The Parker post., 1915-10-16
CONFERENCE
ON THE STRIKE
NEW COMMITTEE LEAVE FOR
Ell PASO TO MEET MINE
MANAGERs-GovERNoR is DIS
COURAGED OVER DELAY.
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excellent that the second meeting
arranged between the mine managers
OF the properties in the Clifton
fMorenci district and the former work
men will result in conference, ac-
cording to all information at hand to-
night. Workmen this afternoon
named Isadora Lanoa, A. Villegas.
A. Gaiz, j. Mccall, H. Daily and w.
Mitchell, while Clifton workmen
named j. S. Hughes, G. Hollings-
worth, Rudolph Schol, and Rafael
Hoegura. Metcalf at late hour to-
night was balloting on the four rep
resentatives so the indications are
that the list will be complete by to-
morrow and be ready for submission
to the mine managers, who will
choose three from five names of those
who will attend the discussion
The meeting should be held before
belief locally that the conference
which fell through several days ago
would have been held had not an
effort been made to mislead the mine
managers as to the true changes of
conference member designated work
men. 1t will be recalled that the
managers stated that they were will
! ling to talk with their own workmen
providing such workmen were in no
way connected with the Western
Federation of Miners. This informa-
tion was not definitely stated to the
workmen at Clifton, either purposely
FOR through carelessness, Will result
that the first committee sent to Ell
Paso was made up in the majority of
! members of Clifton-Morenci Western
Federation union men. One of this
! committee was Abran Rico, who is
president of one of the unions two
members Of five named were agree
able to the mine managers wholly for
the reason that they were not promi-
union or guiding it in affairs since
formed
AS one manager put it: "Why
should we confer with a group of
men about conditions under which
they might refuse to work when the
men with whom we are conferrin g
will never be workmen under condi-
tions agreed to? We will discuss
conditions complained of by our work
men with our workmen, but we will
not discuss any matter with high or
low officials of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners We are not concern
ed in their future other than to see
that they are not again given an OPP
portunity to bring about dissatisfac-
tion among our workmen."
Locally there Is a strong sentiment
favoring an early settlement of the
strike, but it is, generally agreed
that the mine managers are prob
ably taking wise precautions in
standing firm against efforts of the
Western Federation of Miners organ
ization gaining a foothold in their
camp. Meyer, president of the Fed
Grafton, today indicates that he
would at an early date leave for Cal
ifornia, and the federation affairs in
the future would be guided so far as
Clifton and Morenci are concerned
by Guy Miller, a member of his ex-
ecutive committee.
Governor Hunt, who made speeches
at Clifton which were such encourage.
ment to Meyer and which were help
full to him in forming his unions at
Metcalf, Morenci and Clifton, has
| been discouraged during the day over
the fact that the present program
will of necessity take several days
to work out.
With Jacob Meyer, representative
of the department of labor, he has,
however, concluded to await results
Of schedule conference before taking
| further action. There was but one
ripple of excitement during the day
and that was the receipt of dispatch
saying a striker named Sellers at
the Clifton meeting of workmen Of
fered a motion that no committee be
sent to Ell Paso to meet with the
managers. This motion was never
put by the presiding officer. but be-
fore he was suppressed by his fellow
workmen he caused considerable dis
turbance and later threatened vio-