The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-10-29
STRIKE DISTRICT !. CONTINUES QUIET
 DURING WEEK
Failure of Conference in Fl Paso Last Week Has Left Both Sides in
 An Attitude of WatchfuI Waiting Everything Peaceful in Strike Zone

The miners committee who went to Fl Paso last week for the pur- pose of conferring with the mine man agers and laying certain propositions before them, returned to Clifton on Sunday night and Monday made their report to the union which was to the effect that the managers had re- fused to consider any of the demands or propositions submitted to them. The strike troubles are no nearer so- Iution than they were a month ago and it is apparent that both sides of the controversy have settled down to play a waiting game. It muse be conceded that the striking men have met the managers half way and have apparently done their best to- ward effecting a reconciliation and breaking the deadlock now existing between the two factions.
 So far as demonstrations of a vio- lent nature are concerned the dis trict has for the past two weeks UG0n dS Qu1CL do d CnQlCA yd1u.
 Charges were last week preferred by the union against Juan Guerra and Ricardo Rodriguez, president and secretary respectively, as a re- suit of which they resigned last Sat urday The men were detained in the county jail for protection but left the first of the week for other parts. On Thursday afternoon of this week men who were hunting in the hills near Clifton discovered Guerra wan dering around aimlessly and in a de- mented condition. He was in a starv- ed condition and his personal ap- pearance was much the worse for wear. How long he had been wander ing about the hills is not known but probably since the first of the week, when he was supposed to have left town. He is now confined in the county jail. It is understood that he feared to join the colony at Duncan on account of an enemy living there and at whose hands he feared death.
 On Tuesday afternoon mass meet ings were held in the three towns for the purpose of voting on an ar bitration proposition Nh1ch was to the effect that the men would return to work at the old wage scale and leave their differences up to an arbitration committee for later settlement. It was proposed that this committee should be composed of two men from the workingmen, two selected from the managers and the fifth to be a rep resentative of the United States De- partment of Labor. At the meeting in Clifton the proposition carried with but a few dissenting votes. In Morenci and Metcalf, however, it was turned down by big majority While the men were still assembled on the plaza in Clifton a committee arrived on the scene from Duncan for the pur- pose of denying the report that that place was being used as a concen trating point for strike breakers The rJen who came :ii: from Duncan were W. T. Witt, chairman of the Greenleo County Board of Supervisors, B. F. Bfllingsley,' a prominent merchant, and B. R. Lanneau, cashier of the Bank of Duncan. Messrs. Witt and 'Billingsley in short speeches assured the men that there were no strike breakers in Duncan and furthermore that the presence there of such a con- tingent would not be tolerated, now or at any future time Sheriff Cash was also called upon by tte crowI for a speech and in the course of his remarks stated that he had the day before in company with Major Don kersley, in charge of the troops in the strike district visited Duncan Monday for the purpose of investigating the above mentioned conditions and that they had been convinced that the reports were erroneous.
 One hundred more troops of the Arizona National Guard arrived in Clifton Wednesday afternoon and to- day the detachment was sent to Mo renci for duty. The troops were in command of Major E. P. Grinstead
 AICorHey Generdl WHey E- Jones arrived in Clifton last evening direct from Washington where he has been before the U. s. Supreme Court in connection with the eighty per cent law, and states that he will spend some time in the district and thor oughly investigate the present state of affairs, with a view to ultimately clarifying the atmosphere.