The Snowflake herald., 1915-10-29

Glass OF laDOT we're the minlug com
panles enabled to undertak work n
the ,.sst-ict Ore bodies were small
IN comparison with those of other
camps in the state and scattered over
a wide area. Today the Morenci
miner can deliver only two and half
tons of ore for his days work In
camps more recently developed and
in 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 reduc-
ton in wages. The Shannon Com
pany had been compelled to shut
down entirely. The Detroit Com
pany seeking to avoit the suffering
bound to result from a 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 It's entire Metcalf prop
erty and the concentrating plant at
Clifton. Wherever forces were re-
duced married employees enjoyed pre-
ference. Prior to the European war
the wage scale was based on II to
18 cent coppe No was reduction
was made until the European crisis
In spite of the fact that copper had
meantime fallen IS low as IA to 10
cents.
Following improvement in the mar
ket early this year the managers or
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 ;.mong the employees
until the arrival this summer OF paid
agitators and organizer of the West
ern Federal on 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. haff-breed Mexican
named Tribolet: and an italian who
passed under the name OF Goggen,
opened campaign Headquarters. They
were followed by George Powell, an
organizer; Charles H Meyer, pres.-
dent of the Western Federat' on;
Tanko Terzieh. uitierez DeLa~a and
others. This notorious band OF NAL
contents gained 2ld'ence 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 comm tees to he chosen from
the various lining departments by
the men them selves. These COM
Eittces, selected without any COM
pany influence VIVA soever met the
th c. mine managers in Clifton on
AUGUST 28th Tn y we'e told that no
would possibly con e of affili-
alton with the Western Federation OF
Miners; that the Comranies reaffirm-
ed the'r po~.cy of a.vancing wages
when condit ons warran ed such in
crease. Advance enjoyed by the
men in the past would be amplified
in the future but such changes could
not be arranged while the existing
agitation O. the Western Federal, on
prevailed and while tie a2',ators ana
organizers remained n the distr ct.
The managers covenanted to deal
oirectly with their employees as soon
as the Western Federation influence
was eliminated! 1t was clearly ex'
plained to the men that the underlying