El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-22
MAY
CLOSE. SATURDAY
Miners Say Expect Rejec-
ton of Five Proposals;
Scotch Owners Arrive.

Saturday is expected to end the
peace conference" which has been IN
progress here all week between the
strikers committee from Clifton and
AIOrenci and the operators
All OF the proposals OF the strikers
committee have been made, discussed
and rediscussed and the miners say
they know of no reason for prolOnginS
the conference after Saturday. E +.
Ellinwood, general attorney for the
operators stated Friday that the con-
ference would probably close Saturday
unless something unforeseen arises G.
strikers committee, also stated Friday
that he expected the conference to end
Nay Be Rejected.
The strikers and their friends say
they expect that all Of the proposals
Of the strikers will be rejected by the
managers after the Saturday confer
ence- The operators decline to say
what action viii be taken on the 1--WE
proposals.
NO Positive Action"
eve have not reached a point in the
conference where we can say that any
positive action has been taken upon
the five demands made by the miners.
said Norman Carmichael manager Of
the Arizona Copper company As to
when the conference will end-that l
cannot say"
G. 5. Hollingsworth said: 1T is very
likely that the session will end on sat
urday. / don't see that there is any
thing else to make it go any longer
than Saturday"
All Proposals Made.
When the session opened Friday
morning at g o'clock all Of the pro
posals of the strikers communicative
in number-had been submitted to the
operators These included the vase
scale, the clause requiring the rein
statement of all men discharged since
September I, the non -discrimina1on OF
the operators against the miners pc
cause Of their union affiliations, the
time basis of an eight hour day, the
revision Of the hospital rate.
The session Friday included gen
eral summary OF all OF the proposals
and the operators asked a number or
questions on each OF the five, although
these proposals had been discussed in
detail when they were first made.
Scotch Stockholders.
The arrival Of William EXley Miller,
secretary OF the Arizona Copper COM
pany, and Young J. Pentland. a direc-
tor of the same company, from Ed1n-
burg. Scotland. 10 confer with the mine
managers. has injected a new interest
into the strike situation Upon learn
ing that the strike had been called
these men sailed from Scotland in spite
OF the dangers of the sea in the war
zone and came to FL Paso to study the
situat ton and report to the owners OF
mine strikers COMMITTEES is encouraged
by the arrival of these men as they
believe a speedy conclusion will be
reached as the stockholders, as repre-
scented by Miller and Pentland, are los
ing heavily because Of the shutdown
due to the strike.
Where Sympathies Lie.
Mr.. Pentlsnd stated Friday morning
that he was not familiar with the
strike situation. having recently ar
rived from Scotland. I'VE are making
a study Of the entire situation said
1Tr. Pentland- I'VE are going into ali
OF the details Of the strike and the sit
uation which led up to it We viii in
vestigate the attitude of your middle
class toward the strike and the strik-
ers and learn whether their sympathies
are with the strikers or with the op-
era tors.
we cannot understand why there Is
violence in connection with the strikes
of workmen in this country. We have
some strenuous strikes in Scotland and
England but they do no. approach. in
violence shown, those in the United
States. I understand that the labor or
carnations here are contributing to the
Clifton-MOrenci strikers and I am in
vestigating whether this is a levy or
spontaneous contributions We viii
not go TO the strike zone for the pres
ent at least but will remain here pend
ing the close Of the conference"