The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-09-24
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 the walk out of the employees of the three large mining companies of the district, upon the order of Guy Miller, Executive Member of the Western Federation of Miners, no man can foretell the outcome and fix a date for the resumption of industrial activ- ity in the district
 It is to be hoped by every man, wo- man and child in the district that the unpleasantness will not be long drawn out. It will mean hardship and financial loss on the part of everyone, mining companies, employees and business men.
 The natural sympathy of the public is universally with wirkingmen in an effort to. secure better remuneration for their labor when that effort is made free from lawlessness and. wan ton destruction of property. And so it is in this case. The natural symHa- thy of the public so far is with the em- ployees of the district on the question of wages.
 It is a matter of regret that the en- ployees of the district, who were evil dently dissatisfied with the existing wage scale, could not have formulated a plan, or organization, for presenta- tion of their grievances to the mine managers without the injection of the Western Federation of Miners, and it's organizers, into the question, which, however good thir intentions may be in this instance, has undoubtedly served to complicate matters.
 It is well known fact that the his tory of the Western Federation of Miners, with Chas. A.Moyer as it's president, has been a history of tur- moil, strife, dissatisfaction, lock outs and strikes, not only between the or ganization and mining companies throughout the west, but within their oun ranks until the Butte miners, who composed the strongest Western Federation Union in the world, a short time ago, drove the Western Federation from their midst, and President Mover was compelled to flee for his safety and ask the pro- lection of the Governor of Montana, the miners of Butte subsequently, or ganizing local union without any af tion
 Whether justified or not mining com- panies view askance the Western Federation organization and the costs have been heavy in other mining dis tricts in opposing what is known as recognition" of the union.
 Without arguing tle merits of this controversy between mining compa- nies and the Western Federation throughout the country, we must face the inevitable fact that the same con- roversy is now on in this district. It is not time for quibbling; it is not time for subterfuges; it is no time for beating the devil around the stump; interchange of correspond ence, which must be read between the lines on both sides, will not solve the controversy satisfactorily. The situa- tion demands playing all the cards on top of the table to the end that when an adjustment is finally reacher there will be no chance for recurrent misunderstanding in the future
 The point we are endeavoring to make clear is that if a conference is arranged, neither side should enter the conference room with any cards up their sleeves
 Such a conference, although it might result in some sort of a settle. ment, would, in our opinion, be but the forerunner of succeeding misun derstandings and controversies. A conference wound be but a waste of time, and further endanger an am- icable adjustment of difficulties, un less the conferees On both sides enter into conference in good faith and good will. When such a conference under such conditions, can be ar. ranged, the solution of the differences should be readily accomplished.
 Such is the situation at the end ot the second week.
 Under the present conditions the mine managers should at once decide whether or not they desire to deal with the joint committee of employ. ecs, advised and scounseled by off cials of the Western Federation. Ii so, there is no good reason for longer delaying the conference. If not, that a new endeavor made for termiation of the shut down. This is big ques .tion to be settled, and our hope is