Bisbee daily review., 1915-10-14
OUTLOOK FOR THE
SETTLEMENT OF
STRIKE IS BETTER
Employees Were MiSIead in Sc
ecting Delegates to Confer
With Mine Managers; Now
Selecting New Delegates.

PHOENTN. oct. 10 Indications are
excellent that the second meeting ar
ranged between the mine managers of
the Clinon-Morenci district and their
former workmen will result in a con
ference. according TO all information
at hand here tonight Morenci work
men this afternoon named Isadore
Larrea A. Villegas. A. j. Mccall, H..
DAILY and w Mitchell. while Clifton
workmen named J. S. Hughes, G. Hol-
lingsworth. Rudolph Schostal and Ra-
fael Holeuir. Metcalf at a late hour
tonight was balloting on their four
representatives. so the initial list will
be complete by tomorrow and ready
for submission to mine managers
who will choose the five men who will
attend the discussion. This meeting
should be held before the end of the
week.
There is general belief locally that
the conference which fell through sew
eral days ago would have been held
had not an effort been made to mis-
true character Of the conference by
members designated by the workmen.
It will be recalled that the mana
gers stated that they were willing TO
talk with their own woTkmen, provid-
ed such workmen were in no way con-
nected with the Western Federation
of Miners. This information was not
definitely stated to the workmen at
Clifton, either purposely or through
carelessness, with the result that the
first committee sent TO FL Paso was
made up in the majority by members
of the Clifton-Morenci Western Fed
Grafton union men. one of this com
mittee was Abran Rico, who is presi-
dent of one OF the unions. Two mem
bers of five named were agreeable 10
the mine managers solely for the rea-
son that they were not prominent in
the work of forming the union OF in
guiding it's affairs since formed
As one manager put il why
should We confer with group of men
about conditions under which they
might return TO work when the men
with whom we are comforting viii
never be workmen under conditions
agreed TO- We will discuss conditions
complained of by our workmen with
our own workmen, but we will not
discuss any matter with high or low
officials Of the Western Federation Of
Miners We are not concerned in
their future other than TO see that
they are not again given an opportun-
ity to bring about dissatisfaction
among our workmen."
Locally there is a strong sentiment
naturally enough favoring an early
settlement of the strike. but Il is gen
orally agreed that the mine managers
are probably taking wise precaution
in standing firmly against the effort
Of the Western Federation of Miners
20 gain a foOthold in their camp.
Charles Meyer. president of the
Federation today indicated that he
would at an early date leave for Cali
/ fornia and the Federation affairs in
/ the future would be guided so far as
3 Clifton and Morenci are concerned by
Guy Miller, a member Of the execu-
/ tive committee
( Governor Hunt, who made speech
at Clifton, which was such encourage
ment to Meyer and which was helpful
TO him in forming his unions at Met
calf, Morenci and Clifton. has been
discouraged during the day over the
fact that the present program viii of
necessity take several days to work
out. With Jacob Meyer. representa-
| tive Of the department of labor. he has
concluded to await the result of the
scheduled conference before taking
any further action. There was but
one ripple Of excitement here during
the day and this was the receipt of a
dispatch saying a striker named Sci.
lers al Clifton, at a meeting of the
workmen. offered motion that no
/ committee be sent TO El Paso to meet
with the managers. His motion was
never put by the presiding officer. but
before he was suppressed by his fel
low workmen he caused considerable
disturbance and later threatened VIC
lence 10 his subduers.