the American Federation
OF Labor.
Later today Governor Ferris was to
receive the investigating committee
appointed by the executive commit
tee of the Socialist party. Inasmuch
as the governor and the committee
are both seeking information the pro-
cedure at this conference could be
only a matter of conjecture.
Governor Ferris has used a pre-
pared list OF questions for county
officials and others who have talked
strike affairs with him, but all his
auditors thus far have been observ
ers or participants in the situation.
Governor Ferris was prepared today
20 ask the mine operators Just how
far they VIII go toward compromising
the trouble between them and their
| employees. Should a proposition be
| advanced by the operators it will be
placed before the strikers
Inns was the tnlrd DAY OF the gov
ernor's investigation and was given
! over to a hearing of the operators.
The labor leaders offered their YER
sions of the strike yesterday and the
| day before county authorities told of
| conditions in the strike zone.
The union men are standing on
their proposition of a settlement
which was made recently by John B.
Densmore. of the department of labor.
off % h.a h -,i.1
! day that the union men are willing
to return to work without a recogni-
ton of their union and on the pro-
vision that the companies do not dis
criminate against strikers or mem
bers of the Western Federation of
| Miners.
The settlement aspect was en-
phasized at the start of the confer
ence with the mine men. Governor
Ferris recalled to them that efforts
to end the strike had been made, and
he suggested that some report of the
operators state the reason of the com
panies in declining such advances
He barred from discussion anything
relating to the awful expense to the
! State"
Allan Reese, chief counsel for the
companies, responded He said that
the first communications from the
unions had failed to state a griev-
ance and each management under
took to ascertain if the Western Fed.
Grafton of Miners really represented
the employees of the company.
| One company found III of their men
| desiring to be represented by the
union and some 1900 on the negative
side. All told, he said, less than 81
per cent. of the employees of the dis.
trict were found to be members OF
the federation and on that showing
the companies declined to consider
the federation as an authorized
agent for the men.
Plans for arbitration from Clarence
barrow, the Governors office and the
Federal department of labor all con.
tanned proposals that the arbitration
include the question of recognition Of
the federation and for that reason
were declined,' said Mr.. Reese
The attorney said that about 1000
man were at work, of whom 1900 hav,
been imported Most of these mer
came back only on condition that tn,
companies would not permit any fed
Grafton men, as such. to enter tn,
mines. He said it would be impos
sible to obtain harmonious work be
tween union and non-union men.