The Parker post., 1915-10-30
STRIKERS DEMANDS REJECCTT EEDCONF EREEINlC(E ENDS

liHS would be rescued by the ar
III and incarcerated in jail In order
to defeat this program Of violence. the
managers left Clifton on the after
noon OF Oct. In special train. w TN.
IN a few minutes Of their deEarture.
the sheriff and his dep4ty gave chaea
in an om0bile, striving to interceut
the special train at Duncan Failing
IN This, tney returned TO Clifton and
procured warrant for The arrest of
the managers on Their a ,iy-l at
Lordsburg, n. NJ. The managers were
arrested at Lordsburg- telephcned
demand-on charge of reiony basea
on the allegation that thei1 depart
ure from the strike district .tend q 70
lnclte riottng and hostile demonS.ra-
tons The sheriff and his deputy
hastened to Lordsburg by automobile.
arriving at 1870 a. m. They appea.sd
tefore a local justice OF the peace
and insisted upon the mine managers
being tried upon a charge that they
were felons and tugittses from jus.
tlce. The court found the charge
wholly unsupported by any evidence
and the mine managers were nlac.a
on the Ell Paso train under armed
guard to prevent Kidnapping. The
engineer and fireman Of the special
train, upon their return TO Clifton.
we're set upon and severely beaten by
q mob of Western Federation leaders
the mine managers took up their head.
Quarters in El PasO The sheriff an.
piled to Gov. Hunt to send troops to
the strike district and Hunt complied
with the request. thirty.five mill
tlamen being dispatched TO the
scene.
Having thus foiled the plans OF Gov.
ernor Hunt. the Sheriff and Western
Federation leaders made house to
house canvass of Morenci and Met
calf forcing workmen to join the Fed
GRAFTON. Bands Of Mexicans led by
American lieutenants OF the Western
Federation rounded-up non-union men
who were dragged from their homes
and beaten. They were then offered
the alternative OF leaving town or
affiliating with the Federation. Near.
" a hundred victims OF mobs have
since made affidavits as to the yio
lence visited upon them. Scores of
victims other than those who made af-
fidavits, are known. A reign Of ter
ror existed in the District. While It
prevailed from Oct to Oct. 8. Gov.
ernor Hunt issued statements report
ing that perfect rde was being main
tained in the strike zone.
Following their arrival In El PSs0,
the mine managers atered into~cor-
respondence with Governor Hunt. In
this correspondence. the following ap,
pears in one. letter from the manas-
ers: Governor Hunt you, by your
inflammatory speeches and open sug-
gestions as to putting Us In jail II we
did not reach an agreement with the
strikers in our camp. and by your open
and encouraging affiliations with the
leaders Of the Western Federation Of
Miners in private and upon the streets
and public places of our respective
camps while you were there, were
largely responsible for our being COM
PEELED to withdraw from the affected
district
Another letter to Governor Hunt
contained the following:
''To aid you in remedying the pre-
sent deplorable situation, we beg to
offer our assurances that We will take
steps to meet our former
employees as soon as all nonresident
officers and agents of the Western
Federation of Miners leave the dis
trict, and committees have been fairly
chosen without the exercise OF any
control by that organization. We feel
confident that IL such conferences can
be arranged all differences viii bo am
icably adjusted and we will lend our
every effort to that end. As you have
informed us that numerous alleged
have been presented to you
on the part Of our former employees.
we most respectfully request that
they be preesnLed to us and We be CIV.
en- an opportunity to reply"
Although cognizant of the fact th&f
conditions in the district had chA0geA
swiftly under Western z Iteration In
fluence, and that such committee e.
would represent fairly the interests OF
CD employees would be difficult -
s acure, the mine managers waived
th2ir technical rights and sought tosn&
co 1ferences with the representatives
Of the workmen. 1t was not until Oc6
lC that committee not ahsoausAsN
dominated by the Western FcdexRx1a&
arrived in Fl Paso Even this coUs
mittee was so handicapped by Wes&.
ern Federation influences that tts 81
'orts were unayailing and the cnnfecA
ancCs were concluded.