El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-12
!. NJ. CA. LEADER STUDYING STRIKE
Secretary of Industrial De
partment Confers With
Mine Operators.

G r TOwsOn. international secretary
of the Industrial department OF the Y.
NJ c. \ has conferred with the Clifton
MOrenci-Metcalf mine managers in FL
Paso and goes from here to the strike
district He is here for the interstate
Y N c. A convention.
Fl Paso is yet not a city Of manu-
factories, - said Mr.. TowsOn. Thursday,
but with its great tributary territory
in the three states. It is bound to be-
come center Of industries I am i'm
pressed with the possibilities here
Cooperative Work.
Our work along industrial lines is
done in conjunction with employers and
employees, continued Mr. TowsOn-
The development Of character brings
along with it the developed basis OF
efficiency We work only with the CO.
operation Of operator and working man.
There ought TO be a great field for
work with the Mexican immigrating
classes here but so far such effort has
been limited. In the east there is the
big problem Of the immigration from
Europe
Gearing Up-
The associations all over the cOun-
try are being geared up to meet the
situation. English and citizenship is
the point we have TO bear down on
hard with the immigration problem.
and the instruction along lines OF san
itatiOn and morals Our work is val
liable from the standpoint OF the en-
ployers Of great masses Of laboring
people We are getting annually from
corporations who recognize the value
OF our efforts among their people some
$4,000 a, year for maintenance OF Y.
NJ c. A welfare work in mining and
lumber camps, in cotton mills, and a
thousand and one places where foreign
labor is a big factor.
The modern industrial 7. n. c. A.
efforts are the successful types which
carry the welfare work into mining
centers. In mining districts the task
of the institution is undertaken in line
operators, never taking sides or in
terfering with the issues"
Y. NJ. c. A. at Tucumeari-
A G. knebel, international secretary
Of the railroad department Of the Y
n c A, who is also here for the con-
ventlon. declared that there was no
appreciate call for a railroad Y. NJ
g A in Fl PasO, but that Tucumcari,
Y. ", wanted one badly Mr.. Knebel
will meet a committee Of the South
western railroad men tonight
There are 500 railroad employees at
Tucumcari who want a railroad Y NJ
c. A." said Mr.. Knebel. The men are
determined and have signed a petition
to the company asking its cooperation
in getting one there. in erecting the
building and helping in the mainte-
nance Of a secretary to run il.
No Demand Here.
Some 3000 railroad workers make FL
PasO their terminus and some day
there may be a railroad Y NJ C. A
here So far. however. there has been
no. concerted demand for one We do
not go into a city in a single instance ,
1nless We are wanted by the men and
the employers
An interesting matter in cOnnec-
ton with the establishments Of our
Y. NJ. c. A buildings all over
he country is that at this time. when /
many railroads in this country are in ?
he hands of receivers. not a single I
Instance has come forward where a re- 3
,eiver has ordered discontinued the I
'egular contribution listed for the rail- 4
cad Y. ~ C. A
Student Secretary.
Gale SeamOn. international secretary
or students. with headquarters at Los Z
Angeles. is here pushing the propa-
sanda of enlisting American high P
chool pupils in Y. NJ c. a. membership .
n order to tone up the character of .
his type OF young American to more
Efficient and better behaved youths.
lie is attending the convention
F. :. Goodman. international secre-
airy for religious work, making his
headquarters in New York city. is an
xpert exponent OF Bible study and here
o urge Bible study for business and
aymen all over the country. G. :
3ilheimer is executive secretary with
is headquarters at Denver. and is the
nan who did much to organize the
?. ". c. A in this tri-state territory