The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-10-08
MANAGERS FEAR ID
 GO ID PHOENIX
Assert That They Fear Arrest as Soon as Reaching Arizona Line and Declare There is No Use Conferring With Him Anyhow, as Nothing Can Be Accomplished Until West ern Federation Retiresl

Fl Paso, Oct. 6.-The Clifton-Mo-
 renci mine managers will not accept lGov. G. w. F. Hunts invitation to go
 to Phoenix and confer with him re- gard.ng the strike situation. This twas decided at a midnight conference
 of the refugee mine managers at the
 office they have established in the
 Pasc del Norte hotel in Ell Paso
 Norman Carmichael, manager of
 the Arizona Copper company, Milton
 Mclean, manager of the Detroit Cop
 pc" company, and J. W. Bennie, man. lager of the Shannon Copper company, received a message from Governor
 Hunt Tuesday night urging them to k leave today for Phoenix to confer
 with him regarding a settlement of
 the strike. After the midnight con- ference, the managers announced
 that they would not consider going | to Phoenix. They say that Governor Hunts offer to send Maj. H. H. Don kersley, commanding the militia at Clifton, and Sheriff J. G. Cash, of iGreenlee county, to Lordsburg to
 meet them and escort them to PhOe-
 nix, only meant that they would be
 arrested on reaching the Arizona line.
 Could Settle 1t Alone.
 ''We left the mine district to avoid trouble and to prevent being arrest
 ed,;' one of, the managers declared Wednesday morning. We will not : return upon Gov. Hunts invitation, for we believe that as soon as we reached the Arizona state line we would be arrested. We will stay here and will maintain our present position that the Western Federation
 of Miners must get out before we return. We have always been able | to take care of our miners and to settle their differences with us. There is not a single grievance there now that we could not settle with the miners within five minutes if it was not for the interference of >,,the Western Federation of Miners. 9
 sennie Declines Invitation
 Gov Hunt also telegraphed to J.. I W. Bennie Tuesday night asking him v to come to Phoenix personally for a Q conference. As MT. Bennie is a British subject, he referred the mes f sage to British consul Homan C.
 Nfyies, who wired to Phoenix to learn
 if MT Bennie could go there in Q safety. The consul was assured by O Governor Hunt that he could make if the trip in perfect safety, but when Q the other two mine managers decid , ed rsst to go, Mr. Bonnie remained ir g Ell Paso.
 d John Christy, legislative representa- e tive from Greenleo county, who o brought his peace petition here e Monday night from the bushes. l. men of Clifton, returned Wednesday
 morning without accomplishing any l. definite. results. To MT. Christy the d maagers stated that they would no g return as long as the Western Feeder e ation was in control there. Christ. ,r made a number of proposals to tht d IlIcudSSIS Wn1l0 u0IS UuI uOIAluS oC IS finite was agreed upon, as the man t. agers made the withdrawal of thu e Federation the only basis upon whicl tx they would consider returning and re Ie suming operations.
 e. Entire Situation Reviewed. 'S At the midnight conference the en K +ira Situotion 1uac raviawpd and dis IT. cussed in sstail and the managers de u cided that they would hold thei 'u present position and remain in F t, Faso. They issued a statement fol 'u lowing the conference which sai ie that TO change he'd been made in thei LII position and that there was nothin l. more to be given out at this time u The conference was attended b. H. manager Norman Carmichael, J. W iu Bennie, Milton H. Mclean, Dr. l. 'n n. :2rckets, l.. S. Gates, of Ray IT. A :. !,.teradon, of Lordsb Ir5;; Fun H. D.-rr. manager or the Fl ras tc smel CT, and J. G. Hopkins, minin rs expert from New York, who is a(
 vertising the mine managers. E. F
 Ellinwood, attorney for the managers il has returned to Bisbee.
 Il It was reported in Phoenix Tue rS day night that Gov. Hunt intended ls- request secretary William B. Wilson CT Of the department of labor, to inte H. vene in the Clifton-Morenci affa LII but the mine managers know nothin
 Of il.