Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1915-10-14
A, 7, THOMPSON TELLS
OF CLIFTON TROUBLE
Continued From Page One)
.ween IA and Is cents per pound,
WAGE Scale Raised.

WAGE Scale Raised
"When the copper situation i'm
proved and the demand increased with
the resultant higher price for the
metal. the managers of the three large /,
GENERATING companies at oSce got to-
gether and compiled a sliding scale OF !
wages based on the average monthly /
selling price of copper, and this scale !
gave the employees Of the companies |
HIGHER wages than they had received |
before at corresponding copper prices. /
THE scale put skilled mechanical |
labor at the same rates as the Douglas /
operating companies were paying, and |
altogether as far as the management
of the companies were advised, gen
cral satisfaction was expressed.
a. at that time. was general mana /
ser of the Detroit Copper company,
and the only men who showed or eX-
pressed to me any dissatisfaction at
| the time were our electricians / met
them, or a committee of them, in my
office. explained to them the situation
! from my point of view and told them
they were being paid the same wages
as Douglas they all OF practically ALL
quit Their places were refilled. Since
that time some have applied for rein
| statement and some have been rein
/ stated
This apparently happy condition of
affairs continued until this summer
when the paid agitators and organi-
J GERS of the Western Federation OF
Miners came to the camps. They
came absolutely unlimited AS far as
request from any representative body
of the men Of the district was con
cerned. and the reception they got in-
Idicated anything but a hearty vel
come. In short. they received but lit
lle announcement and were, ! under
stand. ordered out of Morenci. They
went but came back and by house to
house work won over sufficient num-
Der Of men to their cause to justify
them In going ahead with their plans
Ask for Conference.
"A letter was written TO each of
the three managers asking for a CON
ference with a committee Of their em-
ployes and also asking that a Mir.
, Miller. q representative of the West
eru Federation of Miners, be received
/ with the committee Mr. Miller, so
Tar as records show, has never been
, employed by any Of the companies,
but from all information available at
The time. was the leading organizer
recently come to the district
THE letters referred TO here were
dated Saturday, September H. 1915
Mr.. Mclean, the general manager of
D the Detroit Copper company was the
, only manager at home when the let
ters were received and he imme
/ diately replied saying he could not
T. meet them in conjunction with any
e representative of the Western FEEDER
S ative of the Western Federation o
p Miners. or words to that effect This
% reply was dated Saturday, September
d II, 1915.
O. "Nr Carmichael, general manager
r, Of the Arizona Copper company. AND
t Mr Bonnie. general manager Of the
e shannon Copper company, being on
IT. of town, could not answer him. bu
I. were advised regarding the letters an,
at once returned to Clifton Befor,
their arrival, however, and withou
- any further attempt to bring meet
ing with the managers and their owl
employees, or without any representa-
! tion Of demands a strike was caller
when the II O'Clock shift was goiu
, to work on Saturday night. Septemhe
y H. and this strike brought about il
, the above manner has been going o.
= ever since
= AN kinds of different stories ant
Z issues have been introduced into th
situation since that date
$ Meyer Comes to District.
Mr. Meyer the president of tn
}. Western Federation of Miners. he
l. visited the district and addressed Tia
- strikers. Daily speeches have bee
made by many of the Western Feders
n. tion leaders
~ The governor of the state has via
n. tied the district, accompanied by othe
q. state officials. held conferences wit
o. the leaders of the Western Federatio
rs of Miners, also with the mine official
and addressed the strikers. an wit
the result, whatever his intention
were, Of strengthening their cause
tr their own minds and leaving the i'm
b. preston upon the minds of the man,
m gers that they could expect but HttI
i sympathy at his hands.
N Tile announcement. backbon.
h pep or whatever you like to call /
A. thereby instilled into the strikers. III
suited in the managers having {
- leave the district and state and tax
= mp their headquarters temporarily /
Z El Paso.
! Orders, threats or other mean
I have been employed by the striker
& necessitating those not in sympath
! with them to get out of the disuic
Z and this, il is reported. to the exter
. of a house to house call to find OF
ar how the occupants stood on the issu
iir Federation is Blamed.
on The guiding and directing han
~ throughout the whole strike from n
5s start has been the Western FEEDER
q . tim Df Mfuove