The Benson signal. [volume] (Benson, Cochise County, Ariz.) 1915-1921, 1915-10-30

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 he 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
/ seen the state militia set idly by
whilst men upon peaceful Nerrands
| have been driven out of town. Our
| trusted employees have been escorted
from the district by deputy sheriffs
who claim they are powerless to az
| 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 discon-
/! tinued.
The way TO resumption of work,
! which you and we SO much desire,
has been pointed out in our letter of
| Oct. 8, 1915, addressed to the gov
/ ernor an excerpt f-oa which is set
| forth above.
We restate the position taken by US
at the previous conference and which
position we intend to maintain:
First: That under no condition will
we consent to be dominated ny the
| Western Federation Of Miners under
whatever name or title it may as
sumo
Second: When the employees have
returned to work on the same con-
! litions as existed prior to the strike
i and normal conditions have been re
stored. the companies will be glad to
discuss with Their employees, 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
| pany Of Arizona,
By M. III. -GcLean,.
General Manager.
1 Shannon Copper Company,
! By J. W. Bonnie,
General Manager.
With unyarying persistence; tbs
destructive influence Of the Western
! Federation of Miners has attended
each development in the situation
| which the Federation agitatCrs forced
! upon the community that is now
| stricken. 1t has not been possible
! until the present time, when the dc
tails OF this amazing conspiracy
against industrial peace in Arizona
/ have at last been laid bare, to
! acQuaint the public with a complete
| record Of the case.
The recently concluded conferences
between the mine managers and striE-
ers' committee supplied the final links
of evidence which prove that tbs
! Western Federation's sole object was
/ to force its organization upon en-
/ ployees, nine managers and the state
of Arizona. At these conferences
the E'eGeraticns demands invariably
we're woven into the issues TO such ala
extesat that the mine managers were
powerless to- act in the interests OF
/ their old employees.
Tho public cannot entertain clear
4 conception Of the situation without
/ knowledge Of conditions which pre-
| vailed as far back as the early sos
when tho Clifton-M orenci district was
! opened
/ Mexicans were in a large majority
| there at that time and they secured
| a large part of the employment TO be
! had. Only by utilizing this cheaper