Denver labor bulletin., 1915-11-27

and leaving all differences to the reader,
passages of Federal law may be quoted
as follows:
Section Two, Act of Congress, August
"a. 1912, Supplement 1914, Federal
Statutes Ann, page 3l6.
That all editorial or other reading
matter published in any such paper,
magazine or periodical for the publica-
tion of which money or other valuable
consideration is paid, accepted or prom
ised shall be plainly advertisement
Any editor or publisher printing editor
ial or other reading matter for which
compensation is paid, accepted or prom
ised without so marking the same, shall
upon conviction in any court OF Juris-
diction. be fined not less than 5000
nor more than s3,5Oo.0o. t37 Stat. L. 553)
Sec. $40. tAll parties to conspir-
acy equally guilty.. If two or more per-
sons conspire either to commit any Of
fense against the United States in any
manner or for any purpose, and one or
more of such parties do any act to eff
feet the object of the conspiracy, all the
parties to such conspiracy shall be liable
to a penalty of not more than ten thous-
and dollars, or to imprisonment for not
more than two years or to both fine and
imprisonment in the discretion of the
court. tR. S..
Continuing the narrative, it may be
stated that in response to telegram
sent from the Governors office on Oct
ober 2, Immediately following my re-
turn from Clifton, where all efforts
toward conciliation or even toward OBJ
tanning free discussion of differences
between the managers and their work
men had been fruitless, respectfully re-
quested the United States Department
of Labor to authorize a special investi-
gator to make full inquiry and report
on industrial conditions in the mines of
Arizona including, of course, those at
Clifton and Morenci.
The department responded by appoint
ing Hon. Jos. S. Myers, of FL Paso, to
act in this emergency as its special rep
Following the last confer
ence at FL Paso. Mr.. Myers, in accord
ance with my telegram of concurrence,
addressed to the Department of labor,
left Phoenix where he had been review
ing data bearing upon Arizona's mining
industry, and personally appeared before
the mine managers in their Texas head
quarters. His mission was purely con
and embraced a tender of his
services as mediator between the com
panies and their employees. The mana
gers, however, with seeming indifference
toward settlement, firmly declined
this extended courtesy.
Thus the situation is brought down to
the present time when the indifference
Of the managers, as stated hereinbefore,
is seemingly the most serious obstacle
in the way of an early settlement. Com
cerning the cause of this supreme indif
ference one can, of course, at this june
ture merely conjecture. Whether finan
cial negotiations involving the future
ownership of the three mining properties
is delaying arbitration, or whether the
known fact that the British government
is levying a thirty-three and one third
per cent income tax on all it's subjects,
has in any measure influenced the situa.
tainty. 1t does, however, seem likely
from my observation of this critical con-
dition affecting so seriously the Welfare
of Arizona, that the mine Managers oft
reiterated contention that operations
cannot be resumed until the Western
Federation is eliminated, or, in other
words, until thousands of free born
workmen surrender their constitutional
right of organization, is, in the last an
a1t ha IfttI nf =. h..
eyes of the public as an excuse for the
dilatory tactics thus far pursued
For my part, as Governor of the state,