Arizona republican., 1915-10-29
Arizona, Shannon and De troit Copper Companies Have Established Tent
 Colony for Former Elm ploveS--Life Sweet Dream
SETTLEMENT IS
 SPOTLESS TOWN
Frank Mclean is "Mayor' of Colony and Has Elab- orately Equipped Office in Tent With Telephone and Other Conveniences
Special to The Republican,

DUNCAN. Ariz. Oct. 2S.-Who wouldn't be a refugee?
 The refugees driven out of Clifton, MorenCi and MetcaIf by the strikers likewise those who left the strike zone just because they did not care to re- mair-are having one grand, glorious time at Duncan. The Arizona, shan non and Detroit Copper companies have established a tent colony here for their former employees. and for the aforesaid employees life is one sweet dream.
 There are sixty tents at this time and sixteen more have been ordered for de- livery this week. Each tent is floored with pine boards and has electric lights. The colony even has a sewer system. Everything is strictly sanitary and the refugees take great pride in making their settlement a "spOtless town"
 Frank Mclean. of the Detroit Cop per company. is mayor of the ref/se2 colony He has an elaborately eQuiped office in one Of the tents. with a tele- phone typewriters and other modern Conveniences.
 One of the tents is a combined read ing room. writing room and library. The very newest magazines and news papers are there, also good supply of books. pencils. pens. writing paper and stamped envelopes are absolutely free st the library. Perhas this is a deh- cate hint to the refugees to write back to their friends in the strike zone of the joys of life in Duncan.
 Any former employe of the three cop Ter companies affected by the strike is welcomed at the camp. It makes no difference if he has been leader of the strikers and a rabid Western Fed eratiou man: TO questions are asked and he is told to make himself right at home.
 Each company furnishes it's former employees with credit slips good at the Duncan stores. If John Smith of the shannon company, wants a can of beans he goes to the store and gets it. T. Jim Jones. of the Arizona company wants a sack of flour he goes and gets it- They will never have to pay. When they go back to work no deductions will be made from their pay. Every thing is on the companies.
 Those who did not work for the com Tanies in pre-strike days but have left thc strike zone because of poor busi- ness or for other reasons, are given free ground for their tents.
 The refugees amuse themselves in a thousand different ways. Quail hunting parties go out almost every day and as the toothsome birds are plentiful in the vicinity of Duncan they are regarded more as a staple article of diet than as 'ielicacy. The alfalfa fields and lanes an down the valley simply teem with rabbits Now and then someone brings in a deer.
 Naturally no striker or union man is popular among the refugees. When ever one heaves in view. which is not often he is told in plain language what the refugees think of him and his ilk lsut fer all that the refugees are good | natured toward casual visitors from the | mining country up north.
 Untn the last few days the refugee 1 camp has been constantly agitated by | reports that the strikers were coming | down here to clean out things gen eraliy- The refugees felt quite sure fHat they could give a good account of | themselves in an encounter: certainly | thev could have done so with the as Sisfance of some half a hundred cow | boys living within a few miles of the | torn- Not only the cowboys but about