The Parker post., 1915-10-30

class OF IaDOT were the mining con-
panies enabled to undertak work n
the district. Ore bodies were small
in comparison with those OF other
camps in the state and scattered over
wide area. Today the Morenci
miner can deliver only two and half
tons of ore fer his days work. In
camps more recently developed and
III which the Introduction of more
economic methods Of extracting and
handling ore Is possible, six to ten
tons of ore per day is the average
per man. At the present time, the
average grade OF ore mined in the
Clifton Morenci district is continually
falling This results in higher costs
per pound of copper.
Secret agents for the Western Fed
Grafton of Miners entered the district
early this year when, on account of
the European war, the companies
were confronted with the necessity
OF striving to aid their employees in
the face of decreased output This
was necessarily attended by a reduc-
ton In wages, The Shannon Com
pany had been compelled to shut
down entirely. The Detroit Com
pany seeking to ayoi the suffering
bound to result from shutdown, en-
ployed as many men as possible, cut
ting down the hours of work for In
dividual workmen in order to increase
the number of employed. The Ari~
zona Copper Company the largest
operator in the district--was forced
by the prospect of certain loss, to the
shut down of its entire Metcalf prop
erty and the concentrating plant at
Clifton. Wherever forces were re.
iuced married employees enjoyed pre-
terence. Prior to he European war.
the wage scale was based on II to
IS cent coppe No was reduction
was made until the European crisis
in spite of the fact that copper had
meantime fallen as low as IA to 10
cents
Following improvement i'll the mar
ket early this year. the managers OF
the three operating companies
adopted a sliding scale of wages on
the average monthly selling price OF
copper. This scale gave the en-,
ployees even higher wages than they
had received previously at CORE
spending copper prices. Content
ment reigned among the employees
until the arrival this GUNNER OF paid
agitators and organizer OF the West
ern Federation of Miners. They came
absolutely unlimited, as far as a re-
quest from any representative body
Of the men OF the district was con-
cerned
In June, July and August. secret
agents Of the Federation prepared the
ground work OF corruption in the
camp This accomplished, Guy E.
Miller executive board member of
the Federation half breed Mexican
named Tribolet: and an Italian who
passed under the name of Gcggen,
opened campaign Headquarters. They
were followed oy George Powell, an
organizer; Charles II Meyer pres!-
dent Of the Western Federation;
Tanko Terzieh. t:uitiereZ DeLara and
others. This notorious band of NAL
contents gained audience with the
miners by promising to secure for
them large increases wages. The
mine managers, being aware OF i'm
pending trouble, called committees Of
their old employees for conferences,
the committees 10 he chosen from
the various ining departments by
the men themselves These COM
mittees, selected without any com
pany influence Wha soever, met the
three mine managers in Clifton on
August 2Sth They were told that NO
!. would possibly come OF affili
alton with the Western Federation Of
Miners that the companies reaffirm
ed Iher policy OF advancing wages
when c6ndiy ons warranted such in
crease. Advance. enjoyed by the
men in the past would be ampllfttd
in the future but such cha q Ees coulu
not be arranged while the existing
agitation o. the Western Federal on
prevailed and while tie ag' ators and
organizers remained n the district
The managers covenanted to deal
directly with their employees as soon
as the Western Federation Influence
was eliminated 1t was CLEARLY ex-
planned to the men tE&t h., l. ideii> ia g