The Parker post., 1915-10-30
WESTERN FEDERATION MUST BE ELIMIN-
ATED DECLARE MANAGERS IN STATEMENT

tation from day to day with repre-
sentatives of the state\ and county
officials. you have, during the week
that has passed, offered 10 evidence
that you are willing to demand that
order be restored
We regret that. on the contrary,
you have forced upon us the conclu-
sion that you are unwilling to make
the essential concession which would
result in peace
We have seen conditions much
worse instead of better We have
F., seen the state militia set idly by
whilst men, upon peaceful errands
have been driven out of town. Our
trusted employees have been escorted
from the district by deputy sherifis
who claim they are pOwerless to at
ford protection. We have seen the
Western Federation of Miners main
tain the shutdown ordered by their
leaders, preventing any resumption OF
work except upon conditions which
they dictate.
So long as this state of affairs pre-
walls, discussion involving the various
demands must necessarily be d!scon-
tinued
The way to resumption of work,
which you and we SO much desire,
has been pointed out in our letter of
Oct g. 1915, addressed to the gov
ernOr AN excerpt 'ro'l which is set
forth above
We restate the position taken by us
at the prev Gus conference and which
position we intend to maintain:
First: That under no condition will
we consent to be dominated Wy the
Western Federation of Miners under
whatever name or title ii may as
sumo
Second: When the employees have
returned to work on the same con-
ditions as existet. prior to the strike
and normal conditions have been re-
stored, the companies VIII be glad to
discuss with the'r employ es. as they
have always been willing to do, any
grievances or other questions which
the employees wish to take up with
the managers
/ (Signed)
! The Arizona Copper Company, Ltd.
By Norman Carmichael.
General Manager
The Detroit Copper Mining Com
pan" Of Arizona,
BY M. Fl. IcLean,
General Manager
Shannon Copper Company,
BY J. W. Bennie,
General Manager
,slth unvarying persistence, ths
sstructiye influence OF the Western
federation OF Miners has attended
each development in the situation
which the Federation 4gitators forced
upon the community that IS now
stricken. 1t has not been poss BILE
until the present time, when the do-
tails OF this amazing conspiracy
against industrial PEACE In Arizona
have at last been laid bare. to
record of tie case
| The recently concluded conferences
! between the mine managers and strik
ers' committee supplied the final links
Of evidence which prove that the
Western Fe1eraticn's sole object was
to force its organization upon en-
-ooyeAs, n me managers and the state
OF Ar Zona. AT these conferences,
t::z =,e'ierat cn's demands invariably
were woven into th~ issues TO such an
eXte~t that the mine managers vera
powerless to act In the interests II
their old employees.
The public canno' entertain a clear
conception Of the situation without
knowledge Of conditions which pre-
vailed as far back as the early SOS
when the Clifton-Morenci district was
opened
Mexicans were in d large majority
there at that time and they secured
large part OF the employment to be
had Only by utilizing this cheaper