Weekly journal-miner., 1915-09-29

ploying 5000 men, will remain shut down. This is the result of Western Federation of Miners entering the dis trict and calling a strike September II which closed all departments. The mine managers of the Arizona Copper Company, the Detroit Copper Com pany ard the Shannon Copper Com pany this afternoon delivered to the committees of the employees their re ply to the employees demands which | was as follows:
 "To the committees representing thc former employees of the Arizona
 Copper Company, Ltd, the Detroit
 Copper Mining Company of Arizona,
 and the Shannon Copper Company:
 "Gentlemen: In answer to your rep resentatives we beg to call your at
 tention to the fact that these com
 panies have seen their properties
 closed down and their operations tied
 up completely by a strike called by
 the Western Federation of Miners,
 and th:s without any presentation ot
 grievances. Our former employees
 have been persuaded by agitators ot
 the Western Federation of Miners
 coming from outside this district that
 the past pleasant relations and the
 present rate of wages should be radi-
 callv changed. In view of these facts
 and notwithstanding that the com
 panies are convinced that a large
 number of their old employees desire
 to go to work under the conditions
 formerly existing in this district they
 realize that any attempt to recom-
 mence under such conditions will be
 to invite violence and intimidations. Therefore the arrangements of the Arizona Copper Company, Ltd, the Detroit Copper Company, and the
 Shannon Company desire to notify the : committees and the people of the Clifton-Morenci-Metcalf district that their mines and plants will remain
 idle indefinitely.
 "When it shall appear that condi- tions in this section warrant it and the companies are satisfied that the
 general sentiment of the community and their former employees is unani- mouslv in favor of a resumption ot operations on basis of wages and
 conditions which have prevailed here tofore in this district, the companies reserve to themselves the right to ! decide as to whether or not they will again start up their plants. Our attitude in this matter is based 3 solely on the dominant influence ot the Western Federation of Miners in this district at the present time, and
 when this influence is dissipated we
 may take a different view of the sit
 nation.
 Arizona Copper Company, Ltd. s "The Detroit Copper Mining Com . pany of Arizona.
 Shannon Copper Company" n That the Western Federation of 9 Miners dominates the camp complete r 1v is conceded on all hands. From d the first the mine managers have de- 3 mandcd that the workmen agree not r to demand recognition of the West ,, ern Federation as a condition to con r ferenc.s. The Western Federation y leaders had meetings of employees
 for the election of committeeman to c confer with the managers at which = hand picked" delegates were chosen - each and all of whom were Western t Federation leaders. Not until Pres t idcnt Charles F. Mover arrived on r Thursday was any move made to re d Dudiate the Western Federation. On '- Friday Mover made speeches through y ont the district advising the men to d waive recognition of the Western c Federation of Miners and immediate r Iv separatc meetings were called by r the employees of the various compa- h nies and identical resolutions passed t stating it was not their intention to
 demand recognition. A conference fol-
 lowed this meeting, at which demands
 were made and late this afternoon I the managers announced that the
 plants would remain idle until the - Western Federation influences had y disappeared. e This IS the third strike called by the - Western Federation of Miners during V this year in Arizona.
 Il The first was at Miami in Febru- V ary. In July the Ray strike was q on. Apparently the Western Fedora = ton of Miners is conducting vigor- S ous campaign to.control the mining s camps of Arizona
 ). The Clilton-Morenci-Metcalf strike 2 is the most serious in numbers ot
 men out and in the amount of cop