El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-10
arizona LABOR
MEETING CLOSES
Next Convention VIII Be
Held in Flagstaff; Nomi-
nations Are Made.

Phoenix, Ariz-. Oct 10.-After a ses- I
sion lasting five days, the annual con- /
vention Of the Arizona State Federation {
Of Labor adjourned sine die The next &
convention will be held in Flagstaff, f.
beginning October 6. 1915
Much important business was trans .
acted in the course Of the last day /
The constitution and by laws were read
in full and a few minor changes IA I
vored by the by laws committee were
adopted The delegates unanimously
decided to take over the Arizona Labor
Journal, a weekly paper published Dy
the Phoenix Trades council, and make
| il the federation organ A coInIllttee
composed Of Frank LighttooL George
/ SimOns and Bert Wilkinson, was ap-
I pointed to confer with the trades
council and take any necessary aclloh
! in regard to the matter
VIII Oppose Gun Men,
On motion OF Frank Brown, OF the
Bisbee Miners union, the legislation
committee was Instructed TO draw Il
bill making il a felony for a corpora
/ ton to employ any peace officer, ana 20
! present it to the legislature me nam
object Of this step is TO prevent Jne
/ Importation Of gun men" into strike
l districts
Brown made the announcement that
I the miners intend to attempt 70 nave
/ the famous Kinney bill, Whlcn ~
/ twice failed Of initiation, ADDED 10 the
/ state mining code as an amendment
I The Kinney bill is to require tnaI any
/ person employed in or ABOUT mine
| must speak the English language
Blames Company for Revolt
| Brown made a profound impression
/ on the delegates when he made speech
/ declaring the Cananea Consolldaled
/ Copper company responsible 1or the
| present revolution in sonora II all be-
| gan. Brown said. because the company
/ tried to prevent the Mexican miners
] OrEaniZing. Brown charged that Col
/ Gales and his successor, Gen BIN, are
/ merely employees Of the company ana
1 as such are the successors OF EmlIlo
| Kosterlizky.
/ foreign laborers are being worked nine
| hours a day on the court house AT
! Nogales was turned over 10 the car
| penters' union at Tucson
/ Denounce County Officials
[ Strong resolutions were adopted de
/ nouncing the MaricOpa county officials
/ who have failed 10 take cognlzance OF
/ what the convention regarded as eVl-
! dence Of fraud in the recent primary
] election Attention was drawn 70 the
F! fact that the recount secured by h a
| Davis, candidate for state senator az
! fered by 40 votes from the official count
! in one Of the Phoenix precincts This
| was characterized in the resolution as
Three Seek Presidency
! Three PhoeniXians were nominated
| for the office Of president They are
! Bert Davis, the present incumbent T.
: s Conrad and z J. Warren Davis
! stated that as he had held the position
| two years he would work for Warren.
/ The nominees for secretary are r
| A Campbell. Bisbee; H E Fox Globe;
/ Bert Wilkinson, Phoenix Campbell Is
I the present incumbent
( Following are the nominees for vice
| president in the five districts;
From Maricopa- Pinal and Yuma
From ella and Graham-P. J. Nipple
Ed Harrington. B. J. POnkey, Clone.
From Pima. Cochise and Santa Cruz
George Powell, Bisbee.
] From Yavapai Nohave and COcOninO
Larry Duff. Prescitt; Charles Tiez-
From Greenlee. Apache and Navajo
Robert Bliss. Clifton.
] Five members OF the legislation com
| mittee will be elected from among the
I following nominees
A Mari. Aft Madden. Phoenix George
Powell R A. Campbell. Frank Brown,
". z. Holmes. Bisbee; Kenneth Clayton.
Miami; J. Angus, Tucson; E B. Sim
anton. Payson-
From Clyde Timberlake. Bert Wiikin-
son. Raymond Kane H F. Kane, Harry
West and D. H McClintock all OF
I Phoenix the three members OF the
finance committee will be chosen
Given 10 Days to Reject.
! Secretary Campbell was instructed 70
! give candidates 10 days to reject their
] nominations. The officers will be
/ elected 40 days from the adjournment
I Of the convention by a referendum vote
OF all members Of the unions affiliated
with the federation.
! Frank Brown Of Bisbee, was elected
to watch over the legislature during
the 1915 session
/ Tucson made a strong fight for the
1915 convention but the delegates from
| that place were outEeneraled by P. J.
I O'Hoolihan. Of Flagstaff, who mar
] shaled 25 votes 10 their eight He
! promised all delegates and their fami-
| lies an automobile ride from Flagstaff
I to the Grand Canyon and return.
Prohibition Becomes an Issue
The action Of the convention Thurs
! day. in going on record against the
| Initiated statewide prohibition amend
] ment TO the constitution stirred up all
! kinds Of trouble and statements were
] heard on every hand that II had threat
| ened the very existence OF the fedora
ton Charges were made that the con-
| ventiOn was packed by the bartenders,
| who had % votes to the l6 who wished
| to fight shy OF the liquor question
1 Under orders from his local. A L
! Habecker. delegate from the Phoenix
| Plumbers union. withdrew from the
/ convention. About 100 Phoenix union
. | man have signed a statement to the
! effect that they are opposed TO the
/ action taken by the convention
Holmes cleans, presses and dyes all
! garments perfectly. Phone 786, and